<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Not a good starting point here. I am from a developed nation. All my work has been for developing nations. My wife is from a developing nation. What makes you think that ones geographic location determines their perspective on the net.</DIV>
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<DIV>The US is developed -- Yet I worked with some in Northeastern Arizona on the Navajo Indian reservation that have exactly the same issues as those of the lower Mekong or Puebla Mexico. Your distinctions need to be retooled.<BR><BR>--- On <B>Thu, 8/6/09, Fouad Bajwa <I><fouadbajwa@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Fouad Bajwa <fouadbajwa@gmail.com><BR>Subject: [governance] Requesting Comments for an Internet Governance Development Agenda from Civil Society<BR>To: governance@lists.cpsr.org<BR>Date: Thursday, August 6, 2009, 3:51 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>Dear Friends,<BR><BR>As you know that I have been participating physically in IGF<BR>mainstream activities only recently and I wanted to understand and<BR>build up consensus on a Development Agenda with regards to Internet<BR>Governance through various interventions. My understanding of the<BR>topic may vary due to the fact that I belong to the developing world<BR>and we see the subject of a developing agenda a bit differently from<BR>the developed world perspective.<BR><BR>I have occasionally referred to the possibility of such a development<BR>agenda as "Internet Governance for Development" or "IG4D". I took this<BR>perception to the Open Consultations in Geneva earlier this year in<BR>May. I would like to request all of you to share your comments and<BR>perspectives on your perception of a development agenda with regards<BR>to Internet Governance. In the past, I have learnt a great deal from<BR>IT For Change and APC's work and
would like to learn more from the<BR>grass roots and members of the IGC.<BR><BR>I await your comments. I will produce something productive for sharing<BR>at the IGF consultations and meetings respectively.<BR><BR>-- <BR>Regards.<BR>--------------------------<BR>Fouad Bajwa<BR>@skBajwa<BR>Answering all your technology questions<BR><A href="http://www.askbajwa.com/" target=_blank>http://www.askbajwa.com</A><BR><A href="http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa" target=_blank>http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa</A><BR><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATVDW1tDZzA" target=_blank>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATVDW1tDZzA</A><BR>____________________________________________________________<BR>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<BR> <A href="http://us.mc839.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=governance@lists.cpsr.org" ymailto="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</A><BR>To be removed from the list, send any
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