<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div id="yiv131413375"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" id="bodyDrftID" class=""><tbody><tr><td id="drftMsgContent" style="font:inherit;"><div id="yiv1538664329"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" id="bodyDrftID" class=""><tbody><tr><td id="drftMsgContent" style="font:inherit;"><div id="yiv2091719347"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" id="bodyDrftID" class=""><tbody><tr><td id="drftMsgContent" style="font:inherit;">Jeremy,<div><br></div><div>I know you are working on specifics and your diligence and trudging is appreciated. I digress to the larger picture that is almost like the orange* elephant in the corner of the room.</div><div>Yesterday we got word of some GAC in the ICANN developments. <i>see Miltons:</i> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2010/6/23/4560694.html">http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2010/6/23/4560694.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>What
this discussion must address is not just our or a MAG's desire for inclusion and exclusion but the ratification of governments and/or their antagonism. The mere words of the
organization under which we labor in this task is <i>United <b>Nations</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style:normal;"> and this must be kept at the forefront of our process. This is not to say blind abeyance. This is to say - Respectful Interface and the fostering of our Universal Rights in a way that promotes
accomplishment rather than division. From the inside to the outside we must be aware that attraction is far more useful than mandate or persuasion. </span></i></div><div><br></div><div><i></i>*a little different than the proverbial pink elephant<br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 6/24/10, Jeremy Malcolm <i><jeremy@ciroap.org></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;"><br>From: Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy@ciroap.org><br>Subject: [governance] [5 of 6] How best to link with regional meetings?<br>To: governance@lists.cpsr.org<br>Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 7:37 AM<br><br><div id="yiv1649717597">The penultimate question in the MAG's questionnaire that we have been working through is:<div><br></div><div><b>How best to link with regional meetings?</b><br><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>
<div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0,
0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;"><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;min-height:14px;">Since the first IGF meeting was held in Athens, a similar concept has been taken up at a regional and national level. There are currently as many as eight of these at a regional level, and fourteen at a national level. Often, these meetings also use the name "Internet Governance Forum" or "IGF". However, they have no formal link with the Internet Governance Forum beyond being listed on the IGF's Web site, and sharing a few of the same participants.</div><div
style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;min-height:14px;"><br></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;min-height:14px;">The main issue that this question raises, as I see it, is whether there should be a stronger link between the regional meetings and the central one. If so, we need to consider and provide feedback on questions such as:</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;min-height:14px;"><br></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;min-height:14px;"><ul class="MailOutline"><li>What criteria should the regional/national IGFs satisfy in order to qualify for this stronger linkage? For
example, how open and multi-stakeholder must they be, and how transparent and inclusive their organisation?</li><li>If there should be a set of criteria that regional/national IGFs must meet, how and by whom should it be developed?</li><li>Should it be permitted to have more than one IGF per region or country, or should the global IGF enforce a rule that only one event per region or country can be officially recognised?</li><li>Should the programme of the regional/national IGFs be coordinated with that of the global IGF? If so, how? - perhaps through some sort of global council of IGFs?</li><li>Should written reports of regional/national IGFs be distributed to the global IGF?</li><li>Should verbal reports from regional/national IGFs be given at a main session at the global IGF?</li><li>Should panelists from the other IGFs be given priority in selection for panels at the global IGF?</li><li>Should each session organiser at the global
IGF be required to give an opportunity for reports relevant to that session from regional/national IGF organisers?</li></ul><br></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;min-height:14px;">I'm sure you can think of more ideas, so please let's hear them. A practical example of how one organisation has addressed a similar issue is found in the guidelines that the TED conference sets for its affiliated events: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ted.com/pages/view/id/351">http://www.ted.com/pages/view/id/351</a>.</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;min-height:14px;"><br></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;">-- </div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></div></div><div><span
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