[bestbits] IMPORTANT: World Economic Forum and The-Initiative-Formerly-Known-As-NETmundial

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On Sep 2, 2014, at 3:53 PM, Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca> wrote:

> "The WEF representatives seem to be listening and adapting at IGF – so I think this is still quite fluid." You mean, like the Borg? :)

I don't feel that we have yet received a good sense from this group yet about whether we should patronise the WEF initiative or not.  You have, by now, seen that the Just Net Coalition people are refusing to support the initiative.  If the Coordination Group goes forward with nominating candidates at all, it would therefore have to be on the basis that any public statement of our nominees would include that "although JNC is a member of CSCG, JNC has opted out from participation in this particular selection process".

Are we happy with that?  Or do we agree with JNC and want to wash our hands of this process?  I have heard view both ways, and I don't have a good sense of where the balance of opinion lies.  Would be grateful for some more people to express their views here.

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Jeremy Malcolm
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
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