[governance] Proposal: 10 stakeholder categories

[Nyangkwe Agien Aaron]

Very much appreciative of such massive sharing.

Thanks for research efforts, really commendable.

Aaron

On 6/1/07, l. d. misek-falkoff <ldmisekfalkoff at gmail.com> wrote:
> Fantastic-sharing, and rises above so many proffered ontologies.
>
> Sidebar:  Doesn't Number 14 cover them all?  And up one level on the 'Tree
> of Everything', where do animals "fit in?"  And etc.
>
> Appreciatively, with very best wishes and *Respectfully Interfacing*, LDMF.
> Linda D. Misek-Falkoff, and etc.
>
>
>
> On 6/1/07, Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette at wzb.eu> wrote:
> > Sorry for this but I found the analogy so very tempting:
> >
> > In "The Analytical Language of John Wilkins," Jorge Luis Borges
> > describes "a certain Chinese Encyclopedia," the Celestial Emporium of
> > Benevolent Knowledge, in which it is written that animals are divided
> into:
> >
> > 1. those that belong to the Emperor,
> > 2. embalmed ones,
> > 3. those that are trained,
> > 4. suckling pigs,
> > 5. mermaids,
> > 6. fabulous ones,
> > 7. stray dogs,
> > 8. those included in the present classification,
> > 9. those that tremble as if they were mad,
> > 10. innumerable ones,
> > 11. those drawn with a very fine camelhair brush,
> > 12. others,
> > 13. those that have just broken a flower vase,
> > 14. those that from a long way off look like flies.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Norbert Bollow schrieb:
> > > How about extending the number of recognized stakeholder categories
> > > to ten?
> > >
> > > I'd suggest something like the following:
> > >
> > > 1) Governments of industrialized nations
> > > 2) Governments of developing countries
> > > 3) Inter-governmental organizations
> > >
> > > 4) Civil society organizations focused on technical concerns
> > > 5) Civil society organizations focused on fundamental rights
> > > 6) Civil society organizations focused on development concerns
> > >
> > > 7) ISPs
> > > 8) Software vendors and IT consulting businesses
> > > 9) Other businesses
> > >
> > > 10) People who choose to participate in internet governance
> > >    discussions as individuals, without representing the interests
> > >    of any organization or recognizing any organization as representing
> > >    their interests.
> > >
> > > With this set-up, the understanding of "multistakeholder" as giving
> > > equal weight to each of the three main categories "government",
> > > "civil society" and "business" is preserved, while recognizing the
> > > fundamental differences with regard to internet governance which exist
> > > within each of these broad categories.
> > >
> > > Of course, some organizations fall into more than one category.  For
> > > example, the Swiss Internet User Group works on technical concerns
> > > and also in the area of fundamental rights.  Therefore, if I was a
> > > candidate for the MAG or whatever, I would indicate that I'd represent
> > > stakeholder category 4 with weight 0.5 and stakeholder category 5 with
> > > weight 0.5
> > >
> > > The goal of this proposed refinement of the system of stakeholder
> > > categories is to make it easier to select a MAG and other
> > > multistakeholder groups with truly balanced diversity.
> > >
> > > Greetings,
> > > Norbert.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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