<div dir="ltr">Avri,<br><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Avri Doria <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:avri@acm.org" target="_blank">avri@acm.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#330033">
(repeat of reply sent to Bestbits)<br>
<br>
Hi,<br>
<br>
I must say, I am in complete agreement with the notion that a lie
repeated often enough neither becomes the truth nor represents that
which is the case. <br>
<br></div></blockquote><div><br>+1<br><br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#330033">
A main issue, however, is identifying whose statements constitute
lies, and I expect there are differences of opinion on who is
putting forward falsehoods. <br>
<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yup.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#330033">
Beyond that, I did not know we had any US Senators on this list.
Living or dead.<span class=""><font color="#888888"><br>
<br></font></span></div></blockquote><div><br><br></div><div>Does no one else find it hilarious that McCarthyism (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism</a>) is being used to accuse someone else of being McCarthy-ist?<br><br></div><div>All I did was send a link. I did not endorse the views of the author. I was attacked for that.<br><br></div><div>I would appreciate the CoCo's intervention on this matter in accordance with the Charter.<br><br><br></div><div><br><br><br><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#330033"><span class=""><font color="#888888">
avri</font></span><div><div class="h5"><br>
<br>
<br>
<div>On 28-Jan-15 11:00, michael gurstein
wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite">
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>McTim (or should I say (Sen.)
McCarthy…</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>I’m hoping that folks are wise enough
not to think that if a lie is repeated often enough and
loudly enough and particularly if it can be referenced to a
blogpost with a reference to a (slightly deranged err over
the top) blogpost that provides significantly distorted and
selective references to a further set of documents then
somehow it has a reality beyond simply self-interested
commentary (sigh, but such is the Internet… </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>And now to:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Jeremy’s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiad" target="_blank">Jeremiad</a>
and Phillip’s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippic" target="_blank">Philippic</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>As they say the worst insult is to be
ignored, and no publicity is bad publicity… so thanks folks
for spreading the word about the JNC and the ISF.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>That Philip got it wrong following
Jeremy’s wild distortions and misrepresentations shouldn’t
be too surprising. I’ll leave a detailed cross referencing
between reality and what Jeremy has oozed out to others with
a more Talmudic bent but just to say that I’m expecting a
libel action to be forthcoming from my PM Stephen Harper at
the possibility that he might be funding my contributions to
the JNC or the ISF (I would expect similar rumblings from
various of the other “state actors” to which he might so
circuitously and ponderously be referring).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>But just to note—it is only in the
minds of the profoundly anti-democratic (and historically
illiterate) that statements to the effect that “</span>The
right to make Internet-related public policies lies
exclusively with those who legitimately and directly represent
people”<span> is (mis) represented as calling for governance
solely by and through existing governmental (or
inter-governmental) structures or more specifically existing
and very often undemocratic and unrepresentative governments
and state structures/actors (whoever they may be). </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>M</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>From:</span></b><span> <a href="mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org</a>
[<a href="mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>McTim<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 27, 2015 9:02 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>;
Jean-Christophe NOTHIAS I The Global Journal<br>
<b>Cc:</b> parminder; <a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" target="_blank">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>;
<a href="mailto:discuss@1net.org" target="_blank">discuss@1net.org</a>
>> 1Net List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [bestbits] [governance] Internet Social
Forum</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Quoting a CircleID piece by Philip
Corwin:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150125_occupy_ig_internet_social_forum_targets_netmundial_initiative/" target="_blank">http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150125_occupy_ig_internet_social_forum_targets_netmundial_initiative/</a><br>
<br>
"The author is not familiar with most of the groups
constituting ISF. As always, a good rule for understanding
true intent is "follow the money". We'd find it illuminating
to know where they get their funding and whether any state
actors are involved (and a colleague more familiar with the
global IG scene advises that at least several are indeed
closely linked to their national governments, and are
unsurprisingly more favorable toward the government-led
multilateral approach on IG than the private sector oriented
MSM). So there is some question as to whether ISF is a
genuine grassroots Netizen movement — or a convergence of
government-dominated organizations pairing with "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot" target="_blank">useful
idiot</a>” entities to pursue a broader and more
pernicious agenda of undermining the MSM and replacing it
with a UN-led, government-dominated one. "<br>
<br>
<br>
</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 1:23 AM,
Jean-Christophe NOTHIAS I The Global Journal <<a href="mailto:jc.nothias@theglobaljournal.net" target="_blank">jc.nothias@theglobaljournal.net</a>>
wrote:</p>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Quoted a Register piece written by
Kieren McCarthy</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Hibernating NetMundial
continues to rattle internet governance world <a href="http://t.co/0D2vSUtqqf" target="_blank"><span>reg.cx/2dZG</span></a></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p><span>As to NetMundial's three-month consultation
period, that will seemingly be led by respected
internet governance academic and ICANN Board member
Wolfgang Kleinwachter. The NetMundial organizers did
not reveal how much they will pay Kleinwachter to
lend the initiative his credibility, but his first
attempt to make the internet community learn to love
the idea came in the form of a <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150103_internet_governance_outlook_2015_2_processes_many_venues_4_baskets/" target="_blank"><span>blog post</span></a> at the
start of the year.</span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Le 24 janv. 2015 à 00:21,
parminder a écrit :</p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
On Friday 23 January 2015 11:31 PM,
"Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" wrote:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Parminder,</p>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">how the ISF is linked to
the IGF?</p>
</blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
Hi Wolfgang<br>
<br>
One is a civil society forum, the other a
multistakeholder one. One develops people's and
civil society's positions on the key issue of
the global Internet, the other is a place where
such positions can enter into dialogue with
holders of political and economic power - the
governments and the corporate actors.<br>
<br>
Unless now the whole idea and concept of civil
society - and along with those of people's
movements, grassroots, activism, and so on - has
been fully coopted in some people's mind with
that of multistakeholderism (whatever one
actually means by it, something that has
remained notoriously unclear), the connection or
link that you inquire about is extremely clear
to me.<br>
<br>
Internet is not the first thing for which there
has been felt a need for 'independently' forming
a people's conception and set of hopes,
expectations and demands - away from conclaves
of power. There have been scores of others, and
newer ones continue to arise. Accordingly if
people's and civil society forums etc have been
meaningful and needed in these areas, it is
incumbent upon *those* who think they are *not
needed* in the Internet space to explain why it
is so, then the other way around.<br>
<br>
To put is somewhat flippantly, ISF is also a
reaction of people who are fed up with an
ongoing IG charade where for instance Fadi
Chehade can with a straight face call the WEF's
Net Mundial Initiative as the 'mother of all
bottom -up processes' - even jokes require some
plausibility limits!<br>
<br>
To take the example of one of the latest
international global forums on a key global
governance issue, the Lima meeting on climate
change, you will perhaps know that parallel to
it a people's meeting was held. Internet and its
governance also needs such meetings, that is the
simple logic of the Internet Social Forum. If
you think that in the Internet's case, such
meetings and forums are not needed, I would of
course be curious to hear your case.<br>
<br>
I am happy to engage further with you on this
issue, and answer your questions.<br>
<br>
Lastly, let me invite you to join the ISF
process. We work under the World Social Forum
(WSF) process and principles - whereby its
meetings are open to all civil society
participants subject to very inimum conditions
that are listed on their website.<br>
<br>
Further, if the discussion is to now turn to the
WSF, its meaning, relevance, etc, I am as happy
to engage with you on that subject.<br>
<br>
Regards, parminder<br>
<br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wolfgang</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">-----Ursprüngliche
Nachricht-----</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Von: <a href="mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org</a>
im Auftrag von parminder</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Gesendet: Do 22.01.2015
17:01</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">An: <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Betreff: Re: [governance]
Internet Social Forum</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Enclosed Spanish
version... parminder</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">On Thursday 22 January 2015
07:06 PM, Norbert Bollow wrote:</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Global Civil Society
launches the Internet Social Forum</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">- With a call to occupy
the Internet</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">PRESS RELEASE. Geneva,
Switzerland, 22st January, 2015.</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">A group of civil society
organisations from around the world has</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">announced the Internet
Social Forum, to bring together and
articulate</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">bottom-up perspectives on
the 'Internet we want'. Taking inspiration</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">from the World Social
Forum, and its clarion call, 'Another World
is</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">possible', the group
seeks to draw urgent attention to the
increasing</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">centralization of the
Internet for extraction of monopoly rents
and for</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">socio-political control,
asserting that 'Another Internet is
possible'!</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Internet Social Forum
will inter alia offer an alternative to the</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">recently-launched World
Economic Forum's 'Net Mundial Initiative' on</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">global Internet
governance. While the World Economic Forum
(WEF) and</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">the 'Net Mundial
Initiative' convene global elites, the
Internet Social</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Forum will be a
participatory and bottom-up space for all
those who</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">believe that the global
Internet must evolve in the public interest;
a</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">direct parallel to the
launch of the World Social Forum in 2001 as
a</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">counter initiative to the
WEF.</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Internet Social Forum
will reach out to grassroots groups and</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">social movements across
the world, catalysing a groundswell that</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">challenges the entrenched
elite interests that currently control how</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">the Internet is managed.
The Internet Social Forum's preparatory</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">process will kick off
during the World Social Forum to take place
in</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tunis, March 24th to
28th, 2015. The Internet Social Forum itself
is</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">planned to be held either
late 2015 or early 2016.</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">"While the world's
biggest companies have every right to debate
the</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">future of the Internet,
we are concerned that their perspectives
should</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">not drown out those of
ordinary people who have no access to the</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">privileged terrain WEF
occupies - in the end it is this wider
public</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">interest that must be
paramount in governing the Internet. We are</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">organising the Internet
Social Forum to make sure their voices can't
be</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">ignored in the corridors
of power," said Norbert Bollow, Co-Convenor
of</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">the Just Net Coalition,
which is one of the groups involved in the</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">initiative.</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Internet Social
Forum, and its preparatory process, is
intended as</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">a space to vision and
build the 'Internet we want'. It will be</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">underpinned by values of
democracy, human rights and social justice.
It</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">will stand for
participatory policy making and promote
community media.</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">It will seek an Internet
that is truly decentralized in its</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">architecture and based on
people's full rights to data, information,</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">knowledge and other
'commons' that the Internet has enabled the
world</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">community to generate and
share.</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Somewhat similar to Web
inventor Tim Berners-Lee's call for a 'Magna</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Carta for the Internet',
the Internet Social Forum proposes to
develop</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">a People's Internet
Manifesto, through a bottom-up process
involving</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">all concerned social
groups and movements, in different areas,
from</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">techies and
ICT-for-development actors to media reform
groups,</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">democracy movements and
social justice activists.</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">This year will also see
the 10 year high-level review of the World</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Summit on the Information
Society (WSIS), to be held in New York in</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">December. As a full-scale
review of a major UN summit, this will be a</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">critical global political
event. Since the WSIS, held in 2003 and
2005,</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">the Internet, and what it
means socially, has undergone a paradigm</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">shift. The WSIS witnessed
active engagement of civil society and</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">technical groups as well
as of business. However, currently, there</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">seems to be an deliberate
attempt to sideline this UN-led initiative
on</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">governance issues of the
information society and Internet in favour
of</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">private,
big-business-dominated initiatives like the
WEF's Net Mundial</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Initiative. The Internet
Social Forum, while remaining primarily a</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">people's forum, will also
seek to channel global civil society's</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">engagement towards the
WSIS +10 review.</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">The following
organisations form the initial group that is
proposing</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">the Internet Social
Forum, and many more are expected to join in
the</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">immediate future. This is
an open call to progressive groups from all</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">over the world to join
this initiative, and participate in
developing a</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">People's Internet
Manifesto.</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Just Net Coalition,
Global</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">P2P Foundation, Global</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Transnational Institute,
Global</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Forum on Communication
for Integration of our America, Regional
(Latin</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">America) Arab NGO Network
for Development, Regional</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
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<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Agencia Latinoamericana
de Información, Regional</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Alternative Informatics
Association, Turkey</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Knowledge Commons, India</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
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<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Open-Root/EUROLINC,
France</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">SLFC.in, India</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">CODE-IP Trust, Kenya</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://GodlyGlobal.org" target="_blank">GodlyGlobal.org</a>,
Switzerland</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Centre for Community
Informatics Research, Development and
Training,</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Canada IT for Change,
India</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Association for Proper
Internet Governance, Switzerland</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Computer Professionals
Union, Philippines</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Free Press, USA</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Advocates of Science and
Technology for the People, Philippines</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Other News, Italy</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Free Software Movement of
India</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Global_Geneva,
Switzerland</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Solidarius (Solidarity
Economy Network), Italy</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">All India Peoples Science
Network, India</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Institute for Local
Self-Reliance - Community Broadband
Networks, USA</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please contact us at <a href="mailto:secretariat@InternetSocialForum.net" target="_blank">secretariat@InternetSocialForum.net</a>
for further</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
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<p class="MsoNormal">information or
clarification.</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Or the following regional
contacts:</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Africa: Alex
Gakaru <<a href="mailto:AlexG@InternetSocialForum.net" target="_blank">AlexG@InternetSocialForum.net</a>></p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Asia: Rishab
Bailey <<a href="mailto:RishabB@InternetSocialForum.net" target="_blank">RishabB@InternetSocialForum.net</a>></p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Europe: Norbert
Bollow <<a href="mailto:NorbertB@InternetSocialForum.net" target="_blank">NorbertB@InternetSocialForum.net</a>></p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">North America: Micheal
Gurstein <<a href="mailto:MichealG@InternetSocialForum.net" target="_blank">MichealG@InternetSocialForum.net</a>></p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">South America: Sally
Burch <<a href="mailto:SallyB@InternetSocialForum.net" target="_blank">SallyB@InternetSocialForum.net</a>></p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</blockquote>
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<blockquote>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">This press release is
also available online, e.g. at</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://justnetcoalition.org/ISF" target="_blank">http://justnetcoalition.org/ISF</a></p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</blockquote>
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