Back in 2009 we invited Milton to ISOC-NY to express his views on the proposed constituency model (well summarized below), with Beau Brendler - who was actively pursuing a Consumer constiuency - as a counterpoint See http://isoc-ny.org/?p=886 Milton predicted it would get messy, and it seems he was right. j On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 11:16 PM, Milton L Mueller <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Andrew: > The real purpose of constituencies is to give a few people a little power > base from which they can operate; to empower some at the expense of the rest > of us. The other purpose is to fragment our communication as a stakeholder > group. No one who supports the mission of NCSG will really want to form a > new constituency. They can form interest groups, ad hoc coalitions, working > groups and so on. All that can and will be done and will lead to > constructive results. But constituency-formation is a way fpr people to > fragment and undermine NCSG and I would not encourage anyone to pursue it. > > -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- -