[governance] Communication Challenges [Brainstorming]

[Deirdre Williams]

Dear Everyone,
A good deal of the recent discussion on the list has been concerned in some
way with human rights.
One of the basic of those rights, and surely a very significant one in the
online world, is the right to the freedom to express oneself in one's own
language. The awkward phrase is deliberate - this is also a freedom of
expression issue.
One of the tasks of Internet Governance is to protect this right as well as
to negotiate appropriate means by which all of these diverse voices can be
brought to understand one another.
And one of the first requirements for that understanding is respect for
other languages, willingness to try.
Deirdre


On 15 February 2013 07:27, Imran Ahmed Shah <ias_pk at yahoo.com> wrote:

>  Dear Norbert, ******
> Please do not take it personally, your advise for the establishment of
> separate linguistic groups is not being referred only for the French but
> for all other languages to which the belongs member of the IGC. When we say
> a suitable balanced community representation, that also mean that the
> linguistic diversity is inclusively covered.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Imran****
>
>
>    *From:* Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch>
> *To:* governance at lists.igcaucus.org; Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <
> salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* Avri Doria <avri at acm.org>
> *Sent:* Friday, 15 February 2013, 15:17
> *Subject:* Re: [governance] Communication Challenges [Brainstorming]
>
> Sala <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > How can we turn this challenge of communication into an opportunity?
> > Any thoughts?
>
> Maybe this experience of communication problems can serve as a
> motivation to create a "Spanish Language Caucus" for
>
> a) discussion in Spanish of global information society issues;
>
> b) discussion of information society issues concerning specifically
>   users of the Spanish language;
>
> c) selecting Ambassadors, trusted by the "Spanish Language Caucus"
>   community, who able to communicate in English as well as in Spanish,
>   and who would be willing to engage in global fora on behalf of
>   Spanish speakers who don't have sufficient English language skills
>   to be able to effectively engage directly
>
> ?
>
> Of course the Ambassadors would report back to the "Spanish Language
> Caucus", etc.
>
> If this works well, maybe it'll set a good example that could be
> followed by other language groups.
>
> Greetings,
> Norbert
>
>
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