<div>Of course, pass forward any note that is helpful; it is even more inclusive participation. </div>
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<div>I must say that the Elon online documentation of the India/Hyderabad venue meeting is really great. I have quite a bit from the Rio Meeting prior, in case you want to put these together sometime. Not as polished as that I have seen lately, but power-pointy.</div>
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<div>Your cheering note well received,</div>
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<div>Looking forward to more collaborating, Linda M F.</div>
<div>InterNetizen '60s ff, multi-generationally oriented.<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 9:18 PM, linda misek-falkoff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ldmisekfalkoff@gmail.com">ldmisekfalkoff@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">A responsive big vote for YES on 'remote participation'. It went well for<br>the past two times, from here, and augurs very well for the future.<br>
<br>Principles of inclusion put into practice! Need not be perfectly seamless<br>to be successful.<br><br>Much appreciated, and at your service as well,<br><br>LDMF.<br>Dr. L. D. Misek-Falkoff (Ph.D., J.D.).<br>*Respectful Interfaces*.<br>
<br>On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 6:29 AM, Ginger Paque <<a href="mailto:gpaque@gmail.com">gpaque@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>> The following statement includes minor changes as requested during<br>> discussion. We should now have consensus on the following statement on The<br>
> Way Forward. Please indicate YES or NO in response as soon as possible.<br>> Thanks! Ginger<br>><br>><br>><br>> STATEMENT<br>><br>> The Internet Governance Caucus supports "Internet Rights and Principles"<br>
> as a major<br>> theme for IGF-4 in Egypt. This should lead to discourse at the IGF meetings<br>> moving towards the definition and clarification of rights in relation to<br>> the Internet, and how they relate to pre-existing definitions of human<br>
> rights. It also includes a space for discussions about the responsibilities<br>> of all parties.<br>><br>> The concept of "rights" continues to stress the importance of openness and<br>> universal access. This framework will continue to emphasize the significant<br>
> themes of access to knowledge and development, while adding the important<br>> issues of basic user rights and control to access, content and applications<br>> of their choice, in keeping with current international debates regarding an<br>
> "open Internet" and relevant aspects of the often confusing network<br>> neutrality discussions.<br>><br>> The inclusion of "principles" allows for wide discussion of the<br>> responsibilities that the different stakeholders have to each other.<br>
> It allows for open examination<br>> of the principles that should govern the Internet, particularly in its<br>> commercial facets.<br>><br>> Within the mandate of the IGF and in support of strengthening this<br>
> multistakeholder process, we ask that the IGF Secretariat continue and<br>> expand the use of Remote Participation as a tool for attendance at the IGF<br>> 2009 in Egypt as a proven method to include new voices. To that end, we<br>
> recommend that the Secretariat recognize the Remote Participation Working<br>><br>> Group as a collaborating organization for the RP at the IGF 2009, especially<br>><br>> in the area of Hub participation, and facilitate the use of the RP resources<br>
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