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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Sorry to take so long to reply to this -<BR>
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In addition toi the excellent proposals put forward by Parminder, I wonder if we should tackle the general A2K area – access to knowledge. I personally would like to see a plenary session (I think IGF plenary topics have become boring and repetitive) - but at the least a good workshop would be useful.<BR>
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Others involved in this general area might have suggestions – but it is certainly a subject area where we can get some excellent input from all stakeholder groups and some stimulating debate.<BR>
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Ian Peter<BR>
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<HR ALIGN=CENTER SIZE="3" WIDTH="95%"><B>From: </B>parminder <<a href="parminder@itforchange.net">parminder@itforchange.net</a>><BR>
<B>Reply-To: </B><<a href="governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a>>, parminder <<a href="parminder@itforchange.net">parminder@itforchange.net</a>><BR>
<B>Date: </B>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:50:55 +0530<BR>
<B>To: </B><<a href="governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a>>, Jeremy Malcolm <<a href="jeremy@ciroap.org">jeremy@ciroap.org</a>><BR>
<B>Subject: </B>[governance] Agenda for IGF Nairobi - IGC proposals<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#333333">Hi Jeremy<BR>
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I think we should two separate threads for the next IGF's agenda, which hopefully will be taken up in the Feb MAG meeting, and for our inputs into the WG on IGF improvements. Both are very distinct issues and separately quite important . So excuse me to have this thread on 'agenda for IGF Nairobi'.<BR>
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I am particularly eager to get this discussion going, because I feel that IGC should be doing much more on substantive issues, and its almost singular focus on process issues is what has kept it insulated from much of the civil society outside the IG realm, which compromises its legitimacy. <BR>
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In middle of the hot discussions on composition of the WG on IGF improvements, Sala posted an email on the (globally) historic FCC decision on network neutrality. While there are some good points there, there has been a sellout on excluding mobile Internet from regulations disallowing pay-for-priority. (To read this in the context of my earielr emails pointing to how mobile Internet in India is already breaching NN boundaries.)<BR>
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This FC decision has the potential of splitting up the Internet into the open fixed line variety and corporate content dominated mobile Internet. Why should there be two kinds of Internet? Why do freedoms and rights count on one kind and are not so important on the mobile Internet? What does this mean for developing countries where mobile is slated to become the by far the dominant platform for Internet?<BR>
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I also consider it very significant that it is perhaps the first time ever in any substantial policy matter of such huge consequence that the policy framework was largely written up as a result of negotiations between two largest corporate players in the area - google and verizon - and then the government rubber stamped it. If this the new global governance model we are moving towards? I keep getting this picture in my mind of our health policy frameworks soon being written by drug companies and health insurance companies, and maybe the large private hospital chains, if they are big enough, before plaint governments rubber stamp it. That is exactly what happened in the present instance vis a vis the new communication infrastructure of the Internet that came with such egalitarian promises. <BR>
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Anyway back to the topic,<BR>
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The next IGF just must take up 'Network Neutrality' or in fact ' Mobile Network Neutrality' as its key plenary theme. Otherwise IGF and the real world IG would be two very different worlds. <BR>
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It should also continue with the plenary topic - 'development agenda for IG'<BR>
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And I propose a third topic<BR>
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'Cross border Issues and implications of IG'<BR>
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CoE is discussing it, no reason why IGF should not.<BR>
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Parminder <BR>
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Jeremy Malcolm wrote: <BR>
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I would like us to move towards preparing a submission about the<BR>
programme of the 2011 IGF meeting. Simultaneously, we can discuss IGF<BR>
improvements, which if minor could go into that submission, but<BR>
otherwise can be input for our new CSTD working group on the IGF.<BR>
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This is an exercise that we have, of course, gone through before. So it<BR>
is useful for us to look at some previous submissions on the programme<BR>
of the IGF and on improvements, and see what we can simply rewrite and<BR>
reuse. Here are relevant links:<BR>
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PROGRAMME:<BR>
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<a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/node/8">http://www.igcaucus.org/node/8</a> (Hyderabad)<BR>
<a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/node/5">http://www.igcaucus.org/node/5</a> (Sharm)<BR>
<a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/node/26">http://www.igcaucus.org/node/26</a> (Sharm)<BR>
<a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/node/32">http://www.igcaucus.org/node/32</a> (Sharm)<BR>
<a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/node/34">http://www.igcaucus.org/node/34</a> (Vilnius)<BR>
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IMPROVEMENTS:<BR>
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<a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/node/6">http://www.igcaucus.org/node/6</a> (funding, deeper discussion, WGs)<BR>
<a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/node/7">http://www.igcaucus.org/node/7</a> (format improvements, IGF as town-hall)<BR>
<a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/node/9">http://www.igcaucus.org/node/9</a> (MAG improvements)<BR>
<a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/node/30">http://www.igcaucus.org/node/30</a> (MAG, funding, intersessional work)<BR>
<a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/node/33">http://www.igcaucus.org/node/33</a> (MAG, outputs, intersessional work)<BR>
<a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/node/41">http://www.igcaucus.org/node/41</a> (MAG improvements, links from IGF)<BR>
<a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/node/45">http://www.igcaucus.org/node/45</a> (outputs, difficult issues, virtual IGF)<BR>
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I would suggest that people go through these and pick out the highlights<BR>
that they would like to reiterate... as well, of course, as contributing<BR>
any new points in light of the changed landscape since last November.<BR>
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PK<BR>
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