[bestbits] Time-sensitive: 24 hour sign on period for ITU Plenipot joint recommendations

[michael gurstein]

Since I'm not discussing "how inter-networking has been cooperatively coordinated" I'm not sure how whether I understand this or that makes any difference here.  If you take a look at my blog both the current post and several of the earlier ones you will see my argument that MSism is being presented as a form of global governance in competition with democratic governance.  While it may have its roots in various aspects of Internet development MSism's ambitions (through its proponents) are very much beyond that.

Good to hear that you are not in agreement with Milton's definition, perhaps you would be willing to offer an alternative.

And glad to hear that you have a belief in democracy as the "foundation of governance in the Internet (and presumably other) governance spaces" perhaps we could then collaborate on how to make democracy work more effectively in the variety of emerging governance spaces for the Internet and elsewhere?

M

-----Original Message-----
From: dogwallah at gmail.com [mailto:dogwallah at gmail.com] On Behalf Of McTim
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 4:45 AM
To: michael gurstein
Cc: Anne Jellema; Norbert Bollow; bestbits at lists.bestbits.net; JNC Forum
Subject: Re: [bestbits] Time-sensitive: 24 hour sign on period for ITU Plenipot joint recommendations

Michael,



On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 2:06 AM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:
> Can we take it then that those who have signed on to this statement or 
> who have elsewhere indicated a full and unquestioning support for 
> MSism in Internet Governance (including of course countries such as 
> the USA who are actively promoting MSism in all venues) are in 
> agreement with Milton’s definition of Multistakeholderism as 
> governance by “private sector-based MS institutions”?

No.


 And further that these proponents of MSism have renounced a
> belief in democracy (as in rule by and for the people) as the 
> foundation of governance in the Internet (and presumably other) governance spaces?


No.


You have a fundamental (willful?) misunderstanding of MSism and the history of how inter-networking has been cooperatively coordinated.


Rgds,

McTim