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<DIV><SPAN class=340061115-04102009><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Hmmm... That's precisely what I've done... "</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=340061115-04102009><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>a (diverse) group
of people with some detailed knowledge and experience in an area such as
this"</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=340061115-04102009><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>MBG</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> Eric Dierker
[mailto:cogitoergosum@sbcglobal.net] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 04, 2009
8:06 AM<BR><B>To:</B> governance@lists.cpsr.org; Michael
Gurstein<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [governance] FW: [IRP] Please provide your
input on the impact of the IGF<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<TD vAlign=top>Your are specifically avoiding the point. Define
suitable. Just what it means to you is fine.<BR><BR>--- On <B>Sun,
10/4/09, Michael Gurstein <I><gurstein@gmail.com></I></B>
wrote:<BR>
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Michael Gurstein <gurstein@gmail.com><BR>Subject: RE:
[governance] FW: [IRP] Please provide your input on the impact of the
IGF<BR>To: "'Eric Dierker'" <cogitoergosum@sbcglobal.net>,
governance@lists.cpsr.org<BR>Date: Sunday, October 4, 2009, 12:14
AM<BR><BR>
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<DIV><SPAN class=406344623-03102009><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>As a matter of fact, yes... Having a group of people with
some detailed knowledge and experience in an area such as this would
seem to me to be a positive value... The difficulty comes in if that
group is not sufficiently diverse or representative of the range of
those with an interest in (interests in) the area (i.e.
"suitable"... which of course, has been the basis of my
critique/commentary on the IGF from the beginning.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=406344623-03102009><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>MBG</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> Eric
Dierker [mailto:cogitoergosum@sbcglobal.net] <BR><B>Sent:</B>
Monday, September 14, 2009 11:02 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
governance@lists.cpsr.org; Michael Gurstein<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[governance] FW: [IRP] Please provide your input on the impact of
the IGF<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>What do you mean by this paragraph. Are you stating that
a "suitable" cadre is a positive impact?<BR>--- On <B>Tue,
9/15/09, Michael Gurstein <I><A
href="http://us.mc807.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=gurstein@gmail.com> wrote:"
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ymailto="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com> wrote:">gurstein@gmail.com></I></B>
wrote:</A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=219070203-15092009>Rather the significance of the IGF
should be seen in terms of how it has directly and
indirectly contributed to the creation of a basis for
concensus, a language for discussion, a (suitable) cadre
of informed people to carry on the discussion (it is
here where I have my issues with the current IGF but I won't
go into those further at this point), the provision of a
venue for the undertaking of the discussions and so on and
so on. None of this is particularly "national" (in
fact little of it is likely to be national which is the
point I think of transnational agencies) and little of it is
likely to be visible as concrete "impacts" (or even
outputs--which is what is currently being discussed in the
form of possible IGF "recommendations" etc.). So a quest for
identification/assessment/determination of "impacts" is
really beside the point.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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