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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">As you can imagine, since Bali and in light
of the “multistakeholder” event that will be hosted by the Brazil on the future
on Internet Governance called: </font><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri"><b><i>"Global Multistakeholder <br>Meeting on the Future on Internet Governance,"</i><span> </span></b><span>it becomes inherently critical that we start preparing to shape the
Agenda. Many thanks to Carlos and Hartmut for keeping us informed of what is
happening within Brazil and for taking the time to translate from Portuguese to
English when the need demands. Unfortunately, there were no live transcripts
although transcripts will be provided unlike the live stream available to the
GAC community (tongue in cheek). <span> </span>To
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri">ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadi spoke about the manner in which ICANN is going
to engage in what I thought was a very mature response symbolic of the desire
to engage with communities.</font></font></font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri"><span> </span>As you can imagine in the lead
up to the preparations for 2014 we as global civil society need to consolidate
to prepare.<span> </span>There have been discussions
going on offlist amongst the various facilitators of some of the core civil
society groups about how this is to take place where it has centered on the
possibilities of a joint framework for engagement of civil society
including<span> </span>Multistakeholder selection
processes for some of the key positions. There was suggestion to experiment
first with the combined NomCom for the MAG and I highlighted that this could be
difficult in light of the pressing deadlines.<span>
</span>There may be room however for joint endorsements but I will leave this
to the NomCom Chair. At this point, I do not want to burden our NomCom as they
are working against a very narrow and tight deadline. Whilst we are waiting for
the other groups to comment on coordinated and shared framework for engagement,
I would like to propose the following to the IGC.</font></font></font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri">Given that we do not have time nor the resources, it has been by way of
an ad hoc nature common for people who are involved in foras or diverse
communities to provide feedback on what is happening randomly. This to a large
extent happens but my sense is that we need to be better coordinated and have
different people watch the different spaces they are in and liaise back with
the IGC. I suggested that this could be done with and through combined civil
society but I think we need to pick up the pace and start anyway whilst
waiting.</font></font></font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri">To this extent, I would propose that in the spirit of enhanced
cooperation that we use our own people within civil society who happen to wear
multiple hats to act as liaisons, even if temporary at this point until such
time where we can coordinate more permanent representation. I feel that the IGC
should have liaisons in the following circles:</font></font></font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</span></span></span><span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Governments</font></font></span></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri">The liaisons role would be to be a bridge into these communities to
channel developments of what is happening within these communities that are of
relevance to civil society and also from time to time raise the issues of civil
society or broker and facilitate the process through which these views can be
heard. If there are people who feel they can function in these roles, we need volunteers. This is to ensure that we know what is happening at all times.</font></font></font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri">The IGC has two options, we can utilize a formal process and invite
calls for nominations and have a NomCom make the selection. On another note, we
can maintain the informal ad hoc liaison process that is currently in place. My
personal preference is for the latter to allow for volunteers who are
consistent and command the respect of the diverse communities.</font></font></font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri">Given the current deadlines and politics surrounding the 2014 Meeting
in Brazil, I propose that we have <b>George Sadowski </b>to act as liaison for
us to the technical community. I am of the view that we can have at least two
to three liaisons as the Technical Community is diverse and spread out between
the ETSI, W3C, ITU-T, IETF, ICANN, IAB, RIR etc. <span> </span>For now the liaison function can be limited to
the developments of the Rio engagement with room to evolve into identifying
issues affecting global public interest that civil society might want to
monitor in a consistent and cohesive manner. Whilst George is also a member of
the ICANN Board, I am not asking him as an ICANN Board member but as a member
of the IGC.</font></font></font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri"><span> </span>If there are those that wish to
join George in this role, there is nothing stopping a list of volunteers from
being part of a team that condenses the issues in diverse stratas and feeds it
back into the IGC in a consolidated manner.</font></font></font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri">As we engage in coming to the table to set the Agenda, we need to do so
intelligently and cohesively and in a coordinated manner. This was one of the
things raised in the meeting in Bali-</font></font></font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri">In the future as the IGC evolves, there is space to develop a working
group to focus on technical and policy stratas that we may wish to organize our
advocacies in. For a long while, advocacy has been happening via individuals or
groups that have pet topics and issues. </font></font></font></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri"></font></font></font></span> </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri">Kind Regards,</font></font></font></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri">Sala</font></font></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">(In my personal capacity)</font></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3"></font></span> </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">George Sadowski Profile and Biography</font></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>GEORGE SADOWSKY: BIOGRAPHY</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>George Sadowsky is currently a member of the Board of Directors of ICANN (Internet </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) and a consultant to, inter alia, the World Wide </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>Web Foundation and NATO.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>He received an A.B. degree with honors in Mathematics from Harvard College and M.A. and </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>Ph.D. degrees in Economics from Yale University. After spending 1958-1962 as an applied </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>mathematician and programmer, his career concentrated on applying computers to economic </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>and social policy, leading academic computing and networking organizations, and making </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>information and communication technologies (ICTs) useful throughout the world. In 1963-64 he </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>introduced the use of microsimulation for tax analysis purposes in the U.S. Treasury Department. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>During 1966-1970 he founded and directed the Computer Center at the Brookings Institution in </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>Washington; from 1970-73 he did economic research at the Urban Institute leading to his Ph.D, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>dissertation on the subject of micro-analytic simulation of the household sector.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>During 1973-86 at the United Nations, he supported the transfer of information technology to </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>developing countries. He has done work in more than 50 developing countries and continues to </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>do so. Among other things, he introduced the use of microcomputers for census data processing </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>in Africa in 1979, and he worked in China during 1982-1986 supporting the computing activities </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>of their 1982 Census of Population and Housing.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>From 1986 to 2001, he directed academic computing and networking activities, first at </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>Northwestern University and then at New York University. He has been a consultant to the U.S. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>Treasury Department, the U.S. Congressional Budget Office, UNDP, the Swiss Government, </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>and a number of foundations. He was a Board member of AppliedTheory Corporation and was a </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>Trustee of the Corporation for Research and Educational Networking (CREN) and the New York </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>State Educational and Research Network (NYSERNet). He was actively involved in World </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>Bank activities during 1996-2002 as a member and Coordinator of the Technical Advisory </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>Panel for the infoDev program, as well as in UNDP and USAID activities. In 1994, he and Larry </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>Landweber formulated USAID's Leland Initiative for providing initial Internet connectivity </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>for 20 African countries. He was a member of the Internet Society Board of Trustees during</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>1996-1999 and 2000-2004 and served as Vice President for Conferences (1996-1998) and Vice-<br>
President for Education (1998-2001). He headed a group of ISOC volunteers who defined and</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>conducted the ISOC Developing Country Network Training Workshops during 1993 -2001.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>More recently, he was the Executive Director of the Global Internet Policy Initiative (GIPI)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>from 2001-2006, which had active ongoing Internet policy reform projects in 17 countries. He </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>also served as Senior Technical Adviser within USAID's dot-GOV program for the Internews </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>Consortium, providing ICT policy assistance to the developing world. He has served as an </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>expert witness for litigation in the United Kingdom and the United States. He was a special </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>adviser to Nitin Desai, the Chair of the UN Secretary-General's Internet Governance Forum </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>as well as to the Chair of UN G@ID. He has served as a member of the PIR (Public Internet </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>Registry) Advisory Board, and he is currently a member of the ICANN (Internet Corporation for </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>Assigned Names and Numbers) Board of Directors He has written and lectured extensively on </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span>Please refer to his web site, <a href="http://www.georgesadowsky.org/">http://www.georgesadowsky.org/</a> as well as the GIPI web site, http://</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span><a href="http://www.internetpolicy.net">www.internetpolicy.net</a>, for additional information.</span></div></div>