Re: De-funding the ITU

[james jones <james () freedomnet co nz>]

On Saturday, January 12, 2013, james jones wrote:

> And done!
>
> On Saturday, January 12, 2013, Bill Woodcock wrote:
>
> > Please consider signing this petition:
> >
> > http://DeFundTheITU.org
> >
> > …so we can stop paying for both sides of this idiotic fight.  Note that
> > if the U.S. pulls its funding from the ITU, that's 10%, and if all of the
> > countries that stood with us at the WCIT do so, that would be 74% of the
> > ITU's member revenue.  Those of us who support the Internet are paying for
> > three-quarters of the fight against the Internet.  As Smokey the Bear would
> > say, only WE can prevent stupidity.  As Pogo Possum said, "We have met the
> > enemy, and the enemy is us!"  Time to correct that.  Redirect $11M/year
> > from the ITU to Internet governance organizations like the IETF.
> >
> >                                 -Bill