Dear Bill and Karl<br><br>I really think it is time that once and for all we deal with the ICANN issue and look at mechanisms to replace it with a representative, independent body. We gone around n circles for years over this matter, but like a tumour, we have to decide to have the courage to undergo srgery to remove it or fool ourselves that it will not do much harm.<br>
<br>regards,<br><br>Rui <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/7/5 William Drake <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:william.drake@graduateinstitute.ch">william.drake@graduateinstitute.ch</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div style=""><font size="5"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Hi,</span></font><div><font size="5"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="5"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Skimming and deleting over morning coffee, a random thought occurs: is this still the listserv of the IGC? It hasn't been obvious of late. It's been quite awhile since there much traffic from people who are in the IGC discussing the sort of concerns for which we established the list seven years ago, and it's not like there are no live issues out there. For example, do we not intend to submit a group statement on the IGF review by the July 15 deadline? We had some preliminary discussion on this in May and people indicated a preference for some focused dialogue leading to a statement of more than a couple paragraphs outlining why the caucus favors renewal. Given the rather variable inputs the UN and the IGF secretariat (for the Sharm synthesis paper) will be receiving from member governments, one would think this is an important thing to do. </span></font></div>
<div><font size="5"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="5"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Comments on the review process so far are at</span></font></div><div><font size="5"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=FormalConsult032009ListView" target="_blank">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=FormalConsult032009ListView</a></span></font></div>
<div><font size="5"><span style="font-size: 18px;">(Great URL, I love the website ;-)</span></font></div><div><font size="5"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="5"><span style="font-size: 18px;">The questions we are asked to address are:</span></font></div>
<div><font size="5"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div style="margin: 0px;">1. To what extent has the IGF addressed the mandate set out for it in the Tunis Agenda?</div><div style="margin: 0px;">
<font face="Arial">2. To what extent has the IGF embodied the WSIS principles?</font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial">3. What has the impact of the IGF been in direct or indirect terms? Has it impacted you or your stakeholder group/institution/government? Has it acted as a catalyst for change?</font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial">4. How effective are IGF processes in addressing the tasks set out for it, including the functioning of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG), Secretariat and open consultations? </font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial">5. Is it desirable to continue the IGF past its initial five-year mandate, and why/why not?</font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial">6. If the continuation of the Forum is recommended, what improvements would you suggest in terms of its working methods, functioning and processes?</font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial">7. Do you have any other comments?</font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial">Surely we can manage answers to these in the next ten days, no?</font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial">Best,</font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial">Bill</font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="5"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Graduate Institute of International and</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="5"><span style="font-size: 18px;"> Development Studies</span></font></div>
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