[Nettime-bold] G8 meeting

[cisler <cisler@pobox.com>]

I suppose some nettime readers are gearing up for protests at the G8 meeting
in Genoa <http://www.genoa-g8.org/faq-eng.htm>.  Over the past year a group
of people have been working on a statement to be presented at the G8.  While
it is not a statement of protest, it may be of interest to nettimers.

The group is called the Digital Opportunity Task Force, and it was comprised
of representatives from international organizations, business, government,
and NGOs in the G8 and govt. representatives from Tanzania, Bolivia,
Senegal, Indonesia, Brazil, south Africa,  Egypt, who met several times to
work on the document which is here:

http://www.dotforce.org/reports/DOT_Force_Report_V5.0h.doc

The goal is to address the inequities in access to information technology in
developing countries. The group added an action plan and hopes that this
won't be just another report that sits on the shelf.

If there is a lot of violence and the usual turmoil in the streets, I doubt
if you will hear anything about this issue during or after the conference.
The Genoa social forum, sort of the counter meeting, looks about like the
Porto Allegre forum where technology issues were not addressed at all.
<http://www.genoa-g8.org/gpf-eng.htm>

My only connection to the DOT Force is that I know some of the people who
were working on it. I'd be interested in comments on the report.

Steve Cisler
cisler@pobox.com


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