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Re: Last Call: Modern Global Standards Paradigm

2012-08-11 12:17:38


--On Saturday, August 11, 2012 12:51 -0400 Phillip Hallam-Baker
<hallam(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:

...
But do not discount the possibility that inducing the US to
withdraw is the objective of certain parties in this little
exercise.

Given the fraction of the ITU budget and the even larger
fraction of the T-Sector budget that come from the US and
US-based Sector Members, that would be fairly irrational
behavior for those who wanted to preserve a healthy and
well-staffed ITU.  On the other hand, irrational behavior would
be nothing new in this area so I can't disagree with the
possibility.

    john