[governance] Call for consensus - endorsement of speech by Nnenna Nwakanma on behalf of Civil Society at Netmundial, Brazil

[Bruce Potter at IRF]

Despite Daniel's sensible statement that Nnenna's speech was just an "excellent" statement of her remit to represent civil society, I would like to offer my personal and institutional support for Deirdre's motion to endorse the speech to reinforce our shared belief that the speech is a true expression of civil society hopes and concerns for the future of the Internet. Some [good] ideas deserve to be repeated. 

After all, the Gettysburg Address is not just another piece of funerary rhetoric. 

Bruce Potter

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On Apr 24, 2014, at 9:34 AM, Daniel Pimienta <pimienta at funredes.org> wrote:

> Nnenna did an excellent job presenting civil society position, both in the form and in the susbstance (and I am not surprised).
> 
> Yet it is hard for me to understand why we need to tautologically endorse the speech of who (brillantly) represent us.
> 
> Is it that we do not trust our representation system and we need a posteriori to confirm representation?
> Is it that we try to make a public showcase of a consensus within IGF where we all know it is not existing?
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> If it was to try to identify a subset of values and visions we do all share then, as Mike suggested, we should work on them,
> reflect from this speech and build upon this subset rather than making a communication show.
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