[governance] Reinstate the Vote

[Jacqueline A. Morris]

Exactly

And this discussion doesn’t get our internet access pricing changed from
256k  down/56k up for US$100/month to something more affordable and useful.
But conversations with people in other parts of the world who have been or
currently are dealing with the same issue are very useful – we get best
practices, we get information to use in the discussions at home and
regionally.  That’s valuable to me, not spending time arguing about who is
on the Board of one of the  many IGOs that deal with various Internet issues
and how they get there. 

BTW -  I prefer Avri’s term  – Usians  for citizens of the USA  - as a
native of Central America, I am an American, but I still need a visa to set
foot in the USA. J

Jacqueline

 

From: Veni Markovski [mailto:veni at veni.com] 
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 13:24
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Jacqueline A. Morris
Subject: Re: [governance] Reinstate the Vote

 

Hi, Jacqueline, 

On Nov 23, 2007 12:04 PM, Jacqueline A. Morris <HYPERLINK
"mailto:jam at jacquelinemorris.com"jam at jacquelinemorris.com> wrote:

that I and the people I work with at home have a lot of things to do that
are not at all linked to a global vote in which our concerns will be a
minority and won't impact our primary issues either.



There's another good proverb on that issue, "he whose belly is full,
believes not him who is fasting." 
For some of the Americans the issues about the Internet are related to
something, which some of them believe, is related to power. For the other
Netizens - we care about the price at which we get our Internet connection,
about the freedom of access, freedom of speech, etc. 
But some of the Americans, who take so many things for granted, just because
they happen to be born in the USA, we need to just try to educate them about
"the other world". 

I say "some of the Americans", because obviously not all of them are like
that (thanks, God!), but it is interesting that those are quite vocal, while
the others stay quiet. 

veni

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