<div>Hi Parminder and colleagues,</div> <div>Please allow me to make some observations.</div> <div> </div> <div>I would suggest that the para that started with "we are writing you ... is too worthy for a business letter and instead should read, </div> <div> </div> <div><STRONG>"We refer to the UN Secretary-General's brief to your office to begin informal consultations on processes of 'enhanced cooperation' on international public policy issues related to the Internet."</STRONG></div> <div> </div> <div>And please don't forget the closing salutation ... Yours sincerely/faithfully as the case may be ....</div> <div> </div> <div>Cheers</div> <div>Remmy</div> <div><BR><B><I>Parminder <parminder@itforchange.net></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>Bill/ others<BR><BR>Does this text work<BR><BR><BR>The Civil Society Internet Governance
Caucus (CS-IGC) would like to<BR>congratulate you for the very successful first meeting of the Internet<BR>Governance Forum. A good amount of the credit for this goes to your personal<BR>leadership, and that of your advisory team, as well as to the hard work put<BR>in by the secretariat.<BR><BR>We refare writing to you because we understand you were asked by the UN<BR>Secretary General to begin informal consultations on how to start a process<BR>of 'enhanced cooperation' on international public policy issues related to<BR>the Internet.<BR><BR>The CS-IGC would appreciate an update on progress and news of the<BR>current state of play with respect to "enhanced cooperation." In particular,<BR>we would very much welcome information on:<BR><BR>(a) any concrete measures taken so far, for instance, any discussions and<BR>consultations that have been held with governments and other stakeholders on<BR>the substance and modalities of enhanced cooperation, and<BR><BR>(b) the plans for
involving civil society in the process as per the clear<BR>mandate in paragraph 71 of the Tunis Agenda.<BR><BR>(ends)<BR><BR>Parminder <BR><BR>________________________________________________<BR>Parminder Jeet Singh<BR>IT for Change, Bangalore<BR>Bridging Development Realities and Technological Possibilities <BR>Tel: (+91-80) 2665 4134, 2653 6890<BR>Fax: (+91-80) 4146 1055<BR>www.ITforChange.net <BR><BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: William Drake [mailto:drake@hei.unige.ch]<BR>> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 5:12 PM<BR>> To: Governance<BR>> Subject: Re: [governance] Action on Enhanced Cooperation, please<BR>> <BR>> Hi Parminder,<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> On 1/13/07 5:37 AM, "Parminder" <PARMINDER@ITFORCHANGE.NET>wrote:<BR>> <BR>> > The CS-IGC would very much appreciate an update on progress and news of<BR>> the<BR>> > current state of play with respect to "enhanced cooperation." In<BR>> particular,<BR>> > we
would welcome information on (a) any concrete measures taken so far,<BR>> and<BR>> > (b) the plans for involving civil society in the process as per the<BR>> clear<BR>> > mandate in paragraph 71 of the Tunis Agenda.<BR>> <BR>> FWIW, as it would be easy to simply reply to this formulation that no<BR>> "concrete measures" have been taken, I'd suggested,<BR>> <BR>> In particular, we would very much welcome information on a) any<BR>> discussions<BR>> and consultations that have been held with governments and other<BR>> stakeholders on the substance and modalities of enhanced cooperation, and<BR>> b)<BR>> the plans for beginning to involve civil society in the process per the<BR>> clear mandate in paragraph 71 of the Tunis Agenda.<BR>> <BR>> Per Michael's point about realistic expectations and the limits of<BR>> transparency, I wouldn't expect much of a substantive recap of the<BR>> conversations, but it'd be nice
to at least have acknowledgement that<BR>> they've happened. If even that's impossible, I guess it clarifies the<BR>> meaning of CS' "involvement" in its "respective role."<BR>> <BR>> Whatever,<BR>> <BR>> Bill<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ____________________________________________________________<BR>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<BR>> governance@lists.cpsr.org<BR>> To be removed from the list, send any message to:<BR>> governance-unsubscribe@lists.cpsr.org<BR>> <BR>> For all list information and functions, see:<BR>> http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance<BR><BR>____________________________________________________________<BR>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<BR>governance@lists.cpsr.org<BR>To be removed from the list, send any message to:<BR>governance-unsubscribe@lists.cpsr.org<BR><BR>For all list information and functions,
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