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

Thu Jan 23 19:27:32 UTC 2014

Hi Rafik,

I think it’s 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:

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> 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 ICANN’s 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?
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> Best,
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> Rafik
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> 2014/1/24 Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu>
> >what is the link between this commission and the High Level panel?
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> Doesn’t 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 Fadi’s High Level Panel, the Internet Governance Project, or the Anonymous crowd.
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> Milton Mueller
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> Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
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> http://faculty.ischool.syr.edu/mueller/
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