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

[michael gurstein]

I think all this is a symptom of the discomfort some are feeling at the transition in "Internet Governance" from a techie club to a space where broader issues impacting on and from the "global governance of the Internet" (and the "governance of the global internet") are examined.

 

Some may be finding the evolution to a multi-lingual, multi-cultural environment more difficult than others.

 

Mike

 

From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of Koven Ronald
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 6:15 AM
To: Michael.Kende at analysysmason.com; governance at lists.igcaucus.org
Subject: Re: [governance] "US Exceptionalism" (was Re: Bloomberg - The Overzealous Prosecution...)

 

Hilariously funny -- at least, I suppose that was the intention.



-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Kende <Michael.Kende at analysysmason.com>
To: governance <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>; Koven Ronald <kovenronald at aol.com>
Sent: Thu, Jan 24, 2013 3:09 pm
Subject: RE: [governance] "US Exceptionalism" (was Re: Bloomberg - The Overzealous Prosecution...)

I did not know that North Yorkshire had a newspaper called the Times… J

 

From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org <mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org?> ] On Behalf Of Koven Ronald
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Subject: Re: [governance] "US Exceptionalism" (was Re: Bloomberg - The Overzealous Prosecution...)

 

Dear All -- 

 

I really don't understand the clubbish attachment to jargonesque acronymism. Avri may consider it cute to spell out US, but someone who doesn't spontaneously know what WCIT stands for isn't necessarily stupid or unworthy of participation in the IGC, whatever that stands for.

 

In the journalism world, it is standard that the first time an organization is mentioned in an article its acronym is spelled out. I don't think anyone tosses aside the NYTimes because it makes itself accessible to a larger segment of its readership than the inside dopester cognoscenti.

 

Bests, Rony Koven

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From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net>
To: governance <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>; michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com>
Cc: <governance at lists.igcaucus.org> <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>; "Kleinwächter, Wolf 
gang" <wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de>; McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com>; Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch>
Sent: Thu, Jan 24, 2013 3:18 am
Subject: Re: [governance] "US Exceptionalism" (was Re: Bloomberg - The Overzealous Prosecution...)

If this is in the context of Norbert's requesting that we all use less acronyms, 
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.
 
Maybe work with Diplo or someone to conduct some sort of capacity building for 
civil society?
 
--srs (iPad)
 
On 24-Jan-2013, at 4:17, "michael gurstein" <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:
 
> !!!!!!!!
> 
> AoC ?
> ATRT ?
> JPA ?
> 
> !!!!!!!!
> 
 
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