[discuss] CIGI and Chatham House launch Global Commission on Internet Governance - FYI

Thu Jan 23 22:09:14 UTC 2014

Good evening; and here is ICANN Press Notice on the High Level Panel for
clarity.  Think it excellent that there is such a broad spectrum of interest
in IG issues.  
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-13dec13-en.htm

Nigel 

From:  Chris  Disspain <ceo at auda.org.au>
Date:  Thursday, January 23, 2014 11:27 AM
To:  Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com>
Cc:  "discuss at 1net.org" <discuss at 1net.org>
Subject:  Re: [discuss] CIGI and Chatham House launch Global Commission on
Internet Governance - FYI

Hi Rafik, 

I think it¹s merely an acknowledgement by the commission of the overlap and
a logistical decision to deal with that.

Cheers,

Chris

On 24 Jan 2014, at 02:58 , Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> wrote:

> Milton, 
> 
> I asked the question because I find this in the commission website:
> https://www.ourinternet.org/#faq
> "Although the commission will formally begin its program of work at the
> conclusion of ICANN¹s High Level Panel on Internet Cooperation, which
> concludes its work in May 2014, planning and research are well underway. The
> commission will tackle a broad range of issues through an intensive program of
> research and consultation over an extended, two-year period."
> yes , it is uninstitutionalized world, but we can ask for some clarification?
> 
> Best,
> 
> Rafik
> 
> 2014/1/24 Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu>
>>> >what is the link between this commission and the High Level panel?
>>  
>> There is none. 
>>  
>> Doesn¹t everyone understand that we are in an uninstitutionalized (or maybe
>> pre-institutionalized) world in which anyone can take private initiatives,
>> and these initiatives of necessity come from the self-appointed and have no
>> monopoly on authority? CIGI and Chatham House have as much right to set up
>> shop and declare themselves promulgators of ideas and principles as Fadi¹s
>> High Level Panel, the Internet Governance Project, or the Anonymous crowd.
>>  
>>  
>> Milton Mueller
>> Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
>> http://faculty.ischool.syr.edu/mueller/
>> <http://faculty.ischool.syr.edu/mueller/>
>>  
>>  
>> 
>>  
> 
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