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[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

Some organizations (MAAWG, the RIRs / NRO, APWG, EPIC ..) have active policy + tech programs in place, Diplo also does a substantial amount of on the ground work in training .. could you please highlight specific areas where you see a gap?

--srs (iPad)

On 20-Nov-2012, at 15:12, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:

> I had written:
>>>>> 1. It is in the global public interest for all of the
>>>>> internationally recognized human rights to be fully implemented
>>>>> worldwide.
>>>>> 2. It is in the global public interest for global total
>>>>> greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced significantly below their
>>>>> current rates.
>>> 
>>> If we can get these *clearly in the public interest* objectives
>>> actually realized in practical reality, we'll have achieved quite a
>>> lot.
>>> 
>>> It is time for those of us who care about achieving these objectives
>>> (to the extent possible) to start working together on strategies etc.
> 
> Alejandro Pisanty Baruch <apisan at unam.mx> replied:
>> isn't that what we are already doing? What else, if not, are ICANN,
>> ISOC, the RIRs, the NRO, the IETF, the EFF, FreedomHouse, the Dynamic
>> Coalition on Internet Core Values, the Dynamic Coalition on Internet
>> Rights and Principles, CitizenLab, EPIC, the APWG, the MAAWG, Diplo,
>> APC, and so many others doing? 
>> 
>> Maybe I missed something?
> 
> What is missing from my perspective is:
> 
> * Adequate emphasis on operationalization in the sense of, as srs has
>  put it, "move something out of the realm of word docs and powerpoint
>  into real life policy and technology that gets broadly adopted".
> 
> * Adequate emphasis on developing (and then implementing) suitable
>  strategies for achieving that goal of operationalization with regard
>  to the above-mentioned objectives 1 and 2.
> 
> Greetings,
> Norbert

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