[governance] RE: How can civil society help the Internet to assist development?

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

Words are at their best when they're backed with 

 

1.       Knowledge rather than platitudes

2.       Action. 

 

 

From: George Sadowsky [mailto:george.sadowsky at attglobal.net] 
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 5:44 PM
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Suresh Ramasubramanian
Subject: How can civil society help the Internet to assist development?

 

I'm not disputing the value and the strength of words and ideas.  As Barack
Obama said in one of his earlier speeches when he was accused of just giving
good speeches, " ... JUST WORDS?! 'We hold all people to be created free and
equal ....'  JUST WORDS? ... !"  So perhaps it would also be useful to know
the extent to which the words and the discussion expressed internally within
this group have had a significant effect on Internet governance issues.

 

It is easy to talk on-line about issues at the international level that have
little if any connection with the real individual user experience in, say,
developing countries.  But is it worth doing  --  as opposed to really
addressing in an actionable manner the issues above, and others, that really
impact development?

 

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