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Thanks to those who offered amendments to the draft proposal for the
IGF to develop a multi-stakeholder opinion based on the Brazilian
proposal. The marked-up text with the amendments is here:<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://igcaucus.org:9001/p/igf-opinions">http://igcaucus.org:9001/p/igf-opinions</a><br>
<br>
The same text in clean form is now open for endorsements here (half
an hour later than promised, sorry):<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://bestbits.net/igf-opinions/">http://bestbits.net/igf-opinions/</a><br>
<br>
I didn't make any further adjustments to the amendments that others
proposed, except for the following:<br>
<ul>
<li>Typographical amendments/corrections.</li>
<li>Since "recommendations" is a touchy word, I changed language
that someone had added on "recommendations" to read "opinions".</li>
<li>Although she didn't propose text, Joy made some substantive
comments that I had to try to reflect as best I could, without
clashing too much with amendments that others had made. So I:</li>
<ul>
<li>Removed some of the detail about the process ("Groups would
be equipped with writing materials, copies of the background
paper, a flip chart, and a neutral facilitator").</li>
<li>Changed the title from "Multistakeholder opinions: an
experiment for the IGF" to "Proposal for a multistakeholder
opinion on operationalizing the role of Government in the
multi-stakeholder framework for Internet Governance".<br>
</li>
<li>Added a new sentence "<span
class="author-a-z85zasz84zmkz69z7lz71zz79zz82zz77z4dz86z">It
is not proposed as a broad-based solution to address a range
of policy issues, but as a response to this particular call
for the Brazilian opinion to be discussed various other
fora"</span>.<br>
</li>
</ul>
</ul>
Anriette and Valeria had offered to deliver the text to the open
consultation/MAG - I guess this is on the assumption that they are
still satisfied with it. I'll also ask one of the technical
community members if they are willing to speak up in favour of it,
to show a measure of multi-stakeholder support. We are still
waiting to hear from Brazil.<br>
<br>
I realise that the text as it now stands will not satisfy everyone,
and if you are one of those then of course, please don't feel
pressured to endorse it. We are not putting this forward as a
statement of civil society or the Best Bits group at large, but only
those who choose to support it.<br>
<br>
I'm not sure exactly when there will be an opportunity to put this
forward at the open consultation/MAG meeting, because that depends
on how the meeting goes, but the text will be open for endorsement
until that time.<br>
<br>
Thanks everyone!<br>
<br>
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