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Just to move beyond the "who did what and why" during the somewhat
chaotic last moments of NETmundial and focus on what we learned,
here are a couple of thoughts:<br>
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<li>The pre-day worked very well and we should take those
structured approaches more often - there was a real sense of
working together and accomplishment</li>
<li>We played a central and constructive role because we
contributed fully to the entire process, from the consultations
contributing as either platforms or as individual organizations,
through the event itself - that consistent engagement is
critical in my mind to our success and is a learning for other
fora that we engage in</li>
<li>If there was a moment when our engagement broke down a little
it was when the text went into the smaller drafting groups - we
should have been more available and organized around those
committees when they needed wording or assistance<br>
</li>
<li>We identified speakers who spoke to issues of concern for
which we largely had a common view - an achievement and
something we should consider in the future</li>
<li>We had text for many of the key issues - which was critical -
but as others have noted, the specificity that was needed by the
committees was sometimes lacking - a lesson for next time</li>
<li>The multi-stakeholder approach was largely practiced
throughout, with the exception of the last moments where the
primacy of governments became apparent. Whether this was a
reality of this particular process or not, it reminds us of the
importance of reaching out to all stakeholders to understand
where their thinking is on critical issues. We should continue
to push our positions of course but we also need to know where
other stand on the same. We may never see eye to eye with other
stakeholders on some/many issues but it is good to understand
where they are so we are not as surprised as we were by the
NETmundial end game in the future.</li>
<li>We may not get all that we want, but we can get a lot - as we
did in Sao Paulo. And this is in part testament to the points
above and how well civil society engaged and cooperated. <br>
</li>
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My 2 centavos<br>
<br>
Matthew<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/1/2014 9:18 AM, Adam Peake wrote:<br>
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On May 1, 2014, at 9:51 PM, Carlos A. Afonso wrote:
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On 05/01/2014 08:10 AM, Niels ten Oever wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Dear Carlos,
On 04/30/2014 03:06 PM, Carlos A. Afonso wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Finally, it is wrong to say (as they did) that net neutrality was not
included in the NETmundial document. Unless they cannot understand
English, this is the paragraph on it:
"UNIFIED AND UNFRAGMENTED SPACE -- Internet should continue to be a
globally coherent, interconnected, stable, unfragmented, scalable and
accessible network-of-networks, based on a common set of unique
identifiers and that allows data packets/information to flow freely
end-to-end regardless of the lawful content."
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This definition allows for charging differentially by user, content,
site, platform, application, type of attached equipment, and modes of
communication.
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It is not a definition -- nobody had said that so far. The recommendation for a principle provides the basis without which your dreams (which are also ours, or at least mine) would not come true. Do you think we would be able to delve into such details in an attempt to build a pluralist consensus document? And this is why we mentioned in the Roadmap the issue is complex and merits further dialogue and recommendations.
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We kept asking for specific text. Something the we could work with in drafting. Asked on this list and others, asked at the CS meeting on 22nd. I think I even suggested:
"Neutrality: The Internet should remain a neutral and open platform, free from discrimination, so as to encourage free expression, the free flow of information and ideas, creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship."
Not great, but something to argue for. (and it might have been a lever to keep the other creator text out of the document?)
We looked through the transcripts and all I remember seeing is general statements (we want to see NN mentioned, blah... and those were balanced by others who said there was no place for net neutrality in the documents). Sorry if I missed anything, but we needed text to work with, and needed support. Where we got help, it worked: thanks particularly to Robin, Stephanie, Avri.
Anyway. A very enjoyable and rewarding process. There are a lot of positives in the documents.
I'm very grateful to CS for asking me to join the EMC. Thank you,
Adam
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<pre wrap="">In the Marco Civil, we also recognize the issue is not exhausted, this is why we agreed to insert the possibility of further regulation under the guidance of CGI.br and Anatel. This in itself was a major victory, as the transnational telcos (mostly European) who control the network market in Brazil did not want even the mention of CGI.br anywhere in the document.
Sometimes I think some progressive civil society groups have slipped towards Aristotelian logic -- either we get all or nothing -- forgetting all about political tactics. Unfortunate.
BTW, I would really like to see the list of orgs who signed (or agreed to) the statement. I find it hard to believe that 50-60 orgs were so naïve in grasping the relevance of the moment and the nature of the final document after participating in the event (I assume they all participated?).
And I thank again Stephanie Perrin for understanding that relevance and nature.
fraternal regards
--c.a.
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So I am not sure it would fall under my definition of network neutrality.
Best,
Niels
Niels ten Oever
Acting Head of Digital
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