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Looks interesting, any traction?<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2013/04/19 10:09 PM, michael
gurstein wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">I've done a quick edit for style/grammar
of Lee's edited version. My minor edits of Lee's version are
below and below that is a clean version of my edited version.
(Looks good!)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><i>We recognise the Internet to be a
global network of networks comprised of computing devices
and processes, and an emergent and emerging social reality.
In that sense, it is an intricate combination of hardware,
software, protocols, <and> human intentionality
enabling new kind<s> of social interactions and
transactions, <DELETE which is> brought together by a
common set of design principles, and policies established
through due democratic processes. The design principles and
policies that constitute its governance ensure its
stability, functionality and security, and aim at preserving
and enhancing the global commons and global public good
character of the Internet <the combination of> which
has made previous innovations possible. Therefore, in the
face of the growing danger for the Internet experience to be
reduced to closed or proprietary online spaces, we urge that
the preservation and enhancement of the Internet's global
commons and public good dimensions be at the forefront of
global Internet governance agenda going forward.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">My CLEAR version!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b>We recognise the Internet to be a
global network of networks comprised of computing devices
and processes, and an emergent and emerging social reality.
In that sense, it is an intricate combination of hardware,
software, protocols, and human intentionality enabling new
kinds of social interactions and transactions, brought
together by a common set of design principles, and policies
established through due democratic processes. The design
principles and policies that constitute its governance
ensure its stability, functionality and security, and aim at
preserving and enhancing the global commons and global
public good character of the Internet the combination of
which has made previous innovations possible. Therefore, in
the face of the growing danger for the Internet experience
to be reduced to closed or proprietary online spaces, we
urge that the preservation and enhancement of the Internet's
global commons and public good dimensions be at the
forefront of global Internet governance agenda going
forward.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b>Mike<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org">governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org">mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org</a>] On Behalf Of
Lee W McKnight<br>
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 11:28 AM<br>
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>; Norbert Bollow; parminder<br>
Subject: RE: [governance] Internet as a commons/ public good</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">I agree with use of Mawaki's text as a
starting point.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Lee<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">PS: A few further suggested edits below.
Or, these can wait til a procedure, as Parminder and Norbert
have discussed, is established.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">We recognise the Internet to be
<DELETE not only> a global network of networks comprised
of computing devices and processes, <DELETE but also>
<ADD and an emergent and emerging social reality. In that
sense, it is an intricate combination of hardware, software,
protocols, human intentionality enabling new kind of social
interactions and transactions, which is brought together by a
common set of design principles, and <DELETE stirred by>
policies established through due democratic processes.
<DELETE While t> <ADD The design principles and
policies that constitute its governance <DELETE should>
ensure its stability, functionality and security, <DELETE
they must also> <ADD and> aim at preserving and
enhancing the global commons and global public good character
of the Internet [which has made previous innovations
possible*]. Therefore, in the face of the growing danger for
the Internet experience to be reduced to closed or proprietary
online spaces, we urge that the preservation and enhancement
of the Internet's global commons and public good dimensions be
at the forefront of global Internet governance agenda going
forward.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">From: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org"><span
style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org</span></a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org">governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org</a>] on behalf of Norbert
Bollow [<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:nb@bollow.ch">nb@bollow.ch</a>]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 12:22 PM<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">To: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org"><span
style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</span></a>;
parminder<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Subject: Re: [governance] Internet as a
commons/ public good<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Parminder <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net"><span
style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">parminder@itforchange.net</span></a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Can we perhaps adopt some kind of a
rough procedure - maybe an online <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> vote - to get the sense of the
house first on whether people at all <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> want any kind of text on 'commons
and public goods nature of the <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Internet' adopted or not....<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> and then when, and if, we know that
such is the general will of the <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> group, we can proceed to drafting
the text, and then put it up for a <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> consensus/ rough consensus call...
or alternatively, we can directly <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> put the Mawaki's text, with a few
possible modifications in the next <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> few days to the consensus/ rough
consensus process.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Just for your consideration<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">I believe that there is precedent for
using online polls as part of the implementation of the
process of making a "rough consensus call".<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">If (outside of the specific kind of
context of IGC decision-making<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">processes) the objective is to simply
get some informal feedback, to learn something about how many
IGC members feel strongly in one or the other way about a
given question, anyone can use a survey tool like for example
moreganize.com to conduct a poll.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Greetings,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Norbert<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">--<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Recommendations for effective and
contructive participation in IGC:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">1. Respond to the content of assertions
and arguments, not to the person 2. Be conservative in what
you send, be liberal in what you accept<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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