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

Adam Peake ajp at glocom.ac.jp
Wed Apr 16 03:17:31 EDT 2014 

On Apr 15, 2014, at 10:20 PM, parminder wrote:

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SNIP

> And it is not just these two governments. President Rousseff in her famed UN speech has directly linked the privacy issue to     democracy... To quote
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> "In the absence of the right to privacy, there can be no true freedom of expression and opinion, and therefore no effective democracy. " 
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looks to me you have picked up something very important in that quote.  How about making a comment on paragraph 2, or perhaps add a preamble to paragraph 14 of principles, or paragraph 4 of roadmap?

Thanks,

Adam (in my individual capacity) 


> But strangely, Brazilians seem to have handed over this meeting to the staus quoists...  and democracy is simply not a favoured word with them..
> 
> Welcome to the brave new post-democratic world... the NetMundial doc as it stands is positioned to become a key milestone, even a trail blazer, towards a post-democratic global governance, from where it will trickle down to national levels. The neoliberal ideology is making really big strides and rapid gains....
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> parminder 
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>> 
>> BTW, India in its comments on the document (as per the leaked documents) seem to have also asked for a recognition of the Internet as a global commons... but of course no... what are you talking about!
>> 
>> What are you asking the people of the world to do with this document... To endorse it and celebrate it just becuase in about 500 places it says multi-stakeholder....
>> 
>> parminder 
>> 
>> 
>> On Tuesday 15 April 2014 05:19 PM, Carlos A. Afonso wrote:
>>> 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
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> po box 29755, melville 2109
>>>>>> south africa
>>>>>> tel/fax +27 11 726 1692
>>>>>> 
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> 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
>>>>> 
>>>>> <m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk>
>>>>> 
>>>>> @GloComm
>>>>> 
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>>>>> http://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin/
>>>>> https://www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-global-media-transnational-communications/
>>>>> 
>>>>> Co-Chair Internet Rights & Principles Coalition (UN IGF)
>>>>> 
>>>>> www.internetrightsandprinciples.org
>>>>> 
>>>>> @netrights
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