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From: "J-F C. (Jefsey)  Morfin" <jefsey@club-internet.fr>
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The reference to JPII is probably inadequate after having made this 
governance list a quasi exclusive merchant affair. But the emotional aspect 
is obviously sustained by the Catholic Church system (CCS) which is able to 
generate such Giants, for the largest human community, over the longest 
period of time, when compared to other human institutions. This then makes 
CCS of interest when discussing another global system as the DNS, what is 
the purpose of this list.

What is humanly the most interesting aspect of these last CCS 40 years is 
its networking integration. The CCS is hierarchical as is the DNS and 
shares a similar hierarchy: Pope/Bishops/Laymen - Root/TLD/Registrant. The 
interesting aspect is that up to now Bishops were "ccTLDs" related to a 
territory, or sTLD (Masters of Congregations) related to a strictly 
identified community like .museum or .aero. The novelty is they can now be 
personal, like "new.Net?". Only one application so far, but which works well.

Another things is the reform of the CCS Governance, the collegial 
management, the involvement of laymen and laywomen (@large). May be some 
secret for attractiveness for ICANN. I never saw thousands crowding in MdR 
as millions did in Rome or other places.

Another interesting aspect is that the CCS does not claim to be exclusive 
(while ICANN does). To the contrary the CCS wants to acknowledge the 
separate authority of States: there is no competition/cooperation between 
CCS and States, but separation. And a dialog with other religious systems. 
May be a good example for the Internet duration, stability and development 
when considering UN and ICANN, ITU, MINC, etc.?

All what users, business and States expect from the Internet 
intergovernance is it makes the Internet properly work in stability. For 20 
centuries, the CCS delivers. If you believe in God you may think this is by 
the operation of the Holy Ghost. But if you do not believe in God or are 
no-Christian, this is all the more interesting, because the secret must be 
somewhere in the bylaws.

jfc