Re: [atlarge-discuss] 006 Deciding Name for Organisation

["Richard Henderson" <richardhenderson@ntlworld.com>]

I agree 100% with Judyth on what she wrote below - really well-focussed

Richard

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Judyth wrote:

BUT I see another role for us which is no less important: to demonstrate how
a democratic global community of Internet users can organize  the grassroots
electoral process needed to ensure that Internet governance is transferred
to and remains in responsible hands -- that is, in the hands of people who
see administration of the Internet as a sacred trust rather than an
opportunity for commercial control and personal empire-building, and who are
directly answerable to the people who elect them.

Personally, I do not believe this can be done by encompassing only those who
are already working in the ICT industries or interested specifically in the
technology for its own sake. ...

Anyway, one thing I am sure of: a broadbased grassroots organization
sticking strictly to an ICANN-set agenda is extremely unlikely to happen,
and I can't see reading the equivalent of a book a day in list postings plus
doing a lot of volunteer work to try to get one going. If we can't define
our goals in terms the average reasonable Internet user can comprehend and
relate to, the resulting organization will be far from representative of the
world




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