AW: [governance] Stakeholder group distinctions (was Re: Ad hoc...)

[Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro]

I am in absolute agreement with Wolfgang. For far too long, we have to move from working in silos to enhanced collaboration and cooperation. This does not mean compromising on principles but it means that we can find common ground and advocate interests that we represent or purport to represent. We definitely need to build bridges than walls.

Advocacy is more than just having a position on matters, it means understanding the complex variables, and being able to effectively navigate through. It is a place we where we seek to be heard but at the same time hear what other voices are saying and where they are coming from and seeing the bigger picture together. We should remember to celebrate our strengths and not our weaknesses. Certainly, there is always something to improve, make better and that is how societies develop but we have to remember that as we do that, that we don't trample on the plants that are just beginning to grow because one day they will provide the much needed shade that we need.

Warm Regards from Hong Kong,
Sala

Sala


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> On Oct 26, 2013, at 11:22 AM, "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" <wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de> wrote:
> 
> Being located in different baskets does not mean that you have not a lot of things in common. As I said in a previous mail, CS has to start from its basic values and interests. From this point we have to identify the spaces for close cooperation with other stakeholders, including PS and TC. In this process we will discover also the differences (as recently in the Bali discussion around the proposed Brazil meeting)which does not exclude a close collaboration where we can work together. Building bridges is better than building walls.
> 
> wolfgang  
> 
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org im Auftrag von Norbert Bollow
> Gesendet: Sa 26.10.2013 03:47
> An: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> Cc: Constance Bommelaer
> Betreff: [governance] Stakeholder group distinctions (was Re: Ad hoc...)
> 
> David Cake <dave at difference.com.au> wrote:
> 
>>    The 'Technical Community Role in Global Internet Governance'
>> workshop on Thursday made it fairly clear that the division between
>> technical community and civil society (or other stakeholder groups)
>> is a fairly artificial one, with many of us filling a variety of
>> different roles at different times
> 
> What does this imply for processes such as the CSTD WG on Enhanced
> Cooperation where the selection of participants is based on this kind
> of stakeholder categories?
> 
> If I've been hearing right what Constance Bommelaer, who was the tech
> community "focal point" for that selection process, has been telling
> me (I'm Cc'ing Constance in the hope that she'll correct me if I'm in
> any way misrepresenting this), the tech community's selection process
> has been based on the goal of selecting people who are somehow
> specifically representative of the particular kind of perspective that
> is characteristic of that community of techies and academics.
> 
> Furthermore, they're working on a paper that will explain this and
> the underlying principles in significant clarity.
> 
> I think that it will be very valuable for us in civil society to follow
> that example and undertake a similar clarification exercise in regard
> to our own identity as a community, etc.
> 
> Greetings,
> Norbert
> 
> 
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