I'm on the board of an organization called Internet and Mobile Association of India (www.iamai.in)
Could we / I help in any way? Or are we the enemy?:) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Biju Chacko Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 11:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [silk] Censorship On 25/07/06, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: > > > > I think it is abundantly clear now that we need a lobbying front for > > the rights of internet users in India, somewhat akin to the EFF. This > > I've had my differences with the EFF (mostly about their opinions on > spam filtering) but yes, I've been 100% with them so far wrt censorship > of websites > > Go right ahead - or get the EFF to help you here. I agree that an EFF-like organisation is needed. I'd suggest, however, that explicit links with the EFF be avoided -- otherwise traditional Indian paranoia about a "foreign hand" will derail all it's efforts. Remember, "national security" will be the main plank of it's opponents. I'd also agree that a full time person will be needed. To get someone of the necessary credibility will require one of the aforementioned retired fat-cats^H^H^H enterpreneurs to work for free or a reasonable sized budget to pay his salary. Lobbying will in itself be an expensive activity. So in fairly short order you will need start: * fund raising activities * creating a legal entity so that you can accept the money * head hunting to find a front man * communication channels so that the previous items can be co-ordinated. Do let us know when the communication channels (mailing list or whatever) are setup. -- b
