[IRP] FW: [IDRC] testy testy test

parminder parminder
Sat Feb 11 09:29:47 EET 2012



On Friday 10 February 2012 07:29 PM, Lee W McKnight wrote:
> Yeah I had thought of suggesting this group all just subscribe to irp 
> instead of creating a new list, especially not one that sounds 
> so...Canadian ; )

While it is everyone's right to form new associations, I could not see 
any clear differentiation from the IRP's mandate or work. But maybe I 
havent been looking closely enough. I agree with Lee's proposal. Keeping 
on dividing CS spaces may not be very beneficial to us. parminder
>
> Can our irp coordinators extend such an invite to the accessnow et al 
> crowd?
>
> OK by folks?
>
> Lee
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> [irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org] on behalf of 
> michael gurstein [gurstein at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, February 10, 2012 8:55 AM
> *To:* 'irp'
> *Subject:* [IRP] FW: [IDRC] testy testy test
>
> I must say that I'm somewhat confused here... maybe I've missed 
> something... Is the new "IDRC" list meant to replace the IRP list?
> If so, no problem but I must say that the acronym "IDRC"  is quite 
> unfortunate if not something of a major problem...
> Whether unconscious or conscious I'm not sure, but either way 
> the acronym "IDRC" is much more generally identified with the 
> (Canadian) International Development Research Centre which pretty 
> anyone who knows anything in the area of international development 
> will immediately recognize and will, as was I, be thoroughly confused 
> and disconcerted... (the folks at the IDRC who provide funding in 
> Digital Rights areas among many others might be rather upset as well 
> about the possible confusion.
>
>     Best,
>     Mike
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>     [mailto:irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org] *On
>     Behalf Of *Mike Rispoli
>     *Sent:* Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:35 PM
>     *To:* International Digital Rights Coalition
>     *Subject:* Re: [IRP] [IDRC] testy testy test
>
>     got it
>
>     On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Jochai Ben-Avie
>     <jochai at accessnow.org <mailto:jochai at accessnow.org>> wrote:
>
>         huzzah!
>
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