[Fwd: [governance] Workshop proposal - Internationalisation of

[Milton L Mueller]

> If the principles are agreed, then why not begin with them?  How  
> about "Sustaining collaborative self-organization in Internet  
> Governance?"  Or maybe as per Vint Cerf, "Sustaining collaborative  
> ecologies in Internet Governance?"

Because that assumes that everyone (including states and private sector) agrees with us that collaborative self-organization is the objective of I.G. I suspect that some states, at least, do not agree. in other words the content of these workshops are not dictated by CS, they are supposed to involve everyone. I'd like for the WS proposal to establish a framework that allows us to advocate that position, without arrogantly asserting that it is a view held by all participants. 

Milton Mueller
Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology
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> 
> On 21-Apr-09, at 1:52 PM, Milton L Mueller wrote:
> 
> > great points, Garth. Which is why I proposed "transnational" -- as  
> > in "transcending" the national. I don't see how that word 
> implies a  
> > closed and absolute system of political authority. But if you do  
> > think it does, what's the alternative?
> >
> > Milton Mueller
> > Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
> > XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology
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> > Internet Governance Project:
> > http://internetgovernance.org
> >
> >> relationships.  All three of those words are hierarchical, and
> >> therefore move  Internet governance out of the frying pan of first
> >> principles about open relational choice and into the fire of closed
> >> and absolute systems of political authority.  Political governance
> >> that does not acknowledge a shift towards relational self-
> >> organization as a different approach to governance is not
> >> going to be
> >> good Internet Governance.  To put that another way, does anybody
> >> believe that "world" government can be "accountable political
> >> governance?"
> 
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