[governance] Blogpost: Multistakeholderism vs. Democracy: My Adventures in "Stakeholderland"

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On Friday 22 March 2013 03:26 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> Well yes, that was my point. You are going to find the usual suspects from each of these communities, and that makes it a few dozen each.

Which is like saying that since the US only has had men presidents, it 
hardly matters if an official election document says that only men can 
apply to be the US president. Once again, use of such completely 
meaningless justifications only proves the point - their is a rather 
blatant capture at the top of what gets called as 'tech acad community'  
and those who believe in norms and practives of democracy must protest 
against it, and do all that they can about it. Because this capture 
impacts how Internet is evolving and will evolve - it greatly impacts 
our lives, and the lives of all those 'who cannot be here'.

I know I have again committed a big sin. Criticized a powerful and 
(therefore) loved ally. We are here allowed to criticise only 
governments, that too basically developing country governments. And if 
some say well, at times these developing country governments may have  a 
point, then roundly thrash them too. That is the 'resident politics' 
here.  Dont stray from the party line! strict warning!.

>
> --srs (iPad)
>
> On 22-Mar-2013, at 2:13, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi David,
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 3:12 PM, David Allen
>> <David_Allen_AB63 at post.harvard.edu> wrote:
>>> The T/A definition from its focal point:
>>> "... scientists who developed the Internet and the technical
>>> organizations/people who run it."
>>>
>>> Which is the starting point for doing the counting.
>> ok, but realistically, I would bet that the pool of acceptable
>> candidates would be closer to 30-40.
>>
>> I would say that this applies to CS and biz SGs as well.
>>
>> If we were to do an analysis of who has "represented" the 3 non-gov
>> SGs over the last decade in these UN fora I would be surprised if it
>> were more than 30-40 from each SG.
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Cheers,
>>
>> McTim
>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
>> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>>
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