<div>I take no pleasure entering into this conversation and painting a purely negative picture, but I do think the time for saving the IGF has passed. I'm not convinced that it can be reformed, though I hope I am wrong, because there is definitely a need for an institutional home for stakeholders to effectively collaborate upon the development of global public policy for the Internet. Civil society aside - I know we engage in the IGF - I think other stakeholders have moved on. It is my perception that important, consequential discussions are happening elsewhere and unlikely to return to the IGF. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I have only attended two IGFs, in Guadalajara and in Geneva, but it has been my perception that the IGF has never recognised its own shortcomings nor taken steps to address and overcome them. This lack of self-awareness, I believe, has hindered its own legitimacy.<br></div><div><br></div><div>If the IGF can be reformed that would be wonderful. We need a venue which can credibly generate and communicate policy recommendations. I'm just not convinced the IGF is up to the job, be that because of a lack of funding, a lack of agility, or another reason altogether. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,<br></div><div><br></div><div class="protonmail_signature_block"><div class="protonmail_signature_block-user"><div>Ayden Férdeline<br></div><div><a title="http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline" href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline">linkedin.com/in/ferdeline</a><br></div></div><div class="protonmail_signature_block-proton protonmail_signature_block-empty"><br></div></div><div><br></div><div>‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐<br></div><div> On 20 March 2018 9:39 AM, Akinremi Peter Taiwo <governance@lists.riseup.net> wrote:<br></div><div> <br></div><blockquote type="cite" class="protonmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks for Sharing Arsene. The Internet Governance Forum actually needs to be an avenue for concrete outcomes that feed into policies. I think those points raised by Raul was part of MAG discussions yesterday at the WSIS which I was privileged to attend. But though it goes beyond discussion to implementation.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards.<br></div><div>Peter<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 8:39 AM, Anriette Esterhuysen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org">anriette@apc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><p>Thanks for posting Raul's blog, Arsene. It is very good.<br></p><p>Also posting here, in case we forgot to earlier this year, the
link to APC's submission to the stock taking. We will be reading
a short version today.<br></p><p><a class="m_-4788152720596755421moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/5916/1057">http://www.intgovforum.org/<wbr>multilingual/index.php?q=<wbr>filedepot_download/5916/1057</a><br></p><div>The synthesis paper on submissions prepared by the secretariat is
here:<br></div><div> <br></div><div> <a class="m_-4788152720596755421moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/5915/1068">http://www.intgovforum.org/<wbr>multilingual/index.php?q=<wbr>filedepot_download/5915/1068</a> <br></div><p>Anriette Esterhuysen<br></p><p>APC.org<br></p><div><div class="h5"><p><br></p><div><br></div><div class="m_-4788152720596755421moz-cite-prefix">On 20/03/2018 00:12, Raoul Plommer (via
governance Mailing List) wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div>I was asking him this as well and I think we'll
know the result in the next week. Let's keep each other posted
on this. :) <br></div><div><br></div><div>-Raoul<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On 19 March 2018 at 15:37, Arsène
Tungali <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:governance@lists.riseup.net">governance@lists.riseup.net</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto"><p><span><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2018/03/lets-reform-igf-ensure-healthy-future/">https://www.internetsociety.or<wbr>g/blog/2018/03/lets-reform-igf<wbr>-ensure-healthy-future/</a></span><br></p><p><span></span><br></p><p><span>A blog from Raul (ISOC) about the need to reform
the IGF. I know this is what so many other people
believe we should do. Let’s talk about it!</span><br></p><p><span></span><br></p><p><span>Can we discuss what are the changes that we would
like to see happen to make the IGF as strong and
powerful as it used to be? As of now, no one know
where the IGF 2018 will take place and we are in
March! All i know and heard from Chengetai is that
they have 3 countries in mind but are yet to decide!</span><br></p><p><span></span><br></p><p><span>Now that the new MAG was announced, what are our
expectations of its members? What do you think of new
and past members? What can we expect from our CS
representatives there?</span><br></p><p><span></span><br></p><p><span>Thanks,</span><br></p><p><span>Arsene</span><br></p><div id="m_-4788152720596755421m_8272633029337820900AppleMailSignature"><div>-----------------<br></div><div>Arsène Tungali,<br></div><div><a href="http://about.me/ArseneTungali">about.me/ArseneTungali</a><br></div><div><a href="tel:+243%20993%20810%20967" value="+243993810967">+243 993810967</a><br></div><div>GPG: 523644A0<br></div><div>Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo<br></div><div><br></div><div>Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos)<br></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>---<br></div><div> To unsubscribe: <mailto:<a href="mailto:igc-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net">igc-unsubscribe@lists.<wbr>riseup.net</a>><br></div><div> List help: <<a href="https://riseup.net/lists" rel="noreferrer">https://riseup.net/lists</a>><br></div><div> <br></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><pre>---
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