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Hi all,<br>
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I would like to echo Ian's excellent comments. <br>
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It was a fascinating event and there is much good in the document.
We did not get what we wanted on key issues of concern - and that
was disappointing - but this is just the start. I believe that the
NETmundial document gives us a new "platform" on which to progress
IG. Lets digest the document and identify how we use it to advance
our causes and leverage it in other fora going forward. <br>
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Well done to all and especially our Brazilian colleagues and all the
civil society folks on the committees, etc.<br>
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Its been a pleasure. <br>
<br>
Matthew<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/25/2014 9:17 AM, Ian Peter wrote:<br>
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<div>The conference is now over, and many of us now go into
travel and long flights. But before I do, I want to say that
during this conference, and the meeting beforehand, civil
society people really worked incredibly well together – far
more so than other constituencies. It was great to work with
a group of such talented and knowledgeable people. There was
a high volume of exchange and consultation between people
and speakers on our behalf, with a willingness to take on
other perspectives from the group, to stand down to allow a
more relevant speaker to address a subject etc. great team
work.</div>
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<div>As regards the results – this was version 0.1 of this
very interesting – and i think promising – version of
multistakeholder consultation. So like all versions 0.1, it
was full of bugs and there are a few changes that should be
made and improvements. I might say a thing or two about that
after I have cleared my head. So I think the process has
some lessons for us, and is worth repeating.</div>
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<div>As regards the outputs – as the civil society statement
said, there were areas of disappointment. I would say
personally that I was very angry at last minute changes made
to some sections after the formal processes of drafting and
consolidating text had ended and passed through those
committees to the final approval stage. This was an example
of some governmental players being more equal than others.
As one colleague said, more like imperialism than
multistakeholderism, from a party who preaches the religion.
Oh well. In time I might say more about the detail of that.</div>
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<div>But for now – there was much good as well, and it was
fantastic to be involved in this with such a great group of
people. All our Brazilian reps, and also our selected reps
on various committees, did a fantastic job – ad it was
privilege to see how well they did. They worked long and
hard on our behalf and deserve a lot of praise. If I start
names I will miss someone, but to everyone who represented
us, I must say job extremely well done.</div>
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<div>Now to wind down after three days of intense activities.
Great work everyone, really worthwhile event.</div>
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<div>Ian Peter</div>
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Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)
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