[governance] What IGF is for? ONI Asia event rattled by UN

[Fouad Bajwa]

Jeremy, boycott will only make CS absent from the opportunity to raise
their concerns. They have to be there and continue to
interact..................raise it and back it........be there and
take action...........

On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org> wrote:
> On 15/11/2009, at 4:02 PM, McTim wrote:
>
>> Shahzad,
>>
>> Truly outrageous, your group should really complain to Markus and get
>> your books back immediately, with an apology.
>>
>> I think this shows how misguided it is to have gov'ts play an
>> increasingly large role in IG.
>
> +1
>
> Am I overreacting, or should those who do not have workshop commitments
> organise a boycott of the IGF tomorrow, and let the Secretariat know why?
>
> In any case, I hope as many people will tweet and blog about this appalling
> action.
>
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