[governance] Invitation to participate now and/or in Vilnius

[parminder]

Hi Janna

That is a useful initiative.

May I suggest you ask another question.

    How is IGF going to change the world... I mean, really 'how', pl
    give a bit of step by step reasoning.

and maybe also

    What is the Internet primarily to you - a market space, a space for
    social interactions, a means of information and knowledge, a
    possibility towards a better, more fair and just world, a space for
    fantasy, a space that is other than the 'real world', a space that
    enhances the 'real world' ...... may be  a couple of other options.
    (What is the Internet to the people of course has an important
    bearing on how it should be governed.)


May give some useful insights. Thanks, and regards. Parminder



On Sunday 05 September 2010 08:09 PM, Janna Anderson wrote:
> Hello to IGC participants,
>
> The Imagining the Internet Center at Elon University is sending four 
> participants to IGF-Vilnius, where we are backing a number of 
> workshops and DCs. Elon undergraduates Drew Smith, Sam Baranowski and 
> Kirsten Bennett will be participating in four different workshops, and 
> the leader of our delegation, Dr. Glenn Scott, a professor at Elon, 
> will also be participating as a speaker at the meeting of the Dynamic 
> Coalition for Core Values.
>
> Our team will also be quite busy collecting interviews, photos and 
> video to post at _http://www.imaginingtheinternet.org_. They hope you 
> will take the opportunity to participate in the IGF-Vilnius video 
> survey. To get an idea of how it works, you can look at last year's 
> results here:
>
>     *_http://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/igf_egypt/survey.xhtml_**
>     *
>     We are proud to say that the US Library of Congress, our national
>     repository for knowledge, has begun adding the content of
>     Imagining the Internet to its digital archive. The contributions
>     you make in participating in our surveys are being documented not
>     only to help inspire people to think about the future today and
>     inform policy but also to serve as a historic record of our time
>     as we work together to achieve the best evolution possible for
>     human communications and cooperation.
>
>     We are still in the process of deciding what questions to ask this
>     year. If you would like to make suggestions, you can send them to
>     me by replying to this e-mail.
>
>     Here are some questions that have been proposed as possibilities
>     for this year's survey so far:
>
>         * *CLOUD COMPUTING* is the primary emerging issue being
>           discussed at this IGF. What are the most important positives
>           and negatives of cloud computing?
>
>
>         * Now a *MOBILE INTERNET* question: One reason cloud computing
>           is predicted to grow is the growth of the mobile Internet.
>           What do you see as the biggest challenge, opportunity or
>           change that the mobile revolution brings?
>
>
>         * *A HUMAN RIGHT*? Is Internet access a fundamental human
>           right? Explain. Why?
>
>
>         * *THE INTERNET FIVE YEARS FROM NOW*: Intermediaries are at
>           work as the Internet grows and people seek security,
>           convenience, information filters, and so on. Five years from
>           now will the Internet be more open and accessible, about the
>           same, or less so? Explain.
>
>
>         * *ABOUT IGF: *Why is IGF important? How can it be improved?
>
>
>         * *YOUR HOPE FOR THE FUTURE*: What is your greatest hope for
>           the future of the Internet?
>
>
>         * *YOUR CONCERN FOR THE FUTURE*: What is your greatest fear or
>           concern for the future of the Internet?
>
>
>         * *IN ONE WORD*: Describe the future of the Internet in one word.
>
>     *
>     *Have an excellent conference! I will not be in Vilnius due to
>     other obligations, but I hope to catch some of the action online!
>
>     Best,
>     Janna
>
>     -- 
>     Janna Quitney Anderson
>     Director of Imagining the Internet
>     www.imaginingtheinternet.org
>     Associate Professor of Communications
>     Director of Internet Projects
>     School of Communications
>     Elon University
>
>
>
>
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