[cooperation-wg] cooperation-wg Digest, Vol 53, Issue 16

Johan,

>And sometimes they listen very selectively... :)

Indeed ;)

>The tricky ones are the ones where the views of the community
>and the views of (some) governments are in conflict, and
>activism, rather than education, is what is needed. In that
>case we need to be very clear about who represents whom.

That's a good point. And I recognize it's difficult to talk about either
politics or mobilization in a constructive way when there is no single or
set position, one way or another.

-Michael


On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 4:37 PM, Johan Helsingius <julf at julf.com> wrote:

> Michael,
>
> > Of course, this incites a point of frustration for
> > some in the technical community in that it seems government reps don't
> > always (or sometimes) listen.
>
> And sometimes they listen very selectively... :)
>
> > The good question to brainstorm is what can we as a community do to help
> > politicians and others in government better understand the technology or
> > at the very least, take part in the discussions and listen to the
> > community's point of view?
>
> The tricky ones are the ones where the views of the community
> and the views of (some) governments are in conflict, and
> activism, rather than education, is what is needed. In that
> case we need to be very clear about who represents whom.
>
>         Julf
>
>
>
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