[governance] Consensus call on rights theme - yes or no

[Michael Gurstein]

I'm in the same situation as Jeanette and concur with her comments (it is
really a bit rough--the first paragraph should be somewhere in the body
etc.etc. but I also vote YES as a good beginning and a suitable reflection
of the range (and to a degree, depth) of our discussion on these issues...

MG

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeanette Hofmann [mailto:jeanette at wzb.eu] 
Sent: September 11, 2008 11:20 PM
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
Subject: Re: [governance] Consensus call on rights theme - yes or no


Hi, I am traveling as well and find it difficult to follow the debate in 
any detail.
I have read the statement and find some of the language rather difficult 
to understand. For example, what is the difference between various 
rights and conceptual rights in the following sentence?

Within this context, we acknowledge that, even within the civil society 
caucus, differences of opinion exist as to the nature of various rights 
and conceptual rights and the degree to which they should be emphasized 
in internet governance discussions.

I vote YES to express my confidence in the caucus rather than in the text.

jeanette

Tapani Tarvainen wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 07:51:51AM +1000, Ian Peter 
> (ian.peter at ianpeter.com) wrote:
> 
>> Please respond within 48 hours with a YESor NO to adoption of this 
>> statement so it can be sent to the Secretariat before the deadline.
> 
> You have done a good job, and, with some hesitation, I vote yes.
> 
> I would like to suggest, however, as others have done, that "Internet"
> be consistently capitalized (I hope inconsistency there wasn't
> intended as a compromise...). People might wish to take a look at
> "internet vs. Internet" in http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2828.html
> on this point.
> 
> My second major caveat is procedural, echoing McTim:
> doing a major rewrite and then immediate consensus call is not good. 
> In the present case, however, I think this is better than doing no 
> statement at all and time doesn't allow much further debate. So, yes 
> it is.
> 
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