[governance] Re: [IP] Re NETmundial Initiative Announces Formation of its Inaugural Coordination Council and a Broad Global Community Consultation Phase | NETmundial

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

Why do you conflate icann with the usa, parminder?


On December 26, 2014 6:26:38 PM "Dave Farber via ip" <ip at listbox.com> wrote:

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> From: *parminder* <parminder at itforchange.net>
> Date: Friday, December 26, 2014
> Subject: NETmundial Initiative Announces Formation of its Inaugural
> Coordination Council and a Broad Global Community Consultation Phase |
> NETmundial
> To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org, "Louis Pouzin (well)" <pouzin at well.com>,
> Dave Farber <farber at gmail.com>
> Cc: "Bits bestbits at lists.bestbits.net" <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>
>
>
>  I feel and share your acute disappointment Louis.
>
> But I think there is more to it than the usual here. The US based 'Internet
> power' establishment has made a (somewhat) genuine and perhaps successful
> cooptation, of the global elite, into a new power structure. Although it is
> too early to tell whether and how much will it succeed, but this new one
> with its 'apparent global nature' would be that much more difficult to
> directly target, much less beat. US is trying to shift attention away from
> the getting-too-hot-to-bear fact that it is just too powerful and too much
> at the centre of the Internet power system. (  WSIS plus 10 is around the
> corner and one never knows what people/ countries may do given half a
> toehold, and this is the formal review of WSIS !!!) This is that attempt to
> shift attention by co-opting the *crème de la cr**è** me* of the global
> elite. Yes, in fact it even may means some degree (very slight) of genuine
> giving away of power; but giving away to whom - an elite group chosen for
> their power in their respective spheres, and the interests represented by
> them. And well of course, the World Economic Forum is the perfect backdrop
> and stage, and also the perfect symbol, of such an unholy alliance of the
> powerful and the coopted.
>
> With the emergence of this new configuration of Internet power, the
> dispossessed and the marginalised of the world took a hit today. They, and
> those who purport to work in their interest, will need to rethink and
> restrategise....
>
> There will be work to do in 2015 :)
>
> Wishing everyone a great 2015, and those taking a holiday, do take a good
> rest (but dont rest your convictions :), we will need all your energies in
> 2015)
>
> parminder
>
>  On Friday 26 December 2014 04:04 PM, Louis Pouzin (well) wrote:
>
>  Superb NMI gibberish.
>  A perfect collection of usual suspects.
>  Thanks Dave, and interesting expectations for 2015.
> Louis.
>  - - -
>
> On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 7:21 PM, Lee W McKnight <lmcknigh at syr.edu
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','lmcknigh at syr.edu');>> wrote:
>
> >  *From:* Dave Farber via ip <ip at listbox.com
> > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ip at listbox.com');>>
> >  *Sent:* Wednesday, December 24, 2014 10:58 AM
> > *To:* ip
> > *Subject:* [IP] NETmundial Initiative Announces Formation of its
> > Inaugural Coordination Council and a Broad Global Community Consultation
> > Phase | NETmundial
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> https://www.netmundial.org/blog/secretariat/netmundial-initiative-announces-formation-its-inaugural-coordination-council-and
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> >
> >
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