<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body ><div>Interesting thoughts, Louis. But remember that the ITU uses to call its conferences "world this and that" and they are usually the counterexample for diversity and such.</div><div><br></div><div>frt rgds</div><div><br></div><div>c.a.</div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:100%">------------<br>C. A. Afonso</div></div> <br><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: "Louis Pouzin (well)" <pouzin@well.com> <br>Date: 16-11-2013 14:19 (GMT-03:00) <br>To: "Carlos A. Afonso" <ca@cafonso.ca> <br>Cc: governance@lists.igcaucus.org,"<,bestbits@lists.bestbits.net>," <bestbits@lists.bestbits.net>,i-coordination@nro.net, chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org <br>Subject: [governance] [bestbits] full title of BR conference <br> <br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>In American English (Webster) the word global carries a connotation of totality, homogeneity, along with unification, centralization and hegemony (e.g. internet). In other words <b>global does not include subsidiarity and diversity</b>. No wonder it is used ad nauseum in PR blah..<br>
<br>World(wide) is more appropriate, as there is no hint of homogeneity, only of geographical presence.<br> <br></div>Louis<br><div class="gmail_extra">- - -<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Carlos A. Afonso <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ca@cafonso.ca" target="_blank">ca@cafonso.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>I have confirmation that the full title of the BR event will be:</div><div><br>
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<div><span><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>Global Multistakeholder Conference On the Future of Internet Governance</div><div>Conferência Multissetorial Global Sobre o Futuro da Governança da Internet</div></div></blockquote>
<div><div><div>Much better! ;)</div></div></div></span></div><div><br></div><div></div><div><div style="font-size:100%">------------<br>C. A. Afonso</div></div> </div><br></blockquote></div></div></div>
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