<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">Hilariously funny -- at least, I suppose that was the intention.</font><br>
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From: Michael Kende <Michael.Kende@analysysmason.com><br>
To: governance <governance@lists.igcaucus.org>; Koven Ronald <kovenronald@aol.com><br>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:">I really don't understand the clubbish attachment to jargonesque acronymism. Avri may consider it cute to spell out US, but someone who doesn't spontaneously know
what WCIT stands for isn't necessarily stupid or unworthy of participation in the IGC, whatever that stands for.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:">In the journalism world, it is standard that the first time an organization is mentioned in an article its acronym is spelled out. I don't think anyone tosses aside
the NYTimes because it makes itself accessible to a larger segment of its readership than the inside dopester cognoscenti.</span></div>
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<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">If this is in the context of Norbert's requesting that we all use less acronyms, </span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">this is somewhat like saying we need to teach maths without using confusing </span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">terms like, say, pi, sigma etc which are, to be honest, all greek to most people </span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">that first encounter them.</span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black"> </span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">Maybe work with Diplo or someone to conduct some sort of capacity building for </span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">civil society?</span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black"> </span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">--srs (iPad)</span></tt></pre>
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<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">On 24-Jan-2013, at 4:17, "michael gurstein" <<a href="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com">gurstein@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black"> </span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">> !!!!!!!!</span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">> </span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">> AoC ?</span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">> ATRT ?</span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">> JPA ?</span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">> </span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">> !!!!!!!!</span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">> </span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black"> </span></tt></pre>
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