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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Parminder
[mailto:parminder@itforchange.net] <BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ICANN likes to tell
everyone that it does only technical coordination function. Now, if it does
only that I have no interest in participating and influencing its function.
But all the political contestations around it prove that its functions have
great – present or future – political implications. So, I cant participate in
the so called stakeholder out-reach systems of an organization that says that
it does only technical functions and correspondingly its outreach systems also
mostly seek out people of technical persuasions (the connection, to that
extent, is obvious and fair). <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><![if !supportLists]><![endif]><![if !supportLists]><![endif]>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p><SPAN class=206524521-06022008>Parminder:
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p><SPAN class=206524521-06022008>Don't buy into the
false dichotomy. You can and should participate directly in ICANN, but that
doesn't mean you can't also participate in Internet governance from outside
via IGF and other mechanisms. Your organization is eligible to join the
Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC) within ICANN's Generic Names
Supporting Organization, which sets policy for domain names. If you
are near New Delhi go to the NCUC and ICANN meeting next week and get
acquainted with the civil society activists in it.
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