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

[Adam Peake]

On Dec 8, 2013, at 11:34 PM, McTim wrote:

> cc list trimmed to only one list.
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> /transcript-president-opening-18nov13-en.pdf
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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"
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> 


WEF <http://www.weforum.org/content/global-agenda-council-future-internet-2012-2014>

Adam



> 
> 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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>> 
>> M
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net
>> [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
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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).
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hello Robin,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Fadi
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> 
>> From: Adam Peake
>> 
>> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 10:03 PM
>> 
>> To: Ian Peter
>> 
>> Cc: governance at lists.igcaucus.org ; bestbits at lists.bestbits.net
>> 
>> Subject: [governance] Re: [bestbits] HLLM in LOndon - CS reps
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>>> an independent facilitator as regards civil society representation at
>> 
>>> this meeting in two weeks time.
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>>> 
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>>> Let me be the first to admit the process was imperfect, the result was
>> 
>>> 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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>>> 
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>>> I can only say that there was widespread agreement we should submit
>> 
>>> names, and for the names submitted. And that doing and saying nothing
>> 
>>> would have been the alternative in this timeframe.
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>>> 
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>>> 
>> 
>>> Ian Peter
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>>> 
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>>> 
>> 
>>> 29 November 2013
>> 
>>> RE: Civil Society Representation on High Level Panel in London
>> 
>>> 
>> 
>>> Dear Fadi and Nora:
>> 
>>> 
>> 
>>> I am writing to you following from discussions held by a coalition of
>> 
>>> representatives of the civil society networks most involved in
>> 
>>> Internet governance deliberations, we appreciate your willingness to
>> 
>>> engage civil society in discussions regarding the future of Internet
>> 
>>> governance. We also appreciate your recognition that civil society is
>> 
>>> under-represented on your High Level Panel and your willingness to
>> 
>>> accept additional civil society participants to this panel to provide
>> 
>>> more balance.
>> 
>>> After consultations with our networks, we propose adding the following
>> 
>>> 2 civil society representatives to begin to balance against the much
>> 
>>> larger numbers from government, the private sector, and technical
>> 
>>> representatives placed on the initial panel.
>> 
>>> Civil society’s two nominated representatives for the London High
>> 
>>> Level Panel are:
>> 
>>> 1. Anriette Esterhuysen (anriette at apc.org) 2. Milton Mueller
>> 
>>> (mueller at syr.edu) Would you please kindly confirm your acceptance of
>> 
>>> these names, and contact our representatives directly to arrange their
>> 
>>> participation?
>> 
>>> We also strongly recommend the involvement of Jovan Kurbalija of the
>> 
>>> Diplo Foundation as a highly experienced and knowledgeable
>> 
>>> facilitator.
>> 
>>> We trust that in future we will be able to look at much more equitable
>> 
>>> representation of civil society in such panels and committees.
>> 
>>> Persons involved with these deliberations and choice of names from
>> 
>>> various civil society networks were:
>> 
>>> Virginia Paque, Diplo Foundation
>> 
>>> Anriette Esterhuysen, Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
>> 
>>> Robin Gross, ICANN's Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) Norbert
>> 
>>> Bollow and Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro, Internet Governance Caucus
>> 
>>> (IGC)
>> 
>>> Jeremy Malcolm, Best Bits
>> 
>>> Signed,
>> 
>>> Ian Peter, Independent Facilitator
>> 
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