[bestbits] Nnenna to Keynote at Netmundial - Civil Society major issues

Carlos A. Afonso ca at cafonso.ca
Tue Apr 15 07:49:04 EDT 2014


Carol, it was not "taken out" of the document. It is there, in detail,
please re-read.

--c.a.

On 04/15/2014 08:10 AM, Carolina wrote:
> Pls, mention net neutrality which was taken out of the document put out
> for comments yesterday. More later. Should we consolidate all in a pad
> to help Nnenna?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Apr 15, 2014, at 5:46 AM, Marianne Franklin <m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk
> <mailto:m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk>> wrote:
> 
>> Dear all
>>
>> +1 from me re. Nnenna's role, and +1 from me re. Anriette's points below.
>>
>> best
>> MF
>>
>> On 15/04/2014 19:44, Anriette Esterhuysen wrote:
>>> Congrats Nnenna!
>>>
>>> Put on one of your fabulous outfits, and then remind them, that
>>> working inclusively and respectfully with all stakeholder groups,
>>> particularly those that lack power and influence - i.e. civil society
>>> - is very different from putting on a colourful West African outfit
>>> :) It takes hard work, change in behaviour, change in structures and
>>> procedures, consultation, respect, trust, debate, and struggle,
>>> because do not always agree. It also requires a common framework of
>>> principles that defines what the public interest is in internet
>>> governance that can be used to promote and protect this public
>>> interest across the internet governance ecosystem and it is this
>>> framework that we trust the NetMundial can get us closer to.
>>>
>>> You could also mention surveillance, with particularly - but not only
>>> - mass surveillance demonstrating how easy it is to destroy trust,
>>> and to deny accountability. And, is there any tougher test for
>>> multi-stakeholder internet governance? I think it would be good to
>>> get the message accross that the IANA transition is not the only
>>> issue that NetMundial should be discussing, but at the same time, it
>>> is a key opportunity to come up with solutions and approaches that
>>> are not simply cosmetic.
>>>
>>> Anriette
>>>
>>> On 15/04/2014 09:23, Jeanette Hofmann wrote:
>>>> + 1
>>>> jeanette
>>>>
>>>> Am 15.04.14 08:38, schrieb Ian Peter:
>>>>> Congratulations Nnenna – great choice!
>>>>> *From:* Nnenna Nwakanma <mailto:nnenna75 at gmail.com>
>>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 15, 2014 4:35 PM
>>>>> *To:* Governance <mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org> ;
>>>>> mailto:bestbits at lists.bestbits.net
>>>>> *Subject:* [bestbits] Nnenna to Keynote at Netmundial - Civil Society
>>>>> major issues
>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I got a message this morning from NetMundial Chair, Virgilo,
>>>>> inviting me
>>>>> to speak at the Opening Ceremony of Netmundial (meaning I have to pack
>>>>> one of those African dresses) for some 8 minutes.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have replied to say "I will be speaking from the Civil Society
>>>>> perspective, which is my Stakeholder Group".
>>>>>
>>>>> There is a Web Foundation media team that will help me put my ideas
>>>>> into
>>>>> place, but I cannot not request input from here, so that no major
>>>>> issues
>>>>> will be overlooked.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I travel Thursday evening thru Friday, so the earliest I can share a
>>>>> draft/keypoints will be Monday.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope we can pull this off well.
>>>>>
>>>>> All for now
>>>>>
>>>>> Nnenna
>>>>>
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>>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>> anriette esterhuysen anriette at apc.org
>>> executive director, association for progressive communications
>>> www.apc.org
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>>> south africa
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>>
>> -- 
>> Dr Marianne Franklin
>> Professor of Global Media and Politics
>> Convener: Global Media & Transnational Communications Program
>> Goldsmiths (University of London)
>> Department of Media & Communications
>> New Cross, London SE14 6NW
>> Tel: +44 20 7919 7072
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>> https://www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-global-media-transnational-communications/
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