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Original question:

James Khan At 02:27 p.m. 17/12/2002,

1. Do you allow Internet Democracies to develop, then incorporate them? (Natural Development)

2. Do you begin with a Democratic frame-work and allow the Internet Democracies to subscribe and develop post? (Subscribed Development)

In view of my experience with the 'natural development' , I have come to believe that the most efficient way is to provide a ready (party) framework and let those who are interested subscribe to it. In order for this approach to work best, it is necessary that there are several such frameworks available to choose from..

3. Do you begin with a defining Master-Document [K - blue print] and prescribe Internet Democracies into the fold? (Prescribed Development)

What kind of organizational development do you favour?

Comments:

• what is a K -blue print? How about a link.
• The democratic process is the most fair approach that includes all users who are interested in the process.
• combination
• Providing choice to adhere to different Mission Statements is both efficient and democratic
• natural development is doomed...organization comes about only after a critical issue comes up (otherwise it is a grab for power which is why ICANN's proposal is an attempt to prevent at-large participation)
• all three may be used. develope protocol for each.
• Abstain. No opinion. Whatever is seen as best at the time is fine with me.
• is important to increase the organization, with the contributions from the member and internet comunity
• Internet development has been an organic one, similar to human evolution. And I think this is the best way to foster greater growth and in best interest of technology!
• There can be no "prescription" for any kind of society. What matters is that is constitutes itself democratically, adopts a democratic constitution, and then its members can decide whether or not to "join" anything or nothing!
• I support a bottom-up development
• To me, this seems to be the best of all worlds, so to speak.
• The problem here is that who decides what relevant developments are? So natural development may also be needed to 'boot-strap'
• This is the most democratic way to do it. Internal negotiations will allow Internet communities to form master-documents of their own
• combination - we don't yet know what works
• Sorry, i have big problems to understand english language. The Babelfish translation to german language is also not the best.
• we already have several organziations, which could be called internet democracies, in place - the cyberrights NGO´s for e.g. organized in GILC and EDRI

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