<div dir="ltr">Dear all,<div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">Between June 26 and 30, we had here a discussion running by the following subject line:</div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px">Inquiry for a new vision into the future of IGC</span><br></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">
Following is the summary of the main points I got from </div>your contributions to this discussion<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"> [adding my summary notes, observations/comments in square brackets].</div>
</div><div><br></div><div>Suggestions include:</div>
<div><br></div><div>- <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">H</div>olding a face to face workshop, accommodating remote participation, on the topic at Istanbul IGF<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">
</div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">[This will be taking place at IGF 2014 this </div><font face="sans-serif" style="font-size:13px"><span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">Friday, 5 September, 12.30</span></span> - 14.00 is Bilateral Room 1 (Rumeli -1 Level / Room 9).</font><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span></div>
<div><br></div><div>- <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">C</div>ontemplating the possibility of national or regional chapters for IGC<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">
</div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">[Make sure this not be confused with IGFs at the base. One thing for sure is that IGC is meant to embody the CS component while IGF for all stakeholders.]</div>
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<div><br></div><div>- <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">N</div>eed for mutual respect between participants</div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">[D</div>
ifferences in positions should be aired with the predicate that no matter how strong<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"> we feel</div> about being right, contradicting positions may still be<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">
both</div> valid under <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">different</div> circumstances or with different assumptions than our<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">
own</div> (and sure we all have assumptions!)<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">]</div> </div>
<div><br></div><div>- <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">A</div> minimum level of decorum or "netiquette" to ensure it is safe for everybody to participate <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">
[It's critical to make it comfortable for people to participate </div>whatever their level of familiarity <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">(or unfamiliarity) </div>with the issues, <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">
their level of </div>knowledge or<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"> </div>self-confidence <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">(or lack thereof) </div>as regards the relevance of their contribution.<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">
]</div></div>
<div><br></div><div>- <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">E</div>nabling and fostering trust </div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">[M</div>aybe a number of basic principles <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">
and ideas </div>should be spelled out here (<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">including for possible </div>charter<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"> revision</div>
?) <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">as to how to achieve that and </div><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"></div>ensure a<div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline">
baseline in expectations with regard to </div>our respective and mutual commitments. This might be the place to consider the question of 'conflict of interests' policy for those in leadership position, if relevant.]</div>
<div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><font face="arial, sans-serif">- </font><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> IGC still provides a space to aggregate many of the differing views that "civil society" holds about Internet governance.</span><br>
</div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">- <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">IGC should engage in Social </div><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline">
C</div>apacity building <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">in</div> I<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">G and</div> related activism<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">
</div></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">"</div></font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">People need to be educated through any extensive <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">
[as well as extension] </div>program in various level of literacy and knowledge regarding their vulnerability<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">" in the face of the d</div>evelopment<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">
of the cyber-environment</div>. <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">"</div>People needs to be educated and know how to participate in procedure of governance and how to share their concerns. I believe, it would be great, if IGC opens a chapter for educating people in this area.</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">
"</div></span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">- <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">IGC should engage in (enabling) </div>
Customer protection <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">based on</div> Human rights, multilingualism</span><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;display:inline">, regional/</div>
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">cultural diversity</span><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;display:inline">: Seek best practices in the field of customer protection and help empower end-users.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></div></div><div>- <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">W</div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">e absolutely need a credible broadly accepted </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">civil society coordination entity<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">
</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">[This is being taken care of through the newly set up Civil Society Coordination Group, CSCG]</div>
</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">- <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">
R</div></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">eform is needed </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">to enable <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">
such entity</div> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">with</div> reasonable and reasonably fast decision-making <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">with </div>
</span><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">regard to all the decisions that need to be made in the context of a </span><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">civil society coordination function<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">
</div></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">[In process with the CSCG]</div></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">
<br></div></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">- Criticism or fear was raised with the notion that the CSCG might be exclusionary or the fact that it is so far perceived by some as such.</div>
</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">[This might be addressed through the operating procedures to be developed by the CSCG]</div>
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- "</div></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px">The alternative<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"> [to CSCG in coordinating CS appointments]</div> would be IGC. However that would require a few changes so that IGC could respond more promptly, and also for the role and processes of IGC in doing this to be acceptable to the myriad parties who in the past few years have forwarded their own civil society MAG nominations. Quite clearly some substantial groups within IGC have not been happy for IGC to do this on their behalf in the past few years, thus leading to them making their own nominations.<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">
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[Please note that the CSCG is not meant to develop policies or submit policy positions on behalf of its members' constituents. So the question remains: How can we as IGC get there from here?]</div></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">
<br></div></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">- "a</div></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px">s regards the broader question of policy statements and policy co ordination – I do not think CSCG is a good vehicle for this. IGC is potentially, but there has been difficulty in getting consensus positions here in the past, which led to the creation of Best Bits (where sign on statements not acceptable to 100% of civil society became a useful tool) and later to Just Net Coalition. Where there is potentially a broader consensus, I think IGC can play a very useful role, providing it continues to enjoy strong support from all groups.<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">
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- In the discussion it was also noted that "</div></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">IGC is the big tent for Internet governance geeks of all persuasions<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">
... </div>who will never agree on much<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">." </div></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">
Now questions:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">- How do we get there from here? </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">- <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Is there any remedy to this (the fact that IGC cab "never agree on much") beyond the above points for improvements? Or are these points sufficient?</span></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">- How can we detect and handle cases where there is a potential for broader consensus?</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">- Where there is not such potential how do we deal with the coordination of policy positions and making policy statements? Shall we create some sort of internal Dynamic Coalitions mechanism? Can these find some level of compromise after they develop their baseline positions, and if not how will those positions relate to IGC as a whole as they may be contradicting? </span></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">If I have missed any issues, please feel free to forward it in reply to this message (or raise them directly at the meeting, of course, if you happen to be attending) so that we make sure our colleagues at the IGF 2014 have a chance to address them. </span></div>
<br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Have productive deliberations as well as safe trips to and from Istanbul, and enjoy your stay over there!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">
Cheers,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Mawaki</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">IGC Co-coordinator</div><br></div>
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