[governance] Conflicts in Internet Governance

[Roland Perry]

In message <84m2sQ2cm8aRFAbu at internetpolicyagency.com>, at 10:34:20 on 
Mon, 15 Apr 2013, Roland Perry <roland at internetpolicyagency.com> writes
>>> Just to be clear, I don't think multistakeholder meetings *with a negotiated outcome* should be a learning experience *about the topic of
>>>Internet governance* for any of the negotiators. It should be a place where differences of informed opinion are resolved, with participants
>>>clear about what the issues are, even if they don't agree what approach to take.
>>
>>       A learning experience should never be the goal of such meetings, but it will be an inevitable side effect. Internet governance is
>>evolving quickly enough that there is always something for us to learn.
>
>Agreed. I have come away from such meetings with a much clearer view of 
>the implications (eg) of Cloud Computing. But I'd be disappointed if 
>many of the attendees arrived not knowing what Cloud Computing was, and 
>intending to find out.

Perhaps I should explain what it was I learnt: Which was that suppliers 
of consumer-grade cloud services said that they did not approve of 
organisations with mission-critical applications, including those who 
needed to know if Data-Protection 'Safe harbour" requirements were being 
met, using those services.

Of course, they have more expensive services where the parameters are 
better defined, and wish to sell those, but I'm constantly coming across 
important projects using the 'consumer grade' services, without fully 
understanding the implications.
-- 
Roland Perry

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