[governance] IGF workshops: A workshop on Multilingualism and the Internet???

[YJ Park]

Hi Michael and all,

I am glad that IGC pays attention to "Multilingualism" on the Internet. I
have been working with Tin Wee, Subbiah from Multilingual Internet Names
Consortium (MINC) and Tijani and Zhong from World Federation of Engineering
Organization (WFEO)/Committee on Information and Communication (CIC).

If you are interested in the proposal on *Access to Local Culture and
Language*, I will be happy to circulate it to the list.

Thank you,
YJ

On 4/29/08, Michael Gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Colleagues,
>
> I think that we should pay serious attention to Baudouin's message below
> with respect to the issue of multilingualism on the Net something that we
> have been as guilty of overlooking as many others in the Anglophone
> dominated Internet world... (the reason being I think, the rather narrow CS
> base on which the IGC and ultimately the IGF draw upon for participation...
>
> Among other things, 2008 year is the UNESCO sponsored International Year
> of Languages
> http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=35344&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html and
> I think it would have been very appropriate if CS had proposed a workshop on
> the role of languages (or multi-lingualizing) and the Internet.
>
> (Just a thought, I'm wondering if it is too late to put in a very brief
> proposal which could be fleshed out a bit later... I'm quite sure that the
> Secretariat for the International Year (managed I believe by our CS
> colleague Viola Krebs would be very supportive...
>
> MG
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> *From:* BAUDOUIN SCHOMBE [mailto:b.schombe at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* April 29, 2008 2:51 AM
> *To:* governance at lists.cpsr.org; Parminder
> *Subject:* Re: [governance] IGF workshops
>
> the four workshop proposals are well and I also support it. So beside
> consumer/user rights including privacy and right to freedom of expression,
> we have also  multilinguism  preoccupation.  Since 2006, when we have open a
> debate about Tunis Agenda, frequently this  problematic is come down from
> major internet user in africa.
>
> Baudouin.
>
> 2008/4/28 Parminder <parminder at itforchange.net>:
>
> >
> > Hi all
> >
> > Please find enclosed the full text of four workshop proposals, that IGC
> > proposes to sponsor at the IGF, Hyderabad.
> >
> > 1. The Transboundary Internet: Jurisdiction, Control and Sovereignty
> >
> > 2. The Future of ICANN: After the JPA, What?
> >
> > 3. A Rights Agenda for Internet Governance
> >
> > 4. The role and mandate of the IGF
> >
> >
> > These are being put for a 48 hour consensus process. If a consensus or a
> > rough consensus is made out, these proposals will be submitted to the
> > IGF
> > secretariat on the 30th, around 5 PM GMT.
> >
> > Please indicate a clear 'yes' or 'no' for forwarding these proposals, as
> > they stand...
> >
> > While additional comments justifying a yes or no vote may be made, they
> > should follow a clear unqualified 'yes' or 'no'.
> >
> > In fact such additional comments are welcome especially in case of a
> > 'no'
> > vote, because it helps calling a possible rough consensus, taking into
> > consideration the nature and the extent of dissent.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Parminder
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