[governance] Final version open letter to e-G20 re: Civil Society Inclusion/non-Inclusion

[parminder]

On Friday 07 October 2011 02:44 AM, McTim wrote:
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> Except that he wants "major decisions should be taken by a globally
> representative forum.",

The reference to a 'globally representative forum' is vis a vis the kind 
of 'decisions' that OECD, G 8 and G 20 kind of forums take. In general, 
for a wiser set of functions we can speak of forums instead of forum as 
long as we dont forget the 'globally representative part'. It is also 
somewhat amazing how easily how ignore that part - about the 
undemocratic nature of global decisions/ policy making in relation to 
the Internet.

> when in fact, it is multiple fora each making
> decisions about their own little corner of the Internet

'the little corner' thing is a myth. Most of them make decisions for the 
Internet for the whole world, and you know it.

>   that has been
> the successful model of what we now call Internet governance.
>    

Successful for whom? That always is 'the' question. Internet's net 
neutrality is now increasingly being 'officially' transgressed. What was 
a public network of millions of networks, is now increasingly largely 
consisting of few mega private spaces. The story can go on.......  
parminder


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