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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Well said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeremy Malcolm<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 24, 2014 5:59 PM<br><b>To:</b> governance@lists.igcaucus.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [governance] Tweedledum and Tweedledee WAS Re: [bestbits] Time-sensitive: 24 hour sign on period for ITU Plenipot joint recommendations<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On 24/10/2014 5:38 pm, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>I am asking informational questions in an earnest attempt to get a handle on who it is that has authorized or is pushing for what appears to be a clear rejection of values and principles that the great majority of people in the world would be very unlikely to give up (at least not easily), and what political system is being recommended to replace it. <o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><br>Further, it's not as if these "great majority of people" have a choice. The Internet (and the world) is <i>already</i> being governed by diverse institutions many of which have no connection with their elected representatives. So the choice is not between sticking with a well-established system or representative democracy or switching to an alternative called multi-stakeholderism, as you seem to be characterising it. On the contrary, it's a choice between continuing to submit to diverse mechanisms of ordering many of which are not state-based or democratic, or constructing new forms of representation that allow people, independently of their citizenship, to participate in global governance in ways that would otherwise be reserved to more powerful actors. Meanwhile the nation state will continue to play its role, but in global Internet governance it is not not an exclusive role.<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Jeremy Malcolm<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Senior Global Policy Analyst<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Electronic Frontier Foundation<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="https://eff.org">https://eff.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:jmalcolm@eff.org">jmalcolm@eff.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>:: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World ::<o:p></o:p></pre></div></body></html>