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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Jeremy,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>You said:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><EM>It would be a worthwhile workshop given the right
panelists. But are you looking for the IGC to put its name to this, or
is it a workshop that you would organise, on which you are just seeking
comments?</EM></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial>My hope is that the IGF will put its name on
this. In the past </FONT><FONT face=Arial>I've failed to generate much interest
here on city-TLDs, but would appreciate any and all levels of contributions to
the proposal. And that extends to locating </FONT><FONT face=Arial>the "right
panelists." In my early search in this regard my ideal candidate informed
me that her first day of class is September 14, and that she is therefore not
available. I hope this is not a global problem for participants from
academia. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial>I'm a bit unsure of the thrust of your closing
paragraph, so will provide two answers. I support the 3 workshop proposals as
recently posted, and we would be honored to have our organization listed as a
sponsor. As to the future of our proposal: I was encouraged to pursue it in
correspondence that resulted from my recent attendance at
Under-Secretary-General Sha's IGF briefing at the U.N. So if it's not
supported here, I would explore other channels for its submission. But I would
be delighted to work with IGF to more fully develop and present this workshop
proposal, and I would be deeply honored if we were to be one of many IGC
organizations supporting it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial>Best,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial>Tom Lowenhaupt</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=governance@lists.cpsr.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 11, 2010 5:48
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [governance] Workshop
Proposal for Vilnius - City-TLDs: Impact, Best Practices, Governance</DIV>
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<DIV>On 11/04/2010, at 11:28 AM, Thomas Lowenhaupt wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Having spent a decade working toward the time
when TLDs would become available to cities, and with the time of their
arrival (possibly) at hand, little guidance has been made available
to those interested in developing TLDs that serve the interest of
city residents and organizations. I'd like to draw on the wisdom of the list
in formulating a proposal on city-TLD best practices and governance for
the IGF's Vilnius Conference. I think th</FONT><FONT size=3 face=Arial>e
recent McTim thread "privatizing cc TLDs" primed the discussion on this
issue.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial>B</FONT><FONT size=3 face=Arial>elow is a draft
of an IGF proposal for Vilnius. Comments
appreciated.</FONT></DIV></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>It would be a worthwhile workshop given the right panelists. But
are you looking for the IGC to put its name to this, or is it a workshop that
you would organise, on which you are just seeking comments?</DIV>
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<DIV>Excluding this one, we have three on the table:</DIV>
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<DIV>1. Revolutionary Internet Governance Ideas that can help change
the Developing World</DIV>
<DIV>2. Successes and failures of Internet governance, 1995 - 2010, and
looking forward to WSIS 2015</DIV>
<DIV>3. Transnational enforcement of a new information order – Issues of
rights and democracy</DIV>
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<DIV>Unless there are real objections, I think we should put them all forward
now even though they are not fully-formed, so that we can leave our options
open. In all likelihood not all three will be accepted, and/or we will
be asked to merge them with other workshops. For this reason it is not
worth agonising over the wording or the composition of the panels yet.</DIV>
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<DIV>Please let me know if you object to this course of action - and also if
you want to list your organisation as a co-organiser.</DIV></DIV>
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