<incom> urgent call from thomas crampton for input

[Ronda Hauben]

*1. Can you ask what they feel has happened within the UN that the vision
projected at the
the World Summit on Information Technology (WSIS), especially the Tunis
meeting appears
to have been abandoned at the UN? The vision is of a world where anyone
anywhere in
the globe who wanted affordable Internet access could have it and could
thereby communicate
with people elsewhere around the world.*
**
*What is being done at the UN now to carry forward the vision and spirit of
the Tunis WSIS meeting? *
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*What do they think UN organizations can be doing? *
**
*What would they like to see the UN doing?*
**
*2. The Internet was built by a grassroots and scientific process.
Relatively little money made it possible to do forefronts research creating
a new means of communicating. Is there any way the UN can learn from the
history of the development of the Internet the lessons for how to continue
it being spread around the world? *
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*Are there any means being taken to learn and spread the lessons of how such
grassroots and scientific processes are a means for development?*
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*(We presented a session at the PPF side event in Tunis about some of this
history. It would be good to see the session done and expanded and lessons
drawn from it toward the implications for the future of the Internet and its
continuing development. "The Origin and Development of the Internet and the
Netizen: Their Impact on Science and Society"*
*http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/netizens/tunis-ppf/Panel-chapter.rtf** )

* *On 6/21/07, Geert Lovink <geert at xs4all.nl> wrote:*
>
> *(you answer his question on his but you can also email him at
> thomas.crampton at gmail.com /geert)
>
> http://thomascrampton.com/2007/06/19/any-questions-for-itu-unesco-wipo-
> and-others-on-internet/
>
> This Friday in Geneva I will moderate a panel of high level United
> Nations officials about their role in the future of the Internet.
>
> The host of the conference, the International Telecommunication Union,
> is a UN agency that ranks among its goals to "promote the extension of
> the benefits of new telecommunication technologies to all the world's
> inhabitants."
>
> Others on the panel include top officials from UNESCO, the African
> Telecommunications Union, the European Broadcasting Union, the World
> Intellectual Property Organization and the International
> Standardization Organization.
>
> My focus: Are these organizations doing enough to promote and support
> the Internet?
>
> Any sharp ideas or questions are welcome!
>
> Details of my panel below, with link to full conference program here.
>
> 9.30am Friday Building the Information Society Together: What is the
> role of International Organizations in a convergent media world?
>
> All organisations need goals, objectives, structures, and procedures.
> These are necessarily defined by the times when they are established.
> High-level representatives from international organizations will be
> invited to discuss how they are contributing to foster the convergence.
>
> Moderator: Mr. Thomas Crampton, Technology and Media Correspondent for
> the International Herald Tribune
>
> Panelists:
>
> - Mr. Jéan Reveillon, Secretary General, European Broadcasting Union
> (EBU)
> - Dr. Hamodoun I. Touré, Secretary General, International
> Telecommunication Union (ITU)
> - Ms. Ruth Hieronymi, Member of the European Parliament, Committee on
> Culture and Education of the European Parliament
> - Mr. Alan Bryden, Secretary General, International Standardization
> Organization (ISO)
> - Dr. Akossi Akossi, Secretary General, African Telecommunications
> Union (ATU)
> - Mr. Philippe Petit, Deputy Director General, World Intellectual
> Property Organization (WIPO)
> - Mr. Mogens Schmidt, Deputy Assistant Director-General for
> Communication and Information, United Nations Educational, Scientific
> and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
>
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Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet

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