<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10px;"><div><div><br></div><div>the intention of IGF is to represent a diverse group of voices with a consensus on the detailed organized structure and representation for the year .. good de-briefing and solicitation of input are key and all vision statements should be agreed to by the members plus focused themes with even some detail ..position papers really should be established each year and built on and the former ones archived in a suitable place with notes and comments and so forth for any researchers as well as to be a resource to avoid any conflicts of position through the years without good deliberations or at least inclusions of all statements .. no decision should be made by the chairs without consultation with the teams through blogging or some form of information transparent information exchange...as all IGF member considerations should be considered on issues - we are a diverse group and are views diverse and no conclusions can be reached without input from the members and this tends to be very high level as the diversity is great </div><div class="ydp22067370signature"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div> <div><em><font face="Verdana" size="1"></font></em> </div> <div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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On Friday, January 19, 2018 09:44:47 AM PST, parminder <parminder@itforchange.net> wrote:
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<p><font face="Verdana">Hi Renata</font></p>
<p>From outreach action for IGF I normally understand MAG chair and
members letting know other stakeholders, including perhaps at
specific meetings attended for this purpose, the nature of IGF,
its deliberations, etc and encouraging wider participation from
new groups...</p>
<p>I do not understand from IGF outreach, from what I understand
about the IGF, for MAG chair to go to policy or related forums,
representing IGF, and speaking on substantive policy issues, which
one cannot do without giving specific views. However, if this is
your view of IGF outreach as a MAG member, I will like to discuss,
and contest, it. <br>
</p>
<p>As you would notice from the email from MAG chair, she mentions
about speaking, by all indications as IGF MAG chair, and
representing the IGF, at substantive sessions, and indeed chairing
co-chairing an WEF initiative.... Further, i see mention of "two
collaboration between the WEG and IGF's major policy initiatives
".... I had no idea any such collaboration existed. Can MAG
members confirm it....</p>
<p>Also, pl confirm if these are considered IGF outreach activities,
and legitimate roles for the IGF and some people representing
them. I request a clear response.</p>
<p>And who funds participation and other aspects of these
activities, the IGF, ( i know that is very unlikely) , private
funds of the involved people, or the WEF BECAUSE it is the IGF,
and co-branding helps? Again, please provide this specific
information.</p>
<p>Lastly, has the IGF and its MAG ever considered doing outreach
to, say, the World Social Forum, the WEF equivalent civil society
space, or these outreaches are only for the big business
venues.... <br>
</p>
<p>Thanks, parminder <br>
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<div class="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485moz-cite-prefix">On Friday 19 January 2018 08:25 PM,
Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Dear all
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<div>This is an outreach action for IGF, same as in other events
such as WSIS. </div>
<div>I do not see how the IGF is modified by anything that goes
on in WEF, they are different spaces, with different
purposes. </div>
<div>The IGF activities are open to all who wish to participate
and propose investigative partnerships, dialogues. </div>
<div>Those involved with the IGF have to integrate in the
dialogues the communities, to listen as many voices as
possible and bring them to be represented in outcomes. </div>
<div>For that, outreach is done. </div>
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<div>(This is a personal opinion)<br>
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<div>Best,</div>
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<div>Renata</div>
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<div class="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 11:02 AM, David
Allen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:David_Allen_AB63@post.harvard.edu" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">David_Allen_AB63@post.harvard.edu</a>></span>
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word;">I strongly second
Parminder.
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<div>Lynn St.Amour is a highly qualified, experienced
member of this community who could contribute to WEF
appearing there on her own right. But, invoking her
position as chair of the IGF management group, the MAG,
violates all that has been hammered out over long years.
As Parminder forthrightly notes.</div>
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<div>Most importantly perhaps, that can damage the IGF
mission – to be a neutral clearinghouse for what are
sometimes radically opposed views. True neutrality
requires being utterly faithful to process of
evenhandedness, so ensuring diametrically opposed views
feel equally comfortable in the dialogue – so, NOT
taking a position.</div>
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<div>Not to mention the violation of structural
arrangements.<br>
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Fw:_[Igfregionals]_Fw:_[IGFmag<br>
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<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I really did not
know that IGF had its own agency to represent
itself at other forums. Whom does it really
represent? Because when you represent, you also
speak for. For whom does the it speak, and on what
basis? .. That is a mission creep which has been
done without consulting or even declaring.... </span></p>
<p>IGF is not even an agency like the WTO which has a
certain substantive beinghood ..... Even WTO's going
to WEF and making programs with WTO have been
criticised (see for instance <a class="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485m_3972584062568180740moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.twn.my/title2/wto.info/2017/ti171233.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.twn.my/ title2/wto.info/2017/ti171233. htm</a> ).
I remember that when the WEF centric Netmundial
Initiative was formed the IGF was invited to join
it, but a view was taken that the IGF is not a
substantive agency/ organisation to represent any
substantive view etc to be a part of such an
initiative.... So, why is "the IGF" going to WEF
now, and "representing the IGF" ...... MAG is a
program management committee, and it has no role
beyond organising the IGF. This has been clarified
many time.... (In fact even when some of us wanted
to give a more substantive role to the IGF, as part
of CSTG WG on IGF improvements, some of those who
are now associated with representing the IGF opposed
such a role.) <br>
</p>
<p>MAG Chair DOES NOT represent the IGF in any way. <br>
</p>
<p>I dont accept such a representational role. I will
request the CS members of the MAG to explain this to
me. <br>
</p>
<p>thanks, parminder <br>
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<div class="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485m_3972584062568180740moz-cite-prefix">On
Friday 19 January 2018 06:05 PM, Imran Ahmed Shah
(via bestbits Mailing List) wrote:<br>
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<div id="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485m_3972584062568180740yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516173286591_66605">Dear
All, <br>
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<div id="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485m_3972584062568180740yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516173286591_71879" dir="ltr"><span id="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485m_3972584062568180740yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516173286591_72050">Just to
share an announcement from the MAG Chair on
representing the IGF at the 2018 World
Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, where
the theme of the year is </span><span id="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485m_3972584062568180740yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516173286591_71942"><span id="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485m_3972584062568180740yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516173286591_72051" style="font-family:'Default Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><span id="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485m_3972584062568180740yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516173286591_72052" style="font-family:'Courier New', Courier, monospace;font-size:medium;">"Creating
a Shared Future in a Fractured World”</span></span>.
Might be interested for you.</span></div>
<div id="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485m_3972584062568180740yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516173286591_71965" dir="ltr"><br>
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<div id="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485m_3972584062568180740yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516173286591_72053" dir="ltr">Best Regards</div>
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<div id="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485m_3972584062568180740yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516173286591_72055" dir="ltr">Imran Ahmed Shah<br>
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<div><span id="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485m_3972584062568180740yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516173286591_66674" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">----- Forwarded Message -----</span></div>
<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;"><b>From:</b> Anja
GENGO <a class="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485m_3972584062568180740moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:AGENGO@unog.ch" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><AGENGO@unog.ch></a><br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485m_3972584062568180740moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:igfregionals@intgovforum.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">"igfregionals@intgovforum. org"</a> <a class="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485m_3972584062568180740moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:igfregionals@intgovforum.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><igfregionals@ intgovforum.org></a> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 19 January 2018,
17:06<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Igfregionals] Fw:
[IGFmaglist] World Economic Forum -
Davos 2018 "Creating a Shared Future in
a Fractured World”<br>
</span></div>
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<div id="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485m_3972584062568180740yiv3512941137"><span id="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485m_3972584062568180740yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516173286591_66679" style="font-family:'Default Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;"></span>
<div id="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485m_3972584062568180740yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516173286591_66678"><span style="font-family:'Default Serif', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:medium;">Dear
Colleagues,</span></div>
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<div id="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485m_3972584062568180740yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516173286591_71899"><span id="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485m_3972584062568180740yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516173286591_71898" style="font-family:'Default Serif', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:medium;">Please
see below an announcement from the
MAG Chair on representing the IGF at
the 2018 World Economic Forum Annual
Meeting in Davos.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:'Default Serif', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:medium;">Best
regards,</span></div>
<div id="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485m_3972584062568180740yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516173286591_71982"><span style="font-family:'Default Serif', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:medium;"><br>
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<div><span style="font-family:'Default Serif', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:medium;">Anja<br>
</span><br>
</div>
<br>
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<span style="color:rgb(153,0,153);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-----Forwarded
by Anja GENGO/UNOG/GVA/UNO on
01/19/2018 01:00PM -----</span>
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<div id="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485m_3972584062568180740yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516173286591_71985" style="padding-right:0px;padding-left:5px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(0,0,0);border-left-width:2px;">To:
IGF Maglist <a class="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485m_3972584062568180740moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Igfmaglist@intgovforum.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><Igfmaglist@ intgovforum.org></a><br>
From: "Lynn St.Amour" <br>
Sent by: "Igfmaglist" <br>
Date: 01/18/2018 08:50PM<br>
Subject: [IGFmaglist] World Economic
Forum - Davos 2018 "Creating a
Shared Future in a Fractured World”<br>
<br>
<div id="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485m_3972584062568180740yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516173286591_71996"><span id="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485m_3972584062568180740yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516173286591_71995" style="font-family:'Courier New', Courier, monospace;font-size:medium;">Dear
colleagues,<br>
<br>
I am writing to you as I/the IGF
have been invited to participate
in the World Economic Forum
Annual Meeting in Davos. This
year the theme is: "Creating a
Shared Future in a Fractured
World”. Note: There is a
guide on how to
follow/“participate” in Davos
here: <a id="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485m_3972584062568180740yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516173286591_71994" href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/12/how-to-follow-davos-2018/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.weforum.org/ agenda/2017/12/how-to-follow- davos-2018/</a>
And, there is an ongoing stream
of content on digital issues,
including an interesting
interactive map available
through the first panel here: <a id="ydpc70ed08fyiv3871964485m_3972584062568180740yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516173286591_71997" href="https://www.weforum.org/system-initiatives/shaping-the-future-of-digital-economy-and-society/articles" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.weforum.org/ system-initiatives/shaping- the-future-of-digital-economy- and-society/articles</a><br>
<br>
In 2017, the IGF Secretariat,
the CENB facilitators, some DCs,
and I (as IGF MAG Chair)
participated in various World
Economic Forum (WEF)
meetings/conference calls.
Many were connected to Access
and their “Internet For All”
projects, but others were
connected to IoT, and Networks
as Platforms, to name only a
few. WEF activities in
relevant areas (where we were
aware of them) were flagged to
the NRIs, DCs, etc. In
addition, for several years
there has been a two-way
collaboration between the WEF
and the IGF major policy
initiative (IGF Policy Options
for Connecting and Enabling the
Next Billion(s)). <br>
<br>
As mentioned during previous MAG
meetings, I was also asked to
Co-Chair the Stewardship Board
for a WEF Initiative called
“Digital Economy and Society”
(DES). This Stewardship Board
is convened annually during the
World Economic Forum Annual
Meeting in Davos. Per the WEF
this initiative provides an
opportunity to develop a shared
vision for a sustainable,
inclusive, and trustworthy
digital future and priorities
for collaborative action. In
particular, the initiative seeks
to align and accelerate progress
around six shared global
outcomes:<br>
<br>
1. Access & Adoption:
All people (without differences
in geography, gender or income)
can access and use the internet<br>
2. Responsible Digital
Transformation: Business,
government and civil society
leaders act responsibly and
competently to usher in a
sustainable digital
transformation<br>
3. Fit for purpose, informed
governance: Global, regional,
national policies are informed
by evidence and well-equipped to
deal with the transnational
nature of digital connectivity<br>
4. Secure & resilient
people, processes &
practices: All individuals,
institutions and infrastructure
are resilient to vulnerabilities
created by increasing digital
connectivity<br>
5. Robust, interoperable
digital Identities: All people
can access and use integrated,
inclusive, trusted digital
identity regimes that enhance
their social and economic well
being<br>
6. Benefits from data
sharing while respecting
privacy: Individuals and
institutions can share data in
ways that create social and
economic value while respecting
the privacy of fellow digital
citizens<br>
<br>
James Smith, President &
CEO, Thomson Reuters is the
other Co-Chair, and together, we
will be facilitating the
Stewardship Board Meeting at
Davos this year. To the extent
that there are activities that
are aligned and that you wish to
highlight we would welcome
hearing them. <br>
<br>
I am also moderating or speaking
at various panels during Davos
and will be reflecting IGF
activities, value, values and
principles. Some of the
sessions:<br>
- Strategic Outlook: Digital
Economy<br>
- BroadBand Commission -
Internet For All session <br>
- Trustworthy Data: The
Foundation of Innovation<br>
<br>
There are many common topics of
interest and everyone is
encouraged to share view
points/submit questions, so
please see the link below for
social media info., etc. <a href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/12/how-to-follow-davos-2018/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.weforum.org/ agenda/2017/12/how-to-follow- davos-2018/</a><br>
<br>
Note: I am sending this note to
last years MAG (noting the 2018
MAG and MAG Chair are not yet
formally constituted). I am
also asking the secretariat to
forward this note to the NRIs,
DCs, CENB, etc. and to note this
on the IGF website in order to
get the broadest distribution
possible.<br>
<br>
Very much look forward to your
contributions, <br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Lynn<br>
<br>
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