[governance] "US Exceptionalism" (was Re: Bloomberg - The Overzealous Prosecution...)

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

Inclusiveness can sometimes only be achieved by capacity building

The UN has a small org in Bangkok called APT, Asia Pacific Telecommunity, which has been set up to build capacity among telecom ministry and regulator officials from smaller countries in the asiapac region, to enable them to effectively participate in ITU activities.

Something similar for civil society activists would be ideal.  The environment we are in is complex and will not benefit from simplifying the conversation to such an extent that commonly used acronyms are suppressed.  I agree with you about not using slang or idiom as it may confuse other participants, but OECD, ITU, ICANN etc nomenclature is the same regardless of the mother tongue of the participant interested in it.

--srs (iPad)

On 24-Jan-2013, at 16:22, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:

> [IGC Coordinator hat on]
> 
> Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net> wrote:
> 
>> If this is in the context of Norbert's requesting that we all use
>> less acronyms
> 
> I don't recall having requested that, but I do think that it's good to
> be aware that for every acronym, there's probably some readers of the
> list who are not familiar with it. So I do think that it's good
> practice to include the full English text for each acronym from
> time to time, at least the first time in a give discussion thread
> that each acronym is used.
> 
>> this is somewhat like saying we need to teach maths
>> without using confusing terms like, say, pi, sigma etc which are, to
>> be honest, all greek to most people that first encounter them.
> 
> And consequently it is appropriate to explain these symbols to people
> when they encounter them for the first time. 
> 
>> Maybe work with Diplo or someone to conduct some sort of capacity
>> building for civil society?
> 
> That may well be a good idea, but it wouldn't discharge us from the
> responsibility to be aware of the need for inclusiveness.
> 
> Greetings,
> Norbert
> 
>> On 24-Jan-2013, at 4:17, "michael gurstein" <gurstein at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> !!!!!!!!
>>> 
>>> AoC ?
>>> ATRT ?
>>> JPA ?
>>> 
>>> !!!!!!!!

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