<p>Dear Sean,</p>
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<p>I warmly thank you for your smoothing words ; right now we need them, particularly on our lists :-)</p>
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<p>I also remembrer your involvment in WSIS as soon as it began in 2002. During its course, CS (i.a. with Bill Mc Iver and Sally Burch) did a good job and was strong enough to elaborate and adopt <strong>its own Declaration,</strong> in Geneva and in Tunis; they still reference documents for us, even if many new issues did appear since then.</p>
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<p>As you, Sean, I feel well in ISF and the spirit it inherited from WSF. </p>
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<p>Best regards</p>
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<p>Jean-Louis Fullsack</p>
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<blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left: #ff0000 2px solid;">> Message du 30/01/15 09:53<br />> De : "Sean O Siochru" <sean@nexus.ie><br />> A : governance@lists.igcaucus.org<br />> Copie à : <br />> Objet : [governance] A Response re. Just Net Coalition and Internet Social Forum<br />> <br />> HI everyone<br />> <br />> I read Jeremy Malcolm's comments about JNC and ISF (and I see a follow up <br />> by Philip Corwin) in IGF <br />> watch: <br />> http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/who-are-the-just-net-coalition-and-what-can-we-expect-from-the-internet-social-forum#TIZtZ3Dh3r82NcRd0TaSzw. <br />> I think it was reposted on this list.<br />> <br />> As a self-confessed serial communication activist of 30 years - and as a <br />> member of JNC and involved in the ISF idea - I am pretty flabbergasted, <br />> but also a bit insulted by them.<br />> <br />> I don't recognise the JNC and ISF described in Jeremy's note. The people he <br />> singles out are highly active in both but I can assure him that JNC is a <br />> lot more than them and has lively and open debate. It is not a mouthpiece <br />> for any clique - to suggest it is denigrates the multitude of others <br />> involved - but it is a serious effort to raise the need for truly <br />> democratic internet governance.<br />> <br />> As for the Internet Social Forum idea: Like the WSF itself, it is wide <br />> open. By its very structure none can dominate it - we all need simply to <br />> respect the SWF basic philosophy. Yes, it will take a lot of logistical <br />> effort and I applaud anyone willing to take that on. But the real <br />> beneficiaries of an ISF will be all those who want to share ideas on <br />> 'another Internet is possible' and then - after the event - want to start <br />> to build it with like-minded people. There are no hidden agendas there, and <br />> it is a great opportunity to bring in activists from all kinds of different <br />> areas into this key debate.<br />> <br />> All are welcome, Sean<br />> <br />> <br />> Seán Ó Siochrú: sean@nexus.ie tel: +353 1 272 0739 mobile: +353 87 2048150<br />> 14 Eaton Brae, Shankill, Co. Dublin, Ireland<br />> NEXUS Research Cooperative http://www.nexus.ie/ <br />> <br />> <br />> ____________________________________________________________<br />> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br />> governance@lists.igcaucus.org<br />> To be removed from the list, visit:<br />> http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing<br />> <br />> For all other list information and functions, see:<br />> http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance<br />> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:<br />> http://www.igcaucus.org/<br />> <br />> Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t<br />> </blockquote>