[governance] Re: [bestbits] HLLM in LOndon - CS reps

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"USC, University of Southern California-Annenberg Foundation as well
as the World Economic Forum, the WEF, have partnered with us so we
ensure that this panel has some level of independency and is functioning
on a broader scale globally"

On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 10:49 PM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for this Ian, could someone please explain to me what is meant by
> this fifth panel as more independent (in partnership with two other
> organizations.. Is he referring to Inet here? Who are the other two
> organizations?
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net] On Behalf Of Ian Peter
> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 10:34 AM
> To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; Adam Peake
> Cc: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net
> Subject: Re: [governance] Re: [bestbits] HLLM in LOndon - CS reps
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> Hi Adam,
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> Because it would be inappropriate I am deliberately not taking on a  role of
> coordinating back to various networks as that is what the various reps
> should do. But here is the reply from Fadi to Robin (copied to the reps
> earlier).
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> Hello Robin,
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> I hope you had a good thanksgiving holiday. I took several days off and
> regained a lot of energy after our busy week in Buenos Aires. I just got
> back and ready for the next phase of work.
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> As I noted below and in Buenos Aires, we were never in a position to grow
> the panel any further. In BA, however, after the panel was announced, we
> made a final commitment to add only one panelist from the cc community, and
> only one more from civil society -- understanding the need for broader
> participation. Byron Holland from the cc community agreed to serve while in
> Buenos Aires.
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> At this stage, and now that we have established this fifth panel as more
> independent (in partnership with two other organizations), I will need to
> confer with our partners on your request, as well as with the Chairman of
> the panel. I predict that they will be sensitive to diversity.
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> I cannot meet with the chairman until next week on Wednesday. I will keep
> you posted. It may be a little late for London but rest assured that Frank
> La Rue, Lynn St. Amour, and myself will have our communities interests very
> vigilantly on top of our agendas.
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> Fadi
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: Adam Peake
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> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 10:03 PM
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> To: Ian Peter
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> Cc: governance at lists.igcaucus.org ; bestbits at lists.bestbits.net
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> Subject: [governance] Re: [bestbits] HLLM in LOndon - CS reps
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> Hi Ian,
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> Any reply to the CS coalition's recommendations?  The high level panel is
> due to meet December 12-13 (London), a week from now.
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> Best,
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> Adam
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> On Nov 30, 2013, at 5:50 AM, Ian Peter wrote:
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>> Please find a letter just send to Fadi Chehade under my signatory as
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>> an independent facilitator as regards civil society representation at
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>> this meeting in two weeks time.
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>> Let me be the first to admit the process was imperfect, the result was
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>> imperfect. But so was the task we were given, the timeframe,  the
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>> people involved in making the decision, and the facilitation process.
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>> I can only say that there was widespread agreement we should submit
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>> names, and for the names submitted. And that doing and saying nothing
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>> would have been the alternative in this timeframe.
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>> Ian Peter
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>> 29 November 2013
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>> RE: Civil Society Representation on High Level Panel in London
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>> Dear Fadi and Nora:
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>> I am writing to you following from discussions held by a coalition of
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>> representatives of the civil society networks most involved in
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>> Internet governance deliberations, we appreciate your willingness to
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>> engage civil society in discussions regarding the future of Internet
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>> governance. We also appreciate your recognition that civil society is
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>> under-represented on your High Level Panel and your willingness to
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>> accept additional civil society participants to this panel to provide
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>> more balance.
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>> After consultations with our networks, we propose adding the following
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>> 2 civil society representatives to begin to balance against the much
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>> larger numbers from government, the private sector, and technical
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>> representatives placed on the initial panel.
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>> Civil society’s two nominated representatives for the London High
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>> Level Panel are:
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>> 1. Anriette Esterhuysen (anriette at apc.org) 2. Milton Mueller
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>> (mueller at syr.edu) Would you please kindly confirm your acceptance of
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>> these names, and contact our representatives directly to arrange their
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>> participation?
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>> We also strongly recommend the involvement of Jovan Kurbalija of the
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>> Diplo Foundation as a highly experienced and knowledgeable
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>> facilitator.
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>> We trust that in future we will be able to look at much more equitable
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>> representation of civil society in such panels and committees.
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>> Persons involved with these deliberations and choice of names from
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>> various civil society networks were:
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>> Virginia Paque, Diplo Foundation
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>> Anriette Esterhuysen, Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
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>> Robin Gross, ICANN's Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) Norbert
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>> Bollow and Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro, Internet Governance Caucus
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>> (IGC)
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>> Jeremy Malcolm, Best Bits
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>> Signed,
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>> Ian Peter, Independent Facilitator
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