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<font face="Book Antiqua">Avri,<br>
<br>
There is a serious problem when the same term is used to mean two
different things. It leads to a lot of confusion, when in an argument
one person is using one meaning and the other person, the second
meaning.<br>
<br>
Can we try and use two different terms for these two categories.<br>
<br>
We could consistently use <br>
<br>
A. IAB (Internet Administration Bodies) for those "</font>those
_organizations_ that focus on work, often in a partially
coordinated manner, intended to insure the technical integrity and
technical development of the Internet." I would add - 'and participate
in the administration / governance of the internet'. The IGC submission
in the feb consultations clearly covered this group when it stated that
the participation of IABs in MAG should not be at the cost of CS
participation'<br>
<br>
B. and use 'technical experts' (i am sure better names are possible)
for individuals - these experts can belong to Govt or Business or CS
groups (as also suggested by Raul). <br>
<br>
Guru<br>
ps- Still waiting from responses on this question from Suresh and
McTim..<br>
<br>
<br>
Avri Doria wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:AE8B2FB8-576C-4ADE-8667-691F1FC74E63@psg.com"
type="cite"><br>
On 26 May 2008, at 11:27, Raul Echeberria wrote:
<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">There are still many people that prefer to
keep the classification in 3 stakeholders group.
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
<br>
and it is those people who make the rules. we don't get to decide how
many stakeholder groups there are in things that derive from the WSIS
decisions. we can argue for change, but we alone do not make the
rules.
<br>
<br>
the WSIS Tunis Agenda defined 3 groups plus 2 cross-cutting groups. so
within this environment we seem to be stuck with 3 stakeholder groups
and 2 cross-cutting groups.
<br>
<br>
btw, in another thread someone asked for a definition of the Internet
technical Community. in addition to what i have written abut it before
i define it as:
<br>
<br>
those _organizations_ that focus on work, often in a partially
coordinated manner, intended to insure the technical integrity and
technical development of the Internet.
<br>
<br>
the term can also be applied to those individuals, whether they come
from government, business or civil society who devote their lives to
the cause of Internet technical integrity and technical development and
who work with or for these organizations. yes, i see this as somewhat
problematic and at the time of WSIS argued for a 4th house - the
Internet Technical Community. but as history shows, this was rejected
and thus we, pragmatically, need to live with what we've got until the
ground rules change.
<br>
<br>
and I agree with Raul when he says:
<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">In that case we have o let anybody to decide
to which group they feel closer.
<br>
Maybe some people in the so called "technical community" feel closer
from the business sector, and others, like me feels part of civil
society organizations space.
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
<br>
a.
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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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