[governance] Re-introduction

[Paddy bateman]

And where is some open information about your organization?




On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Jeffrey A. Williams <
jwkckid1 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> Jeremy and all,
>
>  I have a few questions regarding your organization that as an exercise
> off the cuff as it were, might serve as good background and input
> to the IGF restructuring so that a better and more direct serving
> IGF can emerge that can than have a real impact of Internet governance.
> As we have some very important decisions in the US coming up in the
> new administration it seemed to me to be a good time for these sorts
> of reviews with resulting questions to be brought forward so that
> openness and transparency can be recognized and a good start forward
> can be quickly but deliberately recognized and effected.
>
>  I noticed at
>
> http://www.consumersinternational.org/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=96883&int1stParentNodeID=89655&int2ndParentNodeID=96868
> that there was no category for individual members.  As such, how does
> consumersinternational purport to fully be able to represent consumers
> or stakeholders unless they each have a voice and a vote?
>
>  I also noticed at:
>
> http://www.consumersinternational.org/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=96887&int1stParentNodeID=89655&int2ndParentNodeID=96868
> that essentially your organization requires what amounts to Tithing.  To
> my knowledge under US law this seem to be financially discriminatory as
> such.  So how does your organization square that with consumer
> protection advocacy?
>
>  I also took particular notice at:
>
> http://www.consumersinternational.org/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=96883&int1stParentNodeID=89655&int2ndParentNodeID=96868
> Given the nature of you membership, if one actually calls it that,
> categories, that some categories of  "Organization members", however
> that translates into consumers or stakeholders advocacy, that several
> types of memberships do not have a vote at all.  How can those
> organization than be actually represented in terms of consumer
> protection?
>
>  I also took particular note of your organizations domain name
> configuration:
>
> http://member.dnsstuff.com/tools/dnslite.php?r=homepage&domain=consumersinternational.org
> and
>
> http://private.dnsstuff.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=consumersinternational.org&token=1140487061c0016606a0758720779019
> This does not boad well for advocacy of consumer protection...
> Would you be so kind as to direct Afilias whom seems to be handeling
> your DNS to get this cleaned up as soon as possible?  It just looks
> really bad, sorry to say...
>
> Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
>
> > I have become quiet on this list lately until today, so I thought it
> > was time for a brief re-introduction.
> >
> > My quietness was because where I obtained employment would determine
> > how closely I could continue to be involved in the IGF.  Well, as
> > you'll have guessed from one of my last messages, that turned out to
> > be Consumers International - which fits in very well with my continued
> > involvement. :-)
> >
> > So you'll be able to find me at the Consumers International event
> > during Friday lunchtime, as well as on the panels of the IGC seminar
> > on the Role and Mandate of the IGF on Saturday morning, and the OECD
> > seminar on Digital Content Strategies and Policies on Friday
> > afternoon, and doing a poster presentation at GigaNet.
> >
> > Also the Internet Governance Project has just kindly distributed a
> > paper of mine called "Appraising the Success of the IGF" which you can
> > find at http://www.internetgovernance.org/pdf/MalcolmIGFReview.pdf.
> > Comments are welcome as always (but flames to me, not the IGP).
> >
> > --
> > JEREMY MALCOLM
> > Project Coordinator
> > CONSUMERS INTERNATIONAL-KL OFFICE
> > for Asia Pacific and the Middle East
> >
> > Consumers International (CI) is the only independent global
> > campaigning voice for consumers. With over 220 member organisations in
> > 115 countries, we are building a powerful international consumer
> > movement to help protect and empower consumers everywhere. For more
> > information, visit www.consumersinternational.org.
> >
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