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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 02/10/12 22:46, William Drake wrote:<br>
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<div>Although I didn't quite take Norbert's point about the
principles declaration not needing to be finished. Again, we
will be talking about principles in the Taking Stock main
session. We will be reviewing the various principles
initiatives undertaken by IGOs etc. and linking these to the
IGF and its future role. Trying to line up good government
participants to draw their peers' attention. I would have
thought that a freshly produced statement from stakeholders
would have provided a usefully complementary input, and way to
bring the whole BB enterprise to wider attendees' attention.</div>
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Totally agree, but I think Norbert may have just meant that we have
a hard deadline for the ITU statement, since the public submissions
will close that very day. For the IGF statement, we at least have a
couple more days up our sleeve if we need them.<br>
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<div> Potentially booting on the principles declaration in order
to have yet another EC discussion on top of the full day after
plus the EuroComm thing seems an odd choice to me, but if
that's what folks want to do, ok.</div>
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It is important for everyone to understand EC to contextualise our
work on the principles, and not everyone will be attending the APC
event the following day. But, by all means, we can shorten it a
little in order to give more time for the drafting. Day 2 is very
full now. At present (but this is open for comment), we have 3
hours for the drafting, and 3 hours for the background sessions that
precede it.<br>
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To make this possible, I've reduced the lunch break, and reduced the
length of the "Next steps" session, and taken out the press
conference.<br>
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This doesn't mean we won't have a press conference, but it makes
sense to move this to the course of the IGF itself. The press will
already be there, and there will be a daily official press
conference into which we may be able to wrap our own (I'll
enquire). This will give our outputs a lot more visibility, and
will also provide a few days' breathing room for finessing of the
text - gathering signatures, proof-reading, printing copies, etc.<br>
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So that's now reflected on the agenda at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://igcaucus.org:9001/p/BestBits">http://igcaucus.org:9001/p/BestBits</a>, though comments are always
welcome. Who wants to help me in organising a press conference
during the IGF?<br>
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