[governance] Reminder: WSIS Forum workshop on Institutional Choice in Global Communications Governance

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

Yes, I think your answer made sense.  The question was a reaction to the near constant appropriation we hear from the Governments that it is somehow their task, role and responsibility.  And I think that is what I had caught from one of the other speakers (it was hard to hear sometimes) that prompted me to ask it.

I like the way you not only included the stakeholders, which was my thought, but included the idea that we had to go beyond the stakeholders who were at the table to include the concerns and interests those who weren't there, like indigenous populations.  Something that I think of as being one of the contributions of Civil Society (and certainly of groups like APC).

So yeah, it was a good answer, but it a discussion I would like to see more of.  I cannot count the times that someone, usually from Private Sector or the Internet Technical Community poo-pooing the idea of global public interest and saying that until someone can define it, it does not really exist.  That compounded with the presumption of government's saying it was theirs to define really provokes me to want to make if a multistakeholder+ discussion.

So thanks.

a.

ps.

On 17 May 2011, at 10:07, Jeanette Hofmann wrote:

> Am 17.05.2011 09:34, schrieb Avri Doria:
>> 
>> 
>> I tried, got up at 3am for it, but it doesn't seem to work.
> 
> Avri, you are a hero!

Hero? 
I do not think so. 
I set my alarm, it went off, i got up. 

What i am, is someone who whinges when i wake up for something and it doesn't seem to be happening.

> 


On 17 May 2011, at 09:57, Anriette Esterhuysen wrote:

> Thanks for your question Avri.. I hope my response made some kind of
> sense :)
> 
> For the record, Avri asked: Who defines the public interest in IG?
> 
> Interesting, difficult, and very important question.
> 
> It was a useful discussion.. thanks for pulling this workshop together,
> Bill, and Avri.. HUGE THANK YOU for getting up so early to be there with us.
> 
> Anriette
> 
> 
> On 17/05/11 11:01, Avri Doria wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Yep, I had actually gone back to bed when all of a sudden the sound started booming at me.  They do need to fix the quality, it remained hard to understand and they should allow for remote participants to actually raise their hands, and use our mikes to ask our questions.
>> 
>> But it did sort of work in the end.
>> 
>> a.
>> 
>> On 17 May 2011, at 04:47, William Drake wrote:
>> 
>>> Happily, while ITU had sound problems for awhile they fixed it and your question was read to the panel.
>>> 
>>> BD
>>> 
>>> On May 17, 2011, at 9:34 AM, Avri Doria wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I tried, got up at 3am for it, but it doesn't seem to work.
>>>> 
>>>> a.
>>>> 
>>>> On 17 May 2011, at 00:25, William Drake wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> May be of interest also in light of the White House report…starts in 2 1/2 hours, 9am CET.
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://groups.itu.int/wsis-forum2011/Agenda.aspx?event=event_41
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://itu.adobeconnect.com/wsisgoverning_body_room/
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> --Please note new email address--
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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