<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434023459281_160618"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434023459281_160652">Hurray for Barry!</span></div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434023459281_160654"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434023459281_160657"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434023459281_160656">Nathalie </div></div><br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434023459281_160663"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434023459281_160662"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434023459281_160661"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434023459281_160660"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> governance@lists.igcaucus.org; Seth Johnson <seth.p.johnson@gmail.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Mawaki Chango <kichango@gmail.com>; Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law <froomkin@law.miami.edu> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, June 11, 2015 2:05 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [governance] IANA transition - BR Gov comments on the CCWG-Accountability Draft Proposal<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434023459281_160666"><br><br>I'll go one step further and state that any internet governance<br>structure (of any substance) which requires primarily in-person<br>meetings is by its nature rigged.<br><br>All structures -- legislative, executive, legal, etc -- should be<br>designed from the start for online participation alone with any<br>exception being exactly that: An exception and for good reason.<br><br>Why remove the very essence of the power of the net, remote and<br>ubiquitious participation, just when the participation and<br>enfranchisement becomes most important?<br><br>-- <br> -Barry Shein<br><br>The World | <a ymailto="mailto:bzs@TheWorld.com" href="mailto:bzs@TheWorld.com">bzs@TheWorld.com</a> | <a href="http://www.theworld.com/" target="_blank">http://www.TheWorld.com</a><br>Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 800-THE-WRLD | Dial-Up: US, PR, Canada<br>Software Tool & Die | Public Access Internet | SINCE 1989 *oo*<br><br><br>____________________________________________________________<br>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br> <a ymailto="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a><br>To be removed from the list, visit:<br> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing" target="_blank">http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing</a><br><br>For all other list information and functions, see:<br> <a href="http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance" target="_blank">http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance</a><br>To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:<br> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/" target="_blank">http://www.igcaucus.org/</a><br><br>Translate this email: <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t" target="_blank">http://translate.google.com/translate_t</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>