Hi Anja<br><br>Thanks for doing this and for the heads up, picking up on this serious omission!<br><br>PLEASE ADD MY NAME!<br><br>As you will know, the troll wars have been turning a lot of people off, as a result, many are not keeping up. <br>
<br>The result/ consequence (i.e. mission accomplished for the trolls) is that people feel unqualified to comment because they have not kept up and therefore will not express themselves on "deadline for inputs on IGF 2009". However, we CAN ALL sign up against suppression/ omission of internet rights! <br>
<br>I've thus taken the liberty to change the subject line of the email in the hope of alerting those in tedium of the troll wars.<br><br>Keep up the good efforts,<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Rui <br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
2009/8/14 Anja Kovacs <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anja@cis-india.org">anja@cis-india.org</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;">
Dear all,<br>
<br>
As Ginger noted, tomorrow is the last day for comments on the Draft<br>
Programme Paper. What continues to strike me as I read this paper is the<br>
complete absence of attention for Internet rights and principles - in<br>
fact the word 'rights' is not mentioned even once - despite Internet<br>
rights and principles being raised as a theme or a topic for a main<br>
session repeatedly by a range of players (including the IGC, the IRP DC<br>
and the Gender DC) during and in the run-up to May's Open Consultations.<br>
Although I realise that there is little chance of it being included as a<br>
main session at this point, I think it is important for us to at least<br>
comment on this glaring absence. Would it be possible for the IGC to<br>
express, by tomorrow, its disappointment in this regard? (we could use<br>
some of the wording of the April submission)<br>
<br>
For those of you with whom I have had the pleasure to interact before, I<br>
also would like to share that I have now joined the Centre for Internet<br>
and Society, Bangalore.<br>
<br>
I look forward to continuing to engage with you all on Internet<br>
Governance issues.<br>
<br>
Anja<br>
<br>
<br>
Dr. Anja Kovacs<br>
Fellow<br>
Centre for Internet and Society<br>
T: +91 80 4092 6283<br>
<a href="http://www.cis-india.org" target="_blank">www.cis-india.org</a><br>
<br>
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