[governance] Internet as a commons/ public good

parminder parminder at itforchange.net
Tue Apr 23 23:05:33 EDT 2013


On Wednesday 24 April 2013 07:54 AM, Ian Peter wrote:
> I like new text as suggested by Parminder as well – but one quibble
> “due democratic processes”. That sounds to me like something 
> governments do without consultation.
> I would prefer multistakeholder processes. But as that means whatever 
> people want it to mean, and may not be acceptable to everyone. Perhaps 
> something like
> “through processes involving all stakeholder groups” might be a middle 
> ground.

What about "through democratic processes involving all stakeholder groups".

parminder

> Ian
> *From:* Jeremy Malcolm <mailto:jeremy at ciroap.org>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 24, 2013 12:08 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: [governance] Internet as a commons/ public good
> On 24/04/13 09:58, parminder wrote:
>>
>> Jeremy
>>
>> Sorry, saw your email after I sent my amendments to Ian's text. But i 
>> think the amendments address all your concerns. We do not elevate 
>> design principles to any transcedent moral value but such principles 
>> 'should' be derived through due democratic processes. Also they do 
>> not automatically get considered as enhancing commons/ public good 
>> character of the Internet but 'must' aim at doing so.
>
> Yes I agree, thanks Parminder.
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