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<DIV>The MAG and the IGF are idea based and issue oriented. I have been told that many gov. types in fact read this malarkey. So I think less should be worried about agendas and results of meetings. Many a social scientist will tell you -- high blood pressure is a direct result of having your own agenda and not getting your way,,,, easy remedy is get with THE agenda and not your own.</DIV>
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<DIV>The top officials anywhere that have an ounce of intelligence are not concerned with what we tell them to do -- period, end of story. But if we help to understand issues and present salient plausible solutions we do in fact contribute -- we just don't get the Awards type of recognition.<BR><BR>--- On <B>Tue, 3/2/10, Carlos A. Afonso <I><ca@cafonso.ca></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=plainMail><BR>Gone are the days of the struggle to make sure crucial issues such as<BR>logical infrastructure's governance should be included as main themes<BR>(with the resulting fits-anything "Critical Internet Resources" being<BR>inserted in the <SPAN>IGF</SPAN> Rio meeting). Now the MAG is basically reduced to<BR>concluding phrases generic enough to, for one, satisfy the Chinese, and<BR>go through the filter of the well-organized business front. Even the<BR>sometimes lively discussions in the igf-members list (an opportunity to<BR>deepen the issues) are history.<BR><BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table>