[NA-Discuss] Who Are Internet Users?

Wendy Seltzer wendy at seltzer.com
Mon Nov 3 12:02:28 EST 2008


Hi Dharma,

Nice mapping -- I think that's quite helpful and should be part of the
broader discussion.  I encourage you to put it into some of the public
consultations on the role of the Internet user.

--Wendy

Dharma Dailey wrote:
> This is another issue that seems to make ICANN conversations difficult: 
> Who is an internet user?  9 times out of 10 an "internet user" is used
> to cloak the agenda of groups that may, in fact, be a tiny sliver of
> internet users as a whole.   I think it would be great for NARALO to map
> who the internet users are that we work most closely with as individual
> ALSs.  This could inform recruitment of new ALSs,  strengthen
> collaboration within NARALO -- "Who are we working with?" -- and, begin
> to identify the many flavors of "internet user" that circulate at ICANN.
> 
> -Dharma Dailey
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