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<DIV><SPAN class=847040500-13072009><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr lang=en-us class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left><FONT size=2
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Sivasubramanian
Muthusamy [mailto:isolatedn@gmail.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 12, 2009
6:18 PM<BR><B>To:</B> governance@lists.cpsr.org; Michael
Gurstein<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [governance] Question 6: Comments on Siva's
proposed paras<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Hello Michael Gurstein,<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 2:50 AM, Michael Gurstein <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com">gurstein@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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class=gmail_quote><BR><BR><BR>"The Internet Governance Caucus calls upon the
IGF Secretariat to fund the IGF programs and participation substantially and
significantly to further enhance the quality of programs with greater
diversity of participation" sounds better? <BR><BR><SPAN
class=847040500-13072009><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial> YES... </FONT></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE>
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class=gmail_quote><BR><BR>There are two aspects to be considered in this
regard: a) The absence or<BR>non-participation of some of the world's most
renowned Civil Society opinion<BR>leaders is noticeable; Business Leaders
who are otherwise committed to<BR>social and other governance issues off IGF
are not seen at the IGF;<BR>Governments are not represented on a level high
enough<BR><BR>HMMM. WHO/WHAT EXACTLY IS MEANT BY "RENOWNED CIVIL SOCIETY
OPINION LEADERS"<BR>(IN SOME CIRCLES THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO AND PROBABLY
MORE INTERNAL<BR>CONTRADITIONS IN THAT SIMPLE STATEMENT AND CERTAINLY
NEITHER WE NOR THE<BR>SECRETARIAT SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO IDENTIFY WHO THESE
"RENOWNED" FOLKS MIGHT<BR>BE.<BR><BR>AS WELL, ARE WE LOOKING FOR CIVIL
SOCIETY "LEADERS" OR FOLKS FROM CIVIL<BR>SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS IN LEADERSHIP
POSITIONS, OR ARE WE LOOKING FOR CIVIL<BR>SOCIETY SPOKESPEOPLE WHO
UNDERSTAND IG ISSUES, OR ARE WE LOOKING FOR LEADERS<BR>OF RESPONSIBLE
REPRESENTATIVE CS ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE A<BR>POSITION//OPINION/KNOWLEDGE ON
IG ISSUES (EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES IS<BR>PROBABLY DISCREET AND COULD BE
INCLUDED AMBIGUOUSLY UNDER YOUR STATEMENT.<BR><BR>IF BIZ LEADERS THINK IT IS
OF SUFFICIENT IMPORTANCE THEY'LL LIKELY COME, IF<BR>NOT, NOT AND NOT MUCH WE
OR THE SECRETARIAT CAN DO ABOUT THAT AND SIMILARLY<BR>WITH
GOVERNMENTS.<BR><BR>I THINK THIS PARA SHOULD BE DROPPED...</BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR>I am sorry, I don't agree with your negative interpretation of such a
positive suggestion. Are we to assert that the present participants constitute
a complete, representative, and ultimate group ? <SPAN
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face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=847040500-13072009><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=847040500-13072009><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>NO,
BUT I'M HAVING TROUBLE SEEING WHAT NAOMI KLEIN OR VENDANA SHIVA WOULD HAVE TO
CONTRIBUTE EITHER...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=847040500-13072009><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=847040500-13072009><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>HAVING THE HEAD OF SEWA OR K-NET WOULD SEEM TO ME TO BE RATHER MORE
USEFUL, "RENOWNED" OR NOT, AS THEY AT LEAST COULD TALK WITH SOME DIRECT
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOW IG ISSUES IMPACT THEM AND THE KINDS OF THINGS THEY ARE
TRYING TO DO ON THE GROUND.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=847040500-13072009><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=847040500-13072009><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>MBG</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=847040500-13072009><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial></FONT><BR>Sivasubramanian
Muthusamy<BR> <BR></DIV>
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