Hello,<div><br></div><div><div>As someone who contributed to the collaborative drafting of the document that started this thread (and a lurker on this list), I think input from IGC members, particularly to revise future iterations of such docs, would be most welcome.</div>
</div><div><br></div><div>On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 11:13 PM, Jeremy Malcolm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org" target="_blank">jeremy@ciroap.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div><br></div></div>I added this to the links page at <a href="http://igcaucus.org/links" target="_blank">http://igcaucus.org/links</a>
and added years. </div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>A good start. There are likely dozens more from specific countries. For instance, this US "digital bill of rights" proposed by 2 Congressmen in 2012:</div>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">It would be good to bring all these initiatives
together and the DC on Internet Rights and Principles would be
a suitable place for doing so.<u></u><u></u></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-US">Unfortunately, people seem prefer to
work in parallel which might limit the effects of such
efforts.</span></p>
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</div>Indeed. Part of the problem is that whereas there are strong global
action networks on issues like IP and the environment, in IG we have
only the IGC, and it is invisible to (or at least ignored by) large
parts of the Internet activist community.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Right. I don't know how many people *prefer* to work in parallel; it's often just a byproduct of haste and different social circles. Self-consciously so in this case. </div>
<div><br></div><div>While the first version of the declaration was put out in time for July 4th (yes, a nod to US-centric publicity), another iteration is hoped for, with more involvement and more explicit recognition of any parallel or ancestral efforts, by September.</div>
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<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">> in my view, it is far too US centric and fails to build on and recognize the </span></div><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
> significant work done by many key experts and organizations involved in the </div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">> WSIS and IGF processes over the last 9-10 years (if not longer)</div>
</div><div><div><br></div><div>Any specifics you can offer, in terms of work, experts, or organizations, would be helpful.</div><div><br></div><div>Sam.</div><div></div></div></div>
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