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<DIV>>Thanks Ian. Is this available online anywhere? </DIV>
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<DIV>Probably not Anne, although I suspect the Chair’s statement when finalised
will be at <A title=https://www.gccs2015.com/
href="https://www.gccs2015.com/">https://www.gccs2015.com/</A></DIV>
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<DIV>But this is a conference emanating from meetings of mostly foreign
ministries from various governments, which is including civil society and trying
to be “multistakeholder” for the first time. But this does not (yet) extend to
transparent open processes where we will get to see other inputs to a Chairs
Statement, let alone have a chance to discuss such inputs across stakeholder
groups. Maybe next time...</DIV>
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<DIV>Ian</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=anne.jellema@webfoundation.org
href="mailto:anne.jellema@webfoundation.org">Anne Jellema</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 11, 2015 6:03 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=ian.peter@ianpeter.com
href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com">Ian Peter</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=governance@lists.igcaucus.org
href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</A> ;
<A title=bestbits@lists.bestbits.net
href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</A> ; <A
title=forum@justnetcoalition.org href="mailto:forum@justnetcoalition.org">JNC
Forum</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [bestbits] CS input to Chairs Statement for GCCS -
apologies for short time frame</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Thanks Ian. Is this available online anywhere?
<DIV>Best</DIV>
<DIV>Anne</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 2:30 AM, Ian Peter <SPAN
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target=_blank>ian.peter@ianpeter.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV>Thanks to everyone (about 40 people) who responded to this with
comments and suggestions.</DIV>
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<DIV>I am attaching the letter which was sent a few hours ago to the Dutch
organisers, with consolidated CS inputs. Our understanding of the process is
that a new draft of the Chairs statement, taking into account the various
inputs, will be issued just before the conference next week. However at that
stage there will be no more new inputs to text, but rather discussion limited
to red line text.</DIV>
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<DIV>This ended up being a very rushed process, as we were advised with 48
hours of a new deadline for us to submit our suggestions. Compiling about 40
sets of comments at short notice into one document was difficult, and left
very little time for a small group to produce a consolidated text and submit
it. Apologies for not being able to consult wider on this, but we trust that
the document submitted covers the range of suggestions and viewpoints
submitted. It will be interesting to see which of our suggestions make it
through to the final statement!</DIV>
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<DIV>Ian Peter</DIV>
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<DIV><B>From:</B> <A title=ian.peter@ianpeter.com
href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com" target=_blank>Ian Peter</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 04, 2015 8:02 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=governance@lists.igcaucus.org
href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org"
target=_blank>governance@lists.igcaucus.org</A> ; <A
title=bestbits@lists.bestbits.net href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net"
target=_blank>bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</A> ; <A
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> CS input to Chairs Statement for GCCS - apologies for
short time frame</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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dir=ltr><SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt">Dear
friends,</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><BR>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38"
dir=ltr><SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt"><EM>[Apologies
for cross-posting]</EM></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38"
dir=ltr><SPAN><EM><FONT face=Arial></FONT></EM></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38"
dir=ltr><SPAN><EM><FONT face=Arial>Below is a statement requesting your input
into formulating the civil society response to the Chair’s statement for GCCS
2015. Apologies for very short comments period, but the draft was only
released for our wider input in last 24 hours, and we need to submit a
consolidated CS response after getting your input. There will be another
(again short) opportunity to comment on the consolidated response as per
message below.</FONT></EM></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38"
dir=ltr><SPAN><EM><FONT face=Arial></FONT></EM></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38"
dir=ltr><SPAN><EM><FONT face=Arial>Governments and business interests will
also be responding to the text separately in the same time frame, so we can
expect changes. There are some (surprisingly) good sections of the text
currently (IMHO) that we need to argue to retain, plus plenty where we can
suggest improvements. But please input within the time frame either by the
form or the email address below.</FONT></EM></SPAN></P>
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dir=ltr><SPAN><EM><FONT face=Arial></FONT></EM></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38"
dir=ltr><SPAN><EM><FONT face=Arial></FONT></EM></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38"
dir=ltr><SPAN><EM><FONT face=Arial></FONT></EM></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38"
dir=ltr><SPAN><EM><FONT face=Arial></FONT></EM></SPAN> </P><EM><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></EM><BR>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38" dir=ltr
align=justify><SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt">We would
like to bring to your attention the call for civil society input on the
outcome document for the </FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt"><A
href="https://www.gccs2015.com/gccs/all-about-gccs2015"
target=_blank><SPAN><FONT color=#1155cc face=Arial>Global Conference on
Cyberspace 2015</FONT></SPAN></A></FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt"><SPAN> (GCCS 2015)</SPAN><SPAN>,
</SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt">hosted by the government of
the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and taking place in The Hague on 16 and 17
April 2015. </FONT></SPAN></FONT></P><BR>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38" dir=ltr
align=justify><SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt">Following
on from the London (2011), Budapest (2012), and Seoul (2013) Conferences - a
series also known as the London Process, the 2015 event in The Hague will
provide an opportunity for further high-level discussion of key cyberspace
issues, structured around the three main themes of</FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt"><A href="https://www.gccs2015.com/themes/freedom"
target=_blank><SPAN><FONT color=#1155cc face=Arial>
Freedom</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN><FONT face=Arial>,</FONT></SPAN><A
href="https://www.gccs2015.com/themes/security-0" target=_blank><SPAN><FONT
color=#1155cc face=Arial> Security</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN><FONT face=Arial>
and</FONT></SPAN><A href="https://www.gccs2015.com/themes/growth"
target=_blank><SPAN><FONT color=#1155cc face=Arial>
Growth</FONT></SPAN></A></FONT><SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt">. The Conference will be a stock-taking event,
assessing the current global situation and mapping out the challenges and
opportunities that lie ahead. By engaging governments, business, academia and
civil society participants at the Conference, the organisers hope to find
practical solutions to real and urgent challenges, and to progress the agenda
of a free, open and secure internet. </FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><BR>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38" dir=ltr
align=justify><SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt">Based on
the assumption that all those who have a stake in cyberspace should be able to
express their views and participate in a meaningful way, this year, the
organisers are putting particular emphasis on facilitating multistakeholder
engagement in the Conference. As part of an effort to achieve this, the
Conference organisers are interested in getting Civil Society input on the
draft outcome document of the Conference (The Chair’s
Statement).</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><BR></SPAN>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Ian Peter</FONT></DIV>
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