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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Monday 24 November 2014 10:06 AM,
Lee W McKnight wrote:<br>
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<div>I am MORE in favor IGC engaging with NMI because:</div>
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<div>the rationale and explanations from Carlos Afonso and
cgi.br colleagues are clear and sensible; those who helped
pull off NetMundial have earned IGC’s support
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<div>The views of the I-orgs, who were against IGF before
they were for it (cough cough), are also clear but less
convincing, seeing as those orgs do not claim to be the
appropriate venues themselves to address the range of
issues likely to be (in my opinion) brought to NMI, and
offer no alternative. Should NMI prove to be of some
merit, no doubt the I orgs will engage at a later date.</div>
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<div>Likewise, the more JNC has explained its views, the
less weight they hold, seeing as they appear focused on a
specifically anti-US big (internet) business animus ,
completely neglecting to note the new giants on the block
such as Alibaba's record-setting IPO which has resulted in
a firm that has a market cap far exceeding the Amazon
boogeyman, as well as Walmart's. (not that there is
anything wrong with Alibaba, but obsessively picking on
the little guy/small(er) business - Amazon ; ) - seems to
be misplaced and unhelpful to multistakeholder dialog and
governance.</div>
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JNC confronts illegal concentration and use of power, wherever, and
done by whosoever. In the current 'global Internet' scenario, it is
the US political establishment and US based mega Internet companies
that have shown the greatest proclivity towards such concentration
and misuse of digital power. This perception is shared by an
overwhelming number of people the world over. If this is not your
perception, then well, I think you are simply wrong, and I cannot do
much about it. As and when Alibaba poses a problem to the global
public interest we will speak up against it, be assured of that. <br>
<br>
It is fine if sitting in the US, you see a perfectly good world,
with no bad guys that need to be confronted. However, marginalised
groups in marginalised areas, who bear the brunt of holding the
wrong end of the stick of global structural power, are unable to be
so sanguine and try their best to oppose wrongful/ illegitimate
structural power, and wherever possible wrest some empowerment for
themselves. That is what JNC's advocacy and work is about. <br>
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<div> (OK to be fair JNC is in good company picking on
Amazon, since like JNC, Wall Street is also giving Amazon
a hard time of late, as are European publishers Hachette
and Springer who are also managing to push back against
Amazon themselves. Anyway, this anti-Amazon obsession of
some is but a sideshow/distraction to consideration of
broader Internet governance issues and should therefore
carry limited weight in IGC's own considerations,
although of course everyone is free to voice whatever
views they wish, whether of Amazon or something more
relevant to the issues at hand.
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<div>Last but not least, the historical triumph of - cgi.br
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Please do not twist history to create self serving triumphs... It is
fairly well know, including to you, that it is ICANN and the WEF who
first cooked up the NMI broth, and then when it did not work our in
the first round in August - September, and they faced a lot of
opposition, they thought of this brilliant idea of coopting CGi-Br .
And so in the version 2 of NMI we see CGI.Br who wasnt there in ver
1. So, you got it backwards on who coopted whom... And you would
know more as the initiative proceeds, and can see who would call the
shots.<br>
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Further, keeping aside who among the the currently listed three
partners coopted whom among themselves, it is certainly clear that
civil society is being coopted. <br>
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parminder <br>
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<div> to facilitate industry engagement in broader IG policy
issues discussions and implementations should be
recognized for what it is, and not mistaken for a sign of
the failure but rather is a mark of success/the
mainstreaming of Internet governance, as matters of truly
global Import and requiring truly global solutions. </div>
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<div>It is Monday 3:40 AM GMT.<br>
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I am STILL in favour of IGC engaging with NMI.<br>
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Nnenna<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 4:04 PM,
Sivasubramanian M <span dir="ltr">
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Dear David Cake,</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote"><span>On Fri, Nov 21, 2014
at 10:47 AM, David Cake <span dir="ltr">
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:dave@difference.com.au"
target="_parent">dave@difference.com.au</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div style="-ms-word-wrap: break-word;">Siva,
there is a big difference between including
WEF in the process, and having them run the
process by their own rules.
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<div>I *welcome* the involvement of WEF in
open, participatory, multi-stakeholder
spaces - they are in a good position to
eloquently express some of the positions
of the commercial sector. Often,
commercial representatives within IG
processes often represent small sectors of
the commercial world with very strong
biases towards particular issues (such as
telcos and copyright cartels), WEF might
be able to provide a broader commercial
perspective, and maybe commercial
representation in IG spaces might not be
quite so dominated by a small cabal. And
note, welcoming the involvement of such
organisations is not the same as having
sympathy for their policy positions and
actions, simply I'd rather debate those
positions in an open, transparent,
multi-stakeholder fora, rather than have
to battle covert lobbying and decision
making in closed or opaque fora in which
CS has no voice. </div>
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<div>But I *oppose* considering WEF
processes as equivalent to open
multi-stakeholder ones in legitimacy. WEFs
own processes are not open, they are
strictly gatekeepered. And they are
commercial led processes, with commercial
goals. WEF is, of course, welcome to keep
doing those things, but such processes
should not be considered legitimate means
of producing multi-stakeholder
transnational consensus. And this NMI
process certainly started with assumptions
that reflect the problems with WEF
processes, such as choosing the CS sector
representatives that the WEF wanted. </div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="color: rgb(51,
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1. NETmundial is not in any way 'folded into'
the WEF, so it does not become part of WEF.
WEF is to be seen as an organization that has
joined other organizations in this initiative.
WEF processes may not be open, (it is upto the
WEF to decide on its own style of managing
their business forum), but as a participant of
the NETmundial Initiative, WEF may not
overwhelm this process with its own style. </div>
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2. NETMundial Initiative is a
multi-stakeholder process where each
stakeholder group would balance the other
groups. If the initial NMI processes weren't
perfect, I would rather consider it not so
well thought of - in its early stages. </div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="color: rgb(51,
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As Harmut Glaser says, "<span style="color:
rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:
arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">It is up
for the </span><span style="color: rgb(34,
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font-size: 14px;">community to transform NMI
into something that is concrete and useful </span><span
style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:
arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">for the
advancement of IG in full respects of the
principles enshrined </span><span
style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:
arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">in the
NETmundial declaration.</span>
<div class="gmail_default" style="display:
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<div>So, yes, bringing in the WEF can be
considered a positive in some ways - but
not in the way the NMI process has gone
so far. </div>
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<div>On 19 Nov 2014, at 5:21 pm,
Sivasubramanian M <<a
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target="_parent">isolatedn@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:</div>
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Dear Guru,</div>
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(You (Guru) said: </div>
WEF is a primarily group
of big businesses. We have
seen the increasing danger
to the ideals of the WSIS
Declaration of Principles
from the activities of
transnational
corporations. Apart from
using/monetising our data
for their commercial gains
in
authorised/unauthorised/</span><span
style="color: rgb(34, 34,
34); font-family: arial;">illegitimate/illegal
ways, their unregulated
work also is structuring
our participation in the
information society in
many unhealthy ways.
Through Snowden we also
understand how many of
them are in cahoots with
the 5 eyes (USG+) on
extraordinary programme of
global surveillance</span></blockquote>
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<div style="color: rgb(51,
51, 51); display: inline;"><font
face="verdana,
sans-serif">If such as
strong generalization of
big business is to be
accepted as fair and
valid, then all those
who subscribe to such a
generalization may have
to go back to the WSIS
declarations and
summarily exclude
Business as a
Stakeholder group, and
then declare that
Internet Governance
ought to be a process
with two stakeholder
groups - Government +
Civil Society. No, no,
on second thoughts I see
your reference to
Snowden and USG+, so the
Civil Society could
exclude Government from
Internet Governance, and
declare that Internet
Governance must be
reinvented as a single
stakeholder group
process, with Civil
Society as the only
stakeholder group. </font></div>
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<div style="display:
inline;">Seriously, i</div>
<div style="display:
inline;">f WSIS had
committed to build a "</div>
<span style="color:
rgb(34, 34, 34);">people-centred,
inclusive and
development-oriented
Information Society
<div style="color:
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display: inline;">
", what happens to
inclusiveness and
development with
such a position on
Big Business? </div>
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<div style="color: rgb(51,
51, 51); display: inline;"><font
face="verdana,
sans-serif">And, why
this hatred for big
business? Most progress
in this world has
happened because of
enterprise, much more
because of business than
because of Government.
Granted, some of the
information technology
big businesses have
worked with Governments
on surveillance designs,
and even there, we do
not know how of much of
such cooperation came
out of a desire for
profit and how much of
it was forced by
arm-twisting or by
milder pressures in so
many subtle and
imaginative ways. </font></div>
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<div><span style="color:
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face="verdana,
sans-serif">Irrespective
of how WEF's role has
been articulated at the
moment, it is a very
positive development to
bring in the WEF
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. </div>
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<span style="color: rgb(51,
51, 51); font-family:
verdana,sans-serif;">WEF
participation suddenly
expands business
participation to a world
of business outside the IT
sector, so WEF's attention
to IG issues might by
itself act as a balancing
influence within the
corporate world, because
many of these Big
Businesses are Internet
"users" themselves.
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Some of these Big
Businesses are possibly
charitable in unknown
ways. What is needed
here is strong support
at the moment, and w</div>
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font-family:
verdana,sans-serif;">e
could
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eventually </div>
<span style="color: rgb(51,
51, 51); font-family:
verdana,sans-serif;">work
towards a greater balance
across stakeholder
groups.
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PM, Guru <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<div>Dear Mawaki<br>
<br>
I would like to cite
from two sources:<br>
<br>
A. WSIS Declaration of
Principles - <a
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http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs/geneva/official/dop.html</a> (the very
first two clauses)<br>
<br>
1. We, the
representatives of the
peoples of the world*,
*assembled in Geneva
from 10-12 December
2003 for the first
phase of the World
Summit on the
Information Society,*
declare our common
desire and commitment
to build a
people-centred,
inclusive and
development-oriented
Information Society,
where everyone can
create, access,
utilize and share
information and
knowledge, enabling
individuals,
communities and
peoples to achieve
their full potential
in promoting their
sustainable
development and
improving their
quality of life,
premised on the
purposes and
principles of the
Charter of the United
Nations and respecting
fully and upholding
the Universal
Declaration of Human
Rights.<br>
2. Our challenge* is
to harness the
potential of
information and
communication
technology to promote
the development goals
of the Millennium
Declaration, namely
the eradication of
extreme poverty and
hunger; achievement of
universal primary
education; promotion
of gender equality and
empowerment of women;
reduction of child
mortality; improvement
of maternal health; to
combat HIV/AIDS,
malaria and other
diseases; ensuring
environmental
sustainability; and
development of global
partnerships for
development for the
attainment of a more
peaceful, just and
prosperous world. We
also reiterate our
commitment to the
achievement of
sustainable
development and agreed
development goals, as
contained in the
Johannesburg
Declaration and Plan
of Implementation and
the Monterrey
Consensus, and other
outcomes of relevant
United Nations
Summits.<br>
<br>
I now will cite from
the WEF site - <a
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<br>
Begin<br>
Our Members<br>
The World Economic
Forum is a membership
organization. Our
Members comprise 1,000
of the world’s top
corporations, global
enterprises usually
with more than US$ 5
billion in turnover.
These enterprises rank
among the top
companies within their
industry and play a
leading role in
shaping the future of
their industry and
region. Some of our
Member companies join
the Forum’s Strategic
and Industry
Partnership
communities, which are
designed to deepen
their engagement with
the Forum’s events,
project and
initiatives. The
Forum’s Members are at
the heart of all our
activities.<br>
End<br>
<br>
It is clear that WEF
is a primarily group
of big businesses. We
have seen the
increasing danger to
the ideals of the WSIS
Declaration of
Principles from the
activities of
transnational
corporations. Apart
from using/monetising
our data for their
commercial gains in
authorised/unauthorised/illegitimate/illegal
ways, their
unregulated work also
is structuring our
participation in the
information society in
many unhealthy ways.
Through Snowden we
also understand how
many of them are in
cahoots with the 5
eyes (USG+) on
extraordinary
programme of global
surveillance, which
helps them in their
goals of
political-economic
domination /
colonisation
<br>
<br>
Participating in
forums anchored in
such a space will only
legitimise their
power. I am clear
that IGC should not
participate in the
NMI.<br>
<br>
thanks and regards<br>
Guru<br>
<br>
Gurumurthy Kasinathan<br>
Director, IT for
Change<br>
In Special
Consultative Status
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On Tuesday 18
November 2014
05:02 PM, Mawaki
Chango wrote:<br>
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Dear All,<br>
> <br>
> You must
have heard a
good deal about
this by now, so
I won't repeat<br>
> the
background
details. In the
middle of the
night last
night, before<br>
> hitting the
bed after a long
and drawn out
day playing
catch-up with<br>
> deadlines,
I saw that Ian
(chair of CSCG)
forwarded the
NMI<br>
>
Transitional
Committee's
reply the CSCG
enquiry.
Basically, they
are<br>
> willing to
let the CSCG vet
CS candidates to
be part of the
NMI<br>
>
Coordination
Council.<br>
> <br>
> Now the
question before
us is to get a
feel of the
membership of
CSCG<br>
> member
entities as to
whether to get
involved in the
NMI process or<br>
> not. I
believe this is
the last step in
the
consultations
we've been<br>
> having
(with NMI
initiators,
among ourselves
at the CSCG and
with the<br>
> membership
of our
respective
organizations.)
After this we
should be<br>
> able to
give a definite
answer,
formulate a
definite
position about<br>
> our
participation in
the NMI process.<br>
> <br>
> So what do
you think?
Please get right
to the point and
be brief.<br>
> State your
preference for
IGC Involvement
or No
involvement and,
if<br>
> you care to
provide us with
such, I would be
grateful to you
if you<br>
> could keep
your supporting
argument in one
short paragraph
(as we<br>
> just want
to take the
"temperature of
the room" if you
see what I<br>
> mean.)<br>
> <br>
> Thank you
for your
understanding.
Best regards.<br>
> <br>
> Mawaki<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> </span><br>
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