<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Dear Anri,</div><div><br></div><div>This is one of the 5 panels announced by Icann in Durban.</div><div><br></div><div>It is an Icann panel, not some group who will lead the meeting's preparatory process.</div><div><br></div><div>BTW *now* is the time to send the CS statements to BR.</div><div><br></div><div>If I can ba of help, let me know.</div><div><br></div><div>frt rgds</div><div><br></div><div>--c.a.<br><br>sent from a dumbphone</div><div><br>On 18/11/2013, at 02:22, Anriette Esterhuysen <<a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org">anriette@apc.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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Not one person from civil society who has been active in IGF since
the WSIS process.<br>
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Frankly, I am not at all surprised, but it is still extremely
disappointing and just hope this does not signal what we can expect
from the Brazil meeting.<br>
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Moreover, developing country representation is extremely poor.<br>
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Agree with Jeremy that we should act.<br>
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Anriette<br>
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On 18/11/2013 04:06, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:<br>
<span style="white-space: pre;">> On 18/11/13 08:43, John Curran
wrote:<br>
>> A high-level panel has been organized to consider the
issues surrounding global Internet cooperation - <br>
>><br>
>> "The Panel plans to release a high-level report in early
2014 for public comment. The report will include principles for
global Internet cooperation, proposed frameworks for such
cooperation and a roadmap for future Internet governance
challenges."<br>
>><br>
>>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/high-level-panel-organizes-to-address-future-of-internet-governance-232274461.html"><http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/high-level-panel-organizes-to-address-future-of-internet-governance-232274461.html></a><br>
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> So it seems that ICANN has taken it upon itself to select the
civil society representatives for the High Level Panel on the
Future of Global Internet Cooperation, which is what became of its
5th panel on Internet evolution. Previously Fadi had claimed that
the fate of the 5th panel would be a decision for (what is now)
the 1net dialogue, but evidently this was just more bluff.<br>
><br>
> The civil society representatives that ICANN helpful chose on
our behalf do not include the most expert names on Internet
governance evolution. And meanwhile ISOC is "representing" civil
society in other processes such as in the UNGA draft resolution on
the right to privacy in the digital age. The technical community,
supported by its hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, is
eating broader civil society alive.<br>
><br>
> We are being completely left behind while we are dithering
over questions about whether to send the letter nominating our
representatives to the Brazil meeting, and whether our mailing
list should be open or closed. It is absolutely imperative now
that we put internal process issues on hold, and focus on urgent
substantive issues.<br>
><br>
> Will post something more practical about all this to the new
(though now already mis-named) "summit" list.<br>
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> -- <br>
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