RE: The telephone network and the internet (RE: [ga] ALAC comment s on proposed Bylaws modifications)

[richard.hill@itu.int]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Baptista [mailto:baptista@dot-god.com]
> Sent: Monday, 10 March 2003 16:34
> To: richard.hill@itu.int
> Cc: marc@fuchsia.bijt.net; ga@dnso.org
> Subject: RE: The telephone network and the internet (RE: [ga] ALAC
> comment s on proposed Bylaws modifications)
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 richard.hill@itu.int wrote:
> 
> > Anybody can download up to three ITU-T Recommendations per 
> year for free
> > from our web site.
> >
> > I agree that this is not the same as IETF or ICANN where 
> everything is
> > available for free.
> 
> Richard - may i make a recommendation to you.  To remain relevant in
> cyberspace you can't put up roadblocks to propaganda.  The 
> only people who
> are going to be interested in it are indeed very small in 
> number.  If you
> want to be relevant to the internet community then you make your stuff
> free.

Our publication policy is set by our membership (that is, consensus of
Member States and Sector Members), not by the ITU staff.

I will pass your suggestion (which has arisen before) to the members with
whom I'm in touch.

> 
> This policy is one of those dino affairs.  Obvioulsy the ITU is run by
> professional bureacrats

As mentioned above, the publication policy is set by the membership, not the
staff.

Best,
Richard Hill

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