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<DIV><SPAN class=018520013-17032006><FONT
face="Book Antiqua">Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=018520013-17032006><FONT
face="Book Antiqua"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=018520013-17032006><FONT face="Book Antiqua">The presentations
from the OECD Workshop on “The Future of the Internet”, Paris, 8 March are
now online at</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=018520013-17032006><FONT face="Book Antiqua"><A
href="http://www.oecd.org/document/5/0,2340,en_2649_34223_36169989_1_1_1_1,00.html">www.oecd.org/document/5/0,2340,en_2649_34223_36169989_1_1_1_1,00.html</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=018520013-17032006><FONT face="Book Antiqua">Following my
presentation there arguing for application of the WSIS Principles (most notably,
transparency and inclusion) to IG mechanisms and dialogues, inter
alia through analysis by an IGF working group, I </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=018520013-17032006><FONT face="Book Antiqua">spoke with four secretariat
people who expressed interest in receiving from CS a proposal on the matter that
could be forwarded to OECD governments etc. This parallels similar
conversations that have been going on with the ITU secretariat, particularly
since its February reform session (the ITU Council meets next month and could
take up the issue). As transparency and inclusion are arguably the
clearest and most generalizable of the WSIS Principles that should be applied to
IG, and these procedural issues have been the easiest common ground for the
caucus, we really should do something to push this along now that some relevant
institutions have become more receptive to the message than ever before.
We'd have to get our act together, not only on the relevant proposals, but also
on our internal processes regarding representation. The OECD is concerned
that if they establish a mechanism for CS participation, there will be a way to
know that the people/orgs who might then be involved are acceptable and
accountable to other CS actors, since this is the sort of corporatist model they
follow with the private sector (BIAC) and unions (TUAC). Which, I guess,
brings us back to the open questions of what the caucus wants to be and how it
will work going forward. Hopefully we can add this to the growing list of
items that need to be tackled; we've been asking for change for three years and
key international organizations are now saying, tell us what you want and how it
could be done.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=018520013-17032006><FONT
face="Book Antiqua"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=018520013-17032006><FONT face="Book Antiqua">On another note,
I'm organizing my schedule and have listed some upcoming meetings I am
or may be participating in and it occurred to me I might as well share it
with fellow travelers in case people are interested in any of these, so
FYI,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=018520013-17032006><FONT
face="Book Antiqua"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=018520013-17032006><FONT
face="Book Antiqua">Bill</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=018520013-17032006><FONT
face="Book Antiqua">---------</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=018520013-17032006><FONT
face="Book Antiqua"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=018520013-17032006><FONT
face="Book Antiqua"><STRONG>March</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=018520013-17032006><FONT
face="Book Antiqua"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=018520013-17032006><FONT face="Book Antiqua">
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">23-24 <SPAN
class=018520013-17032006> </SPAN>ITU Next Generation Network
Workshop <A
href="http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/ngn/event-march-2006.phtml">www.itu.int/osg/spu/ngn/event-march-2006.phtml</A>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoHeading7 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><STRONG>April<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">5-10<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Telefonica
Foundation Madrid<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">19-28 <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>ITU Council<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">21-23
<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Access to Knowledge, Yale Law
School <A
href="http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/a2kconfmain.html">http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/a2kconfmain.html</A>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoHeading7 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><STRONG> <o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoHeading7 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><STRONG>May<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">2-5<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">Computers, Freedom and
Privacy in DC <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><A
href="http://www.cfp2006.org/">www.cfp2006.org/</A> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">9-11<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>ITU/UNESCO Global Symposium on Promoting the Multilingual Internet <A
href="http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/multilingual/index.html">www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/multilingual/index.html</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; mso-layout-grid-align: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">12<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>UNESCO Consultation meeting on action line C8 “Cultural diversity and
identity, linguistic diversity and local content” (Geneva)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">15-16
<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>ITU Cybersecurity workshop
(probable)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">17 <SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>ITU Info
Soc Day<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">18 <SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Commission
on Science and Technology for Development/WSIS??<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">19<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">IGF consultation
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">22-23<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>IG<SPAN
class=018520013-17032006>F</SPAN> Advisory Group<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoHeading7 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><STRONG>June<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">15-18<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Joint
ICA-IAMCR Symposium on Internet Governance in Dresden <A
href="http://www.icahdq.org/events/conference/2006/PreconferenceInfo.htm#PC2">www.icahdq.org/events/conference/2006/PreconferenceInfo.htm#PC2</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">19-23
<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>ICA conference in Dresden <A
href="http://www.icahdq.org/events/conference/2006/conf2006.asp">www.icahdq.org/events/conference/2006/conf2006.asp</A>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua">*******************************************************<BR>William
J. Drake <A
href="mailto:drake@hei.unige.ch">drake@hei.unige.ch</A><BR>Director, Project on
the Information<BR> Revolution and Global Governance<BR> Graduate
Institute for International Studies<BR> Geneva, Switzerland <BR>President,
Computer Professionals for <BR> Social Responsibility<BR><A
href="http://www.cpsr.org/board/drake">http://www.cpsr.org/board/drake</A>
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