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Deirdre Williams posted a blog postFreedom to choose
Freedom to Choose Jovan suggested that I might expand and share the ideas on this topic that I proposed during his recent webinar on the early history of diplomacy. I had a nagging feeling that I had already done that. The blog post below is what I was thinking about. The right to disagree Is anyone else concerned about the erosion of our right to disagree, not to join, to be “different”, to say “no”? We talk quite a lot about diversity, and yet these rights, critical to the existence of…See More
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This is a place to dissect the final WCIT12 document and analyse its implications.Work in progress - please do not provide comments yet, I will let you know when we can start :)We will also add here the links to final ITR2012 (PDF) and the document with track changes ITR1988-2012 (DOC) for download.Be patient and get ready to discuss!See More
Deirdre Williams left a comment for Ellen Strickland"Hey Ellen - nice to meet you here too.
Thank you for yesterday's moderation
Deirdre"
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- Did you take the Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme - IGCBP from DiploFoundation? If so, in which year? Who was tutoring you?
- 2008; Marsha, Adela, Carolina, Hanane
- Where did you ¨discover¨ this Community portal?
- Seiiti invited me to join
- What are you currently doing today and projects you have related to Internet governance?
- Today I am teaching King Lear and an introduction to poetry, also assisting with planning towards my college's transition to degree granting status. IG projects: there is a CIVIC meeting coming up in November where I hope, with support from Javier from Colombia, another IGCBP person, to make a case for active inclusion of linguistic diversity in the Caribbean region. In St Lucia I have been/am involved with two issues: the scrutiny of several proposed pieces of "internet" legislation; and we are still trying to get set up a St Lucia Chapter of the Internet Society.
- In which ways the capacity building provided by Diplo has helped you and your community in Internet governance issues? (Question only for IGCBP Alumni)
- Diplo taught me and I have tried to pass on the teaching, or at least an awareness of the issues of Internet governance, and of its importance even in our little island. Hopefully the institution where I work will actually be working on a project with Diplo in the near future.
- Please list the names of organizations you are a member of, including hyperlinks for more information when possible.
- CIVIC Caribbean ICT stakeholders community http://carisnet.org/
MISTICA (dormant) http://www.funredes.org/mistica/ - many useful resources in the cyberlibrary
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Posted on March 10, 2013 at 12:43pm
Freedom to choose
Freedom to Choose
Jovan suggested that I might expand and share the ideas on this topic that I proposed during his recent webinar on the early history of diplomacy. I had a nagging feeling that I had already done that. The blog post below is what I was thinking about.
The right to disagree
Is anyone else concerned about the erosion of our right to disagree, not to join, to be “different”, to say “no”? We talk quite a lot about diversity, and yet these rights,…
Posted on March 3, 2013 at 3:24pm
Not really a blog post
Just a reminder for those who may not have noticed that it is possible to register as a remote participant (if like me you're thousands of miles away) for the various meetings coming up in Paris - WSIS + 10, IGF planning and the MAG - over the next couple of weeks.
The deadline is tomorrow, 20th February, so you still have time.
It's a way of demonstrating how much we value the opportunity for remote participation, and how many remote participants there are.
And…
ContinuePosted on February 19, 2013 at 10:11pm — 2 Comments
Ocean going yachts and social media
Before it gets cold …
I just attended the Diplo webinar Social Media and Diplomacy - the new normal. I’m interested to hear other people’s ideas on two of the issues that came up.
The first is that the speaker, Pete Cranston, suggested that the digital divide is being obliterated – or at least that is my understanding of what was said. While that may be true of the “elite” – his term – and so of the lateral divide, it seems to me that the divide still exists, and may be getting…
ContinuePosted on February 8, 2013 at 3:50pm — 2 Comments
The right to disagree
Is anyone else concerned about the erosion of our right to disagree, not to join, to be “different”, to say “no”? We talk quite a lot about diversity, and yet these rights, critical to the existence of “diversity”, are hardly considered. Instead we are swamped and carried away in the tsunami of insistence that we conform to the opinion and actions of the current loudest voice.
Is it that in a global population of 7 billion people we can no longer afford the luxury of diversity, but…
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 1:54pm
Comment Wall (11 comments)
- At 8:03pm on October 26, 2012,
Aida Mahmutović said… Hellooo, me too! :-) Can't wait, I'm very excited. I just feel that The Team will do a great job and have a lot's of fun while working (and later too :p ) :)))
- At 1:03pm on February 6, 2012,
Trevor A. Phipps said… - The idea of an OECS focus group would be great. Brightpath Foundation and our Government ICT department recently held a mobile app development workshop for about 80 persons. The interest was phenomenal. Some of us are expected to meet later today to keep the youths engaged and developing apps.
- At 1:58pm on December 30, 2010,
Orrisha Denbow said… - Mrs. Williams.....just wanted to know what are the main events taking place and if there was any way I can help....feel free to let me know if help is needed. Take care
- At 4:21am on December 17, 2010,
Dev Anand Teelucksingh said… Hi. Deirdre, yes indeed. Glad you remembered! :-)
- At 10:23am on September 24, 2010,
Keisha Taylor said… - Hey Deirdre, it is so great that we can keep in touch and it was so good to meet a fellow west indian! we should catch up sometime soon.
- At 9:04am on September 18, 2010,
M Nadeem Jahangir said… - Aw..u r welcome!
- At 8:00pm on May 10, 2010,
Niel Harper said… - Deirdre, please feel free to pass on my contact information to him. My email address is niel.harper@ieee.org.
- At 1:40pm on May 10, 2010, Niel Harper said…
- Blessings Deirdre. Pleasure to link up with you as well. I have seen much discussions from you on CIVIC; now it's good to place a face with the name. Looking forward to our future connections; digital and otherwise.
- At 11:12pm on August 26, 2009,
Marsha Guthrie said… - Hi De.
If you're going to be in Sharm-el-Sheik then we will meet. Looking forward to it!
MG
- At 1:16pm on October 14, 2008,
Seiiti said… - Welcome, Deirdre!
Feel free to post anything you have already written to the blog! New collaborations are of course welcome as well!
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