And where is some open information about your organization?<br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Jeffrey A. Williams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com">jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Jeremy and all,<br>
<br>
I have a few questions regarding your organization that as an exercise<br>
off the cuff as it were, might serve as good background and input<br>
to the IGF restructuring so that a better and more direct serving<br>
IGF can emerge that can than have a real impact of Internet governance.<br>
As we have some very important decisions in the US coming up in the<br>
new administration it seemed to me to be a good time for these sorts<br>
of reviews with resulting questions to be brought forward so that<br>
openness and transparency can be recognized and a good start forward<br>
can be quickly but deliberately recognized and effected.<br>
<br>
I noticed at<br>
<a href="http://www.consumersinternational.org/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=96883&int1stParentNodeID=89655&int2ndParentNodeID=96868" target="_blank">http://www.consumersinternational.org/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=96883&int1stParentNodeID=89655&int2ndParentNodeID=96868</a><br>
that there was no category for individual members. As such, how does<br>
consumersinternational purport to fully be able to represent consumers<br>
or stakeholders unless they each have a voice and a vote?<br>
<br>
I also noticed at:<br>
<a href="http://www.consumersinternational.org/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=96887&int1stParentNodeID=89655&int2ndParentNodeID=96868" target="_blank">http://www.consumersinternational.org/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=96887&int1stParentNodeID=89655&int2ndParentNodeID=96868</a><br>
that essentially your organization requires what amounts to Tithing. To<br>
my knowledge under US law this seem to be financially discriminatory as<br>
such. So how does your organization square that with consumer<br>
protection advocacy?<br>
<br>
I also took particular notice at:<br>
<a href="http://www.consumersinternational.org/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=96883&int1stParentNodeID=89655&int2ndParentNodeID=96868" target="_blank">http://www.consumersinternational.org/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=96883&int1stParentNodeID=89655&int2ndParentNodeID=96868</a><br>
Given the nature of you membership, if one actually calls it that,<br>
categories, that some categories of "Organization members", however<br>
that translates into consumers or stakeholders advocacy, that several<br>
types of memberships do not have a vote at all. How can those<br>
organization than be actually represented in terms of consumer<br>
protection?<br>
<br>
I also took particular note of your organizations domain name<br>
configuration:<br>
<a href="http://member.dnsstuff.com/tools/dnslite.php?r=homepage&domain=consumersinternational.org" target="_blank">http://member.dnsstuff.com/tools/dnslite.php?r=homepage&domain=consumersinternational.org</a><br>
and<br>
<a href="http://private.dnsstuff.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=consumersinternational.org&token=1140487061c0016606a0758720779019" target="_blank">http://private.dnsstuff.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=consumersinternational.org&token=1140487061c0016606a0758720779019</a><br>
This does not boad well for advocacy of consumer protection...<br>
Would you be so kind as to direct Afilias whom seems to be handeling<br>
your DNS to get this cleaned up as soon as possible? It just looks<br>
really bad, sorry to say...<br>
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Jeremy Malcolm wrote:<br>
<br>
> I have become quiet on this list lately until today, so I thought it<br>
> was time for a brief re-introduction.<br>
><br>
> My quietness was because where I obtained employment would determine<br>
> how closely I could continue to be involved in the IGF. Well, as<br>
> you'll have guessed from one of my last messages, that turned out to<br>
> be Consumers International - which fits in very well with my continued<br>
> involvement. :-)<br>
><br>
> So you'll be able to find me at the Consumers International event<br>
> during Friday lunchtime, as well as on the panels of the IGC seminar<br>
> on the Role and Mandate of the IGF on Saturday morning, and the OECD<br>
> seminar on Digital Content Strategies and Policies on Friday<br>
> afternoon, and doing a poster presentation at GigaNet.<br>
><br>
> Also the Internet Governance Project has just kindly distributed a<br>
> paper of mine called "Appraising the Success of the IGF" which you can<br>
> find at <a href="http://www.internetgovernance.org/pdf/MalcolmIGFReview.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.internetgovernance.org/pdf/MalcolmIGFReview.pdf</a>.<br>
> Comments are welcome as always (but flames to me, not the IGP).<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> JEREMY MALCOLM<br>
> Project Coordinator<br>
> CONSUMERS INTERNATIONAL-KL OFFICE<br>
> for Asia Pacific and the Middle East<br>
><br>
> Consumers International (CI) is the only independent global<br>
> campaigning voice for consumers. With over 220 member organisations in<br>
> 115 countries, we are building a powerful international consumer<br>
> movement to help protect and empower consumers everywhere. For more<br>
> information, visit <a href="http://www.consumersinternational.org" target="_blank">www.consumersinternational.org</a>.<br>
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