<div dir="ltr">There is something unsettling to me about this call. And I have been debating with my self:<br><ol><li>Why is IGF asking for "actions and decisions" now? <br></li><li>Why are actions being requested in a forum whose main objective is to "discuss"?</li>
<li>Why only "the current slate"?</li><li>Are we looking at only the "UN" IGFs or regional, subregional or even country IGFs?</li><li>If a meeting held on margin of an IGF led to some action, can that be reported?</li>
</ol><p>TOL (Thinking Out Loud)</p><p><br></p><p>N<br></p></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Fatima Cambronero <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fatimacambronero@gmail.com" target="_blank">fatimacambronero@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>(Sorry for cross posting. It includes a correct email
address to send your comments).</b></p><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Internet Governance
Forum was created by the World Summit on the Information Society as a
multistakeholder discussion platform on Internet governance related issues. The
goals of the IGF are to provide a platform for information exchange, identify
emerging challenges and possible solutions to addressing them, provide capacity
building, identify and disseminate best practices and forge partnerships for
concrete actions.</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Over the past few years,
some sceptics of the IGF have suggested that no actions have been taken and
that no decisions are made at the IGF - that it is just a “talk shop”.</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p><div class="">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In order to dissipate
those doubts about the “action orientation” of the IGF it would be useful to
collect data about concrete actions and decisions that have been taken by
different stakeholders as a result of the engagement and discussions of
Internet related issues at the various IGFs (international, regional or
national).</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In this respect, I would like to
invite all of those organizations and institutions that would be willing to
share information, <b>on a voluntary basis</b>, about concrete decisions or
actions that have been taken as a result of engagement during the current
mandate of the IGF the 2011, 2012 and 2013 IGFs to do so by sending brief
information to the <span style>IGF Secretariat (</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-AU"><a href="mailto:discussion_questions@intgovforum.org" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:blue">discussion_questions@intgovforum.org</span></i></a></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">) by 30 June 2014. The Secretariat will compile all
information received and will present a synthesized report at the Istanbul IGF.</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p><div class="">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Thank you for your
participation</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Janis Karklins</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Interim Chair of the MAG</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
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</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-04-01 6:31 GMT-03:00 Anriette Esterhuysen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org" target="_blank">anriette@apc.org</a>></span>:<br>
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<font face="Arial">Dear all this is important. Compiled responses
would be good if possible.<br>
<br>
Anriette<br>
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<td>Janis Karklins <a href="mailto:karklinsj@gmail.com" target="_blank"><karklinsj@gmail.com></a></td>
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<div>Dear MAG members,</div>
<div>As we discussed during the last conference call <span>pls</span>
see the call for information concerning the concrete actions
and decisions that have been taken as a result of the
engagement at the various <span>IGFs</span>.</div>
<div><span>Pls</span> disseminate this call as wide as possible
and encourage organization provide a brief account.</div>
<div>Thank you</div>
<div><span>JK</span></div>
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Internet Governance Forum was created by the
World Summit on the Information Society as a <span>multistakeholder</span>
discussion
platform on Internet governance related issues. The
goals of the <span>IGF</span> are to
provide a platform for information exchange, identify
emerging challenges and
possible solutions to addressing them, provide
capacity building, identify and
disseminate best practices and forge partnerships for
concrete actions.</font></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman">Over the
past few years, some critics of the <span>IGF</span>
have suggested that no actions have been taken and
that no decisions are made
at the <span>IGF</span> - that it is just a “talk
shop”.</font></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman">In order to
dissipate those doubts about the
“action orientation” of the <span>IGF</span> it would
be useful to collect data about
concrete actions and decisions that have been taken by
different stakeholders
as a result of the engagement and discussions of
Internet related <span>issues at
the various <span>IGFs</span>
(international, regional or national).</span></font></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt">In this
respect, I would like to invite all of those
organizations and institutions
that would be willing to share information, <b>on a
voluntary basis</b>, about
concrete decisions or actions that have been taken as a
result of engagement
during the current mandate of the <span>IGF</span> the
2011, 2012 and 2013 <span>IGFs</span> to do so by
sending brief information to the </span><span style="font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"><span>IGF</span>
Secretariat (insert the e-mail address) by 30
June 2014. The Secretariat will compile all
information received and will
present a synthesized report at the Istanbul <span>IGF</span>.</font></span></font></p>
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for your participation</font></font></span></p>
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