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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Ian,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Is the video of the meeting accessible anywhere.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Tks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Deirdre Williams<br><b>Sent:</b> April 1, 2015 12:44 PM<br><b>To:</b> Internet Governance; Ian Peter<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [governance] Update on NMI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you Ian.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Deirdre<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 1 April 2015 at 13:48, Ian Peter <<a href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com" target="_blank">ian.peter@ianpeter.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>This is just a quick update on the NetMundial Initiative (NMI). Please feel free to copy to other lists.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>As many of you will already know, NMI Coordination Council (CC) has just held its first working meeting at Stanford University in Palo Alto on March 31. A list of those who attended can be found at the end of the draft Communique at </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:blue'><a href="https://www.netmundial.org/blog/secretariat/netmundial-initiative-stanford-communiqu%C3%A9">https://www.netmundial.org/blog/secretariat/netmundial-initiative-stanford-communiqu%C3%A9</a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>. </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>In addition to those attending, Bill Drake and Anriette Esterhuysen (CC members) were able to participate remotely for at least part of the day-long meeting, on sometimes shaky remote connections. Many other people took advantage of the opportunity to listen in on deliberations.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>The main formal output of the meeting is a Draft Terms of Reference, which is now open for public comments at </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:blue'><a href="http://comments.netmundial.org/">http://comments.netmundial.org/</a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>. The platform used for comments is that used for the original NetMundial event last year in Brazil.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>I would encourage people to comment on the document and help make it better. </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>A few personal observations; I am pleased that we were able to maintain in the opening paragraph references to human rights and to managing the internet in the public interest, despite some suggestions that these references might be removed. However; I was personally disappointed that in the process of arriving at mutually agreeable text in a short period of time references to cybersecurity and mass surveillance were taken out of the text; I expected some opposition to the latter, but I think the cybersecurity references are vitally important and I am sure some well crafted words can make their way into the final text. There are many ways in which the text (and more importantly the initiative itself) can be strengthened, and I would particularly draw your attention also to the section on Scope, where further clarity and suggestions could assist substantial improvements. </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>The current plan is for the document to be finally adopted at a first meeting of the full Council (the meeting above was described as a “working meeting”). Current planning suggests this might be in Costa Rica in June. But that might change given availability of some of the governmental and corporate people involved.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>The meeting also got to talk about some operational issues. Since the formation of the Coordination Council progress has been fairly slow, perhaps largely because of the lack of structure and leadership, as well as a lack of trust. Some small working groups were set up and most likely some other operational structural issues will be addressed as a result of this. </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>I should also mention that to date the progress has been very co-operative across all sectors involved, and indeed on most discussions you would not have unanimity of opinion within any stakeholder group; but rather a variety of opinions. I expect the same to be the case during the public consultations, but I also expect that the process of hearing many voices and gaining wider input will substantially clarify and improve the document. Many people are undecided about NMI at this stage, which is to be expected; and whatever it might be should appropriately derive from public inputs. So I urge you to follow the link above and help to shape this initiative to take an appropriate role moving forward.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt'><span style='color:black'>One more thing I should add is the role that Marilia Maciel has played to date, chairing the series of online meetings which developed the Draft Terms of Reference. Marilia had to manage a diverse and overly large group, many differing opinions as to what NMI is or should be, poor connections and dropouts on all calls, language issues, geopolitical game playing, and unruly participants. She did a great job! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt'><span style='color:#888888'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt'><span style='color:#888888'>Ian Peter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt'><span style='color:#888888'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt'><span style='color:#888888'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>____________________________________________________________<br>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a><br>To be removed from the list, visit:<br> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing" target="_blank">http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing</a><br><br>For all other list information and functions, see:<br> <a href="http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance" target="_blank">http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance</a><br>To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:<br> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/" target="_blank">http://www.igcaucus.org/</a><br><br>Translate this email: <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t" target="_blank">http://translate.google.com/translate_t</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>“The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>