[governance] GCCS Speech

[Nnenna Nwakanma]

Dear all, especially Dierdre

As always, when I get an invitation to speak at an instance that is
representative of any group, I will inform that group and seek "issues"
that I must not miss. I got input from many of us, across many lists and I
did my best to distill all of the points into 3-4 that can capture the
essence.

There is only so much that can be said in 5-7 minutes.  So I elected to
keep to the three major thoughts of access, freedom and mass surveillance.

I have learned that writing the key points helps someone keep focused, in
comparison with scribbling on paper and coming to "make a few comments".
I dont  think there was a huge departure from general CS issues on the
speech. Granted, not every thing could be covered and not all countries
that needed to be named and shamed can fit into a 5-minute speech.

I am convinced, however, that the "All of the people, all of the Internet,
all of the time" message was clear and was delivered.

Having said the above, I noted that "zero-rated" services may not have gone
well with some and someone had "respectfully disagreed".
I did retweet that and maybe that is where I see us taking the discussion
forward.  Mark Zuckerberg has published a blog post
<https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10102033678947881> on this, and linked
it, interestingly with net neutrality.

My personal opinion, which is what I stated, is that zero-rated services
are not "sustainable access".

Will be good to hear what others think, especially people who live and work
in places where affordable access is still a huge challenge.

All for now

Nnenna

PS/ As for critical or uncritical praise.  It does not apply to me,
personally. As I never see speeches as mine. I only distill issues that are
common and I present them with a passion. So praise is not mine, but to all
who contributed. And I can tell you, there are many.

On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 8:59 PM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:

>  Very nicely put, Dierdre. Your origin myth is not so mythological, and
> conforms to what many of us involved in the early days of WSIS civil
> society had in mind. However, IGC was not conjoint with WSIS CS, it was
> formed to provide  of “a “civil society” space for objective discussion
> and negotiation of” *internet governance*_ specifically.
>
> But we should not be “uncritical” with our praise. It would be good to
> see some constructive discussion of what she had to say.
>
> MM: Amen to that. If I get a chance to read it I will comment.
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