<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Jeremy<div><br></div><div>Thanks for moving this forward. Your message to the governance list today prompted me to have a non-cursory second look at the draft schedule, and I'm wondering if we might not want to consider others options before locking in on the present version, which is:</div><div><br></div><div>Day 1 - Saturday<br>09:00 - 10:45 - Internet governance history and review</div><div><div>11:00 - 12:45 - The ITU and the International Telecommunications Regulations</div><div>14:00 - 15:45 - Declarations of Internet rights and Internet governance principles</div><div>16:00 - 17:45 - Process towards enhanced cooperation on Internet public policy issues</div><div><br></div>Day 2 - Sunday<br>09:00 - 12:45 (stream 1) - Drafting a civil society statement to WCIT<br>09:00 - 12:45 (stream 2) - Drafting civil society IG principles for the IGF<br><div>14:00 - 15:00 - Streams return together, present and discuss draft texts from morning</div>15:15 - 17:00 - Next steps<br><div>17:00 - 17:30 - Press conference and close</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Thoughts:</div><div><br></div><div>1. We all have lots of experience with splitting meetings into break-out drafting groups and views on its utility. I'm in the camp that thinks that in a setting like this, the costs would significantly outweigh the benefits. I strongly believe it'd much better if everyone can be in on both conversations and approach all the potential outputs holistically. </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>2. I don't think it's optimal to devote day 1 to three big topic areas and then return to two of them on day 2 and try to draft texts. I'd rather keep the flow of discussion and thinking on each piece all together than break it. Moreover,</div><div><br></div><div> a. If we're not drafting on enhanced cooperation, why spend two hours talking about it? As we all know, there is a full-day meeting organized by APC, ISOC and ICC the day after Best Bits. Enhanced cooperation will also be taken up in a main session, an Euro Commission Open Forum (oddly enough), etc. So it's not clear to me what the value added of loading this into an already heavy schedule would be. </div><div><br></div><div> b. I wonder about the efficacy of trying to write something serious, in a group context, from a full stop, on WCIT and IG principles in the time allotted. If all we're shooting for is a page and half of high-level generalities fine, but if we're trying to actually influence governments and other stakeholders it could be more demanding. </div><div><br></div><div> c. I wonder about the need for panels and panelists. </div><div><br></div><div> d. For a two-day meeting that comes before another day of meetings (enhanced cooperation, GigaNet symposium, ISOC, ministerial, etc etc) and then four long days of IGF, I would suggest trying not to make this feel like an endurance testing marathon. </div><div><br></div><div>3. Hence, I would like to suggest what I believe would be an easier, more focused, and ultimately more productive and enjoyable approach:</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Day 1 - Saturday</div><div>09:00 - 10:45 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Group review and discussion of the state of play and our goals regarding global IG principles </div><div>11:00 - 12:00 Organization and mapping of drafting exercise</div><div>13:30 - 17:45<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Drafting civil society IG principles for the IGF</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>
<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Day 2 - Sunday</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>09:00 - 10:45 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Group review and discussion of the state of play and our goals regarding WCIT</div><div>11:00 - 12:00 Organization and mapping of drafting exercise</div><div>13:30 - 17:45<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Drafting a civil society statement to WCIT </div></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Just my preference…others may have others, so how about let's discuss and decide together?</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">BTW, perhaps in a separate thread, we might want to discuss what's supposed to be done with these statements. How exactly do we see "principles for the IGF" and a "statement to WCIT" feeding into the respective processes, etc…</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Best,</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Bill</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br>***************************************************<br>William J. Drake<br>International Fellow & Lecturer<br>Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ<br>University of Zurich, Switzerland<br><a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch">william.drake@uzh.ch</a></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><a href="http://www.williamdrake.org">www.williamdrake.org</a><br>****************************************************</div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div>
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