<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On Oct 16, 2013, at 3:30 AM, Jeremy Malcolm <<a href="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org">jeremy@ciroap.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; 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-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none; ">The two-day meeting has been divided roughly into four half-day sessions, covering just about all of the most critical Internet policy issues of the moment. Although the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://bestbits.net/bestbits2013" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; 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-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">agenda</a><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; 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-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(particularly for Day 1 morning) is still slightly fluid, we will cover mass government surveillance, the Brazil/ICANN plan for globalisation of Internet goverernance, Internet principles, and the processes underway at WSIS+10 and the Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation, plus more</span></blockquote></div><br><div>I note on the agenda is the item "What is multi-stakeholderism?" (presumably with </div><div>respect to matters of Internet coordination/governance)</div><div><br></div><div>As obvious as this question might seem, it is not clear that everyone is using the</div><div>term in the same manner, and documenting the meaning of the term with some </div><div>clarity might be very helpful in the coming days (particularly if it were to be defined</div><div>from the civil society perspective)</div><div><br></div><div>In particular, does multi-stakeholderism imply or require:</div><div><br></div><div>- Agreement of all participants to work to collective goal or common purpose?</div><div><br></div><div>- Openness and inclusiveness in seeking input/views from all interested parties?</div><div><br></div><div>- Documents and materials made freely available online to all parties?</div><div><br></div><div>- Clear, equitable processes for developing outcomes which provide consideration of all inputs/views?</div><div><br></div><div>- Respect for all participants involved?</div><div><br></div><div>If there is a statement or accepted norm with respect to the term "multi-stakeholder"</div><div>(in matters of Internet coordination/governance) I am not aware of it, although the term</div><div>does seem to be used quite a bit and might benefit from a more solid set of principles</div><div>regarding its use. If this suggestion is not aligned with your present plans or goals for</div><div>the meeting, feel free to discard it as desired.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div>/John</div><div><br></div><div>Disclaimers: My views alone. These views were not formed via multi-stakeholder </div><div> processes (unless one credits various portions of my consciousness </div><div> with independent stakeholder status... ;-)</div><div> </div><div><div><div id="ftn1"><p class="MsoFootnoteText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
<!--EndFragment--></div></body></html>