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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Ian,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Useful writeup.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">In Chinese-generated media, the NETmundial Initiative is re-named “the Global Internet Governance Alliance” (GIGA)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-07/01/c_134373596.htm">http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-07/01/c_134373596.htm</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Or are GIGA and NMI different things?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org
[mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org] <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of
</span></b>Ian Peter<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, July 2, 2015 7:29 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> governance@lists.igcaucus.org<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [governance] update on NMI<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">This is an update and some personal reflections on the NetMundial Initiative, which held its
first full Coordination Council meeting on June 30 in Sao Paulo. As posted recently by Marilia, the communique document can be found at
</span></font><a href="https://www.netmundial.org/blog/secretariat/s%C3%A3o-paulo-communiqu%C3%A9-inaugural-council-meeting"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">https://www.netmundial.org/blog/secretariat/s%C3%A3o-paulo-communiqu%C3%A9-inaugural-council-meeting</span></font></a><font size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">
and summarises most of the discussions. So below are some more personal comments.</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Please feel free to copy to other lists.</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The meeting was held in the same room as the original NetMundial conference which many of us
attended (but partitioned to create a smaller room). In addition to the Council members, seats were available for observers as well as remote participation. The meeting was hosted and very well organised by CGI.br</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">One feature of the meeting was the speeches by 2 high profile Chinese delegates attending for
the first time (Lu Wei, Chinese Minister for Cyberspace, and Jack Ma, head of Alibaba). I would imagine transcripts as well as other documents will be available soon at
</span></font><a href="http://www.netmundial"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">www.netmundial</span></font></a><font size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> .org, but some memories are</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Lu Wei definitely mentioned support for multistakeholderism, but China watchers might also want
to check the transcript or recording for nuances of meaning here – he also mentioned sovereignty of course. This seems to a change of some sort for China to mention support for multistakeholderism, but I would imagine their interpretation of what this means
might be somewhere within the wide range of interpretations already existing. But what I do read into this is an acknowledgement by China that it will work with the rest of the world in addressing internet issues. As always, the devil will be in the detail.</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Lu Wei ( and Jack Ma if my memory serves me correctly) used the phrase of the internet being
“for the development of humankind” This particular phrase had a history dating back to the early 1980s and the Macbride Report of UNESCO (Many Voices One World) referring to pre-Internet new media – out of which the NWICO debates emerged. I was personally
pleased to hear the phrase used in this context.</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">There was an interesting discussion on human rights and internet governance between Lu Wei and
Eileen Donahoe and Anriette Esterhuysen.</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Jack Ma gave a very interesting speech as well, referring to development and engagement of youth
in particular.</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">It appears that both China and Jack Ma on behalf of Alibaba have indicated strong support at
this stage for the initiative.</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Fadi Chehade in his opening remarks produced some interesting diagrammatic interpretations of
the state of internet governance – these are also available from </span></font><a href="http://www.netmundial.org"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">www.netmundial.org</span></font></a><font size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">.
He also mentioned the role of Edward Snowden as a catalyst for the original NMI conference in Sao Paulo – remarks which I later took on board a little more extensively to thank Edward Snowden for his contribution and to note that, although there have since
been a few small measures here and there to improve the pervasive nature of mass surveillance, there was still a lot of improvement needed in this area.
</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The meeting adopted a few procedural documents – including strong support for consensus decision
making. It also, through a fairly messy process hastily arranged, put in place 5 co-chairs – Jack Ma, Fadi Chehade, Virgilio Almeida, Eileen Donahoe, and Marilia Maciel.
</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">There was a lot of internal obsessive detail which we could discuss if people want to, but basically
the intiative is still pretty new and raw and learning from its mistakes. Much of the meeting was devoted to internal process.
</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">There were also some pretty interesting side discussions – I (and others as well) deliberately
raised the internet.org issue, particularly to feel out policy makers from industry and governments. While there were divided opinions, there were certainly a lot of people who hadn’t thought about it yet who need to, and some surprisingly strong opposition
to the initiative from some industry players. I think the discussions were valuable, with some people having very scant knowledge of the issues which are being raised and likely to look into them further.</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Otherwise – my general impression is that NMI is getting some structure, and maybe some extra
avenues of financial support as well . The terms of the inaugural council will run out in June 2016, and it is hard to know what will happen after that, if anything. The loss of product champion Fadi Chehade is likely to be a factor as well.</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">That’s my initial reactions. I realise that many within civil society have strong (and in many
cases appropriate) reservations about this initiative. But at the same time, I am glad that as these discussions continue civil society does have some presence in the discussions and the capacity to influence events via those who are participating.</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Ian Peter<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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