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<p>Jean-Louis Fullsack<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><br /></p>
<blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left: #ff0000 2px solid;">> Message du 03/03/14 11:21<br />> De : parminder@itforchange.net<br />> A : governance@lists.igcaucus.org, "Ian Peter" <br />> Copie à : "Mawaki Chango" , "Deirdre Williams" , "Louis Pouzin (well)" <br />> Objet : Re: [governance] Finding IGC voice... again, on NETMundial and beyond.<br />> <br />> <br />> I think the principles laid out by Louis are excellent and should be<br />> adopted by IGC as its submission to NetMundial<br />> <br />> parminder<br />> <br />> <br />> > Hi Mawaki<br />> ><br />> > I think it would be great if IGC could make some sort of submission for<br />> > NetMundial, but with a March 8 deadline and a preceding consensus call it<br />> > may prove difficult<br />> ><br />> > I would leave my proposal re IANA out of it because I know many here have<br />> > different opinions (some slight, some major) and I dont think a consensus<br />> > statement could be achieved. So perhaps we should concentrate on Louisâs<br />> > list of principles, ie<br />> ><br />> ><br />> > 1 - On-line users must enjoy the same human rights as they do off-line.<br />> ><br />> > 2- There must not be discrimination in access and contents due to criteria<br />> > such as opinion, religion, race, gender, geography, language, or economic<br />> > resources.<br />> ><br />> > 3- Services offered in the internet must remain equitable and neutral<br />> > among service providers, without taking unfair advantage of a dominant or<br />> > privileged position.<br />> ><br />> > 4- Internet availability, deployment, and service conditions must benefit<br />> > all segments of the human society, not just those enjoying richer economic<br />> > development.<br />> ><br />> > 5- A special effort must be engaged in order to provide the Less Developed<br />> > Countries with an equitable share of resources to participate in<br />> > activities related to worldwide internet governance.<br />> ><br />> ><br />> > I would immediately agree to these â and I know Louis mentioned this was<br />> > being worked on for a NetMundial submission â Louis, if you would like<br />> > to, and could put forward a final draft by say COB Tuesday, I think that<br />> > would allow time for consensus adoption and submission, or for IGC to be a<br />> > co-signatory?<br />> ><br />> ><br />> > Ian Peter<br />> ><br />> > From: Mawaki Chango<br />> > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 7:55 AM<br />> > To: Internet Governance ; Deirdre Williams<br />> > Subject: [governance] Finding IGC voice... again, on NETMundial and<br />> > beyond.<br />> ><br />> > Dear All,<br />> ><br />> > First of all, I wish to apologize on behalf of Deirdre and myself for the<br />> > prolonged silence. We both have been caught at the same time in other<br />> > immediate commitments with various demands on our time, including<br />> > traveling and the burdens that come with (starting with the reason why one<br />> > might be traveling in the first place which can only be carried out during<br />> > the limited time of such travels.) Anyway, you get my drift...<br />> ><br />> > Now I'd like to get the ball rolling on things that we as IGC might want<br />> > to do this year by building on those who have already posted ideas and<br />> > suggestions regarding the NetMundial at São Paulo. While it may be late<br />> > for starting to prepare a written submission which is expected to be in by<br />> > March 8, perhaps we may still start working out something that could be<br />> > delivered during the proceedings if we are given the opportunity (or<br />> > simply as a first step in the formulation of some basic ideas we might<br />> > seek consensus on at some point in the process in response to Ig<br />> > challenges of the day, even beyond São Paulo.)<br />> ><br />> > On that note, I remember Antonio Medina Gómez sending to the list a note<br />> > dated Jan 22 where he volunteered "to attend the meeting and act as<br />> > Rapporteur for the IGC to report back on meetings in real time. Let me<br />> > know what your thoughts are. I will also update you daily and at the end<br />> > of the meeting produce a report on key observations. I think having a team<br />> > of IGC rapporteurs would be useful and I am willing to volunteer."<br />> ><br />> ><br />> > So maybe beyond written submissions, the question that looms ahead is: How<br />> > are we going to organize IGC presence and participation in the proceedings<br />> > in São Paulo?<br />> ><br />> > Meanwhile and for immediate consideration, I have seen over the recent<br />> > days two proposals/statements that appear to me a good starting point for<br />> > discussing any possible input by IGC or subsets/member of IGC. One is more<br />> > about principles and the other more focused on a practical solution to one<br />> > problem. I have copied and pasted them as follows.<br />> ><br />> > [SOURCE: Louis Pouzin, mail posted on Feb 28]<br />> ><br />> > 1 - On-line users must enjoy the same human rights as they do off-line.<br />> ><br />> > 2- There must not be discrimination in access and contents due to criteria<br />> > such as opinion, religion, race, gender, geography, language, or economic<br />> > resources.<br />> ><br />> > 3- Services offered in the internet must remain equitable and neutral<br />> > among service providers, without taking unfair advantage of a dominant or<br />> > privileged position.<br />> ><br />> > 4- Internet availability, deployment, and service conditions must benefit<br />> > all segments of the human society, not just those enjoying richer economic<br />> > development.<br />> ><br />> > 5- A special effort must be engaged in order to provide the Less Developed<br />> > Countries with an equitable share of resources to participate in<br />> > activities related to worldwide internet governance.<br />> ><br />> ><br />> ><br />> > [SOURCE: Ian Peter, mail posted on Feb 28]<br />> ><br />> ><br />> > Roadmap (and principles) for internalisation of the former IANA functions<br />> > within the multistakeholder ICANN model.<br />> ><br />> > This roadmap concentrates on one internet governance issue only â the<br />> > future of the IANA functions which have been the subject of much past<br />> > discussion because current arrangements are seen by many to be outside of<br />> > the preferred multistakeholder model.<br />> ><br />> > Indeed, IANA itself was established in an era before current internet<br />> > governance models (multistakeholder) and governance institutions (eg<br />> > ICANN) were in existence.<br />> ><br />> > ROADMAP<br />> ><br />> > This roadmap suggests that the IANA functions, though necessary processes<br />> > in the secure and authoritative functioning of the Internet, no longer<br />> > need a separate entity and would more productively merged with similar<br />> > functions under the auspices of ICANN. Subject of course to many concerns<br />> > about details, this direction appears to have widespread support from<br />> > governments, civil society, technical community, and private sector.<br />> ><br />> > In order to achieve this desired change efficiently and productively, the<br />> > following roadmap is proposed.<br />> ><br />> > 1. ICANN should be requested to prepare a proposal for management of<br />> > the previous IANA functions within the ICANN multistakeholder model,<br />> > bearing in mind the following criteria:<br />> ><br />> > (a) protection of the root zone from political or other improper<br />> > interference;<br />> ><br />> > (b) integrity, stability, continuity, security and robustness of the<br />> > administration of the root zone;<br />> ><br />> > (c) widespread [international] trust by Internet users in the<br />> > administration of this function; (d) support of a single unified root<br />> > zone; and<br />> ><br />> > (e) agreement regarding an accountability mechanism for this function that<br />> > is broadly accepted as being in the global public interest."<br />> ><br />> > 2. Preparation of the proposal should involve discussion with all major<br />> > stakeholder groups, with a completion timetable for a first draft for<br />> > discussion at the Internet Governance Forum in Turkey in September 2014.<br />> ><br />> > 3. To expedite completion in a timely manner, it is suggested that outside<br />> > consultants be engaged to prepare the discussion paper (proposal) in<br />> > consultation with major stakeholders.<br />> ><br />> > 4. The solution must have the following characteristics<br />> ><br />> > (a) offers a legal structure that is robust against rogue litigation<br />> > attacks<br />> ><br />> > (b) is aligned with the Internet technical infrastructure in a way that<br />> > supports innovative, technology based evolution of the DNS .<br />> ><br />> > (c) is an inclusive model<br />> ><br />> > (d) is a demonstrable improvement on current processes in this area<br />> ><br />> > END of proposals<br />> ><br />> > Deirdre also has suggested the possibility of a series of very short<br />> > statements (micro-blogging kind of length) to capture succinct positions<br />> > on critical points. She will probably say more on that in the next couple<br />> > of days.<br />> ><br />> > Meanwhile I am inviting you all to step forward and share your thought<br />> > about the above.<br />> ><br />> > Thank you.<br />> ><br />> ><br />> > Mawaki<br />> ><br />> ><br />> ><br />> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />> > ____________________________________________________________<br />> > You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br />> > governance@lists.igcaucus.org<br />> > To be removed from the list, visit:<br />> > http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing<br />> ><br />> > For all other list information and functions, see:<br />> > http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance<br />> > To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:<br />> > http://www.igcaucus.org/<br />> ><br />> > Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t<br />> ><br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> ____________________________________________________________<br />> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br />> governance@lists.igcaucus.org<br />> To be removed from the list, visit:<br />> http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing<br />> <br />> For all other list information and functions, see:<br />> http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance<br />> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:<br />> http://www.igcaucus.org/<br />> <br />> Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t<br />> </blockquote>