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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Very nicely put, Dierdre. Your origin myth is not so mythological, and conforms to what many of us involved in the
early days of WSIS civil society had in mind. However, IGC was not conjoint with WSIS CS, it was formed to provide of “</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black">a “civil society” space for objective discussion and negotiation of”
</span></font><i><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;font-style:italic">internet governance</span></font></i><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">_
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:2.5pt"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">But we should not be “uncritical” with our praise. </span></font>It would be good to see
some constructive discussion of what she had to say.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:2.5pt"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">MM: Amen to that. If I get a chance to read it I will comment.
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