<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 May 2013 23:58, David Lyon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:david.lyon@hackerpads.com" target="_blank">david.lyon@hackerpads.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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On 20.05.2013 09:18, Linux Australia Secretary wrote:<br>
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> The Forum is specifically looking for Ambassadors to lead discussions<br>
> on<br>
> areas of internet governance in which they are passionate, have an<br>
> interest and in which they could convene a panel of subject matter<br>
> experts to lead and contribute to debate and workshops. A small<br>
> number<br>
> of Ambassadors will be chosen to represent Australia at the global<br>
> Internet Governance Forum in Bali later in the year.<br>
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</div>Sorry to ask this, but is this related somehow to this:<br>
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<a href="http://www.zdnet.com/au/australia-gripes-about-which-domains-suck-the-most-7000007768/" target="_blank">http://www.zdnet.com/au/australia-gripes-about-which-domains-suck-the-most-7000007768/</a><br></blockquote>
<div><br>I'm going to hazard a guess and say no?<br><br>That article mentions DBCDE (federal gov department) and something called the Governmental Advisory Committee. auDA is a "industry self-regulatory body" and has been recognised by the government but is not the government per-se. Its budget ( <a href="http://www.auda.org.au/about/budget/">http://www.auda.org.au/about/budget/</a> ) doesn't appear to show any government income.<br>
<br>I personally think having members of our community take part in something like this could help keep some balance so decisions are not dominated by commercial/proprietary interests, especially in relation to copyright, web standards etc. I imagine there are folks here who would have an interest in generic TLDs - ahem .conf.au (although it's not a new one).<br>
<br>Does the public really need 'more' governance given everything on the<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
internet<br>
is already being monitored by govt departments anyway? Does lecturing<br>
other<br>
countries really help our international standing?<br>
</blockquote><br>I'm not sure why you have assumed such a paternalistic overtone - someone could always go along with an open mind and actually try to learn something from other countries.<br><br>regards<br>Brianna<br>
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