No subject

related significant structures of accountability so it can=E2=80=99t handle=
 even the most insignificant of challenges without some form of full on off=
ensive/defensive onslaught or it simply ignores the issue and moves on. Nor=
 can it handle even the most inconsequential of divergences/diversities of =
opinion=E2=80=94the drive towards convergence/consensus (and the associated=
 processes of marginalization and exclusion) are terrifying to me if there =
were any real chance of scaling.  In the last century we had a lot of exper=
ience (and several names) for political systems that couldn=E2=80=99t deal =
with challenge, divergence, conflict and insisted on a managed consensus an=
d forced choices =E2=80=9Cor else=E2=80=A6=20

=20

Democracy and multi-lateralism both have many many flaws but they have both=
 taken us a considerable distance down roads that allow us to be where we a=
re now and thinking about significant and desirable ways forward into much =
more complex decision environments. Moreover we now have (the possibility o=
f using) new tools to support the extending of democratic capabilities, the=
 broader inclusion of diversities, the extension of opportunities for effec=
tive participation to previously marginalized populations.

=20

I see absolutely no reason for civil society to be uncritically supporting =
MSism as is obviously currently the case. To my mind this goes against ever=
ything that CS has traditionally stood for=E2=80=94the broadening and deepe=
ning of accountability in support of the public good, the strengthening of =
democracy including through its extension to the poor and marginalized, the=
 developing of public processes and methods to control the unaccountable us=
e of private power in opposition to the public interest.=20

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MSism is in its essence a form of privatization of power=E2=80=94shifting o=
f power from the hands of people (however flawed that might be) to the hand=
s of those who for the most part are unaccountable and non-transparent in t=
heir actions, their internal operations and in their structures.

=20

I would love to see some demonstration that I am wrong or that I=E2=80=99ve=
 missed something but another round of =E2=80=9Ctrust them/us=E2=80=9D is n=
ot going to cut it.

=20

Mike

=20

=20

=20

From: Andrew Puddephatt [mailto:Andrew at gp-digital.org]=20
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 6:14 PM
To: michael gurstein; governance at lists.igcaucus.org; 'Jeremy Malcolm'; 'par=
minder'
Cc: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net
Subject: Re: [governance] Re: [bestbits] Three NETmundial submissions launc=
hed for endorsement at bestbits.net

=20

Michael

=20

Those of us less clever than you are trying to figure out how to make gover=
nance of a global system more equitable and transparent and accountable.  C=
learly we failed.

=20

Can you explain to me how an international inter state process is democrati=
c, assuming that is what you believe (and if not what is your democratic al=
ternative to the submissions on BB?).  How are my interests represented by =
inter state discussions, or those of Chinese or Russian citizens, or women =
in Saudi Arabia or Canadian academics?=20

=20

=20

=20=20

=20

From: michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com>
Reply-To: michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com>
Date: Wednesday, 5 March 2014 23:57
To: "governance at lists.igcaucus.org" <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>, Jeremy=
 Malcolm <Jeremy at Malcolm.id.au>, "parminder at itforchange.net" <parminder at itf=
orchange.net>
Cc: "<bestbits at lists. net <mailto:bestbits at lists.%20net> >" <bestbits at lists=
.bestbits.net>
Subject: RE: [governance] Re: [bestbits] Three NETmundial submissions launc=
hed for endorsement at bestbits.net

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I see, so in your world democracy (however flawed), is to be replaced by Mu=
ltistakeholderism where there is no (evident) transparency (T) or accountab=
ility (A) for the inputs into the stakeholder processes, no (evident) T or =
A for the outputs of the stakeholder processes  and the stakeholders themse=
lves are subject to no effective T or A since they are some sort of (interg=
lalactic?) shapeshifters errr=E2=80=A6 those with =E2=80=9Crole flexibiliti=
es=E2=80=9D.

=20

Have I missed something here?

=20

This may work for a Wizard of Oz space like 1Net where even as the curtain =
gets repeatedly bunched up revealing the (=E2=80=9Cnon-existent=E2=80=9D=E2=
=80=94we have it on the highest possible authority=E2=80=94trust us) wizard=
 pulling the strings and T & A appears to consist of repeated choruses of =
=E2=80=9Ctrust them it will get better=E2=80=9D by a fawning self-selected =
=E2=80=9CSteering Committee=E2=80=9D, but surely in our world we might expe=
ct something with a slightly higher reality component.

=20

M

=20

From:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-request at lists=
.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Malcolm
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 4:21 AM
To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; parminder
Cc: &lt,bestbits at lists.bestbits.net <mailto:bestbits at lists.bestbits.net&gt>=
 &gt,
Subject: Re: [governance] Re: [bestbits] Three NETmundial submissions launc=
hed for endorsement at bestbits.net

=20

On 5 Mar 2014, at 7:49 pm, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:








So, request a clear response - do you mean parity in decision making about =
public policies between gov and non gov actors.... And this is not a petty =
point... Half of the time of the WGEC got taken on this kind of discussion.=
 This is the single most important point today, if we can clarify nd possib=
ly agree on this point - rest is not too difficult... Lets accept what is t=
he key point, and not skirt it...

=20

Different people who contributed to the submission, even if they all endors=
e the final result, will probably give you different answers to that questi=
on.  I'm not sure that anyone is interested in what my personal answer is b=
ecause I'm just an individual, but I would say no I do not accept as a gene=
ral proposition that parity in decision making is appropriate, which is why=
 I personally objected to that language being used.

=20

For some issues, it will be appropriate that the stakeholders act as equals=
 in the decision making process (to the extent that there is a "decision" a=
t all).  In other areas, it won't be appropriate and may be more appropriat=
e that although all stakeholders are involved, one of them will legitimatel=
y take a bigger role than the others.  For example governments may take a l=
eading role in transnational human rights disputes, the technical community=
 may do so in developing spam filtering standards, civil society may do so =
in developing human rights based principles for judging government surveill=
ance practices, and even the private sector may do so, say in setting price=
s for the trading of IPv4 addresses.

=20

This also implies that the appropriate mechanism of governance may differ i=
n each case, eg. laws, standards, markets.  The above all follows naturally=
 if you accept that there are no fixed stakeholder roles, because the appro=
priate roles will differ depending on the circumstances.








BTW, the German government has the following to say in its submission to Ne=
tMundial

...

Do you for instance agree to the above formulation, or NOT...

=20

Nope, don't agree with the German government's formulation because it maint=
ains the fallacy of fixed stakeholder roles.

=20

--

Jeremy Malcolm PhD LLB (Hons) B Com

Internet lawyer, ICT policy advocate, geek

host -t NAPTR 5.9.8.5.2.8.2.2.1.0.6.e164.org|awk -F! '{print $3}'

=20

WARNING: This email has not been encrypted. You are strongly recommended to=
 enable encryption at your end. For instructions, see http://jere.my/l/pgp.

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nk=3Dpurple><div class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'f=
ont-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>When I st=
arted out in this space I believed as you suggest=E2=80=A6 no particular re=
ason not to=E2=80=A6 but as time went on and the objective positions that p=
eople were taking so clearly lined up in support of corporate interests and=
 the interests of particular governments it got increasingly difficult to m=
aintain that position since clearly those interests that they were supporti=
ng were not, to my mind consistent with =E2=80=9Cdemocracy and accountabili=
ty=E2=80=9D or with anything that I understood as being the on-going concer=
ns of CS in the larger world=E2=80=A6 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoN=
ormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";co=
lor:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=
=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>And =
then with the WCIT when there was this lemming like stampede to line up beh=
ind the US State Department and Google for the Internet Freedom crusade=E2=
=80=A6 no reflection on what the positioning behind that crusade might mean=
 in a larger global context or even in a serious thinking about things like=
 taxation, or security, or even real measures to protect diversity and free=
dom of expression online. =C2=A0As I said at the time CS is either na=C3=AF=
ve or bought given the positions they are articulating.=C2=A0 <o:p></o:p></=
span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"=
Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=
=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-se=
rif";color:#1F497D'>Mr. Snowden has proven the correctness of my analysis a=
t the time but I have yet to hear any reflections by any of the CS (or othe=
r) Internet Freedom =E2=80=9Ccrusaders=E2=80=9D on their ill-advised positi=
oning.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:1=
1.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></=
span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"=
Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>So I guess if stating the truth is ins=
ulting, so be it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'=
font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nb=
sp;</o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;fo=
nt-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p c=
lass=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","san=
s-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style=3D'bord=
er:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=
=3DMsoNormal><b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-=
serif"'>From:</span></b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma=
","sans-serif"'> Andrew Puddephatt [mailto:Andrew at gp-digital.org] <br><b>Se=
nt:</b> Wednesday, March 05, 2014 9:46 PM<br><b>To:</b> michael gurstein; g=
overnance at lists.igcaucus.org; 'Jeremy Malcolm'; 'parminder'<br><b>Cc:</b> b=
estbits at lists.bestbits.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [governance] Re: [bestbit=
s] Three NETmundial submissions launched for endorsement at bestbits.net<o:=
p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><d=
iv><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibr=
i","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>"not really sure what you are seeing as=
 an insult=E2=80=9D</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><s=
pan style=3D'font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blac=
k'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=
=3D'font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Try =
assuming that people you disagree with have the same desire for democr=
acy and accountability as you but have a different understanding of ho=
w to reach it </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o=
:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size=
:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Just try that men=
tal exercise, re read your e-mails to the list</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><=
div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNorm=
al><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #B=
5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span style=
=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>From: =
</span></b><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-seri=
f";color:black'>michael gurstein <<a href=3D"mailto:gurstein at gmail.com">=
gurstein at gmail.com</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Thursday, 6 March 2014 05:03<br>=
<b>To: </b>andrew Puddephatt <<a href=3D"mailto:andrew at gp-digital.org">a=
ndrew at gp-digital.org</a>>, "<a href=3D"mailto:governance at lists.igca=
ucus.org">governance at lists.igcaucus.org</a>" <<a href=3D"mailto:gov=
ernance at lists.igcaucus.org">governance at lists.igcaucus.org</a>>, Jeremy M=
alcolm <<a href=3D"mailto:Jeremy at Malcolm.id.au">Jeremy at Malcolm.id.au</a>=
>, "<a href=3D"mailto:parminder at itforchange.net">parminder at itforcha=
nge.net</a>" <<a href=3D"mailto:parminder at itforchange.net">parminde=
r at itforchange.net</a>><br><b>Cc: </b>"<<a href=3D"mailto:bestbit=
s at lists.%20net">bestbits at lists. net</a>>" <<a href=3D"mailto:bes=
tbits at lists.bestbits.net">bestbits at lists.bestbits.net</a>><br><b>Subject=
: </b>RE: [governance] Re: [bestbits] Three NETmundial submissions launched=
 for endorsement at bestbits.net<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=
=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-se=
rif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=3DMs=
oNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";=
color:#1F497D'>Insults by the by (not really sure what you are seeing as an=
 insult.. but anyway=E2=80=A6</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p>=
</span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family=
:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style=3D'color:bl=
ack'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11=
.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I=E2=80=99ve taken t=
he trouble here and elsewhere to lay out some, what I think are serious iss=
ues concerning MSism=E2=80=A6</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p>=
</span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family=
:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style=3D'color:bl=
ack'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11=
.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I=E2=80=99m still wa=
iting for you or anyone to make some significant counters to those argument=
s or even address them in some serious way (something with a bit more subst=
ance than red herrings about Chinese billionaires and Mr. Cameron=E2=80=A6<=
/span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNorma=
l><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:=
#1F497D'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sa=
ns-serif";color:#1F497D'>The US submission to the NETMundial refers to =E2=
=80=9CMSism=E2=80=9D <b><u>9 times</u></b> in less than a page (it doesn=E2=
=80=99t mention democracy even once).</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:=
p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;fon=
t-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style=3D'=
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font=
-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>You are evid=
ently a strong supporter of MSism.  Perhaps you could give me a respon=
se to my comments/criticisms or suggest how my arguments are incorrect or m=
y experiences are inconclusive.</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:=
p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-fami=
ly:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style=3D'color:=
black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:=
11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tks,</span><span s=
tyle=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=
=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>&nbs=
p;</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNo=
rmal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";col=
or:#1F497D'>M</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p cl=
ass=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans=
-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p>=
</span></p><div><div style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;pa=
dding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span style=3D'font-size:1=
0.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> A=
ndrew Puddephatt [<a href=3D"mailto:Andrew at gp-digital.org">mailto:Andrew at gp=
-digital.org</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 05, 2014 8:37 PM<br><b>=
To:</b> michael gurstein; <a href=3D"mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org">=
governance at lists.igcaucus.org</a>; 'Jeremy Malcolm'; 'parminder'<br><b>Cc:<=
/b> <a href=3D"mailto:bestbits at lists.bestbits.net">bestbits at lists.bestbits.=
net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [governance] Re: [bestbits] Three NETmundial=
 submissions launched for endorsement at bestbits.net</span><span style=3D'=
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span s=
tyle=3D'color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>=
<span style=3D'color:black'>Actually, far from being tedious, there are int=
eresting and multi stakeholder ideas in your proposition which in a differe=
nt place and in a different mood would be good to explore.<o:p></o:p></span=
></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:black'> <o:p></o:p></sp=
an></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:black'>Unfortunately your =
ideas don=E2=80=99t seem to be on the table in the WGEC or WSIS reviews and=
 I doubt that the nine billionaires who run the Chinese Communist party, th=
e Supreme Leader of Iran, Mr Putin or Mr Cameron my own prime minister woul=
d be too interested.  So I=E2=80=99d rather not see them in control of=
 the internet thank you very much =E2=80=93 which was inter state governanc=
e would mean (as opposed to  ushering in a new era of global democracy=
).    <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=
=3D'color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span sty=
le=3D'color:black'>As it happens I=E2=80=99ve spent thirty years trying to =
promote democracy and human rights so your gratuitous insults wash off me b=
ut I=E2=80=99m curious as to why you feel the need to insult anyone who dis=
agrees with you?   It is not an effective means of persuasion in =
my experience so I suggest we terminate this exchange from now.<o:p></o:p><=
/span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:black'> <o:p></o:p=
></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:black'> <o:p></o=
:p></span></p></div><div style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0p=
t;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span style=3D'font-si=
ze:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>From: </span></b>=
<span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:bl=
ack'>michael gurstein <<a href=3D"mailto:gurstein at gmail.com">gurstein at gm=
ail.com</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Thursday, 6 March 2014 04:02<br><b>To: </b>=
andrew Puddephatt <<a href=3D"mailto:andrew at gp-digital.org">andrew at gp-di=
gital.org</a>>, "<a href=3D"mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org">g=
overnance at lists.igcaucus.org</a>" <<a href=3D"mailto:governance at lis=
ts.igcaucus.org">governance at lists.igcaucus.org</a>>, Jeremy Malcolm <=
<a href=3D"mailto:Jeremy at Malcolm.id.au">Jeremy at Malcolm.id.au</a>>, &quot=
;<a href=3D"mailto:parminder at itforchange.net">parminder at itforchange.net</a>=
" <<a href=3D"mailto:parminder at itforchange.net">parminder at itforchan=
ge.net</a>><br><b>Cc: </b>"<<a href=3D"mailto:bestbits at lists.%20=
net">bestbits at lists. net</a>>" <<a href=3D"mailto:bestbits at lists=
.bestbits.net">bestbits at lists.bestbits.net</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>RE: [=
governance] Re: [bestbits] Three NETmundial submissions launched for endors=
ement at bestbits.net</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span><=
/p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:10.5pt;font-fam=
ily:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style=3D'color:b=
lack'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span styl=
e=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ah=
=E2=80=A6 the =E2=80=9Cif I ruled the world=E2=80=9D challenge=E2=80=A6 yes=
, flattering but ultimately inconsequential=E2=80=A6 I don=E2=80=99t (thank=
 god) rule the world=E2=80=A6 So my off the cuff solutions aren=E2=80=99t w=
orth all that much=E2=80=A6</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></=
span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"=
Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style=3D'color:blac=
k'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0=
pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I did a major project =
in sub-Saharan Africa last year with Mwaki among others addressing more or =
less this very question=E2=80=A6 and the answer was=E2=80=A6 it=E2=80=99s c=
omplicated=E2=80=A6</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p=
><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri"=
,"sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p>=
</o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-=
family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It involved strengthening broa=
d structures of governance, putting technology infrastructures into (the ri=
ght) place(s), training, developing appropriate mechanisms for consultation=
/decision making=E2=80=A6 And yes the answer was multi-stakeholder =E2=80=
=A6 but=E2=80=A6 not multistakeholderist=E2=80=A6 multi-stakeholder within =
a context which could accommodate and contain and make multi-stakeholder co=
nsultation and participation meaningful and useful for all concerned includ=
ing to strengthen democratic governance and particularly figuring out how t=
o get governmental structures to adapt and respond. To some degree this wou=
ld be done in parallel to existing democratic processes but interwoven with=
 them to use the democracy to reinforce the consultations and the consultat=
ions to deepen and reinforce the democracy.</span><span style=3D'color:blac=
k'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0=
pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span sty=
le=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=
=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sorr=
y if this is tedious and not glib enough for you but given world enough and=
 time my guess is that this kind of thing could work as well in Ouagadougou=
 as in downtown Tehran=E2=80=A6 not sure about Hackney/Georgetown but it se=
ems to work well enough in Teeside and if we can get these things to work i=
n Ouga and Tehran and Teeside =E2=80=93 well =E2=80=9Cfirst we take Manhatt=
an and then we take Berlin.. *</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p=
></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-famil=
y:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style=3D'color:b=
lack'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:1=
1.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(And BTW it=E2=80=
=99s not me who is agitating to jettison 300 or so years of democracy in fa=
vour of some pig in a poke hatched in some US think tank and being foisted =
on the world by a self-interested cabal of the US State Department, Google,=
  various other OECD private corps, and certain selected =E2=80=9Ccivi=
l society=E2=80=9D organizations including your own it would appear**</span=
><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><sp=
an style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F49=
7D'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=
=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-se=
rif";color:#1F497D'>*Leonard Cohen..  <a href=3D"http://www.sing365.co=
m/music/lyric.nsf/First-We-Take-Manhattan-lyrics-Leonard-Cohen/926CCB64249F=
308848256AF00028CB85">http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/First-We-Take-=
Manhattan-lyrics-Leonard-Cohen/926CCB64249F308848256AF00028CB85</a></span><=
span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span=
 style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D=
'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=
=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-se=
rif";color:#1F497D'>**</span><span style=3D'font-family:"Calibri","sans-ser=
if";color:black'>TOWARD A SINGLE GLOBAL DIGITAL ECONOMY <a href=3D"http://w=
ww.aspeninstitute.org/sites/default/files/content/upload/Toward_a_Single_Gl=
obal_Digital_Economy_Aspen_IDEA_Project_0.pdf">http://www.aspeninstitute.or=
g/sites/default/files/content/upload/Toward_a_Single_Global_Digital_Economy=
_Aspen_IDEA_Project_0.pdf</a></span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p>=
</span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family=
:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style=3D'color:bl=
ack'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11=
.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span s=
tyle=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=
=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>M</s=
pan><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>=
<span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1=
F497D'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div>=
<div style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in =
0in 0in'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-famil=
y:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style=3D'font-si=
ze:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> Andrew Puddephatt=
 [<a href=3D"mailto:Andrew at gp-digital.org">mailto:Andrew at gp-digital.org</a>=
] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 05, 2014 7:08 PM<br><b>To:</b> michael =
gurstein; <a href=3D"mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org">governance at lists=
.igcaucus.org</a>; 'Jeremy Malcolm'; 'parminder'<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href=3D"m=
ailto:bestbits at lists.bestbits.net">bestbits at lists.bestbits.net</a><br><b>Su=
bject:</b> Re: [governance] Re: [bestbits] Three NETmundial submissions lau=
nched for endorsement at bestbits.net</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:=
p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:bl=
ack'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'f=
ont-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I=E2=80=99m=
 sorry Mike </span><span style=3D'font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sa=
ns-serif";color:black'>=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD</span><span style=3D'fon=
t-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> you are not =
answering the question.  If you mean by multi-lateralism, negotiations=
 about a global environment conducted by states I want to know - not why yo=
u think multi-stakeholderism is crap - which you have discussed with all of=
 us at great and increasingly tedious length - but what js your democratic =
alternative that allows my interests =E2=80=93 or any other citizens to be =
represented in global negotiations?</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p>=
</o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:1=
0.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span st=
yle=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><=
span style=3D'font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:bla=
ck'>Those you disagree with are looking for ways to ensure a broader range =
of voices =E2=80=93 including states of course as the most powerful actors-=
 in the governance debate.</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></s=
pan></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:10.5pt;fon=
t-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style=3D'co=
lor:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span styl=
e=3D'font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Put y=
our option up for discussion and let=E2=80=99s see how democratic that is t=
o the resident of downtown Tehran (or even Hackney where I live)</span><spa=
n style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNorm=
al><span style=3D'font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color=
:black'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></di=
v><div style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0i=
n 0in 0in'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-fam=
ily:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>From: </span></b><span style=3D'fon=
t-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>michael gurst=
ein <<a href=3D"mailto:gurstein at gmail.com">gurstein at gmail.com</a>><br=
><b>Date: </b>Thursday, 6 March 2014 02:57<br><b>To: </b>andrew Puddephatt =
<<a href=3D"mailto:andrew at gp-digital.org">andrew at gp-digital.org</a>>,=
 "<a href=3D"mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org">governance at lists.ig=
caucus.org</a>" <<a href=3D"mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org">g=
overnance at lists.igcaucus.org</a>>, Jeremy Malcolm <<a href=3D"mailto:=
Jeremy at Malcolm.id.au">Jeremy at Malcolm.id.au</a>>, "<a href=3D"mailto=
:parminder at itforchange.net">parminder at itforchange.net</a>" <<a href=
=3D"mailto:parminder at itforchange.net">parminder at itforchange.net</a>><br>=
<b>Cc: </b>"<<a href=3D"mailto:bestbits at lists.%20net">bestbits at list=
s. net</a>>" <<a href=3D"mailto:bestbits at lists.bestbits.net">bes=
tbits at lists.bestbits.net</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>RE: [governance] Re: [b=
estbits] Three NETmundial submissions launched for endorsement at bestbits.=
net</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p c=
lass=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","san=
s-serif";color:black'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p><=
/span></p></div><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.=
0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Andrew (and Suresh=E2=
=80=A6</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DM=
soNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"=
;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span>=
</p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calib=
ri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Those are quite legitimate points/questions=
 and very much worthy of serious discussion and debate. </span><span style=
=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'=
font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </=
span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal=
><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#=
1F497D'>However, evoking (over and over and over=E2=80=A6) the undefined, u=
ndescribed, undetailed multistakeholderist mantra doesn=E2=80=99t get us an=
y closer=E2=80=A6 </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>=
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",=
"sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p><=
/o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-f=
amily:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The continuous shapeshifting by=
 the proponents of the MS meme whenever they are challenged to get real --w=
ell this isn=E2=80=99t quite =E2=80=9CMSism=E2=80=9D, it isn=E2=80=99t true=
 MSism, it will be better next time MSism, doesn=E2=80=99t do anyone a serv=
ice (except the =E2=80=9Cwizards=E2=80=9D behind the curtains). </span><spa=
n style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span st=
yle=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>&=
nbsp;</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMs=
oNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";=
color:#1F497D'>From my own experience, whenever MSism =E2=80=9Cgets real=E2=
=80=9D it falls apart=E2=80=94either it doesn=E2=80=99t have any operationa=
l processes or related significant structures of accountability so it can=
=E2=80=99t handle even the most insignificant of challenges without some fo=
rm of full on offensive/defensive onslaught or it simply ignores the issue =
and moves on. Nor can it handle even the most inconsequential of divergence=
s/diversities of opinion=E2=80=94the drive towards convergence/consensus (a=
nd the associated processes of marginalization and exclusion) are terrifyin=
g to me if there were any real chance of scaling.  In the last century=
 we had a lot of experience (and several names) for political systems that =
couldn=E2=80=99t deal with challenge, divergence, conflict and insisted on =
a managed consensus and forced choices =E2=80=9Cor else=E2=80=A6 </span><sp=
an style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span s=
tyle=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>=
 </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DM=
soNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"=
;color:#1F497D'>Democracy and multi-lateralism both have many many flaws bu=
t they have both taken us a considerable distance down roads that allow us =
to be where we are now and thinking about significant and desirable ways fo=
rward into much more complex decision environments. Moreover we now have (t=
he possibility of using) new tools to support the extending of democratic c=
apabilities, the broader inclusion of diversities, the extension of opportu=
nities for effective participation to previously marginalized populations.<=
/span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNorma=
l><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:=
#1F497D'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sa=
ns-serif";color:#1F497D'>I see absolutely no reason for civil society to be=
 uncritically supporting MSism as is obviously currently the case. To my mi=
nd this goes against everything that CS has traditionally stood for=E2=80=
=94the broadening and deepening of accountability in support of the public =
good, the strengthening of democracy including through its extension to the=
 poor and marginalized, the developing of public processes and methods to c=
ontrol the unaccountable use of private power in opposition to the public i=
nterest. </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=
=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-se=
rif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></s=
pan></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"C=
alibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>MSism is in its essence a form of priva=
tization of power=E2=80=94shifting of power from the hands of people (howev=
er flawed that might be) to the hands of those who for the most part are un=
accountable and non-transparent in their actions, their internal operations=
 and in their structures.</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></sp=
an></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca=
libri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'=
><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt=
;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I would love to see some=
 demonstration that I am wrong or that I=E2=80=99ve missed something but an=
other round of =E2=80=9Ctrust them/us=E2=80=9D is not going to cut it.</spa=
n><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><s=
pan style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F4=
97D'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p clas=
s=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-s=
erif";color:#1F497D'>Mike</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></sp=
an></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca=
libri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'=
><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt=
;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style=
=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'=
font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </=
span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style=3D'b=
order:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p cla=
ss=3DMsoNormal><b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","san=
s-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-=
family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> Andrew Puddephatt [<a href=3D"ma=
ilto:Andrew at gp-digital.org">mailto:Andrew at gp-digital.org</a>] <br><b>Sent:<=
/b> Wednesday, March 05, 2014 6:14 PM<br><b>To:</b> michael gurstein; <a hr=
ef=3D"mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org">governance at lists.igcaucus.org</=
a>; 'Jeremy Malcolm'; 'parminder'<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href=3D"mailto:bestbits@=
lists.bestbits.net">bestbits at lists.bestbits.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: =
[governance] Re: [bestbits] Three NETmundial submissions launched for endor=
sement at bestbits.net</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span>=
</p></div></div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:black'> <o:p=
></o:p></span></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:10.5pt=
;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Michael</span><span style=
=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><spa=
n style=3D'font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'=
> </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div>=
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",=
"sans-serif";color:black'>Those of us less clever than you are trying to fi=
gure out how to make governance of a global system more equitable and trans=
parent and accountable.  Clearly we failed.</span><span style=3D'color=
:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=
=3D'font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> =
</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p clas=
s=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-s=
erif";color:black'>Can you explain to me how an international inter state p=
rocess is democratic, assuming that is what you believe (and if not what is=
 your democratic alternative to the submissions on BB?).  How are my i=
nterests represented by inter state discussions, or those of Chinese or Rus=
sian citizens, or women in Saudi Arabia or Canadian academics? </span>=
<span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMso=
Normal><span style=3D'font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";c=
olor:black'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>=
</div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:10.5pt;font-family=
:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style=3D'color:blac=
k'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'fon=
t-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>  <=
/span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=
=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-se=
rif";color:black'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></spa=
n></p></div><div style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;paddin=
g:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span style=3D'font-size:11.0p=
t;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>From: </span></b><span st=
yle=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>mic=
hael gurstein <<a href=3D"mailto:gurstein at gmail.com">gurstein at gmail.com<=
/a>><br><b>Reply-To: </b>michael gurstein <<a href=3D"mailto:gurstein=
@gmail.com">gurstein at gmail.com</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Wednesday, 5 March 2=
014 23:57<br><b>To: </b>"<a href=3D"mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.o=
rg">governance at lists.igcaucus.org</a>" <<a href=3D"mailto:governanc=
e at lists.igcaucus.org">governance at lists.igcaucus.org</a>>, Jeremy Malcolm=
 <<a href=3D"mailto:Jeremy at Malcolm.id.au">Jeremy at Malcolm.id.au</a>>, =
"<a href=3D"mailto:parminder at itforchange.net">parminder at itforchange.ne=
t</a>" <<a href=3D"mailto:parminder at itforchange.net">parminder at itfo=
rchange.net</a>><br><b>Cc: </b>"<<a href=3D"mailto:bestbits at list=
s.%20net">bestbits at lists. net</a>>" <<a href=3D"mailto:bestbits@=
lists.bestbits.net">bestbits at lists.bestbits.net</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>=
RE: [governance] Re: [bestbits] Three NETmundial submissions launched for e=
ndorsement at bestbits.net</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></s=
pan></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:10.5pt;fon=
t-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style=3D'co=
lor:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span=
 style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D=
'>I see, so in your world democracy (however flawed), is to be replaced by =
Multistakeholderism where there is no (evident) transparency (T) or account=
ability (A) for the inputs into the stakeholder processes, no (evident) T o=
r A for the outputs of the stakeholder processes  and the stakeholders=
 themselves are subject to no effective T or A since they are some sort of =
(interglalactic?) shapeshifters errr=E2=80=A6 those with =E2=80=9Crole flex=
ibilities=E2=80=9D.</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p=
><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri"=
,"sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p>=
</o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-=
family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Have I missed something here?<=
/span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNorma=
l><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:=
#1F497D'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sa=
ns-serif";color:#1F497D'>This may work for a Wizard of Oz space like 1Net w=
here even as the curtain gets repeatedly bunched up revealing the (=E2=80=
=9Cnon-existent=E2=80=9D=E2=80=94we have it on the highest possible authori=
ty=E2=80=94trust us) wizard pulling the strings and T & A appears to co=
nsist of repeated choruses of =E2=80=9Ctrust them it will get better=E2=80=
=9D by a fawning self-selected =E2=80=9CSteering Committee=E2=80=9D, but su=
rely in our world we might expect something with a slightly higher reality =
component.</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=
=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-se=
rif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></s=
pan></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"C=
alibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>M</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:=
p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;fon=
t-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style=3D'=
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style=3D'border:none;border-to=
p:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><s=
pan style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black=
'>From:</span></b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","san=
s-serif";color:black'><a href=3D"mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.o=
rg">governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org</a> [<a href=3D"mailto:governance=
-request at lists.igcaucus.org">mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org</=
a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeremy Malcolm<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 05,=
 2014 4:21 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href=3D"mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org=
">governance at lists.igcaucus.org</a>; parminder<br><b>Cc:</b> &lt,<a hre=
f=3D"mailto:bestbits at lists.bestbits.net&gt">bestbits at lists.bestbits.net=
&gt</a>,<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [governance] Re: [bestbits] Three NETmu=
ndial submissions launched for endorsement at bestbits.net</span><span styl=
e=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=3DMsoNormal><s=
pan style=3D'color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>=
<span style=3D'color:black'>On 5 Mar 2014, at 7:49 pm, parminder <<a hre=
f=3D"mailto:parminder at itforchange.net">parminder at itforchange.net</a>> wr=
ote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-bottom:=
12.0pt'><span style=3D'color:black'><br><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span><=
/p><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:black'>So, request a=
 clear response - do you mean <b><i>parity</i></b> in <b><i>decision making=
</i></b> about <b><i>public policies </i></b>between gov and non gov actors=
.... And this is not a petty point... Half of the time of the WGEC got take=
n on this kind of discussion. This is the single most important point today=
, if we can clarify nd possibly agree on this point - rest is not too diffi=
cult... Lets accept what is the key point, and not skirt it...<o:p></o:p></=
span></p></div></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:black'>=
 <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'=
color:black'>Different people who contributed to the submission, even if th=
ey all endorse the final result, will probably give you different answers t=
o that question.  I'm not sure that anyone is interested in what my pe=
rsonal answer is because I'm just an individual, but I would say no I do no=
t accept as a general proposition that parity in decision making is appropr=
iate, which is why I personally objected to that language being used.<o:p><=
/o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:black'=
> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D=
'color:black'>For some issues, it will be appropriate that the stakeholders=
 act as equals in the decision making process (to the extent that there is =
a "decision" at all).  In other areas, it won't be appropria=
te and may be more appropriate that although all stakeholders are involved,=
 one of them will legitimately take a bigger role than the others.  Fo=
r example governments may take a leading role in transnational human rights=
 disputes, the technical community may do so in developing spam filtering s=
tandards, civil society may do so in developing human rights based principl=
es for judging government surveillance practices, and even the private sect=
or may do so, say in setting prices for the trading of IPv4 addresses.<o:p>=
</o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:black=
'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=
=3D'color:black'>This also implies that the appropriate mechanism of govern=
ance may differ in each case, eg. laws, standards, markets.  The above=
 all follows naturally if you accept that there are no fixed stakeholder ro=
les, because the appropriate roles will differ depending on the circumstanc=
es.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-bottom:=
12.0pt'><span style=3D'color:black'><br><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span><=
/p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:black'>BTW, the German go=
vernment has the following to say in its submission to NetMundial<br><br>..=
.<br><br>Do you for instance agree to the above formulation, or NOT...<o:p>=
</o:p></span></p></div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:black'>&nb=
sp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'col=
or:black'>Nope, don't agree with the German government's formulation becaus=
e it maintains the fallacy of fixed stakeholder roles.<o:p></o:p></span></p=
></div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:black'> <o:p></o:p></=
span></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>=
<span style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:b=
lack'>--</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div=
><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica=
","sans-serif";color:black'>Jeremy Malcolm PhD LLB (Hons) B Com</span><span=
 style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNorma=
l><span style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color=
:black'>Internet lawyer, ICT policy advocate, geek</span><span style=3D'col=
or:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=
=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>host =
-t NAPTR 5.9.8.5.2.8.2.2.1.0.6.<a href=3D"http://e164.org">e164.org</a>|awk=
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/div></div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:=
"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style=3D'color:bla=
ck'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3Dapple-st=
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