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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Thanks for this Ian, could someone please explain to me what is meant by <i>this fifth panel as more independent (in partnership with two other organizations</i>.. Is he referring to Inet here? Who are the other two organizations?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>M<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>-----Original Message-----<br>From: bestbits-request@lists.bestbits.net [mailto:bestbits-request@lists.bestbits.net] On Behalf Of Ian Peter<br>Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 10:34 AM<br>To: governance@lists.igcaucus.org; Adam Peake<br>Cc: bestbits@lists.bestbits.net<br>Subject: Re: [governance] Re: [bestbits] HLLM in LOndon - CS reps<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Hi Adam,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Because it would be inappropriate I am deliberately not taking on a role of coordinating back to various networks as that is what the various reps should do. But here is the reply from Fadi to Robin (copied to the reps earlier).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Hello Robin,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I hope you had a good thanksgiving holiday. I took several days off and regained a lot of energy after our busy week in Buenos Aires. I just got back and ready for the next phase of work.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>As I noted below and in Buenos Aires, we were never in a position to grow the panel any further. In BA, however, after the panel was announced, we made a final commitment to add only one panelist from the cc community, and only one more from civil society -- understanding the need for broader participation. Byron Holland from the cc community agreed to serve while in Buenos Aires.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>At this stage, and now that we have established this fifth panel as more independent (in partnership with two other organizations), I will need to confer with our partners on your request, as well as with the Chairman of the panel. I predict that they will be sensitive to diversity.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I cannot meet with the chairman until next week on Wednesday. I will keep you posted. It may be a little late for London but rest assured that Frank La Rue, Lynn St. Amour, and myself will have our communities interests very vigilantly on top of our agendas.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Fadi<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>-----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>From: Adam Peake<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 10:03 PM<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>To: Ian Peter<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Cc: <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>governance@lists.igcaucus.org</span></a> ; <a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Subject: [governance] Re: [bestbits] HLLM in LOndon - CS reps<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Hi Ian,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Any reply to the CS coalition's recommendations? The high level panel is due to meet December 12-13 (London), a week from now.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Best,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Adam<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>On Nov 30, 2013, at 5:50 AM, Ian Peter wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Please find a letter just send to Fadi Chehade under my signatory as <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> an independent facilitator as regards civil society representation at <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> this meeting in two weeks time.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Let me be the first to admit the process was imperfect, the result was <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> imperfect. But so was the task we were given, the timeframe, the <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> people involved in making the decision, and the facilitation process.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> I can only say that there was widespread agreement we should submit <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> names, and for the names submitted. And that doing and saying nothing <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> would have been the alternative in this timeframe.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Ian Peter<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> 29 November 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> RE: Civil Society Representation on High Level Panel in London<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Dear Fadi and Nora:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> I am writing to you following from discussions held by a coalition of <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> representatives of the civil society networks most involved in <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Internet governance deliberations, we appreciate your willingness to <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> engage civil society in discussions regarding the future of Internet <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> governance. We also appreciate your recognition that civil society is <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> under-represented on your High Level Panel and your willingness to <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> accept additional civil society participants to this panel to provide <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> more balance.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> After consultations with our networks, we propose adding the following <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> 2 civil society representatives to begin to balance against the much <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> larger numbers from government, the private sector, and technical <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> representatives placed on the initial panel.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Civil society’s two nominated representatives for the London High <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Level Panel are:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> 1. Anriette Esterhuysen (<a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>anriette@apc.org</span></a>) 2. Milton Mueller <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> (<a href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>mueller@syr.edu</span></a>) Would you please kindly confirm your acceptance of <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> these names, and contact our representatives directly to arrange their <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> participation?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> We also strongly recommend the involvement of Jovan Kurbalija of the <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Diplo Foundation as a highly experienced and knowledgeable <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> facilitator.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> We trust that in future we will be able to look at much more equitable <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> representation of civil society in such panels and committees.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Persons involved with these deliberations and choice of names from <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> various civil society networks were:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Virginia Paque, Diplo Foundation<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Anriette Esterhuysen, Association for Progressive Communications (APC) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Robin Gross, ICANN's Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) Norbert <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Bollow and Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro, Internet Governance Caucus<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> (IGC)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Jeremy Malcolm, Best Bits<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Signed,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Ian Peter, Independent Facilitator<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> ____________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <a href="http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>____________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>governance@lists.igcaucus.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>To be removed from the list, visit:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>For all other list information and functions, see:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> <a href="http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://www.igcaucus.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Translate this email: <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://translate.google.com/translate_t</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>