[governance] new paper on the Hyderaband [sic] programme

[Parminder]

Milton

> We can indeed have a rich discussion of what we mean by "rights" and
> what we mean by "universalization" but in the immediate time frame, such
> a debate is unlikely to be conclusive.

If you read my proposal you will see that I am not asking that we
communicate that the suggested topic be universalisation (and there is no
mention of rights anywhere either). 

I am agreeing that there is some difference of views on 'universalization of
the internet' term. So I proposed 'ensuring universal access to the
Internet' instead of 'reaching the next billion' about which a lot of
discussion did take place. I saw no one specifically insisting that
'reaching the next billion' should be retained (I may be corrected on this).
We agree that 'internet for all' is a good overall theme (hopefully). And
under it the relevant theme from a policy point of view, and not a business
strategy point of view, is 'ensuring universal access to the Internet'
since, as I argued, nearly all countries, including the US I think, have
some form of universal access policies...

Parminder 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Milton L Mueller [mailto:mueller at syr.edu]
> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 8:38 PM
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Parminder
> Subject: RE: [governance] new paper on the Hyderaband [sic] programme
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Parminder [mailto:parminder at itforchange.net]
> >
> > However, I am not sure how the universal access part is being
> > dismissed so easily, and offhand, even though there was much
> > discussion on this issue on
> > the list, a little earlier..
> 
> Sorry if my comment seemed so short, it was due to time limitations. I
> was not even able to participate in the dicsussion on "universalization"
> for the same reason.
> 
> We can indeed have a rich discussion of what we mean by "rights" and
> what we mean by "universalization" but in the immediate time frame, such
> a debate is unlikely to be conclusive. My understanding was that that
> you were asking for quick advice on a statement to the Secretariat. For
> that purpose, it seemed sufficient to simply express support or
> opposition to the two parts of the statement.
> 
> Milton Mueller
> Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
> XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology
> ------------------------------
> Internet Governance Project:
> http://internetgovernance.org


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