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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 17/10/12 10:55, parminder wrote:<br>
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My comments were wholly addressed to the track two activity. I am
not sure what is the sudden hurry to pull out from a hat some
process principles for IG in this compressed time, when the issue
is rather contentious and requires to be given all the time and
attention it needs.</blockquote>
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Actually it was one year ago, at the last IGF, that some of us on
this list first committed to produce such a set of civil society
principles, and to do so by this year's IGF. So it didn't start off
in a rush, though it may have ended up rather that way. But by
starting from what is already there (whether it be the IRP
principles as you prefer, or the APC/CoE document as Wolfgang does,
or even the Declaration of Internet Freedom as some others may -
nothing is yet set in stone), there is still no reason for the
outcome to be a rush job.<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:507E1E1E.5020301@itforchange.net" type="cite">We
cant selectively chose some principles that buttress certain
governance orders and not other kinds. We will need to go really
deep, and go the whole hog.<br>
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That would be nice. But the raison d'ętre of Best Bits is to bring
together a more diverse group (at least in terms of civil society
participants) than any of those that have collaborated on any of the
existing individual documents referenced, and none of those have
gone the whole hog to your satisfaction. So this is a point tending
against the document being completely comprehensive, because it
would weaken support for it too much. It's not a new dilemma, but
remains a real one.<br>
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Balancing this (and an equally deliberate choice in designing this
event), there will be no Best Bits declaration - there will be a
document <b>at </b>Best Bits that individual groups can sign on
to, but nobody will be "forced" to do so. This is factor that will
allow us to produce stronger documents than we otherwise might,
because we will only need to reach a rough consensus, not a full
one. Anyone who isn't comfortable with a document can easily pull
out from it.<br>
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