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face=Arial>John,</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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face=Arial>Some time ago I stopped attempting to post useful stuff in response
to random, non-directed, open ended, structureless, formless calls
for best practices, case studies, etc.etc. There are about
a dozen of those (or more) floating around the ICT4D world at any one
time. In the absence of any indication of how one's effort is going to
be considered, the opportunity to engage in dialogue and context setting with
those in theory reading the documents, the process by which one's input might
be considered and channeled into discussion, and so on, I consider it to
be a major waste of time--providing the form of consultation without any
of the substance.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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face=Arial>If folks are seriously interested in getting feedback there
are quite specific mechanisms for engaging with people who have
knowledge/experience to provide... In the absence of such mechanisms there
is Google to provide an almost endless stream of such floating in the
ether--reports, best practices etc.etc.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=930294212-04042012>As I said I read the first report and gave my off the
top reactions... Nothing I saw from your pointers has changed my mind. The
Working Groups appear to be for the most part either inactive beyond the
appointment of one of the worthies on the Commission as Chair and the
formulation of a mission statement; or their outreach consists of including
one or two academic notables whose positions also are well known. If their
Sharehouse facility only has</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT
color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=930294212-04042012> two
reports referencing Nigeria then little more needs to be said about that
enterprise--the rest of the world appears to share my opinion of those types
of efforts rather than yours.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=930294212-04042012>As I recall in the original blogpost I talked about
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class=930294212-04042012> </SPAN>-----Original
Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> John Curran [mailto:jcurran@istaff.org]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 04, 2012 9:00 AM<BR><B>To:</B> michael
gurstein<BR><B>Cc:</B> governance@lists.igcaucus.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[governance] ITU Broadband Commission<BR><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT>
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<DIV>On Apr 4, 2012, at 6:28 AM, michael gurstein wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond" class=Apple-style-span>The problem
with what you say below and as is suggested I think, in my blogpost is not
that "we" are focusing on the titles but rather that whoever is organizing
the initiative is focusing on the titles. And the problem with that is
not either with the titles or the individuals behind the titles but that the
outcome is more or less completely predictable based on those titles
(presumably as executed by the various courtiers and functionaries who
actually did the work as opposed to having simply graced the meetings with
their presence...</SPAN></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Strange. An organization which historically has focused
on participation predominantly</DIV>
<DIV>by member states expands its model to specifically allow for
submission of "case studies, </DIV>
<DIV>best practice, analytical reports and policy recommendations" from
anyone, and yet in </DIV>
<DIV>advance you can determine that the outcome is completely predictable?
That implies</DIV>
<DIV>that we are 100% certain that these inputs are not being considered (or
maybe you</DIV>
<DIV>mean 'completely predictable' because civil society has not intention of
participating??)</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond" class=Apple-style-span>And, since
you asked, I sent my blogpost to one of the Commissions' "researchers", who
replied with some irritation but who failed to directly address any of the
points that I, or the commentators on the post were
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<DIV>Your blogpost calls for (amongst other things) that the Broadband
Commission consider </DIV>
<DIV>"the much more nuanced and sensible approach outlined in the Background
document to </DIV>
<DIV>the Nigerian BB4NG forum" Did you ever
submit that document to the actual Broadband </DIV>
<DIV>Commission? From what I can tell, this would be via their
'Sharehouse' system, and yet</DIV>
<DIV>I've searched the Sharehouse but only find two submissions including
term "Nigeria" </DIV>
<DIV>(see below). Wouldn't actually submitting them the document
aid in its consideration? </DIV>
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<DIV>If indeed they are not considering these submissions in their work
which is asserted to be </DIV>
<DIV>a multistakeholder process, then, yes, that would indeed be a
very important issue, and</DIV>
<DIV>one worth raising in multiple forums. As it is, it is impossible to
address raise concerns</DIV>
<DIV>since it doesn't appear that you're even tried to participate in their
processes at all.</DIV>
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<DIV>FYI,</DIV>
<DIV>/John</DIV>
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class=m_doc_blue_nl><B>Nigeria</B>: DigitalSENSE Africa Media</TD>
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href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/stocktaking/plugin/broadband/documents2BB.asp?project=1294527821&lang=en&email=&userid=">Nigeria
Digital Sense Forum</A><BR>Tthe forum tends to explore the impact of
Internet Governance and Broadband Evolution in Nigeria in relation to
achieving the goal of Information and communication technology (ICT)
accessibility and adoption for the benefit of the populace, especially
with the coming on stream and launch of two subm ...<BR><B>ID:
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href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/stocktaking/plugin/broadband/documents2BB.asp?project=1285599926&lang=en&email=&userid=">The
Impact of Mobile Services in Nigeria: How Mobile Technologies Are
Transforming Economic and Social Activities</A><BR>Pyramid analyzed
mobile adoption trends, examples of mobile applications, as well as the
perspectives of key players and 1,500 Nigerian end users. Mobile
communications are having a positive impact in Nigeria by attracting
investment and developing commercial activities.In Nigeria mobile
broadband s ...<BR><B>ID: 1285599926</B></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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