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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05/11/2013 02:28,
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I am all for the most valuable use of our time. So what would that
be? Until we know who will devise the agenda or structure for the
Brazil summit, I find it hard to answer my own question. So I
lean towards engaging until I know it is a waste of time.<br>
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From: Jeremy Malcolm <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org"><jeremy@ciroap.org></a> <br>
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To: michael gurstein <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com"><gurstein@gmail.com></a> <br>
Cc: Carolina Rossini <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:carolina.rossini@gmail.com"><carolina.rossini@gmail.com></a>,Joana
Varon Ferraz <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:joana@varonferraz.com"><joana@varonferraz.com></a>,bestbits
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net"><bestbits@lists.bestbits.net></a> <br>
Subject: Re: [bestbits] RE: [Follow up of the previous report]
Summary I*coalition/dialogue debates <br>
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On 4 Nov 2013, at 7:50 pm, michael gurstein <<a
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some question whether CS should be privileging the IGF
as compared to other possible mechanisms in our
formulation pre-Brazil as these documents do.</span></div>
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sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Finally, I have
some question as to whether CS should be aligning
itself with MS processes and MSism as the "statement"
does without at least an attempt to more fully define
what in fact MS/MSism is meant to mean in the context
of this document</span></div>
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<div>Briefly, I share both of these concerns. There is nothing
here so far to suggest that the references to the IGF,
multi-stakeholder processes and even enhanced cooperation are
not just the innocuous versions of those loose concepts, that
pose no threat to those with vested interests in the status
quo. The exclusion of governments from the dialogue also
confirms that the dialogue is likely to be an echo chamber in
which those who already have particular views about
governments and Internet governance, reinforce those views.
In that light is participation in the dialogue a wise
investment of our time, which is already so very stretched?</div>
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