<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On 09/09/2012, at 10:22 PM, parminder <<a href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net">parminder@itforchange.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><font face="Verdana">I prefer that we keep to the existing draft schedule, although
Bills suggestion of doing away with panels etc can be considered.</font></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Sure, and in any case they won't be IGF-style panels as such, they are just people whom the moderator can call on to lead the discussion.</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><font face="Verdana">
I am also unsure about the practicality of bringing out some kind
of a draft on IG principles from the meeting.</font></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I think someone else may reply on this point, but actually the IG principles have had a long genesis. Let me quote from the closing civil society statement at last year's IGF which I delivered (full statement at <a href="http://www.igfwatch.org/discussion-board/my-closing-session-statement-at-the-nairobi-igf">http://www.igfwatch.org/discussion-board/my-closing-session-statement-at-the-nairobi-igf</a>):</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><p>One of the recent developments in Internet governance most remarked
upon at this meeting has been the flourishing of statements of
principles of Internet governance from various stakeholders, including
governments and intergovernmental organisations. This is a welcome
development, because it demonstrates that those stakeholders understand
the value of soft governance of the Internet, which the IGF also
exemplifies. Several of the stakeholders who have developed statements
of principles have also placed them before this meeting of the IGF for
discussion. This is another welcome step, because it shows their
commitment to developing policy through multi-stakeholder consultation,
and the IGF is the perfect place for this.</p><p>Continuing this process, the next step that many in civil society
would like to see is for the IGF to be used as a venue for each of the
stakeholders to contribute these statements of principles, to a process
by which we draw out common elements, and build consensus, towards the
development of a multi-stakeholder framework of principles which we can
all own together. If such a joint statement of principles could be
produced during the current term of the IGF's mandate, this would have
far more weight and legitimacy than any of the individual statements
could ever hope to possess on their own. It would also establish beyond
question the IGF's ability to contribute tangible and lasting outcomes
for the guidance of policy makers.</p><p>On the part of the Internet Governance Caucus, we intend to
participate in the development of a set of principles for civil society,
using an open and transparent process, as our input into the process of
developing a common framework of principles. We hope to present this
civil society statement of principles at the next meeting of the IGF and
at other Internet governance meetings in the meantime.</p></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>As I understand, Wolfgang proposes that we could use the language that he and some others of you were already involved with drafting at the Council of Europe as a starting point (scroll down):</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1835773">https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1835773</a></div><div><br></div></div><div>
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