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<parminder@itforchange.net><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> governance@lists.cpsr.org<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Fri, April 15, 2011 6:33:44 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [governance] IGF relevance?<br></font><br>
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So that is where your world stops :). Yes, US and EU are doing fine
at home on NN, but can we, rest of us, not just wait till US and EU
NN rules are finalized and through their economic (also political
and social) might imposed on the rest of the world? By your
permission, we are just seeking democratic management of the medium
that is touted as a great democratic force. Do you agree to such an
objective? do you want to contribute?<br>
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parminder<br>
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<pre> <br><br><span>On the other hand, there are developments in IP addressing that cry out for a global forum to work out a new policy. For some background, see this recent IGP blog article: <a target="_blank" href="http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2011/3/25/4778257.html">http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2011/3/25/4778257.html</a></span><br>In facing a controversial issue that seemed to require global policy but go beyond the mandate of ARIN, the head of ARIN recently asked on a public list, sincerely, which venue could be used to discuss the issue?<br><br>It is abundantly clear that on a few key internet governance issues, ranging from Wikileaks</pre>
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<pre> to IP addressing there are inadequate globalized institutions. <br><br>One reason IGF is losing relevance, is that IGF's leadership seems to be utterly blind when it comes to distinguishing between issues where it can be entrepreneurial and fill gaps in the current institutional environment, and issues where it has no real capacity to contribute anything. <br>It seems that IGF always falls prey to the disease of UN organizations, which is to create opportunities for politicians and others who enjoy publicity to intone pleasing platitudes on gigantic problems which it has no capacity to solve, while completely avoiding the hard work of solving smaller, less glamorous problems it can actually do something about.<br><br>--MM<br><br><br>____________________________________________________________<br>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br> <a rel="nofollow" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
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