roundtable: Re: Visions of the GII at t

roundtable: Re: Visions of the GII at t

Re: Visions of the GII at t

Marc Rotenberg (rotenberg@epic.org)
15 Mar 1995 15:17:10 -0500 

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Date: 15 Mar 1995 15:17:10 -0500
From: "Marc Rotenberg" <rotenberg@epic.org>
Subject: Re: Visions of the GII at t
To: roundtable@cni.org


>  Despite that positive movment, however, Richard's concern is well 
> taken.  The "takeover" of the G-7 conference by industry, and the 
> evident lockout of public interest groups, reveals beyond rhetoric 
> where we stand.  Public interest leadership group should repare to 
> inform networkers both  at home and abroad of the true situation 
> without pretending that the situation is in any way acceptable.


I did not mean to suggest that the EC has perfect GII vision or that
the G-7 meeting was a wonderfully open gathering. But if we are
serious about pushing forward a public interest view of the GII, then
we must be able to pick and choose among competing proposals, to 
identify the aims we  support and to reject the ends we oppose. 
The EC/G-7 process added three principles to the US agenda that we
should endorse: promoting equality of opportunity to the citizen; 
promoting diversity of content, including cultural and linguistic 
diversity; recognising the necessity of worldwide cooperation with 
particular attention to less developed countries.  This was a big
step in the right direction.  Is there more to do?  Of course.

Marc.
rotenberg@epic.org

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