<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi, were any NCUC-ers able to attend the December 1 call on the State Department's Global Connect Initiative? We had a a good debate going on about this here, and was wondering if more details about the initiative are now out.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Arun</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:small">-- </span><br style="font-size:small"><div style="font-size:small"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Head, Cyber Initiative<div>Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi</div><div><a href="http://amsukumar.tumblr.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://amsukumar.tumblr.com</a></div><div>+91-9871943272</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 6:39 PM, Norbert Klein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nhklein@gmx.net" target="_blank">nhklein@gmx.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>On 09/30/2015 06:09 PM, Arun Mohan
Sukumar wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">With Milton on this, but let's wait for the text,
IMO. If there is some role for ICANN, then it's important that
non-commercial constituents (either through the NCUC or through
regional outreach initiatives) play a significant role in
pushing it.
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<div>The initiative should not be some front for greater access
to the private sector.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 12:47 PM,
William Drake <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch" target="_blank">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>></span>
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<div>On Sep 26, 2015, at 5:36 PM, Mueller,
Milton L <<a href="mailto:milton.mueller@pubpolicy.gatech.edu" target="_blank">milton.mueller@pubpolicy.gatech.edu</a>>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none">I
would oppose signing it. </span></div>
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</span>anticipated :-)</div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none">My
opposition comes partly from it being
outside of NCUC’s remit as a GNSO
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</span>It’d obviously be easier to assess the extent
of overlap if we had the USG text, but they’re
holding it for now. My guess from the DC civil
society folks who started this is that there’s some,
hence my question.</div>
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and partly from the fact that there are
parts of the statement I don’t agree with.
Even those parts I do agree with I think
raise false expectations for no purpose
other than the political posturing benefit
of the proposers. Did I miss something or
how many trillions of dollars are being
allocated to this program in order to move
African internet penetration up from 16% to,
um, 30%? I see a lot of feelgood statements
about how the world needs more internet and
not a single concrete proposal that moves us
toward that goal, and I just have an
inherent tendency to resist being drawn into
these kinds of PR things.</span></div>
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<div>Skepticism can have its advantages. Personally I
don’t think we know enough to be dismissive ex ante
about what will actually be done, but fair point.</div>
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<div>Good to hear more thoughts.</div>
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<div>Cheers</div>
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<div>Bill</div>
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