[governance] Internet as a commons/ public good

[Riaz K Tayob]

Looks interesting, any traction?
On 2013/04/19 10:09 PM, michael gurstein wrote:
>
> Colleagues,
>
> I've done a quick edit for style/grammar of Lee's edited version.  My 
> minor edits of Lee's version are below and below that is a clean 
> version of my edited version. (Looks good!)
>
> /We recognise the Internet to be a global network of networks 
> comprised of computing devices and processes, and an emergent and 
> emerging social reality. In that sense, it is an intricate combination 
> of hardware, software, protocols, <and> human intentionality enabling 
> new kind<s> of social interactions and transactions, <DELETE which is> 
> brought together by a common set of design principles, and policies 
> established through due democratic processes. The design principles 
> and policies that constitute its governance ensure its stability, 
> functionality and security, and aim at preserving and enhancing the 
> global commons and global public good character of the Internet <the 
> combination of> which has made previous innovations possible. 
> Therefore, in the face of the growing danger for the Internet 
> experience to be reduced to closed or proprietary online spaces, we 
> urge that the preservation and enhancement of the Internet's global 
> commons and public good dimensions be at the forefront of global 
> Internet governance agenda going forward./
>
> My CLEAR version!
>
> *We recognise the Internet to be a global network of networks 
> comprised of computing devices and processes, and an emergent and 
> emerging social reality. In that sense, it is an intricate combination 
> of hardware, software, protocols, and human intentionality enabling 
> new kinds of social interactions and transactions, brought together by 
> a common set of design principles, and policies established through 
> due democratic processes. The design principles and policies that 
> constitute its governance ensure its stability, functionality and 
> security, and aim at preserving and enhancing the global commons and 
> global public good character of the Internet the combination of which 
> has made previous innovations possible. Therefore, in the face of the 
> growing danger for the Internet experience to be reduced to closed or 
> proprietary online spaces, we urge that the preservation and 
> enhancement of the Internet's global commons and public good 
> dimensions be at the forefront of global Internet governance agenda 
> going forward.*
>
> **
>
> *Mike*
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org 
> [mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of Lee W McKnight
> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 11:28 AM
> To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; Norbert Bollow; parminder
> Subject: RE: [governance] Internet as a commons/ public good
>
> Hi,
>
> I agree with use of Mawaki's text as a starting point.
>
> Lee
>
> PS: A few further suggested edits below. Or, these can wait til a 
> procedure, as Parminder and Norbert have discussed, is established.
>
> We recognise the Internet to be <DELETE not only> a global network of 
> networks comprised of computing devices and processes, <DELETE but 
> also> <ADD and an emergent and emerging social reality. In that sense, 
> it is an intricate combination of hardware, software, protocols, human 
> intentionality enabling new kind of social interactions and 
> transactions, which is brought together by a common set of design 
> principles, and <DELETE stirred by> policies established through due 
> democratic processes. <DELETE While t> <ADD The design principles and 
> policies that constitute its governance <DELETE should> ensure its 
> stability, functionality and security, <DELETE they must also> <ADD 
> and> aim at preserving and enhancing the global commons and global 
> public good character of the Internet [which has made previous 
> innovations possible*]. Therefore, in the face of the growing danger 
> for the Internet experience to be reduced to closed or proprietary 
> online spaces, we urge that the preservation and enhancement of the 
> Internet's global commons and public good dimensions be at the 
> forefront of global Internet governance agenda going forward.
>
> ________________________________________
>
> From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org 
> <mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org> 
> [governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] on behalf of Norbert Bollow 
> [nb at bollow.ch]
>
> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 12:22 PM
>
> To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org 
> <mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org>; parminder
>
> Subject: Re: [governance] Internet as a commons/ public good
>
> Parminder <parminder at itforchange.net 
> <mailto:parminder at itforchange.net>> wrote:
>
> > Can we perhaps adopt some kind of a rough procedure - maybe an online
>
> > vote - to get the sense of the house first on whether people at all
>
> > want any kind of text on 'commons and public goods nature of the
>
> > Internet' adopted or not....
>
> >
>
> > and then when, and if, we know that such is the general will of the
>
> > group, we can proceed to drafting the text, and then put it up for a
>
> > consensus/ rough consensus call... or alternatively, we can directly
>
> > put the Mawaki's text, with a few possible modifications in the next
>
> > few days to the consensus/ rough consensus process.
>
> >
>
> > Just for your consideration
>
> I believe that there is precedent for using online polls as part of 
> the implementation of the process of making a "rough consensus call".
>
> If (outside of the specific kind of context of IGC decision-making
>
> processes) the objective is to simply get some informal feedback, to 
> learn something about how many IGC members feel strongly in one or the 
> other way about a given question, anyone can use a survey tool like 
> for example moreganize.com to conduct a poll.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Norbert
>
> --
>
> Recommendations for effective and contructive participation in IGC:
>
> 1. Respond to the content of assertions and arguments, not to the 
> person 2. Be conservative in what you send, be liberal in what you accept
>

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