ICANN Wednesday
The best part of today, for me, came in the evening when I went to a meeting of the New Delhi chapter of the Internet Society. They had just formed - just three months ago - and they were full of ambition and enthusiasm. They were also having a lot of fun, burbling around and making jokes about each other. They are adopting schools for the blind, getting them equipment and training, and doing it very quickly. They’re trying to find members from all walks of life. They think they’ll be able to influence policy in India. It was a joy to meet them.
Also at that meeting were representatives from ISOC chapters in Bulgaria, South Africa, Australia, Congo, France, and Italy.
I was there to introduce OneWebDay to them (thanks, ISOC, for the opportunity). If the New Delhi chapter can develop a school program in two days, there is *no telling* what they’ll be able to do by September 22.
The rest of the ICANN day was taken up with many meetings of various kinds. Some actual consumer protection officials talked to me. They had seen an ICANN meeting before, but they were still a bit baffled: what does this thing do? Why can’t it be more centralized and authoritative? Ah, that’s the ICANN story.