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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Friday 11 October 2013 11:24 PM,
      Anriette Esterhuysen wrote:<br>
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      Agree with Anja too.. I think we need to excercise caution. I do
      think that once we know more about this event we should intervene
      strongly.<br>
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      At this point I think a general outcome statement from the Best
      Bits meeting (with support from the IGC if it can reach consensus)
      could praise this initiative, but make come cautionary points
      about it. We should also use the opportunity of talking with
      Brazilian colleagues and government people in Bali to get more
      insight into how they envision this event.<br>
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      I would not write another letter before the IGF.<br>
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    By then it will be a Brazilian initiative supported by ICANN, not a
    Brazilian initiative supported by ICANN and a considerable part of
    global civil society... And it wont change after that...<br>
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    parminder <br>
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      Anriette<br>
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      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/10/2013 19:29, Robert Guerra
        wrote:<br>
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        type="cite">Anja +1
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        <div>We need to be strategic. We also should beware of the
          consequences of not engaging in a strategic fashion that takes
          into consideration geopolitics. </div>
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        <div>I worry at the level of exuberant enthusiasm felt by many.
          I fear , as has happened in the past, CS might be pawns in
          larger play by far better resourced actors that ultimately
           will result in a very different , more state-centric model of
          Internet governance where rights are trampled on. I hope I'm
          wrong...</div>
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        <div>regards</div>
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        <div>Robert</div>
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            <div>On 2013-10-11, at 1:07 PM, Anja Kovacs wrote:</div>
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              <div dir="ltr">When civil society writes too many letters
                to a person in short succession, I am afraid they loose
                their force. As I wrote on the Best Bits list, CS
                letters should be received with a mix of excitement and
                apprehension, I am concerned that when we send a third,
                more detailed letter to President Rousseff next week,
                she will simply receive it with fatigue. <br>
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                  Civil society is asking for seats at the table all the
                  time. The point is what we do when we get there. I
                  think a more detailed letter in ten days time will
                  have more force. <br>
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                  Also because we don't have to sit still in the mean
                  time. There are other ways in which we can make
                  evident to the Brazilian government that  we are
                  interested in working with them on this and support
                  this idea, including by communicating with them to
                  find out more directly and by seeing whether we can
                  work with them on this through the IGF. <br>
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                <div>My two paise,<br>
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                <div>Anja<br>
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                <div class="gmail_quote">On 11 October 2013 22:04,
                  Norbert Bollow <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                      target="_blank">nb@bollow.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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                    <div class="im">Parminder <<a
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                      wrote:<br>
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                      > You are just making a general statement that
                      caution and foresight is<br>
                      > good - and with such a statement who can
                      disagree.... But here I<br>
                      > havent been told the risk - and beyond  a
                      point, just about any<br>
                      > political act carries risk.<br>
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                    Also, not acting when an opportunity presents itself
                    carries<br>
                    more than just the risk of losing that opportunity,
                    it carries the<br>
                    certainty of losing that opportunity.<br>
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                    Greetings,<br>
                    Norbert<br>
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anriette esterhuysen <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:anriette@apc.org">anriette@apc.org</a>
executive director, association for progressive communications
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