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<font face="Verdana">Mawaki<br>
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I am sure that you know that there is a method listed in the IGC
charter to take collective decisions, and the method you are
following is nowhere close to that..<br>
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In the circumstances, any correspondence you will make on IGC;s
behalf as representing an IGC decision on this issue will be
illegal.<br>
<br>
parminder <br>
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PS: Apart from the fact that you are simply not authorised to make
a decision on IGC's behalf, especially on such a contested matter
as the implicated one, the various 'considerations' and 'notings'
that you base your 'decision' on our either faulty or heavily
contested, and you surely know that. <br>
<br>
Interestingly, you have spoken of the need to take forward to
evolve and improve some sections of the Sao Paolo NM declaration,
whereas a lot of civil society supporters of the new NMI as well
its promoters inside WEF are insisting that the <i>*new NMI is
not at all a normative venue but is bacially a platform for
project based cooperation</i>*. Now, with such a faulty, or
atleast contested, interpretation of the central purpose of the
new NMI, how can you reach a decision on the IGC's behalf.<br>
<br>
This is just one of the faulty/ contested considerations that you
have relied on, and there are many others that I can refer to. <br>
<br>
In the circumstances, please withdraw your ' decision'. Also for
Deirdre's comments. Please let us know what you think of the
legality of this 'decision'. <br>
<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Tuesday 25 November 2014 02:56 AM,
Mawaki Chango wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Dear All,</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I have
listened to your views, to your fears and concerns as well as
to your hopes and support. This one is really difficult a
decision, probably the most difficult IGC decision I will have
to be involved in before the expiration of my term.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Taking into
consideration all the responses, comments, explanations,
positions and advice received on the IGC list in response to
this call, whether under this email thread or in a different
one since this call has been posted;</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Noting that
Deirdre, my co-coordinatorship mate, has also already
expressed herself on this question;</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Observing
that most of the concerns and the strongest ones expressed
here relate more (albeit not exclusively) to the presence or
participation of the WEF as such in the NMI than to anything
else;</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Considering
that the NMI is a different undertaking from the WEF;<br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Noting that
the modus operandi of WEF may in itself be diametrically
opposed to, or at least is different from, the open,
transparent, bottom-up and consensus-seeking mode of operation
that we value as civil society in the IG field and which
ICG,br and IGC agree to promote and uphold in carrying forward
the legacy of NETmundial2014;</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Noting that
in that regard the goals pursued by WEF in global governance
may be at odds with the goals of civil society, and as a
result there are most likely many questions on which civil
society and WEF may not agree on in one increasingly prominent
area of global governance to date (i.e, the internet
governance area);</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Noting that
the IG space is one that is meant to be open to all
stakeholders who are willing to contribute, as long as they
accept to live up to that openness and the other basic rules
of operation mentioned above from the CS standpoint, without
the pre-requisite of agreeing with each others on their
worldview or even on a set of core substantive issues;</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Noting that
currently, the NMI is the beginning of something that still
needs to be shaped and can be shaped as have shown so far the
amendments that have been made by its proponents to their
original plans after CS feedback and criticism;</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Understanding
that those amendments may have been made in order to lure CS
into NMI and that they may not guarantee any type of outcome
on the long run unless CS remains vigilant and keeps fighting
for the outcomes it wishes for or supports;</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Noting that
the outcome of NETmundial2014 is not perfect and thus _at
least_ some sections of CS do not consider it as final in the
sense that some of its provisions may still need to evolve and
be improved, but that would be better achieved through the
continuous collaborative work of the various stakeholders
rather than by fiat from one stakeholder (group);</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Considering
that if CS resolves to join NMI, it is not lending legitimacy
to WEF in any way but to NMI which has already gained some
legitimacy by the CGI.br being one of its co-founders and will
further gain legitimacy by having a delegate of the IGF-MAG
join the NMI's Coordination Council (assuming its current
design is implemented)*;</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I would
recommend that IGC engages with the NMI process by
participating in the vetting and selection by CSCG of civil
society nominees to the NMI Coordination Council. </div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">On the IGC
behalf, I will further advise and support the idea that the
CSCG assorts the CS participation with a number of conditions
that will be meant to make sure the continuous participation
of the CS and its appointees is subject to being accountable
to their constituents. </div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">CSCG will be
informed immediately of this outcome, that is, the acceptance
of IGC to go forward with NMI.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thank you for
your participation in this consultation.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Best regards,</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Mawaki</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">(*) Excerpt
from the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.netmundial.org/" target="_blank">https://www.netmundial.org/</a></div>
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Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.159999996423721px;line-height:25.6000003814697px">The
Coordination Council will have a total of </span><strong
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individual members</strong><span
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20 distributed across four sectors and five geographies, and
additional seats (one each) for the organizational founders
CGI.br and ICANN; one for the World Economic Forum in its
role of supporter of the Initiative; as well as one seat
each for the IGF Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) and
the technical community (I* group).</span><br>
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