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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Yes, Linda, we will add appropriate text
on improving online participation. Parminder <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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ldmisekfalkoff.2@gmail.com [mailto:ldmisekfalkoff.2@gmail.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>linda misek-falkoff<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, February 16, 2008
8:36 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> governance@lists.cpsr.org;
Parminder<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [governance]
Suggestions for Delhi - process</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Dear Parminder, and greetings All:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Your post is so very comprehensive... thanking you much for the
information and insights.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>An aspect I would like to participate in is "remote" access
and related topics so we really expand the "attendee" list via
e-attendance. On review of the many materials I gathered while attending
online throughout Rio IGF-II, I hope these experiences may help for New Delhi.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The facilities were really quite productive even in the face of
need/desire to expand (Thx Jeremy) and the people, on the human side of
"man"/machine interfaces, were really super too .. and in real time
(Avri, Adam, others made themselves e-available) among others including those
here.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>With best wishes and appreciation of the reports and great progress, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Linda D. Misek-Falkoff<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>*Respectful Interfaces* Program of the Communications Coordination
Committee For the U.N; online ARPAnet forward; original programmer, GML starter
set, forerunner of HTML; colleague and friend to those here; other affiliations
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 2/15/08, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Parminder</span></b>
<<a href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net">parminder@itforchange.net</a>>
wrote:</span></font></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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Hi All<br>
<br>
Sorry for making this email high priority. It contains some text for a<br>
possible caucus statement on improving the IGF format for Delhi, which needs<br>
some urgent attention from the members, and I wanted it to separate it from<br>
the other interesting discussions taking place on the list.<br>
<br>
At this time we propose to make three statement - one on MAG renewal, some<br>
text of which is already being discussed, another on our suggestions for<br>
improvements in format for Delhi, some text for which is given below, and a<br>
third one with a few possible themes for the main sessions.<br>
<br>
For offering suggestion on format for Delhi, I have tried to stick to fewer<br>
things rather than give a long list. The main thing is to make the<br>
plenaries more purposive and attractive, and have a clear workshops<br>
structure around it. And that its preparation should be more through and<br>
facilitated by dedicated working groups.<br>
<br>
I will add other things, like a real lunch break to the text in the next<br>
stage.<br>
<br>
(starts)<br>
<br>
(Opening pleasantries are yet to be drafted.)<br>
<br>
In providing suggestions for how New Delhi IGF should be organized, Civil<br>
Society Internet Governance Caucus understands that the IGF's mandate and<br>
functions can be divided into two broad categories. One is of providing an<br>
open space for discussing any and all public policy issues regarding
the<br>
Internet for all stakeholders, therefore, inter alia, encouraging
a closer<br>
interactions between stakeholder and groups who 'do not often 'talk' to each<br>
other'. The second set of mandates and functions can be clubbed in the<br>
category of providing some relatively clear directions and possibilities in<br>
the area of global public policy, and for this purpose plug the gaps in<br>
terms of ideas, possibilities, interactions etc in the global institutional<br>
framework in this area.<br>
<br>
The structure of the IGF meeting should be adequate to meet both these<br>
purposes. The first purpose listed above is largely being achieved, and IGF<br>
is now recognized for its characteristic of a town hall meeting where anyone<br>
can come and voice one's opinion and concerns. However, the
requirements<br>
for the purpose two listed above - that of some clear contribution to the<br>
global policy arena - may need us to explore some structural improvements<br>
for the next IGF meeting, without taking away its open town hall meeting<br>
character.<br>
<br>
Many participants at Athens and Rio felt that there were too many workshops<br>
going on at the same time, even overlapping with the plenaries, and the<br>
attendance at and the interest in plenaries was quite low. It was even more<br>
so in Rio than in Athens. This severely compromises the 'convergent<br>
identity' of the IGF, as one global forum with some discernable internal<br>
cohesion, apart from just being an open space encouraging diverse<br>
deliberation.<br>
<br>
One reason for this low interest in the plenaries was that there were too<br>
many workshops being held at the same time as the plenaries. But equally, or<br>
perhaps more, important reason was that the themes of the plenaries were<br>
just too broad and participants really did not take much away from any of<br>
these sessions. Apart from being too general, and allowing each speaker to<br>
make her own interpretation of the issue, the non-specificity of the issue<br>
under discussion allowed people to often/ mostly speak on areas which were<br>
remote from any implication on global Internet related public policy, which<br>
is the chief purpose of the IGF to discuss. Such diversion or dilution is to<br>
some degree acceptable in case of workshops, in interest of diversity and<br>
openness, but not for the plenaries which represent very precious prime time<br>
for the IGF, and there is only that much of it in a whole year.<br>
<br>
We should therefore seriously explore new possibilities that could put life<br>
back into the plenaries and allow the IGF to meet its outcome-oriented part<br>
of the mandate as well.<br>
<br>
First is the issue of the large number of workshops. We do understand that<br>
limiting the number of workshops too drastically will affect the diversity<br>
of the kinds of discussions that are held, and of the groups that are able<br>
to use the IGF space. Therefore we think that we should continue to allow as<br>
many workshops as the limits of available logistics allow, to encourage<br>
diversity and broader ownership and participation in the IGF.<br>
<br>
In order to address what, in this context of allowing the maximum number of<br>
workshops, appears to be a conflicting imperative of strengthening the<br>
plenaries, for the sake of an 'convergent identity' of the IGF (as opposed<br>
to the divergent identity built by multiple workshops) and improving its<br>
outcome-orientation, we may need to bring a two-pronged approach to<br>
organizing the IG.<br>
<br>
One approach is of allowing multiple diverse workshops, as is done at<br>
present, while keeping some general themes in mind, so as to not allow<br>
things to go too much out of IGF's domain and priority areas. These<br>
workshops can be called type A workshops, and the current main themes of<br>
access, openness, diversity and security can serve as over-arching themes<br>
for organizing these workshops in clusters, so that each stream can stay<br>
separate, enabling people interested in any one theme to attend all or most<br>
of the workshops in that theme.<br>
<br>
For making the plenaries more productive, they should be organized around<br>
some specific global public policy issues, which are found to be of utmost<br>
importance, and not around hold-all themes like openness and access,<br>
discussions around which do not produce any fruitful outcomes. We suggest<br>
some such topics in a separate statement. A lot of preparatory work should<br>
go into preparing for these discussions, which should be done through<br>
working groups set up for these purpose. These working groups could consist<br>
of members of the MAG plus some other experts and stakeholders. These<br>
working groups must also synthesize the outcomes of these deliberations and<br>
present them as a document.<br>
<br>
Some workshops - called type B - should be arranged around the selected<br>
topics for the plenaries. There should be a limited number of them, with a<br>
vigorous effort to merge proposals for such workshops in a manner that<br>
preserves diversities of geo-politics, special interests and different<br>
viewpoint, but retains the clear purpose to increase the effectiveness of<br>
the plenary sessions. Selection of and preparation for these
workshops<br>
should be done by the concerned working group along with the sponsors of the<br>
workshops. Type B workshops should not be held in parallel with the<br>
plenaries.<br>
<br>
This dual architecture of an open space for diverse workshops and a<br>
relatively tightly organized structure of plenaries on specific global<br>
public policy, well-organized through a working group, and also resulting in<br>
an outcome document (even if stating a variety of positions, and not a<br>
consensual or negotiated one position) will enable the IGF to fulfill its<br>
mandate in a much better way than it is able to do at present.<br>
<br>
We understand that such dual tiered workshop structure - one kind of<br>
workshops tied with plenary topics, and others independent - was proposed<br>
and tried in preparation for Rio, but apparently it did not quite work out<br>
in any purposeful manner. We can get it right this time around with
better<br>
selection of specific topics for the plenaries, and more through<br>
preparations through dedicated working groups.<br>
<br>
(I wan to put some text of dynamic coalitions here.. Will prepare some and<br>
add. Inputs are welcome.)<br>
<br>
(ends)<br>
<br>
Parminder<br>
<br>
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