[governance] visibility of IG debate + caricatures

[Jacqueline Morris]

well, there were a lot of them for a while with the UN taking over the
poor little Internet...

On 8/22/05, Jovan Kurbalija <jovank at diplomacy.edu> wrote:
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> After being off-line for a few weeks, I am currently going through pending
> messages. Few weeks ago Jeannette made an interesting point about the
> visibility of the IG debate in decision-making circles. My experience
> confirms her views.  Outside the circe gravitating to this mailing list +
> WSIS/WGIG the IG is almost non-existing. 
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> This was recently confirmed in our IG DVD work. We have been trying to find
> caricatures and cartoons illustrating IG issues. Apart from general
> caricatures about the Internet, IG-related ones are almost non-existent
> (spam is a partial exception). The number of caricatures is usually a good
> indicator of the public visibility of a particular issue. 
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> P.S. If anyone is aware of some IG-related caricature/cartoon, please let me
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> Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:48:16 +0200
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> From: Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette at wz-berlin.de>
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> Subject: [governance] the GAC's problems
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> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
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> Hi,
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> some months back I had an interesting conversation with somebody who really
> tries to make the GAC work. As Ray points out, the GAC suffers from
> communication holes between ICANN meetings. One of the issues is that public
> administrations still have fundamental problems with email in general and
> mailing lists in particular. This is not primarily a matter of individual
> skills as one of authority.
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> In principle, GAC members would have to consult with the higher level in
> their ministry each time they contribute to a debate via a mailing list.
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> Depending on the country and the ministry, it can be dangerous for a GAC
> member to offer an opinion on political issues without assent by a senior.
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> Another issue is the lack of capacity and competence in many poor countries.
> The low participation from Latin American countries in Mar del Plata is a
> case in point. Even when the GAC meeting takes place in their neighborhood,
> many countries cannot afford to attend or might not find it important
> enough.
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> In a way, the GAC faces the same problem as the other groups involved in
> ICANN. It is a small minority who follows the process on a continuous basis.
> Not many countries find ICANN's tasks important enough to allocate
> ressources for a permanent participation.
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