I look forward to hearing Daniel's response.<div>There is talk about the net "breaking" in terms of its technological governance, but it seems to me much more likely that the net will break, perhaps has already broken, in terms of the human connections which run on top of the technological ones (and are the purpose of the technology??)<br>
For this reason I would consider the language issue to be crucially important.</div><div>Deirdre</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 15 February 2013 12:25, michael gurstein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com" target="_blank">gurstein@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I suggest that we include Daniel Pimienta in this discussion (I'm copying<br>
this to him although I believe he is on this list...<br>
<br>
Daniel has devoted a very considerable amount of time and skill to dealing<br>
with precisely this issue. I'm not clear what the state of the art is but<br>
I'm sure he could tell us.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
M<br>
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</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">Avri Doria <<a href="mailto:avri@acm.org">avri@acm.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Is Spanish the only language we have this issue with?<br>
<br>
Right now it seems to be a particularly urgent specifically with regard to<br>
Spanish, since we have a Spanish-speaking colleague whose interest in<br>
actively participating here in the Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) is<br>
obviously very great even despite the very substantial language barrier.<br>
<br>
> Or would this be a pilot that could/would be expanded to other<br>
> languages if it worked well?<br>
<br>
That's what I've been thinking, with just a very slight difference of<br>
emphasis in that I wanted to emphasize that creating such Language Community<br>
Caucuses is something that would always be in the hands of people of that<br>
particular language community. That's why I wrote: "If this works well,<br>
maybe it'll set a good example that could be followed by other language<br>
groups.<br>
<br>
> One thing, I think that extra time would need to be built into the<br>
> schedules to handle this.<br>
<br>
Yes, absolutely.<br>
<br>
Greetings,<br>
Norbert<br>
<br>
<br>
> On 15 Feb 2013, at 05:17, Norbert Bollow wrote:<br>
><br>
> > Sala <<a href="mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com">salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> >> How can we turn this challenge of communication into an<br>
> >> opportunity? Any thoughts?<br>
> ><br>
> > Maybe this experience of communication problems can serve as a<br>
> > motivation to create a "Spanish Language Caucus" for<br>
> ><br>
> > a) discussion in Spanish of global information society issues;<br>
> ><br>
> > b) discussion of information society issues concerning specifically<br>
> > users of the Spanish language;<br>
> ><br>
> > c) selecting Ambassadors, trusted by the "Spanish Language Caucus"<br>
> > community, who able to communicate in English as well as in<br>
> > Spanish, and who would be willing to engage in global fora on behalf<br>
> > of Spanish speakers who don't have sufficient English language<br>
> > skills to be able to effectively engage directly<br>
> ><br>
> > ?<br>
> ><br>
> > Of course the Ambassadors would report back to the "Spanish Language<br>
> > Caucus", etc.<br>
> ><br>
> > If this works well, maybe it'll set a good example that could be<br>
> > followed by other language groups.<br>
> ><br>
> > Greetings,<br>
> > Norbert<br>
> ><br>
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