Thanks Milton, Excellent points!... still, I suspect NGOs/NFPs have a few issues in common... Alain On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Milton L Mueller <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > ** ** > > *From:* NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of > *Alain Berranger > > **** > > The issue I guess I'm struggling with is "who speaks for whom"? I do not > think individuals like myself or academics like yourself or IP lawyers for > that matter can speak for the global NGO/NFP community... **** > > *[Milton L Mueller] * > > * * > > *Alain, no one speaks for anyone. Everyone speaks for themselves. There > is no “global community” of nonprofits, there are (to use an especially > obvious example) nonprofits promoting leftwing views and some promoting > rightwing views, there are nonprofits promoting Islam and some promoting > Christianity, and every other religion you can name. there are foundations > and nonprofits working against abortion and others working for choice or > for family planning. * > > * * > > *The point of NCSG is simply to balance commercial interests and > perspectives with noncommercial ones. The idea that NCSG is going to have > ONE VOICE on ALL issues related to domains and the internet is unlikely and > probably not even desirable, except perhaps on a few cases.* > > *--MM* > > * * > -- Alain Berranger, B.Eng, MBA Member, Board of Directors, CECI, http://www.ceci.ca<http://www.ceci.ca/en/about-ceci/team/board-of-directors/> Executive-in-residence, Schulich School of Business, www.schulich.yorku.ca NA representative, Chasquinet Foundation, www.chasquinet.org interim Vice Chair, NPOC, NCSG, ICANN, http://npoc.org/ O:+1 514 484 7824; M:+1 514 704 7824 Skype: alain.berranger