[bestbits] FW: BB/ Brazil summit input - expression of interest

[parminder]

On Saturday 30 November 2013 10:56 AM, parminder wrote:
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> On Tuesday 26 November 2013 11:23 PM, Andrew Puddephatt wrote:
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>> Following up on my e-mail re inputs to Brazil conference.
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>> To remind everyone: Although the details are not clear, it looks like 
>> there are three broad areas within which it would be useful for CS 
>> groups (and others) to make pro-active submissions to the Brazil 
>> meeting. These are:
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>> AREA 1 - Recommendations on process issues for the conference (remote 
>> participation, stakeholder representation and selection)
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>> AREA 2 - Substantive input into their work to develop universal 
>> Internet principles (likely to cover the areas sketched out by 
>> President Rousseff in her speech to the UNGA).
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>> AREA 3 - Substantive input on an institutional framework for 
>> multistakeholder Internet governance including:
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>> 1.Internationalisation of ICANN (based on existing work done by 
>> Internet Governance Project and/or others).
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> Andrew,
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> Why should a proposal that advocates continued existence of ICANN as 
> an UN organisation

sorry, US organisation
> under US law be posited as a prime example of an 'internationalisation 
> model' , especially when we are here as a global group... Cant we do 
> with a more neutral framing? Dont know if anyone is coordinating this 
> line/ sub-area, but I am happy to do so..
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>> 2.Orphan issues (based on existing proposals put before the WGEC and 
>> the recommendations of the Correspondence Group).
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> Had requested that this be called as 'Internet related public policy 
> issues' which is a proper description and also the WGIG and Tunis 
> agenda terms..
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> parminder
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>> We have produced a chart mapping those who have expressed an interest 
>> in each of the areas below. There could feasibly be a number of 
>> different civil society submissions on each of these areas.
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>> Given the short timeframes, and the fact that there does not seem to 
>> be consensus among all of us on a number of these issues, I think the 
>> best way forward is for anyone who wants to lead on a particular 
>> submission to let the list know, gather together people who also want 
>> to work on that submission, develop something as a smaller group and 
>> then share it back with the platform. Obviously, ideally submissions 
>> would be able to gather broad agreement among BB participants, but 
>> consensus may be too high a bar at this stage.
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>> For my part, I am interested in two specific inputs:
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>> A submission on reforming internet governance that keep the dispersed 
>> structure and multi-stakeholder participation (elements of which are 
>> likely to include ideas on internationalising ICANN and strengthening 
>> the IGF)
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>> Asubmission on the first high level principle dealing with free 
>> expression, privacy etc.  Note that I’m concerned that privacy 
>> protections, if badly expressed, could restrict freedom of expression 
>> unduly so I’ll be looking to assert ICCPR standards on free expression.
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>> Not everyone will agree with that take on things and I assume there 
>> are many other issues to focus on so at this stage I’d like to know 
>> who would want to work with me on these two specific topics.
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>> I would encourage others to set out their own area of interest and 
>> seek collaborators.  As we will probably need to submit our views to 
>> Brazil and/or other organisers by March 1, 2014 I’d suggest we should 
>> aim to produce documents for endorsement/support by other groups on 
>> the BB platform by mid-February
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>> *Stream 1*
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>> *Stream 2*
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>> *Stream 3*
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>> *Recommendation on process issues for the conference (remote 
>> participation, stakeholder representation and selection)*
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>> *Substantive input on universal Internet principles (based on Marco 
>> Civil and/or other existing principles documents).*
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>> *Substantive input on an institutional framework for multistakeholder 
>> Internet governance including: 1. Internationalisation of ICANN 
>> (based on existing work done by Internet Governance Project and/or 
>> others). 2. Orphan issues (based on existing proposals put before the 
>> WGEC and the recommendations of the Correspondence Group).*
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>> Andrew
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>> Submission on the first high level principle dealing with free 
>> expression, privacy etc. > asserting ICCPR standards on free expression.
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>> Submission on reforming internet governance that keep the dispersed 
>> structure and multi-stakeholder participation (which is likely to 
>> include ideas on internationalising ICANN and strengthening the IGF)
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>> Matthew
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