Hi Raoul,
Please, feel free to share the link with your colleagues. All comments are welcome.
However, given that the deadline to send our outcome paper to the IGF Secretariat is 10
November (originally, it was 1 November but I have already asked an extension to have some
more time for discussion on list), I suggest we send the current version of the
declaration (v.3.1 that includes Carlos’ comment) together with the report outlook, as a
DC3 outcome document.
Then, we can use the last part of the day 0 event to discuss the text and incorporate
further comments, including those shared by Raoul’s colleagues.
Best
Luca
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de Raoul Plommer
Enviada em: sexta-feira, 4 de novembro de 2016 04:09
Para: Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity <dc3(a)listas.altermundi.net>
Assunto: Re: [DC3] Guadalajara Declaration and DC3 Report
Hi all,
The declaration looks good to me. Carlos' point seems valida as well and we should
take heed.
Can I show this link (URL) text to some of my contacts just to have some more people to
review it? Namely, I'm thinking of some of Pirate contacts who might have some
valuable input.
I am sorry I have not been more active recently, but I am coming to the IGF and will
attend day 0 with you. Hopefully getting a lot more done there. :)
-Raoul
On 4 November 2016 at 07:28, Nicolás Echániz
<nicoechaniz@altermundi.net<mailto:nicoechaniz@altermundi.net>> wrote:
I agree with Carlos on this.
On 11/04/2016 01:57 AM, Carlos Rey-Moreno wrote:
Dear Luca, thank you very much for all you work on the
declaration and
the report.
The declaration does not incorporate the concern I raised about the
first sentence of the preamble ( "Over three billion people do not have
access to communication infrastructure") being a potential source of
discrediting the whole declaration as it is not accurate.
While there is common agreement that there are only 3 billion people
connected to (using) the Internet, that does not mean that they do not
have access to communications. For instance, the ITU shows that
coverage for both GSM and 3G networks is way beyond that number [1].
Other reasons may explain this gap, affordability, lack of relevant
content, confidence/skills, etc, but not lack of access. Thus, I
propose, after the input from John Dada in the same email thread, to
rephrase that sentence to:
"Over four billion people may remain unconnected to the Internet,
including around a billion who do not have access to basic telephony
services".
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