<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>I think this is noble but old school logic. Our values and more's are no longer dictated by the region or sector we belong to. Cliche's and moribund stereotypes no longer fuel our logic. Those with the inclination to participate here are not restricted by location or social order or origin. Environmentalists are techies, soldiers are scientists, men care for babies, women orbit in space, Bangladeshis are agro business folks, Japanese are Christian and Muslims drink spirits. Some from England like American football, and in Siberia there are Africans, Eskimos enjoy fruits and green salads and Malaysians eat Caribou.</DIV>
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<DIV>But counting sectors and regions help politicians and census takers, guide marketers and sales. Even recognizing the georegional differences is a stage for bigotry, for classification and discrimination. How can we have rules that protect gender and age and disability but embrace segregation based on job and the dirt we stand on?<BR><BR>--- On <B>Thu, 4/15/10, Carlos A. <SPAN>Afonso</SPAN> <I><ca@cafonso.ca></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Carlos A. Afonso <ca@cafonso.ca><BR>Subject: Re: [governance] Breakdown of IGF 2009 participants by region and<BR>To: governance@lists.cpsr.org<BR>Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 3:03 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>Low but of high quality! :)<BR><BR>Seriously, if Adam's concern is civil society participation, to go<BR>deeper into the reasons one needs more information on who exactly have<BR>been the participants per sector and region. Maybe this is available<BR>(the full roster, with the designation of each by interest group and<BR>region). Is the percentage of a region heavily biased by government and<BR>business, for example? LA&C could have a large percentage of government<BR>delegates, Asia of business and so on... is this data available?<BR><BR>Southern civil society is constrained by resources and by the lack of<BR>interest in the IGF. Only now some civil society sectors are perceiving<BR>the importance of following IG issues, and maybe this is the case in all<BR>regions. The latest South SSIG had a significant participation of ngo<BR>students who had never before considered IG as relevant -- and their<BR>reaction after the
course was very positive.<BR><BR>Interesting to note that the World Social Forum, as an example of<BR>massive worldwide mobilization of ngos and social movements, mostly<BR>ignores the issue or treats it as fringe.<BR><BR>frt rgds<BR><BR>--c.a.<BR><BR>Adam Peake wrote:<BR>> Again, participants from Latin America and the Caribbean is low. Has<BR>> been for all IGFs (expect Rio... when LAC participants represented 35%<BR>> of the total, but of those 29% were from Brazil.)<BR>> <BR>> Adam<BR>> <BR>> <BR>>> Interesting indeed, Ginger. I assume the classification is on the basis<BR>>> of self-defined categories as written in the registration forms. I am<BR>>> particularly curious about the relatively large participation of the<BR>>> "technical and academic" community.<BR>>><BR>>> []s fraternos<BR>>><BR>>> --c.a.<BR>>><BR>>> Ginger Paque wrote:<BR>>>>
FYI:<BR>>>><BR>>>> Breakdown of IGF participants:<BR>>> ><BR>>> <A href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/87-programme/484-igf-sharm-el-sheikh-attendance-statistics" target=_blank>http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/87-programme/484-igf-sharm-el-sheikh-attendance-statistics</A><BR>>><BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>><BR>>> -- <BR>>><BR>>> Carlos A. Afonso<BR>>> CGI.br (www.cgi.br)<BR>>> Nupef (www.nupef.org.br)<BR>>> ====================================<BR>>> new/nuevo/novo e-mail: <A href="http://us.mc839.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ca@cafonso.ca" ymailto="mailto:ca@cafonso.ca">ca@cafonso.ca</A><BR>>> ====================================<BR>>> ____________________________________________________________<BR>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<BR>>>
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