RES: [governance] India's communications minister - root server misunderstanding (still...)

[Carlos A. Afonso]

Alejandro never loses an opportunity to be the delicate gentleman he
is... :)

frt rgds

--c.a.

On 08/02/2012 05:21 PM, Dr. Alejandro Pisanty Baruch wrote:
> Carlos,
> 
> you are right. It's more that they choose to ignore it than that they don't know.
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> Desde: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] en nombre de Carlos A. Afonso [ca at cafonso.ca]
> Enviado el: jueves, 02 de agosto de 2012 15:01
> Hasta: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; Vanda UOL
> CC: 'David Conrad'
> Asunto: Re: RES: [governance] India's communications minister - root server misunderstanding (still...)
> 
> Data venia, dear Vanda, I do not think that the "positions at GAC" by
> the Brazilian reps were motivated by a lack of knowledge of how the
> Internet works. We might disagree with the proposals but not dismiss
> them on these grounds.
> 
> frt rgds
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> --c.a.
> 
> On 08/02/2012 04:51 PM, Vanda UOL wrote:
>> Dear, since I had lots of opportunities to deal with " authorities"  with
>> really low knowledge of Internet ( remember Brazil´s positions at GAC some
>> years ago?)  I can tell you that the only way is to promote  large
>> knowledge/ capacitation programs  for the levels below the Minister in the
>> "technical" Ministries.
>>  These persons are the ones to tell what to say to their Ministers, so once
>> these levels has enough knowledge we will stop to see  " strange"
>> explanations from those "leaders".
>>  Best,
>>
>> -----Mensagem original-----
>> De: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org
>> [mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] Em nome de David Conrad
>> Enviada em: quinta-feira, 2 de agosto de 2012 02:51
>> Para: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
>> Assunto: Re: [governance] India's communications minister - root server
>> misunderstanding (still...)
>>
>> On Aug 1, 2012, at 10:19 PM, Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:
>>> (Times of India, interview
>>>
>> <http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-30/edit-page/32924041_1
>> _internet-governance-internet-corporation-root-servers>)
>>
>> I will admit I find the level of knowledge demonstrated in the responses
>> from a "minister of state for communications and information technology" in
>> that interview quite distressing.  For those more attuned to political
>> realities than I, how should the 'technical community' go about improving
>> the level of understanding of the basic systems used by the Internet?
>>
>> Regards,
>> -drc
>>
>>
>>
>>
> 
> 

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