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<div align="left">Dear Milton and Stephane <br>
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secret group, the Eternity, rules the world through their mastery of a
poiwerful technique :-)
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Internet community?
How about "commintern" ? ;-)
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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Real cool ! <span
class="moz-smiley-s11"><span> 8-) </span></span><br>
They are comrades of another type... yes indeed</font><br>
<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comintern" class="l"
onmousedown="return rwt(this,'','','res','1','AFQjCNEHZupreYDniEW0yGmg57PuqsnJvA','&sig2=-01kp_i5lhUrYQdMt9r1ng')"><b>Comintern</b></a></font><br>
<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="-1"><span class="a">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<b>Comintern</b>
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this time with 2 m..., I guess the extra m stands for money.. <span
class="moz-smiley-s12"><span> :-$ </span></span><br>
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Now lets get the HTML version <br>
of the announcement <br>
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Lets hope that the ongoing ridicule proxy game will soon be over, <br>
and that the Tunis agenda is going to start to get implemented...<br>
in good faith... if it ever existed within the commintern ....<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">If you are fed up with
the comrades, join the resistance...<br>
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Best <br>
<br>
Francis<br>
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Civil Society Working Group <br>
on Information Networks Governance</font><font color="#9999cc">
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<p align="justify"> Within the overall framework of the implementation
of the recommendations of the <a href="http://www.wsis.org"><b>World
Summit on the Information Society</b></a>, it appears that political
and ethical standards demand the formation of a Civil Society working
group. The "Civil Society" must be clarified as a group of people
sharing such core values as openness, transparency, public interest,
diversity, inclusion and a sincere concern for sustainable development,
in bridging the digital divide. "Civil Society" shall not be defined
“subtractively” as a group of people who neither belong to the
government nor business sectors. In this view, "Civil Society" must be
differentiated from the "Internet Community", which is increasingly
dominated by the technico-industrial complex that manages critical
internet resources. <br>
The working group is going to deal with all governance issues related
to all information networks, which include not only <b>Internet
Governance</b>, but also governance of <b>Telecommunication networks</b>
and especially <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Generation_Networking"><b>Next
Generation Networks</b></a>. This site <a href="http://wsis-gov.org"><b>Wsis-Gov.org</b></a>
is now the site of the <b> WSIS Civil Society Working Group on
Information Networks Governance</b>. </p>
<p align="justify"> Linguistic Diversity, either with the help of
different page versions, or with embedded automatic translation is
fully acknowledged, with linkage with the <a href="http://linguis.tk"><b>Dynamic
Coalition on Linguistic Diversity</b></a>. </p>
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<p align="justify"><font><font class="line"><b> Monday 03 September 2007</b>.
The formal announcement ( <a
href="http://www.wsis-gov.org/pouzin-03sep07-en.html">speech</a> ) of
the group formation was made by its founding president : <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Pouzin">Louis Pouzin</a>,
during the
IGF Open Consultations
on Monday 3 September 2007,
at the Palais des Nations, in Geneva.</font></font></p>
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Thank you Mr Chairman,
<br>
I wish to use this opportunity to announce the creation of a new
working group in the Civil Society. This group is called Civil Society
Working Group on Information Networks Governance.
<br>
Why create another working group on Internet governance? Indeed, there
is already a group called Internet Governance Caucus. From our
observations there is in this group a strong presence of the Internet
community, "Internity" for short. They have ties with some governments,
with the business sector, with NGO's, and with the domain name milk
cow.
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Quite a few people in the Civil Society do not share these interests.
As a result there is no majority for a consensus on significant reforms
of internet governance. It appears that it would be better to draw
clearer lines, let the internet community lobby for its own turf, and
have a Civil Society Working Group with a distinct agenda.
<br>
What agenda ? To identify, and promote enablers of societal
development, taking full account of existing diversities, e.g. culture,
language, geography, political system, etc. To adjust governance
structures to people's needs, rather than the opposite. In short,
implement the Tunis Agenda.
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What structures do we propose ? This working group is now created, as
of 3rd September 2007. It is international. A chairman, or coordinator,
whatever term the group prefers, is rotated every 6th month. The 1st
one is myself. The group is multilingual, starting with English,
French, Spanish, and other languages when it becomes practicable. There
shall be an ethics committee, in charge of evaluating potential
conflicts of interests. Additional mechanisms are needed, e.g. for
nominations, votes, events, etc. They will be defined by the group.
Participation is open to everyone abiding by the group rules, and not
involved with the internet community.
<br>
A discussion list is open. Anyone may subscribe.
<br>
People interested may join in now. Thank you.
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Wednesday 12 September 2007</b>. Opening of discussions on the </font></font><font
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class="Head_Blue" href="http://www.wsis-gov.org/mail-en.html"
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" lang="fr-FR"><b><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">On the agenda of next discussions
on the list :</font></b><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">: <br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><i>Urgent</i>
: proposal of panelists
for the main sessions. </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Comments
on the Advisory Group Report
<br>
Opacity and rule of silence ?<br>
Betrayal of the mandate : No
recommendations in the emerging issues session ?<br>
Coalition reports and outcomes under
control ?<br>
Silence, no rotation here ?<br>
Shall the human rights commission be
contacted ?<br>
Is an audit of the secretariat needed
? </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The
May 2007 C5 Cybersecurity
action line meeting : <br>
a setback for the ITU ?<br>
<br>
Financial
support for LDC IGF participants, a still born coalition ? <br>
Search for a long term solution </font><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Coalitions
that do not seek to get IGF
outcomes and recommendations ? <br>
phony groups or tools of diversion ? </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The
choice between lobbies' anarchy
and a new multi-stakeholder legal regime ?<br>
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<pre wrap=""><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Identification of obstacles to the implementation of the Tunis
Agenda mandate
Means to empower local Civil Society groups</font></pre>
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