[bestbits] RE: [Follow up of the previous report] Summary I*coalition/dialogue debates

[matthew shears]

+1

On 05/11/2013 02:28, genekimmelman at gmail.com wrote:
> I am all for the most valuable use of our time. So what would that be? 
> Until we know who will devise the agenda or structure for the Brazil 
> summit,  I find it hard to answer my own question.  So I lean towards 
> engaging until I know it is a waste of time.
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org>
> Date:
> To: michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com>
> Cc: Carolina Rossini <carolina.rossini at gmail.com>,Joana Varon Ferraz 
> <joana at varonferraz.com>,bestbits <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>
> Subject: Re: [bestbits] RE: [Follow up of the previous report] Summary 
> I*coalition/dialogue debates
>
>
> On 4 Nov 2013, at 7:50 pm, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com 
> <mailto:gurstein at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> Further to that I have some question whether CS should be privileging 
>> the IGF as compared to other possible mechanisms in our formulation 
>> pre-Brazil as these documents do.
>> Finally, I have some question as to whether CS should be aligning 
>> itself with MS processes and MSism as the "statement" does without at 
>> least an attempt to more fully define what in fact MS/MSism is meant 
>> to mean in the context of this document
>
> Briefly, I share both of these concerns.  There is nothing here so far 
> to suggest that the references to the IGF, multi-stakeholder processes 
> and even enhanced cooperation are not just the innocuous versions of 
> those loose concepts, that pose no threat to those with vested 
> interests in the status quo. The exclusion of governments from the 
> dialogue also confirms that the dialogue is likely to be an echo 
> chamber in which those who already have particular views about 
> governments and Internet governance, reinforce those views.  In that 
> light is participation in the dialogue a wise investment of our time, 
> which is already so very stretched?
>
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