[governance] Workshop Proposal: Transboundary Internet

[Bret Fausett]

Thanks, Jeanette. One outcome that I want to see us user education. I  
don't think we're going to change government behavior, but we can  
teach users to avoid or mitigate the worst effects of government  
behavior. For example, many people do not understand the various  
pieces of the infrastructure that support their Internet presence, and  
education can help them route around the problem areas; people outside  
the U.S. who want to do business with Cubans may find powerful reasons  
in U.S. law to avoid U.S.-based registries, registrars and hosting  
companies. From my perspective, explaining the issue takes us most of  
the way in educating users about how to protect themselves.

On the length, I quite agree with you. We may find the topic now is  
very broad with too many speakers, and that's one of the things we'll  
look at. If you have any ideas about how to pare this down, feel free  
to drop me a note off list.

      Bret

On Apr 25, 2008, at 2:17 AM, Jeanette Hofmann wrote:

> Hi, I like and support this proposal. The only aspect I find a bit  
> too vague yet concerns the expected outcome. A real added value of  
> exploring the implications of the "various approaches to resolving  
> these issues" would be the prospect of some recommendations on  
> principles or strategies.
> Another point: I would try to go for less people on the panel. The  
> more people on the panel, the less time for the audience to raise  
> questions and interact with the panel. Its not realistic to restrict  
> panelists to presentations of a few minutes only.

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