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On Monday 09 May 2011 10:07 AM, McTim wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Jeremy Malcolm <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org"><jeremy@ciroap.org></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Thanks Parminder and Avri. Here's a consolidated draft with Avri's edits.
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Big businesses already have a disproportionately large influence on
government bureaucracies. For governments to sanction a dedicated
meeting
with top G8 leaders and officials to plan the global agenda for Internet
related
policies is inappropriate. What is required is a discussion that
includes civil
society actors
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and the Internet technical community
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, who will bring to the table the concerns of global
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derived from a diversity of people's, of many sections of society,
interests and
concerns.
It is also pertinent to state here that since the Internet is
essentially a
global phenomenon, policies framed together by the most powerful
nations,
quite likely, will become the default global norm. This is most true for
architectural and economic issues, while the global impact on other
areas
will also be substantial. It is therefore appropriate that G 8 countries
engage with the same, and other issues, of Internet policies at the more
democratic global forums where all countries
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dlete "countries" above
and insert "stakeholders"
and I will be happy with the draft as edited by Avri.
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Lets not start that old debate again. If you mean tech community
which is involved with public interest advocacy - you for instance -
then it is already included when we say 'include civil society', if
they are serving big business and representing their interests, it
is hardly in keeping with the principal thrust of this submission to
push for greater inclusion of them. parminder <br>
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