Dear Divina,<br><br>I fully support exploring your idea:<br><br><i>"...Maybe we should declare ourselves as a federation of associations and groups<br>
welcoming all sorts of members, so that we send the message across that<br>
there is a critical mass of people seriously thinking about these issues,<br>
with a certain memory of past events and advances..."</i> <br><br>It is important to convey the message about the messenger of this diverse group conformed by people and organizations genuinely interested in, thinking on and working on IG issues.<br>
<br>Best,<br><br>Miguel<br><br>Disclaimer<br>My ideas are those of my own and does not represent any position of my employer or any other institution<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 6:38 AM, Divina MEIGS <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:divina.meigs@orange.fr">divina.meigs@orange.fr</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">That's what I mean indeed. It seems we never had a "convening power" with<br>
business, and I don't think the international chamber of commerce is enough<br>
representation for that community, in spite of its loyal presence to IGF...<br>
<br>
We have to think of other ways of engaging with big business, and it might<br>
be via small businesses (arguably part of civil society in UN listings). We<br>
should identify their representatives in WIPO and other arenas and make an<br>
effort to drag them out, person per person...<br>
<br>
We do have to ask ourselves what we want to do as CS caucus. I was hard put<br>
the last two days claiming any legitimacy for our constituency, which is<br>
normal but debilitating. Maybe we should turn ourselves into an association<br>
or ngo of some kind to be able to attend such fora and to make declarations<br>
on the same standing as isoc or quadrature du net... We have to be more<br>
incisive and more aggressive even inside the CSTD and ECOSOC world because<br>
of course we shouldn't allow just the G8 dictate the agenda, even if comes<br>
from countries that purport to be democratic ...<br>
<br>
Maybe we should declare ourselves as a federation of associations and groups<br>
welcoming all sorts of members, so that we send the message across that<br>
there is a critical mass of people seriously thinking about these issues,<br>
with a certain memory of past events and advances (so as not to start from<br>
scratch like yesterday where i had the feeling i had to explain "governance"<br>
and "multistakeholderism" to these top CEOs). Critical mass is what gets<br>
attention of governements and businesses alike, because it is attached to<br>
amount of votes and of sales... We have to start appearing as the global<br>
public opinion on these issues, even if we know we are still rather<br>
sphericules of opinion, but one has to start. Our colleagues in the Arab<br>
spring countries could teach us quite a few lessons, in that way.<br>
<br>
Best<br>
Divina<br>
ps: don't get me wrong: i don't think we did badly this time around in<br>
Paris, and the media coverage is rather favorable to us, but it clearly was<br>
too much improvised ...<br>
<br>
<br>
Le 26/05/11 13:47, « Roland Perry » <<a href="mailto:roland@internetpolicyagency.com">roland@internetpolicyagency.com</a>> a<br>
écrit :<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> In message <<a href="mailto:CA03EF21.2134A%25divina.meigs@orange.fr">CA03EF21.2134A%divina.meigs@orange.fr</a>>, at 11:50:57 on Thu,<br>
> 26 May 2011, Divina MEIGS <<a href="mailto:divina.meigs@orange.fr">divina.meigs@orange.fr</a>> writes<br>
>> It could be an interesting outcome to have a major endorsement by the G8<br>
>> states of a concerted strategy around the critical ressources of the<br>
>> internet<br>
><br>
> The post-Okinawa G8 Dotforce meeting I went to (in UK) was all about<br>
> Development Issues (access, primarily).<br>
><br>
>> it would have to be truly multistakeholder or it would totally<br>
>> unacceptable ...<br>
><br>
> What G8 has is "convening power", they can easily get a whole bunch of<br>
> multinational CEOs to the table. The same is true of the World Economic<br>
> Forum.<br>
><br>
> For whatever reason, the IGF is still has some way to go in this regard<br>
> - although it got off to a reasonable start in Athens, the last couple<br>
> of years I've seen a trend for the main sessions to rely on speakers who<br>
> were "there anyway" (for workshops perhaps), rather than because they<br>
> wanted to make a special trip to appear.<br>
<br>
<br>
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