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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Exactly<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>And this discussion doesn’t get our internet access pricing
changed from 256k down/56k up for US$100/month to something more
affordable and useful. But conversations with people in other parts of the
world who have been or currently are dealing with the same issue are very
useful – we get best practices, we get information to use in the
discussions at home and regionally. That’s valuable to me, not
spending time arguing about who is on the Board of one of the many IGOs
that deal with various Internet issues and how they get there. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>BTW - I prefer Avri’s term – Usians for
citizens of the USA - as a native of Central America, I am an American,
but I still need a visa to set foot in the USA. </span><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>J</span><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Jacqueline<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Veni Markovski
[mailto:veni@veni.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 23, 2007 13:24<br>
<b>To:</b> governance@lists.cpsr.org; Jacqueline A. Morris<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [governance] Reinstate the Vote<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hi, Jacqueline, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Nov 23, 2007 12:04 PM, Jacqueline A. Morris <<a
href="mailto:jam@jacquelinemorris.com">jam@jacquelinemorris.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>that I and the people I work with at home have a lot of
things to do that<br>
are not at all linked to a global vote in which our concerns will be a<br>
minority and won't impact our primary issues either.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<br>
There's another good proverb on that issue, "he whose belly is full,
believes not him who is fasting." <br>
For some of the Americans the issues about the Internet are related to
something, which some of them believe, is related to power. For the other
Netizens - we care about the price at which we get our Internet connection,
about the freedom of access, freedom of speech, etc. <br>
But some of the Americans, who take so many things for granted, just because
they happen to be born in the USA, we need to just try to educate them about
"the other world". <br>
<br>
I say "some of the Americans", because obviously not all of them are
like that (thanks, God!), but it is interesting that those are quite vocal,
while the others stay quiet. <br>
<br>
veni<o:p></o:p></p>
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