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<div>Wisdom, hi-</div><div><font><br></font></div><div>Respectfully, this is not about who is or who is not representing the voices of civil society at the retreat. This is about transparency. Transparency is important because it allows those outside the room to oversee the processes, the debates, and the discussions that are taking place. It allows us to make sure they are not being abused by those inside the room who may be looking to further their own interests at the expense of everyone else. To be clear, I am not insinuating that that is happening here. I am simply saying that transparency in processes of agenda setting and decision making feeds directly into building legitimacy in these same outputs, and is something we should all be encouraging, in every forum.</div><div><font><br></font></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br>Ayden</div><div>
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I believe in this team and I no they will not leave any stone unturn. <br><br>Regards to the team representing.<br><br>On Saturday, July 16, 2016, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <<a href="mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com">salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> I won't get into the mechanics save to say there was a call for comments and input into the process.<br>><br>> I can assure you that civil society is on equal footing within the retreat and we are being heard. Contributions that came in are on the IGF website...we are working from 8.30am (some of us earlier) till 10.30am making sure nothing gets missed or falls within the cracks.<br>><br>> The retreat is organised in a manner that makes it easy and free-flowing to have unfiltered discussions (Chatham house rules) and having the frank conversations we find we have to find ways to work together across Multistakeholder in spite of the differences. It is simply a creative and brainstorming session. The reason for not sending a commentary is because anything could be misinterpreted or taken out of context and so to remove the danger of adding to the misapprehension it is best that we wait for the completion of the matter which will be open for input from all.<br>><br>> I know it's difficult but you have to trust that civil society reps:<br>><br>> Anriette<br>> Nnenna<br>> Lea<br>> Stuart<br>> Sala<br>> Kossi<br>><br>> are raising that which needs to be raised and if u feel heavily about any agenda item on the website today feel free to send all 5 of us a note.<br>><br>> Sala<br>><br>> On 16/07/2016 7:50 am, "Johan Helsingius" <<a href="mailto:julf@julf.com">julf@julf.com</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>> Dear Sala,<br>>><br>>> > I can assure you that once synthesis of<br>>> > what is being discussed is approved for dissemination and call for<br>>> > inputs will be asked from the broader community to think about<br>>> > mechanisms for improvement.<br>>><br>>> I think some of us were hoping for commentary on the<br>>> actual discussions, not just the finished "approved for<br>>> dissemination" end product - but I guess that reflects<br>>> the classic bottom-up vs. top-down approach dilemma.<br>>><br>>> Kind regards,<br>>><br>>> Julf<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><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">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">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/">http://www.igcaucus.org/</a><br>>><br>>> Translate this email: <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t">http://translate.google.com/translate_t</a><br>>><br>><br><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:small"><b>WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)</b><br></div><div style="font-size:small">E-government and Open Government Data Platforms Specialist<b><br></b></div><div style="font-size:small">National Information Technology Agency (NITA)/</div><div style="font-size:small">Ghana Open Data Initiative Project.</div><div style="font-size:small">ICANN Fellow / Member, UN IGF MAG Member, ISOC Member,</div><div style="font-size:small">Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) Member, Diplo Foundation Member,</div><div style="font-size:small">OGP Open Data WG Member, GODAN Memember, ITAG Member<br></div></div><div><div style="font-size:small"><div>Email: <a href="mailto:wisdom_dk@hotmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">wisdom_dk@hotmail.com</a><br></div><div><a href="mailto:wisdom.donkor@data.gov.gh" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">wisdom.donkor@data.gov.gh</a><br></div><div><a href="mailto:wisdom.dk@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">wisdom.dk@gmail.com</a><br></div><div>Skype: wisdom_dk</div><div>facebook: facebook@wisdom_dk<br></div><div>Website: <a href="http://www.nita.gov.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.nita.gov.gh</a> / <a href="http://www.data.gov.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.data.gov.gh</a><br></div><div><a href="http://www.isoc.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.isoc.gh</a> / <a href="http://www.itag.org.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.itag.org.gh</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br>
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</div><div><br></div><div class="mixmax_signature"><div style="line-height: 17.03px;">Ayden Férdeline</div><div style="line-height: 17.03px;"><a href="http://linkedin.com/in/ferdeline">linkedin.com/in/ferdeline</a></div></div><img align="left" width="0" height="0" style="border:0; width:0px; height:0px;" src="https://app.mixmax.com/api/track/v2/qeOZpqUWhm518WWX3/i02bj5SZulGblRmclZGQuVGZ5FmI/gInJ3buMXdjVXYjdWauMHdzlGbAV2YuFmbyVmdvdmI/?sc=false" alt="">
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