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<P>Eric and all,</P>
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<P> I worry about denial of access by contrived or interpersonal means of methods which include</P>
<P>misguided policies dealing with expression. Such practices of policies of which ICANN has</P>
<P>become famous for, are an egregious form of discrimionation that should not exist in the first</P>
<P>place, and where such does exist or is recgonized should be delt with with all due haste,</P>
<P>and those responsible for imposing same be removed from any decision making position</P>
<P>without delay and perminantly.</P>
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<P> I also worry about barriers to access due to disability that through technical means</P>
<P>can be either rectified, or largely mitigated but due to reasons of a prolitical or</P>
<P>policy nature, remain extant.</P>
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<P> The DNS as is the rest of the Internet, a public resource shared with the world. It</P>
<P>is not ICANN's sole domain or charge. Yet ICANN is a intragal part by creation</P>
<P>of men/women and therefore is the domain of us all equally.<BR><BR><BR></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message----- <BR>From: Eric Dierker <COGITOERGOSUM@SBCGLOBAL.NET><BR>Sent: Nov 10, 2009 9:05 PM <BR>To: Voice of Freedom <GOVERNANCE@LISTS.CPSR.ORG>, Jeff Williams <JWKCKID1@IX.NETCOM.COM>, linda misek-falkoff <LDMISEKFALKOFF@GMAIL.COM><BR>Subject: Voice of Elders <BR><BR>
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<DIV>I think that within our existing fledgling Internet governance modalities we are truly missing out on the opportunity to use something that has never existed before to take advantage of a group that has never existed before.</DIV>
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<DIV>Buddha made clear his belief that a single earnest day of travel was worth a year of formal schooling. I think he was basically referring to the notion that actual experience is far more valuable than academics, when combined with the intention to study and learn. I speak as a man with a doctorate and about 2,000 miles of hiking in the Grand Canyon alone, not to mention hundreds on 6 continents.</DIV>
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<DIV>My point is that we are not including into our systems the allocation of "seats at the table" for the experienced, the elders. We are not being inclusive when discussing handicapps or barriers to access. We are forsaking the great asset of experience for the expedience of the faster, brighter newer peoples. We worry about access for the deaf and blind, for remote villages, for developing nations but we leave nothing for access for fastest growing group in the world, the elders. Our speed and growth is resulting in a total lack of respectful interface with our most worthy of citizens.</DIV>
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<P>Regards,<BR><BR>Jeffrey A. Williams<BR>Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 294k members/stakeholders strong!)<BR>"Obedience of the law is the greatest freedom" -<BR> Abraham Lincoln<BR><BR>"Credit should go with the performance of duty and not with what is very<BR>often the accident of glory" - Theodore Roosevelt<BR><BR>"If the probability be called P; the injury, L; and the burden, B; liability<BR>depends upon whether B is less than L multiplied by<BR>P: i.e., whether B is less than PL."<BR>United States v. Carroll Towing (159 F.2d 169 [2d Cir. 1947]<BR>===============================================================<BR>Updated 1/26/04<BR>CSO/DIR. Internet Network Eng. SR. Eng. Network data security IDNS. div. of<BR>Information Network Eng. INEG. INC.<BR>ABA member in good standing member ID 01257402 E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com<BR>Phone: 214-244-4827<BR></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY>