[bestbits] [governance] Rousseff & Chehade: Brazil will host world event on Internet governance in 2014

Thu Oct 10 10:58:31 EDT 2013

Hey everyone,

Evan here from Fight for the Future and the Internet Defense League.

I won't pretend that we are well connected to global internet governance
issues, but we are very good at mobilizing grassroots internet users around
the world.

I'm wondering what folks thoughts are on organizing an alternative summit
in Brazil (like an Internet Social Forum) to coincide with the official
event -- giving us the option to run both an inside game and also have a
more "pristine" alternative event to discuss our wildest dreams and ideas
for the future of the Internet. My experience is that alternative summits
like these can be very effective at re-framing the debate within the walls
of the official meetings, but provide an opportunity for other work to be
done as well.

Brazil is such a hot-bed of social movements and tech that it seems like a
strong location for something like this. We have very strong connections on
the ground there in a variety of movements.

As I said, we are somewhat outsiders to this particular community, but we
lurk on this list and try to stay informed, and would be happy to chat with
anyone who thinks this idea is great / terrible.

Cheers,
-Evan Greer
Fight for the Future

On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Parminder,
>
> being from developing county myself , I am not supporting cyber conf in
> seoul approach and asked why we should support a summit in Brazil yet to be
> defined  when there are a lot of concerns about cyber conf series . the
> inflation of fora is not in benefit of CS and in particular those from
> developing countries
> I would like to have clear principles about such IG conference and fora ,
> I don't think that we can or should prevent them but at least asking them
> to embrace the principles of openness , inclusion etc
>
> Best,
>
> Rafik
>
> 2013/10/10 parminder <parminder at itforchange.net>
>
>>  I am great votary of both (1) civil society jumping headlong into all
>> *important* *global* IG processes, whether *UN or not*, and (2) fluid
>> agendas ...
>>
>> However cant but note a point. I had earlier repeatedly called for us to
>> look into OCED's CICCP related *global* Internet policy development
>> processes and its outcomes, and the process and outcomes of the Seoul cyber
>> conference (or the London and Budapest series).... In fact I kept
>> insisting  that we do so .... But with a very lukewarm response if any.....
>>
>> How do we square such cascading support for taking charge of the Brazil's
>> new proposed (hardly born yet) process with this earlier attitude....
>>
>> Why is that all processes where developing countries have important, or
>> even significant, role require urgent examination and intervention, but
>> those led by developed countries perhaps considered, what is it, friendly,
>> safe ..... ??
>>
>> Now, before anyone gets offended.... let me say, no personal offence
>> intended, mine is (and is always) a political statement in  a political
>> space.... And I cant but do what I consider is my job as political civil
>> society, with strong leanings towards Southern and other marginalised
>> interests.
>>
>> Thanks for understanding, parminder
>>
>>
>> On Thursday 10 October 2013 07:10 PM, Andrew Puddephatt wrote:
>>
>>  I think the Brazil initiative gives us a useful focus and we should
>> definitely make time to discuss it on the fist morning.****
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>> In general, though we have  suggested agenda I think we should be open to
>> hacking the event and letting participants drive it the way they want if we
>> can go for concrete positive outcomes.****
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>> On 10/10/2013, at 9:11 PM, Valeria Betancourt <valeriab at apc.org> wrote:**
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>> I agree with Anja on her proposal. Taking the opportunity not only for
>> expressing our support but for outlining a civil society agenda for the
>> summit would be an strategic move. + 1 as well on proposal re Chehade.  Do
>> you think it would be one of the outcomes of our meeting in Bali?  ****
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>> +1 from me - and the steering committee is discussing too.  Let's see if
>> we can't shuffle the day 1 schedule to include this, going beyond just an
>> expression of support, but including some more substantive output that can
>> be tabled at the IGF.****
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