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<font face="Book Antiqua">Suresh<br>
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Repeatedly on this list, </font><font face="Book Antiqua">I </font><font
face="Book Antiqua">(and </font><font face="Book Antiqua">Parminder </font><font
face="Book Antiqua">and others) have sought the definition of the
'technical community'. This term is being used ambiguously to reflect
two different ideas:<br>
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a. people who have technical expertise - such as yourself, McTim,
Carlos, Izumi etc etc<br>
b. Organizations that are currently performing Internet
Administration/Governance (who we termed as IAB in a earlier discussion
on the list) </font><font face="Book Antiqua">- which basically
implies the people who represent them </font><br>
<br>
I don't think it is anyones case that the first group is to be
completely kept out of CS. If that is what you are implying in your
mail below, that is the position of Parminder and Milton , then I
suggest that it is a misrepresentation.<br>
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On the other hand, wrt IAB, the position of IGC is clear. See the the
Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus’s Inputs for the Open IGF
Consultations, Geneva, 26th February, 2008 -
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.igcaucus.org/IGC%20-%20MAG%20Rotation.pdf">http://www.igcaucus.org/IGC%20-%20MAG%20Rotation.pdf</a><br>
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"We agree that the organizations having an important role in Internet
administration and the development of Internet-related technical
standards should continue to be represented in the MAG. However, their
representation should not be at the expense of civil society
participation".<br>
<br>
As I mentioned in my previous mail, IGC selects members for the CS
quota. Hence it seems clear to me that IABs (being people who represent
IABs) cannot seek representation in MAG through IGC / with IGC
endorsement.<br>
<br>
Guru<br>
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Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Rui Correia wrote:
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<pre wrap="">that the people on this list are who they say they are? How do we know
that the list has not been infiltrated by whoever might it be that
works against the interests of civil society
1. Define civ soc
2. What would you consider to be in its interest?
2a. Milton / Parminder et al's position that the tech community can
keep out
2b. The positions I, Sadowsky, McTim etc have been advocating
2c. Intermediate positions (Adam Peake, Ian Peter ..)
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Gurumurthy K
IT for Change,Bangalore | <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.ITforChange.net">www.ITforChange.net</a>
Bridging Development Realities and Technological Possibilities</pre>
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