<div dir="ltr"><div>This survey is a miserable mascarade. Why waste time discussing it ?<br><br></div>Louis<br>- - -<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Shatan, Gregory S. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:GShatan@reedsmith.com" target="_blank">GShatan@reedsmith.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p>A point-by-point debate on the Montevideo Statement would be fruitful. Even this "survey," flawed though it is, could be fruitful in examining the range of voices here.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>Using the results as the basis for anything more than an internal exercise is not fruitful. Using this as the primary basis for a statement “representative of /1net’s view” (that is “view” (singular) not “views” plural) is unconscionable.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>Consider the process (copied below with my comments at >>) – at least as flawed as the survey:</p><div class="">
<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Process of converging on the content of the statement:</span>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt">An online survey gives everyone the opportunity to review each sentence within the draft statement. You can simply agree with it (obviously the preferred response), you can "Agree but…" and provide some brief
feedback, or you can disagree and explain why you feel would need to change to the wording in order for you to agree.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">>>”obviously the preferred response”? “obviously the preferred response”?? “obviously the preferred response”??? Ladies and Gentlemen, we are being railroaded.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">>> “You can simply agree with it” Those who agree are not required to explain their views (I guess because it is “obviously the preferred response”), but if you have the temerity to disagree (even
slightly) you must explain yourself. Hardly neutral. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt">That survey will run from now until the end of Tuesday (23:45 UTC),</span></p><div class=""><br>
at which point it will close.<u></u><u></u></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">>> Ridiculously short time-frame.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt">The results from the survey will be analyzed to see what changes</span></p><div class=""><br>
could be made to accommodate different views - and statistics<br>
released to show what the feedback was (comments will be published<br>
but not attributed).<u></u><u></u></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">>> Analyzed by whom? The Great and Powerful Oz? The man behind the curtain?? And why is the default that the Montevideo re-mix is the “base state” that might be changed. And changed to what?
And will we surveymonkey-slaves ever see the reworked statements? (Answer: no, see below)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt">On Thursday, a reformed statement will be put to a second survey sent</span></p><div class=""><br>
to Steering Committee members who will act as representatives of<br>
their stakeholder groups in deciding yes or no to specific<br>
statements.<u></u><u></u></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">>> If the SC member are going to act as representatives of their stakeholder groups, how will they have enough time to get feedback from these stakeholders? I have yet to see a single communication
from the “private sector” reps (as a group) to the private sector hoi polloi down here in discuss-land. Helluva time to work out a communications protocol.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">>> SC members only vote “yes” or “no” – no chance to move or refine the statements? So we have a tyranny of the majority (whatever happened to consensus driven bottom up multistakeholderism?)
and the SC turned into high-functioning surveymonkeys. And is it a simple majority? Or a supermajority? What about minority views?</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt">That survey will close Friday and /1net coordinator Adiel Akplogan</span></p><div class=""><br>
will review the results and decide what can be put forward to the<br>
NetMundial meeting as representative of /1net's view.<u></u><u></u></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">>> Ah, here is the Great and Powerful Oz. How does this become one person’s decision, that never comes back to the SC or the people? I know that Adiel is working hard on this /1net thing and that
work is much appreciated, but effort does not translate into power.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">I don’t think that anything valid can come out of this process. I’ve worked within the system (by responding to the survey), but I am tempted to look for a bottle of vodka, an alcohol-soaked rag
and a match….<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Greg Shatan </span>
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