[governance] Re: [bestbits] [bit of news] on Brazilian announcement for the Summit

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

--srs (iPad)

> 
> Sounds to me like you and I discussed this once... like we both were at the Maputo meeting back in 2004? or 03? but didn't meet. Rings a bell?
> I will probably attend upcoming Abidjan, will you?
> 
> And instead of us guessing, what do you mean by T&A?  

Technical and academia

>> I would agree with this approach, instead, provided that it recognizes the diversity of the voices (including groupings or sub-groupings) joining in, in order to foster better environment for collaboration.

So would I

But the issue of civil society versus technical community keeps getting raised by people more focused on driving wedges rather than building bridges, which does make me wary about supporting any such letter

> Now, frankly, I don't know how CS was approached about that idea at start--assuming the explicit intent was what you describe above. For some reasons I cannot tell (I wasn't in Bali), the approach didn't seem to have elicited a whole lot of trust (e.g., trust that the non-tech CS specific message will be given the proper attention or the weight it deserves.) And unless someone can prove me wrong, I just can't believe that that was due to the bad faith of the CS participants involved.

Ha yes, that's the same feeling that I get

srs
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