[chapter-delegates] Re: [MemberPubPol] my speaking this morning

[Alejandro Pisanty]

Veni,

the task of the WGIG is very clearly delineated and it's only one 
interpretation to read it as you do.

There is one thing that the 21st century is not changing much, this being 
that much more is accomplished by hard work than by any other means.

Alejandro Pisanty


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On Fri, 17 Jun 2005, Veni Markovski wrote:

> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 17:07:05 -0400
> From: Veni Markovski <veni at veni.com>
> To: memberpubpol at elists.isoc.org
> Cc: chapter-delegates at lists.isoc.org
> Subject: [MemberPubPol] my speaking this morning
> 
> What I said in Geneva (part 1 of 2) during the WGIG open consultations, 
> Geneva, June 14th, 2005
> 
> Dear Mr. Desai, Dear Mr. Kummer,
> Thank you, and once again √ thanks to the ITU for their hospitality and all 
> logistic support behind the WSIS/WGIG.
> 
> Dear colleagues and friends,
> 
> 
> Brian Carpenter quoted the famous (now) phrase, ⌠if it ain't broken, don't 
> fix it■, but I want to return you to the real life, that is, the 
> Easteuropean saying: ⌠If it's working, don't touch it■. That's a 
> fundamental difference in the approaches towards any work.
> 
> The very fact that so many stakeholders want to ⌠touch it■ - what does it 
> mean? Does it mean it's not working? I guess not, as we are here, using 
> Internet even while we listen to the different statements. But what is that 
> they want to ⌠touch■?
> 
> So, what does it mean that there are some stakeholders, who want to ⌠touch 
> it■, or to fix it? And what's that they see as ⌠broken■?
> 
> Perhaps there are some of the stakeholders, who think that the ⌠broken■ is 
> that they are not actively involved in the governance of the Internet √ the 
> way they see it: be it the root management, the IP address allocation, or 
> as some mentioned today √ spam, content control, .xxx release, etc. 
> However, no one has mentioned another big problem, much bigger the ones 
> discussed: how to combat cybercrime. And do you know why? Because the 
> majority of the countries and users do not suffer from cybercrime √ they 
> have not recognized it as a danger for the society, they have not accepted 
> adequate legislature. But the US, and the Western countries suffer annually 
> billions of dollars of losses from cyber-criminals √ credit card fraud, id 
> thefts, etc. If we don't try to find a solution to this problem, the 
> Internet will be over as soon as cybercrime affects all countries and 
> users, not only the most developed countries and the most advanced users 
> (or the ones with credit cards).
> 
> One can participate in every single aspect of the Internet policy making 
> today. However, there are three requirements to do so:
>     * 1. to want,
>     * 2. to can, and
>     * 3. to do it
> So, the feeling one can have from the discussion is that there are two 
> groups of people speaking here √ one, which feels quite happy with the 
> current situation. And one, which feels quite unhappy with the status quo.
> 
> The task of the WGIG is not to make both groups happy, but to give some 
> guidelines as to what is the road towards finding the cross point where all 
> interests will meet, and a common, mutually acceptable solution to be 
> found, which should include all stakeholders √ not only governments, but 
> also civil society, the UN agencies, esp. the ITU, individual users.
> 
> In searching for this common solution, Bulgaria can positively contribute 
> with its own experience. We have managed to build a public private 
> partnership that served the interests of the society through in depth work 
> with the government, the Parliament and the Office of the President. We are 
> ready to share this experience, and we'll do so in writing, after the 
> publication of the WGIG report on July 18th, and during the time until the 
> PrepCom-2 in Geneva in September.
> 
> IN the 21st Century while we still can, but we shouldn't work the old way. 
> The new way of work is to use all available resources, and put together all 
> stakeholders. This, so far, is one of the main achievements of the whole 
> WSIS process, and the work of the WGIG.
> 
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