From jmalcolm at eff.org Fri Aug 15 16:56:35 2014 From: jmalcolm at eff.org (Jeremy Malcolm) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 13:56:35 -0700 Subject: [bestbits] Revised suggested agenda for Istanbul Best Bits meeting Message-ID: <53EE7403.8010904@eff.org> This month's Best Bits steering committee took place yesterday. Due to Skype connection problems (like many committees, we are still searching for the ideal conferencing solution) we were not able to have a proper meeting, so there are no resolutions to report. However the committee did work on the agenda for the meeting in Istanbul, which currently is as shown below. The outline is based on the results of the poll that was sent around earlier in the month. Your input is welcomed. In particular anyone is welcome to put their names forward to help moderate a session for the meeting, especially those that don't have a name listed next to them already (but even those that do). All are also welcome to begin thinking about sessions they might wish to present for 10 minutes during the "Policy slam" session before lunch. 9:00 --- 9:15 Registration 9:15 --- 9:30 Welcome and introductions(moderation: Andrew) 9:30 --- 11:00 Highlights and tactics for IGF(moderation: Nnenna?) * Ministerial event * Renewal of IGF mandate * IGF evaluation report * NETmundial Alliance (moderation: Jeremy) * Civil society coordination group (moderation: Jeremy) 11:00 --- 12:30 Policy slam -- people have 10 min to present or discuss something they find relevant (moderation: Carolina Rossini & Claudio Ruiz) * ICANN (Jean-Jacques Sahel) 10 min * Preparing for ITU-Plenipot 10 min(Carol) * African draft Declaration of Internet rights and freedoms 10 min(Deborah) * Latin American learning platform 10 min(Francisco Vera/Claudio) * Definition of multistakeholder 10 min(presentation of online discussion)(Jeremy) * + 4 open slots each 10 min 12:30 --- 14:00 *Lunch and networking break* 14:00 --- 15:30 Follow-up to WSIS+10 and tactics moving forward (moderation: Deborah + Anja) * modalities * what we know about the process by then * what we know about the big substantive issues that will likely dominate the government agenda * what we can start doing even without knowing what the process will look like (some of us already have some ideas) 15:30 --- 17:00 Best Bits way forward * Recap of 2013 annual report * Working group on review of procedures * Staffing and funding * The way forward: Best Bits as multi-stakeholder Internet governance platform? -- Jeremy Malcolm Senior Global Policy Analyst Electronic Frontier Foundation https://eff.org jmalcolm at eff.org Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Focus on the quality and not just quantity in representational terms of CS actors in net gov and also highlight the role that the net is playing in bridging gaps in governance and improving democracies 3. Funding-Despite confirmed invites even on Mains many CS participants struggled and unfortunately will not join us in person this year. We need to find sustainable solutions. 4. Responding to Netmundial and articulating our support for perpetuity and continuity of IGF with a mandate beyond 2015 hopefully until 2025 if not 2050 :) 5. Access -connecting the unconnected bringing the next billion online 6. Human rights and free speech. GOVERNMENTS must engage with new media and not clamp down/fear the medium if they do not understand it. Help is just around the corner. We welcome them at IGF and would like to see more of them at the table especially from developing countries, emerging economies and small island nations. Thank you for your consideration. And many congratulations. We have an excellent amplifier and integrator, in you. Warmest Subi Chaturvedi On 19 Aug 2014 19:11, "Deirdre Williams" wrote: > > Dear Colleagues, > Yesterday I heard that I have been selected by the MAG to make the civil society presentation at the opening ceremony. 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Will be happy to explore Liquid Democracy and to discuss usage of this and other tools to improve our processes. best joana On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 5:56 PM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote: > I am starting a separate thread to highlight a current initiative that > was buried in a previous thread last month - that there is a new fluid > working group experimenting with the use of "LiquidFeedback" software at > http://bestbits.net/lf to develop a rough consensus definition of > multi-stakeholder Internet governance, and which could potentially be used > in advocacy as a "quality standard" of multi-stakeholder processes. > > So far the only proposal posted for discussion is one based on the > NETmundial principles. But anyone can create a proposal for others to > discuss and express support for. The software is currently configured so > that inputs are shown as anonymous to non-registered users, which should > help people feel that they can express themselves freely, whilst still > maintaining transparency. > > It is a technical requirement of the LiquidFeedback software that > participants receive an invite code before they can register. Until now > only a few members who affirmatively expressed interest received an invite > code, but anyone else who wishes to participate should contact me and I > will send you one. You can then simply click "Registration" at > http://bestbits.net/lf to create your account. > > There will be a 10 minute reporting back from this working group at our > meeting in Istanbul, so if you wish to contribute, now is the time to do > so. > > Below is a more detailed primer about how to use the software, partly > copied and pasted from an online document here > . > What is Liquid Democracy? > Liquid Democracy is a democratic system for grass-root participation in > the creation of, refining of and public voting on proposals. Although > similar to a direct referendum, it allows votes to be delegated by topic or > area, and for those delegations to be revoked at any time. Liquid Democracy > is sometimes referred to as Delegated or Proxy Voting. > What is LiquidFeedback? LiquidFeedback is a formal on-line decision > support system that is the first user-friendly Web-based implementation of > the Liquid Democracy concept, which has been used by the German Pirate > Party amongst others. There is not much you can do in LiquidFeedback: You > may create a proposal, express your support, make a suggestion and vote. > That's essentially it. Quickstart - what to do first For now, you will > require an "invite code" to use LiquidFeedback. Later we can hook it into a > Best Bits membership database (which does not yet exist). If you did not > receive an invite code and would like one, please let me know. > > > - *Quickstart for participation in the multi-stakeholderism > definition:* > - Click on the *unit Best Bits > * and enter the *area > Multi-stakeholderism * > - *Create an issue > * for a new > proposal or motion, or look at existing issues in the list of *Open > issues* > - Important: Add your *support* to all those issues that you agree > with > - Create a *suggestion* for an issue to make it better, or rate an > existing suggestion as *should, should not, must, must not* be > implemented > - Click on your name on the top right and go to *upload > avatar/photo * for > making things a bit more colourful for everyone. > - If you completely dislike an initiative, then simply do nothing > and wait for the voting, or create a competing proposal, an > *alternative*. > > - Come back to LiquidFeedback and vote once the voting phase has > started. When establishing your account, you can specify that you want to > be notified of this by email. > - Optionally, go to "Members" and add those persons as Contact that > you might to delegate your vote to. Then go to "Areas" and maybe click "Set > Area delegation", or go into an issue and do "Set Issue delegation" > > Important: During the discussion phase (in the states *New* and > *Discussion*) you should support all initiatives that you can agree with > (generally, or under certain conditions), and make suggestions for > improvements (you can find details on the initiative page). Hereby you give > the initiators the chance to improve the draft. This early feedback makes > for vital feedback and changes the graphical "approval bars" in green and > grey that you see in front of each listing of initiatives. > Keywords explained An "initiative" is a proposal or motion. "Alternative > initiatives" are counter-proposals. > "Areas" sort issues into groups, and each issue contains one or more > initiatives. Issues are numbered and have neither titles nor names. > The user can create "suggestions" and label them as either "should" and > "must", or do so with suggestions created by other users. This is analog to > a request for a (friendly) amendment: > > - A "should" suggestion is a an amendment that will not lead to a vote > against the proposal if not accepted. > - A "must" suggestion is an amendment that needs to be fulfilled or > else the user indicates to disagree with the proposal. > > Phases In Liquid Feedback a proposal, which is called an "initiative", > moves through 5 different phases: > > * *New:* A freshly submitted initiative. An "issue" groups initiatives > for the same topic, which constitute the competing choices. > Every user can create both a new issue or a new initiative within an > existing issue. > > * *Discussion:* A initiative has received sufficient support to enter > into the public discussion phase. > In LF typically a quorum of 10% of supporters is required for the > discussion to start. Declare your support by clicking on "Support this > initiative". Apart from voicing support you can suggest changes (with > SHOULD or MUST) or create an alternative initative. > The proposer of the initiative can modify its text during the discussion > to adjust to the feedback. > > * *Verification/Frozen:* The proposed text cannot neither be modified > anymore. > So this is the time when to discuss how to vote on this initiative in, for > example, a local board meeting. > Note that it is still possible to propose alternative initiatives, i.e. to > create counter proposals. > > * *Voting:* The users begin to vote - the results are only shown after > the voting period has ended. > Competing initiatives can be rankend and voted for or against, and a > priority of the proposals can be established by the user. > LiquidFeedback will afterwards sort out this "mess" and announce the > winner. > > * *Finished:* Either the voting phase was completed (and a result > determined), or one of the potential quorums wasn't reached, and the > corresponding initiative was stopped early. > > Procedures You can become a "participant" of an entire area or a > specific issue, and by that add your count to the quorum and therefore say: > "I want to take part in the decision." > You can become a "supporter" or a "potential supporter" of an initiative to > > - a) help a new issue to move to the discussion phase, and > - b) during the discussion phase give an indication to the creator of > the initiative what his odds are to be successful. > > Different draft versions of the initiative (older and newer) can be easily > compared line-by-line so that you can see what exactly was changed. > You can create an alternative initiative if your suggestions are not heard > and not integrated into the proposal text by the inititator. > Finally you can vote, or delegate your vote to another user you trusts to > take the right decision. Delegation is also known as proxy voting and > ensures that your vote is not lost if you do not have sufficient time or > knowledge to dive into a specific issue are a certain area. > > If you completely disapprove an initiative In case you disapprove an > initiative fundamentally, then you should not submit any suggestion in > order to avoid becoming a supporter. Either wait for the voting phase, or > use informal channels (mailing list, direct contact with the author) to > express your disagreement. There is no "Dislike" button. LiquidFeedback is > a formal decision-making system, is not moderated, it is designed to foster > constructive input, and it makes an effort to prevent a potentially > negative atmosphere. Next to the above options, you should support those > alternative initiative(s) that you are positive about, or you may start > your own initiative related to this issue. Finally, if you are not already > a member of the area, you can increase the population of the necessary > support quorum by becoming a member of the area, or by adding your interest > to the issue. > > Schedules So called "policies" determine the duration of each phase and > any quorum that might be involved along the way. > Some policies may skip certain phases, while others might not require any > quorum. > The quorums are, if set, essentially a SPAM protection mechanism. > > For example, for the multi-stakeholderism discussion, the schedule is for > 14 days of discussion, followed by 8 days for verification and 15 days of > voting... but these are arbitrary and can be changed. 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Let us know if you are interested and we can book a Group table > after the BB mtg. We can all walk there. > > > > -- Thanks, Burcu S. Bakioglu, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow in New Media Lawrence University http://www.palefirer.com -- "There is nothing more frightening than a clown after midnight." Lon Chaney -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Bankston Policy Director, Open Technology Institute New America Foundation 1899 L Street NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 bankston at opentechinstitute.org Phone: 202-596-3415 Fax: 202-986-3696 @kevinbankston On Aug 15, 2014, at 11:56 PM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote: > One of the work items for the Best Bits steering committee this year was > to have a working group thoroughly go through, discuss and propose > revisions to the draft working procedures on our wiki, which have served > in lieu of a formal charter for the Best Bits network: > > http://bestbits.net/wiki/main/procedures/ > > The original concept was that discussions could happen spontaneously > without a formal working group, using the same way that Wikipedia pages > are developed. But in practice we found that we do not quite have the > critical mass for this yet, and so there have not been any discussions > on the wiki itself. Some procedure-related discussions have happened on > the main mailing list, but they have not been very focused or productive > (or, sometimes, very cordial). > > This points to the need for a new dedicated fluid working group devoted > to the revision of the procedures. So this is a call for volunteers to > join that group. The group will report back to the steering committee > and the main list with its recommendations in due course. It is not > expected that this will happen in time to discuss those recommendations > at our upcoming meeting, however there should be opportunity for a > face-to-face meeting of some of the members of the fluid working group > in Istanbul. > > Please write to me or any other member of the steering committee, on or > off-list, if you would like to join. > > -- > Jeremy Malcolm > Senior Global Policy Analyst > Electronic Frontier Foundation > https://eff.org > jmalcolm at eff.org > > Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 > > :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: > > > > From anriette at apc.org Sun Aug 31 16:47:54 2014 From: anriette at apc.org (Anriette Esterhuysen) Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 22:47:54 +0200 Subject: [bestbits] High Level Leaders Meeting-Programme In-Reply-To: <1090E9E9E3CD4143B984C488E07FDABC0B27CBC2@EXCSRV1.tk.local> References: <1090E9E9E3CD4143B984C488E07FDABC0B27CBC2@EXCSRV1.tk.local> Message-ID: <540389FA.8010604@apc.org> For your info. Anriette -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [IGFmaglist] High Level Leaders Meeting-Programme Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 16:22:32 +0000 From: Aysel KANDEMİR To: igfmaglist at intgovforum.org CC: Tahir ÇİTÇİ , Ahmet ÇAVUŞOĞLU , Sevde BALCI Dear MAG Members, Please find enclosed programme of High Level Leaders Meeting. In the programme, after the opening remarks, speakers at Ministreal Session and speakers at stakeholder session will have 5 minutes to convey their statements/remarks. High Level Leaders Meeting will be at *Anadolu Auditorium* at the *Main Building.* Best regards, Aysel Kandemir -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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All the best, Deborah On 8/27/14 9:30 AM, joy wrote: > > Dear friends, sharing this invitation from APC for those attending > the IGF. > > Kind regards > > Joy Liddicoat > > -------- Announcement available in: > > English: > https://www.apc.org/en/news/turkish-international-activists-share-circumventio > > French: > https://www.apc.org/fr/news/les-militants-internationaux-partagent-des-tactiqu > > Spanish: > https://www.apc.org/es/news/activistas-internacionales-y-de-turquia-comparten > > _______ > > > Dear all > > This year we saw the insecurity of digital networks and information > at the hands of the Turkish government. World-wide it is becoming > increasingly important to all internet users due to the increase > in incidences of governments and corporations complicit in > internet blackouts and mass surveillance of netizens and human > rights defenders. Journalists, democracy activists, women human > rights defenders and sexual rights activists, who use ICTs to > report on and campaign against human rights abuses face > surveillance, censorship, information security vulnerabilities, and > information security compromises that can be life threatening. > > To shed light on the practical steps that members of civil society > can take to protect themselves and their activism, APC, Tactical > Tech and Web Foundation are hosting a peer-learning session on the > night before the global IGF in Istanbul, 1 September 2014. > > For those in Bali last year, it is our second Disco-tech at the > IGF. For newcomers, we call it a "Disco-tech" because the format of > the event is very unique. Participants can learn about > technological solutions in an inspiring and relaxed yet high-energy > atmosphere. > > Short talks on online censorship, internet blocking and > circumvention will inspire and mix up discussion among > participants. Participants are also invited to follow up their > learnings at our "help desk" booth stationed throught the IGF in > the exhibition hall. > > Event details > > Date/time: 19:00 -- 22:00 Monday, 1 September 2014 Venue: Sofa > Hotel[1] Transport: walking distance from IGF venue; Osmanbey metro > station Attendance: Approx. 150 people Food: Light snacks and > drinks > > We really hope that you can join us and please bring your > colleagues and partners as well. Speakers include: Amie > Stepanovich, Access; Ahmet A. Sabanc?, Alternatif Bilis,im; Andrew > Gardner, Amnesty International; Mohammad Tarakiyee, Association for > Progressive Communications; Fieke Jansen, Hivos; Jessica Dheere, > Social Media Exchange; Paz Pena, Derechos Digitales; Serhat Koç, > Pirate Party Turkey; Bishakha Datta, Point of View -- an excellent > lineup! > > An RSVP to mallory at apc.org would be much appreciated. > > See you in Istanbul! > > Mallory Knodel, APC Gillo Cutrupi, TTC > > 1 http://www.thesofahotel.com > > > > ____________________________________________________________ You > received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. 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She is Turkish so she has a good perspective on the political situation there. I have worked with her for several years on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and have admired her diplomacy, her scholarship and her development orientation. I have checked with her, and she would be willing to serve if nominated. Please follow up with other names, or with your support for names already expressed. -- Jeremy Malcolm Senior Global Policy Analyst Electronic Frontier Foundation https://eff.org jmalcolm at eff.org Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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(The misconfiguration also means we are missing a couple > of months of archived messages.) > > To make sure that all constituencies have input into this choice, the > civil society coordination group is proposing to forward the names, and > our task is to come up with some suggestions from within the Best Bits > community to feed into that process. > > I would like to get the ball rolling by suggesting the name of Dr Burcu > Kilic, who works for Public Citizen mainly on trade and access to > medicines issues. She is Turkish so she has a good perspective on the > political situation there. I have worked with her for several years on > the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and have admired her diplomacy, > her scholarship and her development orientation. 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Selected by ICANN's President and CEO, Fadi Chehadé, members of the Public Experts Group will be responsible for the *selection of up to seven Advisors to sit on the Coordination Group* to assure that best practices are brought from the larger global community. Once selected by the Public Experts Group, these Advisors will contribute research and advice, as well as bring perspectives on global best practices to enrich the discussion, all while engaging with a broader network of accountability experts from around the world. The members of the Public Experts Group are: - *Brian Cute* CEO of The Public Interest Registry and Chair of ICANN's first and second Accountability and Transparency Review Teams (ATRT).1 - *Jeanette Hofmann* Director, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, in Berlin, Germany. She also conducts research at the Social Science Research Center Berlin. She represented the academic community as one of four co-chairs of the NETmundial Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance in São Paulo, Brazil, in April 2014. - *Ambassador Janis Karklins* Latvian Ambassador. Chair of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG); former Chairman of the Governmental Advisory Committee, GAC Liaison to the ICANN Board and co-selector of the ATRT1. - *Lawrence E. Strickling* NTIA Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Communication and Information of the U.S. Department of Commerce; and member of both ATRT1 and ATRT2. ------------------------------ 1 Mandated by the Affirmation of Commitments (AoC), the ATRT is a team of community representatives responsible for reviewing ICANN's accountability, transparency and pursuit of the interests of global Internet users on a recurring basis. _______________________________________________ ianatransition mailing list ianatransition at icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ianatransition -- -- *Carolina Rossini * *Vice President, International Policy* *Public Knowledge* *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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At the Web We Want, we are throwing open the idea of an Internet "Magna Carta".. All for now Nnenna On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 7:16 PM, Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro < salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote: > Fantastic to hear, De, will send you some notes soon. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Aug 20, 2014, at 1:41 AM, Deirdre Williams > wrote: > > Dear Colleagues, > Yesterday I heard that I have been selected by the MAG to make the > civil society presentation at the opening ceremony. Please send me your > suggestions of topics for inclusion so that, as far as it's possible in > such a short time, I can say what all of us want to be said. > The IGC and Bestbits are not all of civil society;please help me to as > large a view as possible by passing on this message to others in as wide a > reach as possible. > Thank you > Deirdre Williams > Co-coordinator, IG Caucua. > > > -- > “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William > Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979 > > ____________________________________________________________ > > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > governance at lists.igcaucus.org > To be removed from the list, visit: > http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing > > For all other list information and functions, see: > http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance > To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: > http://www.igcaucus.org/ > > Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > governance at lists.igcaucus.org > To be removed from the list, visit: > http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing > > For all other list information and functions, see: > http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance > To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: > http://www.igcaucus.org/ > > Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From g.astbrink at gsa.com.au Tue Aug 19 21:49:55 2014 From: g.astbrink at gsa.com.au (Gunela Astbrink) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 11:49:55 +1000 Subject: [bestbits] [governance] Opening cermony In-Reply-To: References: <0549A46E-877D-44AF-B0BD-B2E5D16D8F75@gmail.com> Message-ID: <53F3FEC3.1080201@gsa.com.au> Hi De, Congratulations on being selected for the opening ceremony! I agree with the great inputs so far. I'll add accessibility for people with disability who number one billion globally, 80% living in the developing world where an accessible, affordable and available Internet can make a huge difference to people's dignity and community participation. It's challenging to fit in so many important topics in a short time! Regards, Gunela Nnenna Nwakanma said the following on 20/08/14 07:49 : > Hi De > > So I am smiling, hoping you will be funded, one way or the other. Is > that correct? > > 1. Since you are from the Islands, you need to raise the challenges > that affect you. > 2. Respect of Human Rights is still tops on our principles. This is > going down.. in many countries and we need to shout it out.. > 3. + 1 on Affordability > 4. There are bloggers in jail. Ethiopia is a huge case in question. > 5. Do you want to throw out a challenge to countries who want to be > brave enough, like Brazil to adopt a bill of rights? > 6. At the Web We Want, we are throwing open the idea of an Internet > "Magna Carta".. > > All for now > > > Nnenna > > > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 7:16 PM, Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro > > wrote: > > Fantastic to hear, De, will send you some notes soon. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Aug 20, 2014, at 1:41 AM, Deirdre Williams > > wrote: > >> Dear Colleagues, >> Yesterday I heard that I have been selected by the MAG to make >> the civil society presentation at the opening ceremony. Please >> send me your suggestions of topics for inclusion so that, as far >> as it's possible in such a short time, I can say what all of us >> want to be said. >> The IGC and Bestbits are not all of civil society;please help me >> to as large a view as possible by passing on this message to >> others in as wide a reach as possible. >> Thank you >> Deirdre Williams >> Co-coordinator, IG Caucua. >> >> >> -- >> “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir >> William Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979 >> ____________________________________________________________ >> >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> governance at lists.igcaucus.org >> To be removed from the list, visit: >> http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing >> >> For all other list information and functions, see: >> http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance >> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: >> http://www.igcaucus.org/ >> >> Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > governance at lists.igcaucus.org > To be removed from the list, visit: > http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing > > For all other list information and functions, see: > http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance > To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: > http://www.igcaucus.org/ > > Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > -- Gunela Astbrink GSA InfoComm PO Box 600 Ballina NSW 2478 Australia Mobile: +61 417 715738 Email: g.astbrink at gsa.com.au www.gsa.com.au From wjdrake at gmail.com Wed Aug 20 00:27:39 2014 From: wjdrake at gmail.com (William Drake) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 13:27:39 +0900 Subject: [bestbits] Nominations for closing civil society speaker at IGF In-Reply-To: References: <53F395C9.2000103@eff.org> Message-ID: <936F02DB-78D7-4EBC-88E6-4EAB797F5F4B@gmail.com> I would strongly support this, important to have a Turkish voice Bill On Aug 20, 2014, at 3:32 AM, Carolina Rossini wrote: > Just to add that Burcu has been part of BB for one year now, and was at the BB meeting in Bali. She has been following the discussions closely. C > > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote: > The IGF Secretariat is seeking a couple of names for a civil society > closing speaker. Some people may have received Subi Chaturvedi's mail > about this, but due to a mailing list misconfiguration, now fixed, some > may not have. (The misconfiguration also means we are missing a couple > of months of archived messages.) > > To make sure that all constituencies have input into this choice, the > civil society coordination group is proposing to forward the names, and > our task is to come up with some suggestions from within the Best Bits > community to feed into that process. > > I would like to get the ball rolling by suggesting the name of Dr Burcu > Kilic, who works for Public Citizen mainly on trade and access to > medicines issues. She is Turkish so she has a good perspective on the > political situation there. I have worked with her for several years on > the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and have admired her diplomacy, > her scholarship and her development orientation. I have checked with > her, and she would be willing to serve if nominated. > > Please follow up with other names, or with your support for names > already expressed. > > -- > Jeremy Malcolm > Senior Global Policy Analyst > Electronic Frontier Foundation > https://eff.org > jmalcolm at eff.org > > Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 > > :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > > -- > -- > Carolina Rossini > Vice President, International Policy > Public Knowledge > http://www.publicknowledge.org/ > + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From anja at internetdemocracy.in Wed Aug 20 02:31:20 2014 From: anja at internetdemocracy.in (Anja Kovacs) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 12:01:20 +0530 Subject: [bestbits] Nominations for closing civil society speaker at IGF In-Reply-To: <936F02DB-78D7-4EBC-88E6-4EAB797F5F4B@gmail.com> References: <53F395C9.2000103@eff.org> <936F02DB-78D7-4EBC-88E6-4EAB797F5F4B@gmail.com> Message-ID: +1 from me as well. Anja On 20 August 2014 09:57, William Drake wrote: > I would strongly support this, important to have a Turkish voice > > Bill > > > On Aug 20, 2014, at 3:32 AM, Carolina Rossini > wrote: > > Just to add that Burcu has been part of BB for one year now, and was at > the BB meeting in Bali. She has been following the discussions closely. C > > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote: > >> The IGF Secretariat is seeking a couple of names for a civil society >> closing speaker. Some people may have received Subi Chaturvedi's mail >> about this, but due to a mailing list misconfiguration, now fixed, some >> may not have. (The misconfiguration also means we are missing a couple >> of months of archived messages.) >> >> To make sure that all constituencies have input into this choice, the >> civil society coordination group is proposing to forward the names, and >> our task is to come up with some suggestions from within the Best Bits >> community to feed into that process. >> >> I would like to get the ball rolling by suggesting the name of Dr Burcu >> Kilic, who works for Public Citizen mainly on trade and access to >> medicines issues. She is Turkish so she has a good perspective on the >> political situation there. I have worked with her for several years on >> the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and have admired her diplomacy, >> her scholarship and her development orientation. I have checked with >> her, and she would be willing to serve if nominated. >> >> Please follow up with other names, or with your support for names >> already expressed. >> >> -- >> Jeremy Malcolm >> Senior Global Policy Analyst >> Electronic Frontier Foundation >> https://eff.org >> jmalcolm at eff.org >> >> Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 >> >> :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >> > > > > -- > -- > *Carolina Rossini * > *Vice President, International Policy* > *Public Knowledge* > *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * > + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > -- Dr. Anja Kovacs The Internet Democracy Project +91 9899028053 | @anjakovacs www.internetdemocracy.in -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chinmayiarun at gmail.com Wed Aug 20 03:04:48 2014 From: chinmayiarun at gmail.com (Chinmayi Arun) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 12:34:48 +0530 Subject: [bestbits] [governance] Opening cermony In-Reply-To: <53F3FEC3.1080201@gsa.com.au> References: <0549A46E-877D-44AF-B0BD-B2E5D16D8F75@gmail.com> <53F3FEC3.1080201@gsa.com.au> Message-ID: Congratulations Deirdre! I imagine that it will be very difficult to include such a broad range of issues in one speech, but I wanted to make a pitch for highlighting surveillance as a continuing problem, cross-border and domestic, that seriously affects human rights. On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 7:19 AM, Gunela Astbrink wrote: > Hi De, > > Congratulations on being selected for the opening ceremony! > > I agree with the great inputs so far. I'll add accessibility for people > with disability who number one billion globally, 80% living in the > developing world where an accessible, affordable and available Internet can > make a huge difference to people's dignity and community participation. > > It's challenging to fit in so many important topics in a short time! > > Regards, > Gunela > > Nnenna Nwakanma said the following on 20/08/14 07:49 : > >> Hi De >> >> So I am smiling, hoping you will be funded, one way or the other. Is >> that correct? >> >> 1. Since you are from the Islands, you need to raise the challenges >> that affect you. >> 2. Respect of Human Rights is still tops on our principles. This is >> >> going down.. in many countries and we need to shout it out.. >> 3. + 1 on Affordability >> 4. There are bloggers in jail. Ethiopia is a huge case in question. >> 5. Do you want to throw out a challenge to countries who want to be >> >> brave enough, like Brazil to adopt a bill of rights? >> 6. At the Web We Want, we are throwing open the idea of an Internet >> >> "Magna Carta".. >> >> All for now >> >> >> Nnenna >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 7:16 PM, Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro >> > > wrote: >> >> Fantastic to hear, De, will send you some notes soon. >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Aug 20, 2014, at 1:41 AM, Deirdre Williams >> > >> wrote: >> >> Dear Colleagues, >>> Yesterday I heard that I have been selected by the MAG to make >>> the civil society presentation at the opening ceremony. Please >>> send me your suggestions of topics for inclusion so that, as far >>> as it's possible in such a short time, I can say what all of us >>> want to be said. >>> The IGC and Bestbits are not all of civil society;please help me >>> to as large a view as possible by passing on this message to >>> others in as wide a reach as possible. >>> Thank you >>> Deirdre Williams >>> Co-coordinator, IG Caucua. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir >>> William Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979 >>> ____________________________________________________________ >>> >>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >>> governance at lists.igcaucus.org >>> >>> To be removed from the list, visit: >>> http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing >>> >>> For all other list information and functions, see: >>> http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance >>> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: >>> http://www.igcaucus.org/ >>> >>> Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t >>> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> governance at lists.igcaucus.org >> >> To be removed from the list, visit: >> http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing >> >> For all other list information and functions, see: >> http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance >> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: >> http://www.igcaucus.org/ >> >> Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t >> >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >> >> > -- > Gunela Astbrink > GSA InfoComm > PO Box 600 > Ballina NSW 2478 > Australia > Mobile: +61 417 715738 > Email: g.astbrink at gsa.com.au > www.gsa.com.au > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Some procedure-related discussions have happened on the main mailing list, but they have not been very focused or productive (or, sometimes, very cordial). This points to the need for a new dedicated fluid working group devoted to the revision of the procedures. So this is a call for volunteers to join that group. The group will report back to the steering committee and the main list with its recommendations in due course. It is not expected that this will happen in time to discuss those recommendations at our upcoming meeting, however there should be opportunity for a face-to-face meeting of some of the members of the fluid working group in Istanbul. Please write to me or any other member of the steering committee, on or off-list, if you would like to join. -- Jeremy Malcolm Senior Global Policy Analyst Electronic Frontier Foundation https://eff.org jmalcolm at eff.org Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 244 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From genekimmelman at gmail.com Wed Aug 20 08:54:58 2014 From: genekimmelman at gmail.com (genekimmelman at gmail.com) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 08:54:58 -0400 Subject: [bestbits] Nominations for closing civil society speaker at IGF Message-ID: +1 from Gene Kimmelman
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+1 from me as well. Anja On 20 August 2014 09:57, William Drake wrote: I would strongly support this, important to have a Turkish voice Bill On Aug 20, 2014, at 3:32 AM, Carolina Rossini wrote: Just to add that Burcu has been part of BB for one year now, and was at the BB meeting in Bali. She has been following the discussions closely. C On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote: The IGF Secretariat is seeking a couple of names for a civil society closing speaker. Some people may have received Subi Chaturvedi's mail about this, but due to a mailing list misconfiguration, now fixed, some may not have. (The misconfiguration also means we are missing a couple of months of archived messages.) To make sure that all constituencies have input into this choice, the civil society coordination group is proposing to forward the names, and our task is to come up with some suggestions from within the Best Bits community to feed into that process. I would like to get the ball rolling by suggesting the name of Dr Burcu Kilic, who works for Public Citizen mainly on trade and access to medicines issues. She is Turkish so she has a good perspective on the political situation there. I have worked with her for several years on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and have admired her diplomacy, her scholarship and her development orientation. I have checked with her, and she would be willing to serve if nominated. Please follow up with other names, or with your support for names already expressed. -- Jeremy Malcolm Senior Global Policy Analyst Electronic Frontier Foundation https://eff.org jmalcolm at eff.org Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: ____________________________________________________________ You received this message as a subscriber on the list: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -- -- Carolina Rossini Vice President, International Policy Public Knowledge http://www.publicknowledge.org/ + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini ____________________________________________________________ You received this message as a subscriber on the list: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits ____________________________________________________________ You received this message as a subscriber on the list: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -- Dr. Anja Kovacs The Internet Democracy Project +91 9899028053 | @anjakovacs www.internetdemocracy.in -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From claudio at derechosdigitales.org Wed Aug 20 09:30:58 2014 From: claudio at derechosdigitales.org (Claudio Ruiz) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 09:30:58 -0400 Subject: [bestbits] Nominations for closing civil society speaker at IGF In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I strongly support Burcu too. I've worked with her for years on TPP and I admire her a lot. —Claudio PGP B603D089 On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 8:54 AM, genekimmelman at gmail.com < genekimmelman at gmail.com> wrote: > +1 from Gene Kimmelman > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Anja Kovacs > Date:08/20/2014 2:31 AM (GMT-05:00) > To: William Drake > Cc: Carolina Rossini , Jeremy Malcolm , Best Bits > Subject: Re: [bestbits] Nominations for closing civil society speaker at > IGF > > +1 from me as well. > > Anja > > > On 20 August 2014 09:57, William Drake wrote: > >> I would strongly support this, important to have a Turkish voice >> >> Bill >> >> >> On Aug 20, 2014, at 3:32 AM, Carolina Rossini >> wrote: >> >> Just to add that Burcu has been part of BB for one year now, and was at >> the BB meeting in Bali. She has been following the discussions closely. C >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote: >> >>> The IGF Secretariat is seeking a couple of names for a civil society >>> closing speaker. Some people may have received Subi Chaturvedi's mail >>> about this, but due to a mailing list misconfiguration, now fixed, some >>> may not have. (The misconfiguration also means we are missing a couple >>> of months of archived messages.) >>> >>> To make sure that all constituencies have input into this choice, the >>> civil society coordination group is proposing to forward the names, and >>> our task is to come up with some suggestions from within the Best Bits >>> community to feed into that process. >>> >>> I would like to get the ball rolling by suggesting the name of Dr Burcu >>> Kilic, who works for Public Citizen mainly on trade and access to >>> medicines issues. She is Turkish so she has a good perspective on the >>> political situation there. I have worked with her for several years on >>> the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and have admired her diplomacy, >>> her scholarship and her development orientation. I have checked with >>> her, and she would be willing to serve if nominated. >>> >>> Please follow up with other names, or with your support for names >>> already expressed. >>> >>> -- >>> Jeremy Malcolm >>> Senior Global Policy Analyst >>> Electronic Frontier Foundation >>> https://eff.org >>> jmalcolm at eff.org >>> >>> Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 >>> >>> :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: >>> >>> >>> >>> ____________________________________________________________ >>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >>> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >>> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> *Carolina Rossini * >> *Vice President, International Policy* >> *Public Knowledge* >> *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * >> + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >> > > > > -- > Dr. Anja Kovacs > The Internet Democracy Project > > +91 9899028053 | @anjakovacs > www.internetdemocracy.in > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I've worked with her for years on TPP and > I admire her a lot. > > —Claudio > PGP B603D089 > > > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 8:54 AM, genekimmelman at gmail.com > > wrote: > > +1 from Gene Kimmelman > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Anja Kovacs __ > Date:08/20/2014 2:31 AM (GMT-05:00) > To: William Drake __ > Cc: Carolina Rossini __, Jeremy Malcolm __, Best Bits __ > Subject: Re: [bestbits] Nominations for closing civil society > speaker at IGF > > +1 from me as well. > > Anja > > > On 20 August 2014 09:57, William Drake > wrote: > > I would strongly support this, important to have a Turkish voice > > Bill > > > On Aug 20, 2014, at 3:32 AM, Carolina Rossini > > > wrote: > >> Just to add that Burcu has been part of BB for one year now, >> and was at the BB meeting in Bali. She has been following the >> discussions closely. C >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Jeremy Malcolm >> > wrote: >> >> The IGF Secretariat is seeking a couple of names for a >> civil society >> closing speaker. Some people may have received Subi >> Chaturvedi's mail >> about this, but due to a mailing list misconfiguration, >> now fixed, some >> may not have. (The misconfiguration also means we are >> missing a couple >> of months of archived messages.) >> >> To make sure that all constituencies have input into this >> choice, the >> civil society coordination group is proposing to forward >> the names, and >> our task is to come up with some suggestions from within >> the Best Bits >> community to feed into that process. >> >> I would like to get the ball rolling by suggesting the >> name of Dr Burcu >> Kilic, who works for Public Citizen mainly on trade and >> access to >> medicines issues. She is Turkish so she has a good >> perspective on the >> political situation there. I have worked with her for >> several years on >> the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and have admired >> her diplomacy, >> her scholarship and her development orientation. I have >> checked with >> her, and she would be willing to serve if nominated. >> >> Please follow up with other names, or with your support >> for names >> already expressed. >> >> -- >> Jeremy Malcolm >> Senior Global Policy Analyst >> Electronic Frontier Foundation >> https://eff.org >> jmalcolm at eff.org >> >> Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 >> >> :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net >> . >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> /Carolina Rossini / >> /Vice President, International Policy/ >> *Public Knowledge* >> _http://www.publicknowledge.org/_ >> + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net >> . >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net > . > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > > > -- > Dr. Anja Kovacs > The Internet Democracy Project > > +91 9899028053 | @anjakovacs > www.internetdemocracy.in > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net . > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > From mishi at softwarefreedom.org Wed Aug 20 09:53:28 2014 From: mishi at softwarefreedom.org (Mishi Choudhary) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 09:53:28 -0400 Subject: [bestbits] Nominations for closing civil society speaker at IGF In-Reply-To: <936F02DB-78D7-4EBC-88E6-4EAB797F5F4B@gmail.com> References: <53F395C9.2000103@eff.org> <936F02DB-78D7-4EBC-88E6-4EAB797F5F4B@gmail.com> Message-ID: <53F4A858.8060508@softwarefreedom.org> +1 On 08/20/2014 12:27 AM, William Drake wrote: > I would strongly support this, important to have a Turkish voice > > Bill > > On Aug 20, 2014, at 3:32 AM, Carolina Rossini > > wrote: > >> Just to add that Burcu has been part of BB for one year now, and was >> at the BB meeting in Bali. She has been following the discussions >> closely. C >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Jeremy Malcolm > > wrote: >> >> The IGF Secretariat is seeking a couple of names for a civil society >> closing speaker. Some people may have received Subi Chaturvedi's >> mail >> about this, but due to a mailing list misconfiguration, now >> fixed, some >> may not have. (The misconfiguration also means we are missing a >> couple >> of months of archived messages.) >> >> To make sure that all constituencies have input into this choice, the >> civil society coordination group is proposing to forward the >> names, and >> our task is to come up with some suggestions from within the Best >> Bits >> community to feed into that process. >> >> I would like to get the ball rolling by suggesting the name of Dr >> Burcu >> Kilic, who works for Public Citizen mainly on trade and access to >> medicines issues. She is Turkish so she has a good perspective >> on the >> political situation there. I have worked with her for several >> years on >> the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and have admired her >> diplomacy, >> her scholarship and her development orientation. I have checked with >> her, and she would be willing to serve if nominated. >> >> Please follow up with other names, or with your support for names >> already expressed. >> >> -- >> Jeremy Malcolm >> Senior Global Policy Analyst >> Electronic Frontier Foundation >> https://eff.org >> jmalcolm at eff.org >> >> Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 >> >> :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net >> . >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> /Carolina Rossini / >> /Vice President, International Policy/ >> *Public Knowledge* >> _http://www.publicknowledge.org/_ >> + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net . >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -- Warm Regards Mishi Choudhary, Esq. Legal Director Software Freedom Law Center 1995 Broadway Floor 17 New York, NY-10023 (tel) 212-461-1912 (fax) 212-580-0898 www.softwarefreedom.org Executive Director SFLC.IN K-9, Second Floor Jangpura Extn. New Delhi-110014 (tel) +91-11-43587126 (fax) +91-11-24323530 www.sflc.in -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Some people may have received Subi Chaturvedi's mail >> about this, but due to a mailing list misconfiguration, now fixed, some >> may not have. (The misconfiguration also means we are missing a couple >> of months of archived messages.) >> >> To make sure that all constituencies have input into this choice, the >> civil society coordination group is proposing to forward the names, and >> our task is to come up with some suggestions from within the Best Bits >> community to feed into that process. >> >> I would like to get the ball rolling by suggesting the name of Dr Burcu >> Kilic, who works for Public Citizen mainly on trade and access to >> medicines issues. She is Turkish so she has a good perspective on the >> political situation there. I have worked with her for several years on >> the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and have admired her diplomacy, >> her scholarship and her development orientation. I have checked with >> her, and she would be willing to serve if nominated. >> >> Please follow up with other names, or with your support for names >> already expressed. >> >> -- >> Jeremy Malcolm >> Senior Global Policy Analyst >> Electronic Frontier Foundation >> https://eff.org >> jmalcolm at eff.org >> >> Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 >> >> :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >> > > > > -- > -- > *Carolina Rossini * > *Vice President, International Policy* > *Public Knowledge* > *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * > + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > > -- > Warm Regards > Mishi Choudhary, Esq. > Legal Director > Software Freedom Law Center > 1995 Broadway Floor 17 > New York, NY-10023 > (tel) 212-461-1912 > (fax) 212-580-0898www.softwarefreedom.org > > > Executive Director SFLC.IN > K-9, Second Floor > Jangpura Extn. > New Delhi-110014 > (tel) +91-11-43587126 > (fax) +91-11-24323530www.sflc.in > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > -- -- *Carolina Rossini * *Vice President, International Policy* *Public Knowledge* *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Sanches at article19.org Wed Aug 20 10:37:34 2014 From: Sanches at article19.org (Charles Vieira Sanches) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 14:37:34 +0000 Subject: [bestbits] Nominations for closing civil society speaker at IGF In-Reply-To: References: <53F395C9.2000103@eff.org> <936F02DB-78D7-4EBC-88E6-4EAB797F5F4B@gmail.com> <53F4A858.8060508@softwarefreedom.org>, Message-ID: +1 Charles Vieira Sanches Chargé de Programme Senior ARTICLE 19 Sénégal/Afrique de l’Ouest Défendre la liberté d'expression et l'accès à l'information T +221 33 869 03 22 F +221 33 860 85 75 W Article19.sn Tw @article19wafric Fa Article19wafric ________________________________________ De : bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net [bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net] de la part de Carolina Rossini [carolina.rossini at gmail.com] Date d'envoi : mercredi 20 août 2014 14:22 À : Mishi Choudhary Cc: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net> Objet : Re: [bestbits] Nominations for closing civil society speaker at IGF +1 On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Mishi Choudhary > wrote: +1 On 08/20/2014 12:27 AM, William Drake wrote: I would strongly support this, important to have a Turkish voice Bill On Aug 20, 2014, at 3:32 AM, Carolina Rossini > wrote: Just to add that Burcu has been part of BB for one year now, and was at the BB meeting in Bali. She has been following the discussions closely. C On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Jeremy Malcolm > wrote: The IGF Secretariat is seeking a couple of names for a civil society closing speaker. Some people may have received Subi Chaturvedi's mail about this, but due to a mailing list misconfiguration, now fixed, some may not have. (The misconfiguration also means we are missing a couple of months of archived messages.) To make sure that all constituencies have input into this choice, the civil society coordination group is proposing to forward the names, and our task is to come up with some suggestions from within the Best Bits community to feed into that process. I would like to get the ball rolling by suggesting the name of Dr Burcu Kilic, who works for Public Citizen mainly on trade and access to medicines issues. She is Turkish so she has a good perspective on the political situation there. I have worked with her for several years on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and have admired her diplomacy, her scholarship and her development orientation. I have checked with her, and she would be willing to serve if nominated. Please follow up with other names, or with your support for names already expressed. -- Jeremy Malcolm Senior Global Policy Analyst Electronic Frontier Foundation https://eff.org jmalcolm at eff.org Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: ____________________________________________________________ You received this message as a subscriber on the list: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -- -- Carolina Rossini Vice President, International Policy Public Knowledge http://www.publicknowledge.org/ + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini ____________________________________________________________ You received this message as a subscriber on the list: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits ____________________________________________________________ You received this message as a subscriber on the list: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -- Warm Regards Mishi Choudhary, Esq. Legal Director Software Freedom Law Center 1995 Broadway Floor 17 New York, NY-10023 (tel) 212-461-1912 (fax) 212-580-0898 www.softwarefreedom.org Executive Director SFLC.IN K-9, Second Floor Jangpura Extn. New Delhi-110014 (tel) +91-11-43587126 (fax) +91-11-24323530 www.sflc.in ____________________________________________________________ You received this message as a subscriber on the list: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -- -- Carolina Rossini Vice President, International Policy Public Knowledge http://www.publicknowledge.org/ + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini From ca at cafonso.ca Wed Aug 20 11:45:26 2014 From: ca at cafonso.ca (Carlos A. Afonso) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 12:45:26 -0300 Subject: [bestbits] Nominations for closing civil society speaker at IGF In-Reply-To: <53F395C9.2000103@eff.org> References: <53F395C9.2000103@eff.org> Message-ID: <53F4C296.1040206@cafonso.ca> Looks ok to me, Jeremy. --c.a. On 08/19/2014 03:22 PM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote: > The IGF Secretariat is seeking a couple of names for a civil society > closing speaker. Some people may have received Subi Chaturvedi's mail > about this, but due to a mailing list misconfiguration, now fixed, some > may not have. (The misconfiguration also means we are missing a couple > of months of archived messages.) > > To make sure that all constituencies have input into this choice, the > civil society coordination group is proposing to forward the names, and > our task is to come up with some suggestions from within the Best Bits > community to feed into that process. > > I would like to get the ball rolling by suggesting the name of Dr Burcu > Kilic, who works for Public Citizen mainly on trade and access to > medicines issues. She is Turkish so she has a good perspective on the > political situation there. I have worked with her for several years on > the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and have admired her diplomacy, > her scholarship and her development orientation. I have checked with > her, and she would be willing to serve if nominated. > > Please follow up with other names, or with your support for names > already expressed. > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > From anriette at apc.org Wed Aug 20 11:58:29 2014 From: anriette at apc.org (Anriette Esterhuysen) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 17:58:29 +0200 Subject: [bestbits] Nominations for closing civil society speaker at IGF In-Reply-To: <53F4A858.8060508@softwarefreedom.org> References: <53F395C9.2000103@eff.org> <936F02DB-78D7-4EBC-88E6-4EAB797F5F4B@gmail.com> <53F4A858.8060508@softwarefreedom.org> Message-ID: <53F4C5A5.4090305@apc.org> Agree. We definitely should put someone from Turkey on the platform at the closing provided they are willing and comfortable with being put in such a role. Anriette On 20/08/2014 15:53, Mishi Choudhary wrote: > +1 > > On 08/20/2014 12:27 AM, William Drake wrote: >> I would strongly support this, important to have a Turkish voice >> >> Bill >> >> On Aug 20, 2014, at 3:32 AM, Carolina Rossini >> > wrote: >> >>> Just to add that Burcu has been part of BB for one year now, and was >>> at the BB meeting in Bali. She has been following the discussions >>> closely. C >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Jeremy Malcolm >> > wrote: >>> >>> The IGF Secretariat is seeking a couple of names for a civil society >>> closing speaker. Some people may have received Subi >>> Chaturvedi's mail >>> about this, but due to a mailing list misconfiguration, now >>> fixed, some >>> may not have. (The misconfiguration also means we are missing a >>> couple >>> of months of archived messages.) >>> >>> To make sure that all constituencies have input into this >>> choice, the >>> civil society coordination group is proposing to forward the >>> names, and >>> our task is to come up with some suggestions from within the >>> Best Bits >>> community to feed into that process. >>> >>> I would like to get the ball rolling by suggesting the name of >>> Dr Burcu >>> Kilic, who works for Public Citizen mainly on trade and access to >>> medicines issues. She is Turkish so she has a good perspective >>> on the >>> political situation there. I have worked with her for several >>> years on >>> the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and have admired her >>> diplomacy, >>> her scholarship and her development orientation. I have checked >>> with >>> her, and she would be willing to serve if nominated. >>> >>> Please follow up with other names, or with your support for names >>> already expressed. >>> >>> -- >>> Jeremy Malcolm >>> Senior Global Policy Analyst >>> Electronic Frontier Foundation >>> https://eff.org >>> jmalcolm at eff.org >>> >>> Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 >>> >>> :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: >>> >>> >>> >>> ____________________________________________________________ >>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >>> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net >>> . >>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >>> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> /Carolina Rossini / >>> /Vice President, International Policy/ >>> *Public Knowledge* >>> _http://www.publicknowledge.org/_ >>> + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini >>> >>> ____________________________________________________________ >>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >>> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net . >>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >>> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > -- > Warm Regards > Mishi Choudhary, Esq. > Legal Director > Software Freedom Law Center > 1995 Broadway Floor 17 > New York, NY-10023 > (tel) 212-461-1912 > (fax) 212-580-0898 > www.softwarefreedom.org > > > Executive Director > SFLC.IN > K-9, Second Floor > Jangpura Extn. > New Delhi-110014 > (tel) +91-11-43587126 > (fax) +91-11-24323530 > www.sflc.in > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -- ````````````````````````````````` anriette esterhuysen executive director association for progressive communications po box 29755, melville, 2109, south africa anriette at apc.org www.apc.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Zoe Lofgren, and groundbreaking counter-surveillance artist Trevor Paglen. The award ceremony will be held the evening of October 2 at the Lodge at the Regency Center in San Francisco. Keynote speakers will be Jacques Servin and Igor Vamos, better known as the Yes Men, who are known for their elaborate parodies and impersonations to fight government and corporate malfeasance. Frank La Rue is the former U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression. From his appointment in 2008 to the end of his term in 2014, La Rue brought technology to the forefront of the fight for free expression around the world, declaring that access to the Internet is a fundamental human right and highlighting the importance of uncensored communication and anonymous speech in increasingly filtered and tracked networks. La Rue also fought the global "book famine" for people with visual and reading disabilities, advocating for an international Treaty of the Blind to reform over-restrictive copyright that hindered the production and distribution of books in accessible formats. Last year, La Rue published a highly influential report on the dangers of widespread state surveillance, arguing that privacy is an essential requirement for true freedom of expression. Before taking his post at the U.N., La Rue spent years working on human rights issues, including bringing genocide cases against the military dictatorship in his native Guatemala in 2000 and 2001. For nearly 20 years, Rep. Zoe Lofgren has been a crucial voice in Congress on technology, innovation, and free speech--defending the free and open Internet, fighting for privacy and free speech, and blocking dangerous copyright laws while pushing for sensible alternatives. Lofgren rallied congressional opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), one of the defining moments of Internet activism. Currently, Lofgren is fighting to reform some of the worst legal threats to our digital rights: the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which regulates our email privacy with outdated standards; the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which has been used to block phone unlocking, jailbreaking, and our freedom to tinker; and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the law used to unfairly prosecute Aaron Swartz. Lofgren chairs the California Democratic Congressional Delegation, the largest delegation in Congress. Trevor Paglen is an artist whose work uses methods from science, journalism, and other disciplines in an attempt to "see" the historical moment we live in. Paglen's groundbreaking projects exposing government secrecy have included documenting U.S. government drone flights, using high-end optical systems to photograph top-secret governmental sites, and tracking classified spacecraft in Earth's orbit. In a recent project, Paglen photographed the National Security Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, releasing the images without restriction for public use. Paglen's visual art has been exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among many other places. Paglen is also the author of five books, including Torture Taxi, an early look at the CIA's extraordinary rendition program. "Each of our Pioneer Award winners has helped the world understand how technology and civil liberties are interwoven into our lives, and each is still working to protect our freedom and fight abuses," EFF Executive Director Shari Steele said. "We are so proud to be able to present them with this year's Pioneer Awards." Tickets to the Pioneer Awards, which includes access to the general reception and ceremony, are $65 for EFF members and $75 for non-members. Also available are tickets for a special, advance reception featuring some past and present Pioneer Award winners as well as keynoters, the Yes Men. The special advance reception tickets are $250, which includes entry for the ticket holder plus a guest. Awarded every year since 1992, EFF's Pioneer Awards recognize the leaders who are extending freedom and innovation on the electronic frontier. Previous honorees include Aaron Swartz, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, Tim Berners-Lee, and the Tor Project, among many others. 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It is here also that all local actors can talk and discuss face > to face. > > It is also important that the debate on the NetMundial intensifies and he > emerges a consensus reading on "NetMundial" initiative and its interaction with > IGF. > > It will emphasize the need for the participation of African media in all > IGF and consider the training and the level of the media has on the IGF > process at all levels. > > > *SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN* > *REPRESENTANT TICAFRICA ET CYBERVILLAGE at FRICA/RDC* > > *COORDINATION NATIONALE CAFECCOORDINATION NATIONALE REPRONTIC* > > Téléphone mobile:+243998983491/+243813684512 > email : b.schombe at gmail.com > skype : b.schombe > blog : http://akimambo.unblog.fr > > > > > > 2014-08-19 15:41 GMT+02:00 Deirdre Williams : > >> Dear Colleagues, >> Yesterday I heard that I have been selected by the MAG to make the >> civil society presentation at the opening ceremony. Please send me your >> suggestions of topics for inclusion so that, as far as it's possible in >> such a short time, I can say what all of us want to be said. >> The IGC and Bestbits are not all of civil society;please help me to as >> large a view as possible by passing on this message to others in as wide a >> reach as possible. >> Thank you >> Deirdre Williams >> Co-coordinator, IG Caucua. >> >> >> -- >> “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William >> Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979 >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> governance at lists.igcaucus.org >> To be removed from the list, visit: >> http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing >> >> For all other list information and functions, see: >> http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance >> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: >> http://www.igcaucus.org/ >> >> Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t >> >> > -- “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jmalcolm at eff.org Fri Aug 15 16:56:55 2014 From: jmalcolm at eff.org (Jeremy Malcolm) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 13:56:55 -0700 Subject: [bestbits] Multi-stakeholder definition being developed using LiquidFeedback software Message-ID: <53EE7417.6060603@eff.org> I am starting a separate thread to highlight a current initiative that was buried in a previous thread last month - that there is a new fluid working group experimenting with the use of "LiquidFeedback" software at http://bestbits.net/lf to develop a rough consensus definition of multi-stakeholder Internet governance, and which could potentially be used in advocacy as a "quality standard" of multi-stakeholder processes. So far the only proposal posted for discussion is one based on the NETmundial principles. But anyone can create a proposal for others to discuss and express support for. The software is currently configured so that inputs are shown as anonymous to non-registered users, which should help people feel that they can express themselves freely, whilst still maintaining transparency. It is a technical requirement of the LiquidFeedback software that participants receive an invite code before they can register. Until now only a few members who affirmatively expressed interest received an invite code, but anyone else who wishes to participate should contact me and I will send you one. You can then simply click "Registration" at http://bestbits.net/lf to create your account. There will be a 10 minute reporting back from this working group at our meeting in Istanbul, so if you wish to contribute, now is the time to do so. Below is a more detailed primer about how to use the software, partly copied and pasted from an online document here . What is Liquid Democracy? Liquid Democracy is a democratic system for grass-root participation in the creation of, refining of and public voting on proposals. Although similar to a direct referendum, it allows votes to be delegated by topic or area, and for those delegations to be revoked at any time. Liquid Democracy is sometimes referred to as Delegated or Proxy Voting. What is LiquidFeedback? LiquidFeedback is a formal on-line decision support system that is the first user-friendly Web-based implementation of the Liquid Democracy concept, which has been used by the German Pirate Party amongst others. There is not much you can do in LiquidFeedback: You may create a proposal, express your support, make a suggestion and vote. That's essentially it. Quickstart - what to do first For now, you will require an "invite code" to use LiquidFeedback. Later we can hook it into a Best Bits membership database (which does not yet exist). If you did not receive an invite code and would like one, please let me know. * *Quickstart for participation in the multi-stakeholderism definition:* o Click on the *unit Best Bits * and enter the *area Multi-stakeholderism * o *Create an issue * for a new proposal or motion, or look at existing issues in the list of /Open issues/ o Important: Add your *support* to all those issues that you agree with o Create a *suggestion* for an issue to make it better, or rate an existing suggestion as /should, should not, must, must not/ be implemented o Click on your name on the top right and go to *upload avatar/photo * for making things a bit more colourful for everyone. o If you completely dislike an initiative, then simply do nothing and wait for the voting, or create a competing proposal, an /alternative/. * Come back to LiquidFeedback and vote once the voting phase has started. When establishing your account, you can specify that you want to be notified of this by email. * Optionally, go to "Members" and add those persons as Contact that you might to delegate your vote to. Then go to "Areas" and maybe click "Set Area delegation", or go into an issue and do "Set Issue delegation" Important: During the discussion phase (in the states /New/ and /Discussion/) you should support all initiatives that you can agree with (generally, or under certain conditions), and make suggestions for improvements (you can find details on the initiative page). Hereby you give the initiators the chance to improve the draft. This early feedback makes for vital feedback and changes the graphical "approval bars" in green and grey that you see in front of each listing of initiatives. Keywords explained An "initiative" is a proposal or motion. "Alternative initiatives" are counter-proposals. "Areas" sort issues into groups, and each issue contains one or more initiatives. Issues are numbered and have neither titles nor names. The user can create "suggestions" and label them as either "should" and "must", or do so with suggestions created by other users. This is analog to a request for a (friendly) amendment: * A "should" suggestion is a an amendment that will not lead to a vote against the proposal if not accepted. * A "must" suggestion is an amendment that needs to be fulfilled or else the user indicates to disagree with the proposal. Phases In Liquid Feedback a proposal, which is called an "initiative", moves through 5 different phases: * *New:* A freshly submitted initiative. An "issue" groups initiatives for the same topic, which constitute the competing choices. Every user can create both a new issue or a new initiative within an existing issue. * *Discussion:* A initiative has received sufficient support to enter into the public discussion phase. In LF typically a quorum of 10% of supporters is required for the discussion to start. Declare your support by clicking on "Support this initiative". Apart from voicing support you can suggest changes (with SHOULD or MUST) or create an alternative initative. The proposer of the initiative can modify its text during the discussion to adjust to the feedback. * *Verification/Frozen:* The proposed text cannot neither be modified anymore. So this is the time when to discuss how to vote on this initiative in, for example, a local board meeting. Note that it is still possible to propose alternative initiatives, i.e. to create counter proposals. * *Voting:* The users begin to vote - the results are only shown after the voting period has ended. Competing initiatives can be rankend and voted for or against, and a priority of the proposals can be established by the user. LiquidFeedback will afterwards sort out this "mess" and announce the winner. * *Finished:* Either the voting phase was completed (and a result determined), or one of the potential quorums wasn't reached, and the corresponding initiative was stopped early. Procedures You can become a "participant" of an entire area or a specific issue, and by that add your count to the quorum and therefore say: "I want to take part in the decision." You can become a "supporter" or a "potential supporter" of an initiative to * a) help a new issue to move to the discussion phase, and * b) during the discussion phase give an indication to the creator of the initiative what his odds are to be successful. Different draft versions of the initiative (older and newer) can be easily compared line-by-line so that you can see what exactly was changed. You can create an alternative initiative if your suggestions are not heard and not integrated into the proposal text by the inititator. Finally you can vote, or delegate your vote to another user you trusts to take the right decision. Delegation is also known as proxy voting and ensures that your vote is not lost if you do not have sufficient time or knowledge to dive into a specific issue are a certain area. If you completely disapprove an initiative In case you disapprove an initiative fundamentally, then you should not submit any suggestion in order to avoid becoming a supporter. Either wait for the voting phase, or use informal channels (mailing list, direct contact with the author) to express your disagreement. There is no "Dislike" button. LiquidFeedback is a formal decision-making system, is not moderated, it is designed to foster constructive input, and it makes an effort to prevent a potentially negative atmosphere. Next to the above options, you should support those alternative initiative(s) that you are positive about, or you may start your own initiative related to this issue. Finally, if you are not already a member of the area, you can increase the population of the necessary support quorum by becoming a member of the area, or by adding your interest to the issue. Schedules So called "policies" determine the duration of each phase and any quorum that might be involved along the way. Some policies may skip certain phases, while others might not require any quorum. The quorums are, if set, essentially a SPAM protection mechanism. For example, for the multi-stakeholderism discussion, the schedule is for 14 days of discussion, followed by 8 days for verification and 15 days of voting... but these are arbitrary and can be changed. More of the settings of the default policy are found *here *. 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She has been following the >>> discussions closely. C >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Jeremy Malcolm >>> > wrote: >>> >>> The IGF Secretariat is seeking a couple of names for a civil >>> society >>> closing speaker. Some people may have received Subi >>> Chaturvedi's mail >>> about this, but due to a mailing list misconfiguration, now >>> fixed, some >>> may not have. (The misconfiguration also means we are >>> missing a couple >>> of months of archived messages.) >>> >>> To make sure that all constituencies have input into this >>> choice, the >>> civil society coordination group is proposing to forward the >>> names, and >>> our task is to come up with some suggestions from within the >>> Best Bits >>> community to feed into that process. >>> >>> I would like to get the ball rolling by suggesting the name >>> of Dr Burcu >>> Kilic, who works for Public Citizen mainly on trade and >>> access to >>> medicines issues. She is Turkish so she has a good >>> perspective on the >>> political situation there. I have worked with her for >>> several years on >>> the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and have admired her >>> diplomacy, >>> her scholarship and her development orientation. I have >>> checked with >>> her, and she would be willing to serve if nominated. >>> >>> Please follow up with other names, or with your support for >>> names >>> already expressed. >>> >>> -- >>> Jeremy Malcolm >>> Senior Global Policy Analyst >>> Electronic Frontier Foundation >>> https://eff.org >>> jmalcolm at eff.org >>> >>> Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 >>> >>> :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: >>> >>> >>> >>> ____________________________________________________________ >>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >>> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net >>> . >>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >>> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> /Carolina Rossini / >>> /Vice President, International Policy/ >>> *Public Knowledge* >>> _http://www.publicknowledge.org/_ >>> + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini >>> >>> ____________________________________________________________ >>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >>> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net >>> . >>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >>> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net . >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > -- > Warm Regards > Mishi Choudhary, Esq. > Legal Director > Software Freedom Law Center > 1995 Broadway Floor 17 > New York, NY-10023 > (tel) 212-461-1912 > (fax) 212-580-0898 > www.softwarefreedom.org > > > Executive Director > SFLC.IN > K-9, Second Floor > Jangpura Extn. > New Delhi-110014 > (tel) +91-11-43587126 > (fax) +91-11-24323530 > www.sflc.in > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net . > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > > > -- > -- > /Carolina Rossini / > /Vice President, International Policy/ > *Public Knowledge* > _http://www.publicknowledge.org/_ > + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -- Julian Casasbuenas G. Director Colnodo Diagonal 40A (Antigua Av. 39) No. 14-75, Bogotá, Colombia Tel: 57-1-2324246, Cel. 57-315-3339099 Fax: 57-1-3380264 Twitter @jcasasbuenas @colnodo www.colnodo.apc.org - Uso Estratégico de Internet para el Desarrollo Miembro de la Asociación para el Progreso de las Comunicaciones -APC- www.apc.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From amedinagomez at gmail.com Thu Aug 21 10:47:19 2014 From: amedinagomez at gmail.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Antonio_Medina_G=C3=B3mez?=) Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 09:47:19 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] Nominations for closing civil society speaker at IGF In-Reply-To: <53F395C9.2000103@eff.org> References: <53F395C9.2000103@eff.org> Message-ID: +1 good choice 2014-08-19 13:22 GMT-05:00 Jeremy Malcolm : > The IGF Secretariat is seeking a couple of names for a civil society > closing speaker. Some people may have received Subi Chaturvedi's mail > about this, but due to a mailing list misconfiguration, now fixed, some > may not have. (The misconfiguration also means we are missing a couple > of months of archived messages.) > > To make sure that all constituencies have input into this choice, the > civil society coordination group is proposing to forward the names, and > our task is to come up with some suggestions from within the Best Bits > community to feed into that process. > > I would like to get the ball rolling by suggesting the name of Dr Burcu > Kilic, who works for Public Citizen mainly on trade and access to > medicines issues. She is Turkish so she has a good perspective on the > political situation there. I have worked with her for several years on > the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and have admired her diplomacy, > her scholarship and her development orientation. I have checked with > her, and she would be willing to serve if nominated. > > Please follow up with other names, or with your support for names > already expressed. > > -- > Jeremy Malcolm > Senior Global Policy Analyst > Electronic Frontier Foundation > https://eff.org > jmalcolm at eff.org > > Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 > > :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > -- Antonio Medina Gómez Presidente Asociación Colombiana de Usuarios de Internet presidencia at acui.co @amedinagomez Skype amedinagomez Celular 3118689626 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lmcknigh at syr.edu Thu Aug 21 11:49:47 2014 From: lmcknigh at syr.edu (Lee W McKnight) Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 15:49:47 +0000 Subject: [bestbits] Nominations for closing civil society speaker at IGF In-Reply-To: References: <53F395C9.2000103@eff.org>, Message-ID: <8b92afbaa2c74c958a08a3a6b0a96221@EX13-MBX-07.ad.syr.edu> +1 ________________________________ From: bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net on behalf of Antonio Medina Gómez Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 10:47 AM To: Jeremy Malcolm Cc: Subject: Re: [bestbits] Nominations for closing civil society speaker at IGF +1 good choice 2014-08-19 13:22 GMT-05:00 Jeremy Malcolm >: The IGF Secretariat is seeking a couple of names for a civil society closing speaker. Some people may have received Subi Chaturvedi's mail about this, but due to a mailing list misconfiguration, now fixed, some may not have. (The misconfiguration also means we are missing a couple+1 of months of archived messages.) To make sure that all constituencies have input into this choice, the civil society coordination group is proposing to forward the names, and our task is to come up with some suggestions from within the Best Bits community to feed into that process. I would like to get the ball rolling by suggesting the name of Dr Burcu Kilic, who works for Public Citizen mainly on trade and access to medicines issues. She is Turkish so she has a good perspective on the political situation there. I have worked with her for several years on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and have admired her diplomacy, her scholarship and her development orientation. I have checked with her, and she would be willing to serve if nominated. Please follow up with other names, or with your support for names already expressed. -- Jeremy Malcolm Senior Global Policy Analyst Electronic Frontier Foundation https://eff.org jmalcolm at eff.org Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: ____________________________________________________________ You received this message as a subscriber on the list: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -- Antonio Medina Gómez Presidente Asociación Colombiana de Usuarios de Internet presidencia at acui.co @amedinagomez Skype amedinagomez Celular 3118689626 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From parminder at itforchange.net Thu Aug 21 12:07:00 2014 From: parminder at itforchange.net (parminder) Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 21:37:00 +0530 Subject: [bestbits] Fwd: [ianatransition] ICANN Accountability & Governance Public Experts Group Members Announced In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <53F61924.8080002@itforchange.net> The fact that ICANN can announce a team of experts to guide what should be a process of democratic global governance which consists of two members from the US and two from EU, in this time and age is close to sick... But then they are able to do so because those who should ask questions have forgotten how to ask questions from those who wield power, and seem more busy cosying up to them from whatever reasons. Civil society groups in the IG space really need to sit back and think what they have been doing and what they have achieved in all these years. I would not even participate in a discussion on an ICANN accountability process which starts on this note, which is such a big affront to such a big part of the world. parminder On Wednesday 20 August 2014 02:00 AM, Carolina Rossini wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *Grace Abuhamad* > > Date: Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 4:08 PM > Subject: [ianatransition] ICANN Accountability & Governance Public > Experts Group Members Announced > To: "ianatransition at icann.org " > > > > > Please see original announcement at > https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-19-en > > > ICANN Accountability & Governance Public Experts Group Members Announced > > > As described in the 14 August 2014 posting of the Enhancing > ICANN Accountability: Process and Next Steps > , > four respected individuals with backgrounds in academia, governmental > relations, global insight, and the Affirmation of Commitments (AoC), > will form the Accountability & Governance Public Expsible for the > *selection of up to seven Advisors to sit on the Coordination > Group* to assure that best practices are brought from the larger > global community. Once selected by the Public Experts Group, these > Advisors will contribute research and advice, as well as bring > perspectives on global best practices to enrich the discussion, all > while engaging with a broader network of accountability experts from > around the world. > > The members of the Public Experts Group are: > > * *Brian Cute*erts Group. Selected by ICANN's President and CEO, > Fadi Chehadé, members of the Public Experts Group will be respon > > CEO of The Public Interest Registry and Chair of ICANN's first and > second Accountability and Transparency Review Teams > (ATRT).^1 > > > * *Jeanette Hofmann* > > Director, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and > Society, in Berlin, Germany. She also conducts research at the > Social Science Research Center Berlin. She represented the > academic community as one of four co-chairs of the NETmundial > Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet > Governance in São Paulo, Brazil, in April 2014. > > * *Ambassador Janis Karklins* > > Latvian Ambassador. Chair of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group > (MAG); former Chairman of the Governmental Advisory Committee, > GAC Liaison to the ICANN Board and co-selector of the ATRT1. > > * *Lawrence E. Strickling* > > NTIA Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Communication and > Information of the U.S. Department of Commerce; and member of both > ATRT1 and ATRT2. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ^1 > Mandated by the Affirmation of Commitments (AoC), the ATRT is a team > of community representatives responsible for reviewing ICANN's > accountability, transparency and pursuit of the interests of global > Internet users on a recurring basis. > > > _______________________________________________ > ianatransition mailing list > ianatransition at icann.org > https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ianatransition > > > > > -- > -- > /Carolina Rossini / > /Vice President, International Policy/ > *Public Knowledge* > _http://www.publicknowledge.org/_ > + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to me or Nate Schenkkan, schenkkan at freedomhouse.org. Looking forward to seeing everyone in a couple week's time! Best regards, Gigi Alford Senior Program Officer Internet Freedom Program Freedom House @gigialford -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Freedom House Kick-off Invitation.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 205612 bytes Desc: Freedom House Kick-off Invitation.pdf URL: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mapisaro at gmail.com Thu Aug 21 10:10:07 2014 From: mapisaro at gmail.com (Pilar Saenz) Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 09:10:07 -0500 Subject: [bestbits] Nominations for closing civil society speaker at IGF In-Reply-To: <53F5FD5F.6010806@colnodo.apc.org> References: <53F395C9.2000103@eff.org> <936F02DB-78D7-4EBC-88E6-4EAB797F5F4B@gmail.com> <53F4A858.8060508@softwarefreedom.org> <53F5FD5F.6010806@colnodo.apc.org> Message-ID: +1 El ago 21, 2014 9:08 AM, Julián Casasbuenas G. escribió: > > +1 > > El 20/08/14 09:22, Carolina Rossini escribió: > > +1 > > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Mishi Choudhary < > mishi at softwarefreedom.org> wrote: > >> +1 >> >> >> On 08/20/2014 12:27 AM, William Drake wrote: >> >> I would strongly support this, important to have a Turkish voice >> >> Bill >> >> On Aug 20, 2014, at 3:32 AM, Carolina Rossini < >> carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Just to add that Burcu has been part of BB for one year now, and was at >> the BB meeting in Bali. She has been following the discussions closely. C >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Jeremy Malcolm >> wrote: >> >>> The IGF Secretariat is seeking a couple of names for a civil society >>> closing speaker. Some people may have received Subi Chaturvedi's mail >>> about this, but due to a mailing list misconfiguration, now fixed, some >>> may not have. (The misconfiguration also means we are missing a couple >>> of months of archived messages.) >>> >>> To make sure that all constituencies have input into this choice, the >>> civil society coordination group is proposing to forward the names, and >>> our task is to come up with some suggestions from within the Best Bits >>> community to feed into that process. >>> >>> I would like to get the ball rolling by suggesting the name of Dr Burcu >>> Kilic, who works for Public Citizen mainly on trade and access to >>> medicines issues. She is Turkish so she has a good perspective on the >>> political situation there. I have worked with her for several years on >>> the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and have admired her diplomacy, >>> her scholarship and her development orientation. I have checked with >>> her, and she would be willing to serve if nominated. >>> >>> Please follow up with other names, or with your support for names >>> already expressed. >>> >>> -- >>> Jeremy Malcolm >>> Senior Global Policy Analyst >>> Electronic Frontier Foundation >>> https://eff.org >>> jmalcolm at eff.org >>> >>> Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 <415.436.9333%20ext%20161> >>> >>> :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: >>> >>> >>> >>> ____________________________________________________________ >>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >>> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >>> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> *Carolina Rossini * >> *Vice President, International Policy* >> *Public Knowledge* >> *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * >> + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >> >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >> >> >> >> -- >> Warm Regards >> Mishi Choudhary, Esq. >> Legal Director >> Software Freedom Law Center >> 1995 Broadway Floor 17 >> New York, NY-10023 >> (tel) 212-461-1912 >> (fax) 212-580-0898www.softwarefreedom.org >> >> >> Executive Director SFLC.IN >> K-9, Second Floor >> Jangpura Extn. >> New Delhi-110014 >> (tel) +91-11-43587126 >> (fax) +91-11-24323530www.sflc.in >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >> > > > > -- > -- > *Carolina Rossini * > *Vice President, International Policy* > *Public Knowledge* > *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * > + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > -- > > Julian Casasbuenas G. > Director Colnodo > Diagonal 40A (Antigua Av. 39) No. 14-75, Bogotá, Colombia > Tel: 57-1-2324246, Cel. 57-315-3339099 Fax: 57-1-3380264 > Twitter @jcasasbuenas @colnodowww.colnodo.apc.org - Uso Estratégico de Internet para el Desarrollo > Miembro de la Asociación para el Progreso de las Comunicaciones -APC-www.apc.org > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From isolatedn at gmail.com Thu Aug 21 13:33:59 2014 From: isolatedn at gmail.com (Sivasubramanian M) Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 23:03:59 +0530 Subject: [bestbits] Nominations for closing civil society speaker at IGF In-Reply-To: References: <53F395C9.2000103@eff.org> <936F02DB-78D7-4EBC-88E6-4EAB797F5F4B@gmail.com> <53F4A858.8060508@softwarefreedom.org> <53F5FD5F.6010806@colnodo.apc.org> Message-ID: +1 Sivasubramanian M On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 7:40 PM, Pilar Saenz wrote: > +1 > El ago 21, 2014 9:08 AM, Julián Casasbuenas G. > escribió: > > >> +1 >> >> El 20/08/14 09:22, Carolina Rossini escribió: >> >> +1 >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Mishi Choudhary < >> mishi at softwarefreedom.org> wrote: >> >>> +1 >>> >>> >>> On 08/20/2014 12:27 AM, William Drake wrote: >>> >>> I would strongly support this, important to have a Turkish voice >>> >>> Bill >>> >>> On Aug 20, 2014, at 3:32 AM, Carolina Rossini < >>> carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Just to add that Burcu has been part of BB for one year now, and was >>> at the BB meeting in Bali. She has been following the discussions closely. C >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Jeremy Malcolm >>> wrote: >>> >>>> The IGF Secretariat is seeking a couple of names for a civil society >>>> closing speaker. Some people may have received Subi Chaturvedi's mail >>>> about this, but due to a mailing list misconfiguration, now fixed, some >>>> may not have. (The misconfiguration also means we are missing a couple >>>> of months of archived messages.) >>>> >>>> To make sure that all constituencies have input into this choice, the >>>> civil society coordination group is proposing to forward the names, and >>>> our task is to come up with some suggestions from within the Best Bits >>>> community to feed into that process. >>>> >>>> I would like to get the ball rolling by suggesting the name of Dr Burcu >>>> Kilic, who works for Public Citizen mainly on trade and access to >>>> medicines issues. She is Turkish so she has a good perspective on the >>>> political situation there. I have worked with her for several years on >>>> the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and have admired her diplomacy, >>>> her scholarship and her development orientation. I have checked with >>>> her, and she would be willing to serve if nominated. >>>> >>>> Please follow up with other names, or with your support for names >>>> already expressed. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Jeremy Malcolm >>>> Senior Global Policy Analyst >>>> Electronic Frontier Foundation >>>> https://eff.org >>>> jmalcolm at eff.org >>>> >>>> Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 <415.436.9333%20ext%20161> >>>> >>>> :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ____________________________________________________________ >>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >>>> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >>>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >>>> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> *Carolina Rossini * >>> *Vice President, International Policy* >>> *Public Knowledge* >>> *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * >>> + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini >>> >>> ____________________________________________________________ >>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >>> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >>> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ____________________________________________________________ >>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >>> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >>> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Warm Regards >>> Mishi Choudhary, Esq. >>> Legal Director >>> Software Freedom Law Center >>> 1995 Broadway Floor 17 >>> New York, NY-10023 >>> (tel) 212-461-1912 >>> (fax) 212-580-0898www.softwarefreedom.org >>> >>> >>> Executive Director SFLC.IN >>> K-9, Second Floor >>> Jangpura Extn. >>> New Delhi-110014 >>> (tel) +91-11-43587126 >>> (fax) +91-11-24323530www.sflc.in >>> >>> >>> ____________________________________________________________ >>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >>> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >>> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> *Carolina Rossini * >> *Vice President, International Policy* >> *Public Knowledge* >> *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * >> + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >> >> >> -- >> >> Julian Casasbuenas G. >> Director Colnodo >> Diagonal 40A (Antigua Av. 39) No. 14-75, Bogotá, Colombia >> Tel: 57-1-2324246, Cel. 57-315-3339099 Fax: 57-1-3380264 >> Twitter @jcasasbuenas @colnodowww.colnodo.apc.org - Uso Estratégico de Internet para el Desarrollo >> Miembro de la Asociación para el Progreso de las Comunicaciones -APC-www.apc.org >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >> > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From robin at ipjustice.org Thu Aug 21 19:00:01 2014 From: robin at ipjustice.org (Robin Gross) Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 16:00:01 -0700 Subject: [bestbits] =?WINDOWS-1252?Q?Quelle_Suprise!__ICANN=92s_Accountabi?= =?WINDOWS-1252?Q?lity_Plan_Gives_ICANN_Board_Total_Control?= Message-ID: <6D9DD93A-7523-4151-BC2F-7E4EE17F8FE9@ipjustice.org> Here's my evaluation of ICANN's recently announced plan to address the accountability crisis at the organization. Thanks, Robin http://ipjustice.org/wp/2014/08/21/quelle-suprise-icann’s-accountability-plan-gives-icann-board-total-control-icann-limits-accountability-improvement-measures-to-toothless-self-policing/ Quelle Suprise! ICANN’s Accountability Plan Gives ICANN Board Total Control ICANN Limits Accountability Improvement Measures to Toothless Self-Policing By Robin Gross I. ICANN’s So-Called “Enhancing Accountability” Process After a long wait, ICANN’s senior management finally released its plan for “Enhancing Accountability” at the private California corporation that makes global Internet domain name policy. Unfortunately, the accountability deficit crisis created by ICANN’s longstanding policy of purely “self-policing” with no meaningful external accountability mechanisms will not be solved by this weak plan for more self-policing. Perhaps telling was the organization’s initial and consistent framing of the issue as “maintaining” accountability beyond the end of the US Government’s stewardship role, rather than acknowledging that this effort was in response to widespread community outcry expressing major dissatisfaction with ICANN’s inadequate existing accountability measures. Conflict of Interest Disregarded by ICANN in Formulation of Plan Many organizations and individuals commented online and during the London ICANN #50 meeting about the inherent conflict of interest with respect to an organization that proposes to manage the process that could reveal the organization’s accountability shortcomings and thus not always show the organization in its best light if the process is rigorously pursued. Rather than heed the numerous cautions from the community regarding ICANN’s conflict of interest in attempting to design the process to hold itself accountable, ICANN plans to be in charge of every key element of the process. Irregular Process Employed in Development of ICANN Plan From jmalcolm at eff.org Thu Aug 21 19:12:55 2014 From: jmalcolm at eff.org (Jeremy Malcolm) Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 16:12:55 -0700 Subject: [bestbits] [Bp_multistakeholder] Draft plan for IGF BP on multistakeholderism session In-Reply-To: <53F55B66.5020403@acm.org> References: <53F4D74B.8070705@acm.org> <53F55B66.5020403@acm.org> Message-ID: <53F67CF7.3090602@eff.org> Please see below for an outline of the IGF session "Best Practice Forum 1: Developing meaningful multistakeholder participation mechanisms" which is from 4:30 to 6pm on Day 2. I can't attend because I am moderating another session at the same time, but I note that "review of working definition of multistakeholderism" is one of the topics for review. It would be great if we could contribute, even if not more broadly approved yet, a draft definition of multi-stakeholderism coming out of the LiquidFeedback experiment hosted at Best Bits (http://bestbits.net/lf/). But so far there has been only one proposal posted there (the NETmundial definition, by me), and very little discussion. Now would be an excellent time to join if you have a proposal about how to define multi-stakeholderism. Please see my earlier message of 31 July and 15 August about this for more information, and contact me for your invite code if you want to participate. On Aug 20, 2014, at 7:37 PM, Avri Doria > wrote: > Topic 1 - Definitions, attributes and commonalities > > - Review of what we mean by Best practice. What criteria do we compare > or measure against? > > - Review of working definition of multistakeholderism. > > Topic 2 - Stakeholders > > - Does rejection of the method by some stakeholders, render the method > ineffective? > > - Is the multistakeholder model about stakeholders or stakeholder groups? > > - Is the Tunis Agenda breakdown of stakeholder groups appropriate and > helpful? > > Topic 3 - Trust > > - How is trust developed and how is it lost in multistakeholder practice? > > - Can power imbalance be mitigated in multistakeholder practice? How? > > Topic 4 - Accountability and Transparency > > - How is accountability & transparency in stakeholder groups achieved? > > - How does the model deal with representational legitimacy issues? > > Topic 5 - Next Steps > > - How can practice be improved? > > - What should the IGF do next on this BP theme > > -- > > _Organization of the 90 minute session_ > > One thought about organizing the session with many panelists (not sure > of the final count yet, somewhere between 5-10) is to see if they can > take some of these topics/questions and do 2 minutes of thought > provocation using the material in the report to kick off each topic of > the discussion. I would like to maximize the amount of time for > participants > > I suggest limiting all speakers, including moderators, panelists (people > on the dais) and participants (people in the room) to 1-2 minute > interventions. > > To do this we would need technical intervention to pull this off. > > - Can remote moderator run a count down clock? > > - Some conferences use green, yellow and red lights. Not sure if that > is good or bad. Or possible. > > _Program_ > > 1. Panelist intros 10 @ 2 minutes each = 20 minutes > > 2. Each of 5 issue topic sets is given 10 minutes each, with a panelist > giving a 1-2 minute intro - 50 minutes > > 3. Each Panelist gives 1-2 minute conclusion that can bring together the > threads the panelist thinks important from the discussion - 20 minutes > > Does is seem workable? Fixes? > > The planning was done considering 10 panelists, if we have fewer > panelists, there will be more time for the participant discussion. > > If so, will need panelist volunteers for the 5 topic areas: > > Topic 1 - Definitions, attributes and commonalities > Topic 2 - Stakeholders > Topic 3 - Trust > Topic 4 - Accountability and Transparency > Topic 5 - Next Steps -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 244 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From subi.igp at gmail.com Fri Aug 22 07:20:05 2014 From: subi.igp at gmail.com (Subi Chaturvedi) Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 16:50:05 +0530 Subject: [bestbits] The #netgov icebucket challenge-Call for comments - Shape IGF Best Practices! Message-ID: Dear all, I thank Jeremy for raising this. You will recall that he has shared information about the Best Practice Forum on enhancing multistakeholder participation. And has pointed out gaps in engagement. The IGF secretariat has just issued a call for inputs on BPFs draft. This is a significant step forward and one of the many ways in which the IGF is trying to respond to community inputs which have crystalised over the last year for strengthening the IGF and the IGF itself evolving in response to the changing internet ecosystem. This is important, also because the Tunis agenda, though for many may remain contested but is still largely the genesis of what we do at IGF. And it is this agenda which mandates the IGF to build capacity especially for developing countries and emerging economies. At the moment we have about 40 national and regional initiatives. We want to see more. There are also important issues which need mapping and urgent responses for new users and the growing community of early adapters. During the first meeting of the MAG early this year there was a call by some of us to work towards this goal. Of responding towards building the knowledge agenda. And it was suggested with community inputs at the Paris consultation, ISOC working closely with and through the MAG will provide leadership in mapping and diseminating Best practices. Our colleague Constance has been leading this effort with valuable inputs coming from the different stakeholder groups. This is to share with you, that the IGF Secretariat just issued a call for comments on the draft IGF Best Practices. All stakeholders are invited to provide input by by 5 September 2014 on the following themes: 1. Developing meaningful multistakeholder participation mechanisms 2. Regulation and mitigation of unwanted communications (e.g. "spam") 3. Establishing and supporting Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) for Internet security 4. Creating an enabling environment for the development of local content 5. Best practices for online child protection You can also explore resources for each issue (lead experts, background documentation, etc.), available on the IGF Best Practices homepage: http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/best-practice-forums We encourage you to take an active part in this opportunity to shape concrete outcomes of IGF 2014! More about the process: Over the past weeks, communities gathering experts from government, business, Civil Society, and the academic and technical communities, have been working through open mailing lists and online virtual meetings on IGF Best Practices. The discussion was documented by independent experts that will feed into five 90 minute Forums in Istanbul and that will in turn report into a Best Practices Main Session. A summary booklet on each Best Practices theme is the intended outcome. The drafts are open for comments until 5 September and will be published after the IGF 2014 meeting. Read more about the IGF: http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/ Please spread the word through your networks! A big thank you to all who have already contributed and those who haven't yet, urge you to send in your inputs about these very critical themes. While negotiated outcomes are complex and come with their own set of challenges, sure there are advantages but this is an opportunity to create and ecosystem bottom up through your contributions and participation with outcomes and specific take aways at the IGF 2014. I thank you for your time. Constance Bommelaer for not not dropping the ball and providing excellent leadership. For #netgov this is our icebucket. Pour and spread the word. Best regards, Subi Chaturvedi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pouzin at well.com Fri Aug 15 19:05:12 2014 From: pouzin at well.com (Louis Pouzin (well)) Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 01:05:12 +0200 Subject: [bestbits] Chair of Civil Society Coordination Group In-Reply-To: <51093433-8544-463D-AB5D-44A598745BAB@eff.org> References: <51093433-8544-463D-AB5D-44A598745BAB@eff.org> Message-ID: I vote for Ian Peter. Louis - - - On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 12:00 AM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote: > Dear Best Bits colleagues, > > Last year a Civil Society Coordination Group came together to handle the > task of coordinating civil society nominations for the NETmundial > committees. The group still exists although relatively dormant since then, > and its current membership contains the following representatives or > liaisons to the main civil society networks in this space: > > Chat Garcia Ramilo - APC > Ian Peter - independent chair > Jeremy Malcolm - Best Bits > Mawaki Chango - IGC > Robin Gross - ICANN NCSG > Virginia Paque - Diplo Foundation > Mandeep Tiwana - Civicus* > Norbert Bollow - Just Net Coalition* > > * added in 2014 > > Realising the need to improve the composition and processes of the group, > we conducted a straw poll of our networks earlier this year, to gauge how > people thought this should happen. One of the questions in that straw poll > was about how the chair of the group should be selected, and the most > popular choice was "Group will choose a non-voting chair themselves after a > call for volunteers". > > This is therefore an open call for volunteers who would be willing to > nominate themselves, or suggest someone else, to chair the coordination > group. If you would like more background about the purpose and composition > of the group, please let me know as I can resend you the information that > was provided before the straw poll. > > We already have at least one nominee, but we would be pleased to receive > more and you may send them on or off-list (please check with the nominee > that they are willing to volunteer first). In anticipation that joint > civil society nominations to IG processes will be required again soon, I > request that you send any nominations within 10 days of today, ie. by > Monday 25 August. Many thanks. > > -- > Jeremy Malcolm > Senior Global Policy Analyst > Electronic Frontier Foundation > https://eff.org > jmalcolm at eff.org > > Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 > > :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From anja at internetdemocracy.in Fri Aug 22 09:10:41 2014 From: anja at internetdemocracy.in (Anja Kovacs) Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 18:40:41 +0530 Subject: [bestbits] [governance] Opening cermony In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Deirdre, Many suggestions already, but may I propose that you link the concern for human rights specifically to what is happening in Turkey? The Index on Censorship article Chinmayi posted earlier today gives a good overview. Seeing that it seems none of the workshops proposed by Turkish activists were accepted for this year's IGF, I think it is important that we send out a strong signal of solidarity and raise their concerns as often as we can. And very happy to have you as our opening speaker! Many thanks, On 21 August 2014 19:35, Baudouin SCHOMBE wrote: > Thanks De for rectification, so we still thinking about IGF in future > > *SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN* > *REPRESENTANT TICAFRICA ET CYBERVILLAGE at FRICA/RDC* > > *COORDINATION NATIONALE CAFECCOORDINATION NATIONALE REPRONTIC* > > Téléphone mobile:+243998983491/+243813684512 > email : b.schombe at gmail.com > skype : b.schombe > blog : http://akimambo.unblog.fr > > > > > > 2014-08-21 15:19 GMT+02:00 Deirdre Williams : > > Dear Baudoin, >> It's De not Nnenna, but I'll take that as an ENORMOUS vote of confidence. >> Thank you :-) And thank you for the suggestions. >> De >> >> >> On 21 August 2014 05:31, Baudouin SCHOMBE wrote: >> >>> Hi Nnenna, >>> >>> IGF over time becomes a platform for increasingly important as the >>> global, regional and subregional levels. >>> >>> It is important that the IGF must very well established in each country respecting >>> the multi-stakeholder approach. IGF nationally is the foundation of the >>> edifice on which consolidates the IGF at the sub regional, regional and >>> global levels. It is here also that all local actors can talk and >>> discuss face to face. >>> >>> It is also important that the debate on the NetMundial intensifies and >>> he emerges a consensus reading on "NetMundial" initiative and its >>> interaction with IGF. >>> >>> It will emphasize the need for the participation of African media in all >>> IGF and consider the training and the level of the media has on the IGF >>> process at all levels. >>> >>> >>> *SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN* >>> *REPRESENTANT TICAFRICA ET CYBERVILLAGE at FRICA/RDC* >>> >>> *COORDINATION NATIONALE CAFECCOORDINATION NATIONALE REPRONTIC* >>> >>> Téléphone mobile:+243998983491/+243813684512 >>> email : b.schombe at gmail.com >>> skype : b.schombe >>> blog : http://akimambo.unblog.fr >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 2014-08-19 15:41 GMT+02:00 Deirdre Williams >>> : >>> >>>> Dear Colleagues, >>>> Yesterday I heard that I have been selected by the MAG to make the >>>> civil society presentation at the opening ceremony. Please send me your >>>> suggestions of topics for inclusion so that, as far as it's possible in >>>> such a short time, I can say what all of us want to be said. >>>> The IGC and Bestbits are not all of civil society;please help me to as >>>> large a view as possible by passing on this message to others in as wide a >>>> reach as possible. >>>> Thank you >>>> Deirdre Williams >>>> Co-coordinator, IG Caucua. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir >>>> William Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979 >>>> >>>> ____________________________________________________________ >>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >>>> governance at lists.igcaucus.org >>>> To be removed from the list, visit: >>>> http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing >>>> >>>> For all other list information and functions, see: >>>> http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance >>>> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: >>>> http://www.igcaucus.org/ >>>> >>>> Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William >> Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979 >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> governance at lists.igcaucus.org >> To be removed from the list, visit: >> http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing >> >> For all other list information and functions, see: >> http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance >> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: >> http://www.igcaucus.org/ >> >> Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t >> >> > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > governance at lists.igcaucus.org > To be removed from the list, visit: > http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing > > For all other list information and functions, see: > http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance > To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: > http://www.igcaucus.org/ > > Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t > > -- Dr. Anja Kovacs The Internet Democracy Project +91 9899028053 | @anjakovacs www.internetdemocracy.in -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From williams.deirdre at gmail.com Fri Aug 22 09:21:54 2014 From: williams.deirdre at gmail.com (Deirdre Williams) Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 09:21:54 -0400 Subject: [bestbits] [governance] Opening cermony In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you Anja Deirdre On 22 August 2014 09:10, Anja Kovacs wrote: > Dear Deirdre, > > Many suggestions already, but may I propose that you link the concern for > human rights specifically to what is happening in Turkey? The Index on > Censorship article Chinmayi posted earlier today gives a good overview. > Seeing that it seems none of the workshops proposed by Turkish activists > were accepted for this year's IGF, I think it is important that we send out > a strong signal of solidarity and raise their concerns as often as we can. > > And very happy to have you as our opening speaker! > > Many thanks, > > > On 21 August 2014 19:35, Baudouin SCHOMBE wrote: > >> Thanks De for rectification, so we still thinking about IGF in future >> >> *SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN* >> *REPRESENTANT TICAFRICA ET CYBERVILLAGE at FRICA/RDC* >> >> *COORDINATION NATIONALE CAFECCOORDINATION NATIONALE REPRONTIC* >> >> Téléphone mobile:+243998983491/+243813684512 >> email : b.schombe at gmail.com >> skype : b.schombe >> blog : http://akimambo.unblog.fr >> >> >> >> >> >> 2014-08-21 15:19 GMT+02:00 Deirdre Williams : >> >> Dear Baudoin, >>> It's De not Nnenna, but I'll take that as an ENORMOUS vote of >>> confidence. Thank you :-) And thank you for the suggestions. >>> De >>> >>> >>> On 21 August 2014 05:31, Baudouin SCHOMBE wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Nnenna, >>>> >>>> IGF over time becomes a platform for increasingly important as the >>>> global, regional and subregional levels. >>>> >>>> It is important that the IGF must very well established in each country respecting >>>> the multi-stakeholder approach. IGF nationally is the foundation of the >>>> edifice on which consolidates the IGF at the sub regional, regional and >>>> global levels. It is here also that all local actors can talk and >>>> discuss face to face. >>>> >>>> It is also important that the debate on the NetMundial intensifies and >>>> he emerges a consensus reading on "NetMundial" initiative and its >>>> interaction with IGF. >>>> >>>> It will emphasize the need for the participation of African media in >>>> all IGF and consider the training and the level of the media has on the >>>> IGF process at all levels. >>>> >>>> >>>> *SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN* >>>> *REPRESENTANT TICAFRICA ET CYBERVILLAGE at FRICA/RDC* >>>> >>>> *COORDINATION NATIONALE CAFECCOORDINATION NATIONALE REPRONTIC* >>>> >>>> Téléphone mobile:+243998983491/+243813684512 >>>> email : b.schombe at gmail.com >>>> skype : b.schombe >>>> blog : http://akimambo.unblog.fr >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 2014-08-19 15:41 GMT+02:00 Deirdre Williams >>> >: >>>> >>>>> Dear Colleagues, >>>>> Yesterday I heard that I have been selected by the MAG to make the >>>>> civil society presentation at the opening ceremony. Please send me your >>>>> suggestions of topics for inclusion so that, as far as it's possible in >>>>> such a short time, I can say what all of us want to be said. >>>>> The IGC and Bestbits are not all of civil society;please help me to as >>>>> large a view as possible by passing on this message to others in as wide a >>>>> reach as possible. >>>>> Thank you >>>>> Deirdre Williams >>>>> Co-coordinator, IG Caucua. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir >>>>> William Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979 >>>>> >>>>> ____________________________________________________________ >>>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >>>>> governance at lists.igcaucus.org >>>>> To be removed from the list, visit: >>>>> http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing >>>>> >>>>> For all other list information and functions, see: >>>>> http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance >>>>> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: >>>>> http://www.igcaucus.org/ >>>>> >>>>> Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir >>> William Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979 >>> >>> ____________________________________________________________ >>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >>> governance at lists.igcaucus.org >>> To be removed from the list, visit: >>> http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing >>> >>> For all other list information and functions, see: >>> http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance >>> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: >>> http://www.igcaucus.org/ >>> >>> Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t >>> >>> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> governance at lists.igcaucus.org >> To be removed from the list, visit: >> http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing >> >> For all other list information and functions, see: >> http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance >> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: >> http://www.igcaucus.org/ >> >> Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t >> >> > > > -- > Dr. Anja Kovacs > The Internet Democracy Project > > +91 9899028053 | @anjakovacs > www.internetdemocracy.in > -- “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk Fri Aug 22 09:55:39 2014 From: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk (Marianne Franklin) Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 15:55:39 +0200 Subject: [bestbits] [governance] Opening cermony In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <53F74BDB.10108@gold.ac.uk> Dear all +1 from me. Anja, just to reassure you and others that one workshop from Turkish activists did make the program, thanks to a lot of effort from Turkish folk in Turkey and elsewhere, and with a collaborative effort between the IRPC and Freedom House to make sure this session made the program. It is on Friday morning at 9am and has support from the Turkish Pirate Party. Would be good to have a wide awake and supportive audience for this new initiative. There are a lot of events happening in and beyond the IGF venue on this day. It is WS 225 entitled Online Freedoms and Access to Information Online . cheers MF On 22/08/2014 15:10, Anja Kovacs wrote: > Dear Deirdre, > > Many suggestions already, but may I propose that you link the concern > for human rights specifically to what is happening in Turkey? The > Index on Censorship article Chinmayi posted earlier today gives a good > overview. Seeing that it seems none of the workshops proposed by > Turkish activists were accepted for this year's IGF, I think it is > important that we send out a strong signal of solidarity and raise > their concerns as often as we can. > > And very happy to have you as our opening speaker! > > Many thanks, > > > On 21 August 2014 19:35, Baudouin SCHOMBE > wrote: > > Thanks De for rectification, so we still thinking about IGF in future > > *SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN* > *REPRESENTANT TICAFRICA ET CYBERVILLAGE at FRICA/RDC* > *COORDINATION NATIONALE CAFEC > COORDINATION NATIONALE REPRONTIC* > * > *Téléphone mobile:+243998983491/+243813684512 > email : b.schombe at gmail.com > > skype : b.schombe > blog : http://akimambo.unblog.fr > > > > > > 2014-08-21 15:19 GMT+02:00 Deirdre Williams > >: > > Dear Baudoin, > It's De not Nnenna, but I'll take that as an ENORMOUS vote of > confidence. Thank you :-) And thank you for the suggestions. > De > > > On 21 August 2014 05:31, Baudouin SCHOMBE > wrote: > > Hi Nnenna, > > IGF over time becomes a platform for increasingly > important as the global, regional and subregional levels. > > It is important that the IGF must very well established in > each country respecting the multi-stakeholder approach. > IGF nationally is the foundation of the edifice on which > consolidates the IGF at the sub regional, regional and > global levels. It is here also that all local actors can > talk and discuss face to face. > > It is also important that the debate on the NetMundial > intensifies and he emerges a consensus reading on > "NetMundial" initiative and its interaction with IGF. > > It will emphasize the need for the participation of > African media in all IGF and consider the training and the > level of the media has on the IGF process at all levels. > > > *SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN* > *REPRESENTANT TICAFRICA ET CYBERVILLAGE at FRICA/RDC* > *COORDINATION NATIONALE CAFEC > COORDINATION NATIONALE REPRONTIC* > * > *Téléphone mobile:+243998983491 > /+243813684512 > email : b.schombe at gmail.com > > skype : b.schombe > blog : http://akimambo.unblog.fr > > > > > > 2014-08-19 15:41 GMT+02:00 Deirdre Williams > >: > > Dear Colleagues, > Yesterday I heard that I have been selected by the > MAG to make the civil society presentation at the > opening ceremony. Please send me your suggestions of > topics for inclusion so that, as far as it's possible > in such a short time, I can say what all of us want to > be said. > The IGC and Bestbits are not all of civil > society;please help me to as large a view as possible > by passing on this message to others in as wide a > reach as possible. > Thank you > Deirdre Williams > Co-coordinator, IG Caucua. > > > -- > “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but > knowledge" Sir William Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize > Economics, 1979 > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > governance at lists.igcaucus.org > > To be removed from the list, visit: > http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing > > For all other list information and functions, see: > http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance > To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: > http://www.igcaucus.org/ > > Translate this email: > http://translate.google.com/translate_t > > > > > > -- > “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" > Sir William Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979 > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > governance at lists.igcaucus.org > > To be removed from the list, visit: > http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing > > For all other list information and functions, see: > http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance > To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: > http://www.igcaucus.org/ > > Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > governance at lists.igcaucus.org > To be removed from the list, visit: > http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing > > For all other list information and functions, see: > http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance > To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: > http://www.igcaucus.org/ > > Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t > > > > > -- > Dr. Anja Kovacs > The Internet Democracy Project > > +91 9899028053 | @anjakovacs > www.internetdemocracy.in > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -- 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 @GloComm https://twitter.com/GloComm 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From subi.igp at gmail.com Fri Aug 22 14:40:56 2014 From: subi.igp at gmail.com (Subi Chaturvedi) Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 00:10:56 +0530 Subject: [bestbits] Why IGF? Chair's blog on 2014 IGF- Istanbul In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear All, Hope you will make time to please see the attached blog written by the Chair of the MAG Amb. Janis Karklins about the 2014 IGF- Istanbul. You may also wish to translate it into your language, for your local press and share it amongst your networks and communities. While the choice always exists, to critique and engage constructively, especially when you see room for improvement. The IGF, is a space which remains an amplifier of issues around a free, open , secure, interoperable Internet. CS has always looked at the internet as an enabler of free speech and expression. Human rights violations and policies/laws which are ambiguous or loosely worded impact digital trust and our ability to actualise potential. Enacted without public consultation they are often misused and interpreted at will more often than not failing to address the core problem. Privacy and surveillance are increasingly being pitted against national security and the two being posited as mutually exclusive. Governments globally have had a history of engaging with the private sector. When we look at the issues from purely resources standpoint, they win. Many friends and colleagues have rightly pointed out that it is important to recognise the voices which aren't in the room in multistakeholder participation. And venues are expensive, in destination cities for meetings. Most CS can ill afford, being present at these meetings in person, keeping track alone of all the different events on the IG calendar is a challenge. But it is our tenacity and will to hang in there, our sheer determination through continuous engagement that, ushers in change. Friends and colleagues who can't make it this year largely due to resource gaps will be missed. Each voice brings in a diversity of perspective and plurality of issues. While we recognise the conflicts and discourses within, there is undeniable value in speaking truth to power and being in the room and on the table. Change is slow but it is certain. There is value in engaging because we have the most at stake. Internet and Freedom. Both we care for, deeply. The IGF is a safe space and we must not shy away from raising issues that concern us as a community, however thorny or uncomfortable they might be. Hope to see you in Istanbul, dialogue, debate discuss. warmest Subi Chaturvedi Dear All, Hope you will make time to please see the attached blog written by the Chair of the MAG Amb. Janis Karklins about the 2014 IGF- Istanbul. You may also wish to translate it into your language, for your local press and share it amongst your networks and communities. While the choice always remains, to critique and engage constructively, the IGF still, is a space which remains an amplifier of issues around a free, open , secure, interoperable Internet. CS has always looked at the internet as an enabler of free speech and expression. Human rights violations and policies/laws which are ambiguous or loosely worded impact digital trust and our ability to actualise potential. Enacted without public consultation they are often misused and interpreted at will more often than not failing to address the core problem. Privacy and surveillance are increasingly being pitted against national security and the two being posited as mutually exclusive. Governments globally have had a history of engaging with the private sector. When we look at the issues from purely resources standpoint, they win. Many friends and colleagues have rightly pointed out that it is important to recognise the voices which aren't in the room in multistakeholder participation. And venues are expensive more often than not, in destination cities for meetings. Most CS can ill afford, being present at meetings, keeping track alone of all the different events on the IG calendar is a challenge. But it is our tenacity and will to hang in there, our sheer determination through continuous engagement that, ushers in change. Friends and colleagues who can't make it for whatever reason and most often due to resource gaps will be missed. Each voice brings in a diversity of perspective and plurality of issues. While we recognise the conflicts and discourses within, there is undeniable value in speaking truth to power and being in the room and on the table. Change is slow but it is certain. There is value in engaging because we have the most at stake. Internet and Freedom. Both we care for, deeply. The IGF is a safe space and we must not shy away from raising issues that concern us as a community, however thorny or uncomfortable they might be. 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I think this deserves repeated mention - and protest - in the IGF as well (though Deirdre, I understand that you may not be able to include it in your speech, and that you have some very difficult to make already!). Best, Anja On Aug 22, 2014 7:25 PM, "Marianne Franklin" wrote: > Dear all > > +1 from me. > > Anja, just to reassure you and others that one workshop from Turkish > activists did make the program, thanks to a lot of effort from Turkish folk > in Turkey and elsewhere, and with a collaborative effort between the IRPC > and Freedom House to make sure this session made the program. It is on > Friday morning at 9am and has support from the Turkish Pirate Party. Would > be good to have a wide awake and supportive audience for this new > initiative. There are a lot of events happening in and beyond the IGF venue > on this day. > > It is WS 225 entitled Online Freedoms and Access to Information Online > . > > > cheers > MF > > On 22/08/2014 15:10, Anja Kovacs wrote: > > Dear Deirdre, > > Many suggestions already, but may I propose that you link the concern > for human rights specifically to what is happening in Turkey? The Index on > Censorship article Chinmayi posted earlier today gives a good overview. > Seeing that it seems none of the workshops proposed by Turkish activists > were accepted for this year's IGF, I think it is important that we send out > a strong signal of solidarity and raise their concerns as often as we can. > > And very happy to have you as our opening speaker! > > Many thanks, > > > On 21 August 2014 19:35, Baudouin SCHOMBE wrote: > >> Thanks De for rectification, so we still thinking about IGF in future >> >> *SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN* >> *REPRESENTANT TICAFRICA ET CYBERVILLAGE at FRICA/RDC* >> >> *COORDINATION NATIONALE CAFEC COORDINATION NATIONALE REPRONTIC* >> >> Téléphone mobile:+243998983491/+243813684512 >> email : b.schombe at gmail.com >> skype : b.schombe >> blog : http://akimambo.unblog.fr >> >> >> >> >> >> 2014-08-21 15:19 GMT+02:00 Deirdre Williams : >> >> >> Dear Baudoin, >>> It's De not Nnenna, but I'll take that as an ENORMOUS vote of >>> confidence. Thank you :-) And thank you for the suggestions. >>> De >>> >>> >>> On 21 August 2014 05:31, Baudouin SCHOMBE wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Nnenna, >>>> >>>> IGF over time becomes a platform for increasingly important as the >>>> global, regional and subregional levels. >>>> >>>> It is important that the IGF must very well established in each country respecting >>>> the multi-stakeholder approach. IGF nationally is the foundation of the >>>> edifice on which consolidates the IGF at the sub regional, regional and >>>> global levels. It is here also that all local actors can talk and >>>> discuss face to face. >>>> >>>> It is also important that the debate on the NetMundial intensifies and >>>> he emerges a consensus reading on "NetMundial" initiative and its >>>> interaction with IGF. >>>> >>>> It will emphasize the need for the participation of African media in >>>> all IGF and consider the training and the level of the media has on the >>>> IGF process at all levels. >>>> >>>> >>>> *SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN* >>>> *REPRESENTANT TICAFRICA ET CYBERVILLAGE at FRICA/RDC* >>>> >>>> *COORDINATION NATIONALE CAFEC COORDINATION NATIONALE REPRONTIC* >>>> >>>> Téléphone mobile:+243998983491/+243813684512 >>>> email : b.schombe at gmail.com >>>> skype : b.schombe >>>> blog : http://akimambo.unblog.fr >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 2014-08-19 15:41 GMT+02:00 Deirdre Williams >>> >: >>>> >>>>> Dear Colleagues, >>>>> Yesterday I heard that I have been selected by the MAG to make the >>>>> civil society presentation at the opening ceremony. Please send me your >>>>> suggestions of topics for inclusion so that, as far as it's possible in >>>>> such a short time, I can say what all of us want to be said. >>>>> The IGC and Bestbits are not all of civil society;please help me to as >>>>> large a view as possible by passing on this message to others in as wide a >>>>> reach as possible. >>>>> Thank you >>>>> Deirdre Williams >>>>> Co-coordinator, IG Caucua. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir >>>>> William Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979 >>>>> >>>>> ____________________________________________________________ >>>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >>>>> governance at lists.igcaucus.org >>>>> To be removed from the list, visit: >>>>> http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing >>>>> >>>>> For all other list information and functions, see: >>>>> http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance >>>>> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: >>>>> http://www.igcaucus.org/ >>>>> >>>>> Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir >>> William Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979 >>> >>> ____________________________________________________________ >>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >>> governance at lists.igcaucus.org >>> To be removed from the list, visit: >>> http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing >>> >>> For all other list information and functions, see: >>> http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance >>> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: >>> http://www.igcaucus.org/ >>> >>> Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t >>> >>> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> governance at lists.igcaucus.org >> To be removed from the list, visit: >> http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing >> >> For all other list information and functions, see: >> http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance >> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: >> http://www.igcaucus.org/ >> >> Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t >> >> > > > -- > Dr. Anja Kovacs > The Internet Democracy Project > > +91 9899028053 | @anjakovacs > www.internetdemocracy.in > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > -- > 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 > @GloCommhttps://twitter.com/GloCommhttp://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 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In my personal case, I heard I was being invited from colleagues in Brazil, but you can refer to Brett's previous email (I paste it below) regarding to some of our earlier concerns regarding the lack of transparency related to the invitation process. Yesterday, a group of CS members had a call with Fadi and folks from the WEF - the first of its kind. The call was arranged in response to a request from CS invited for the Geneva meeting. Below are some key concerns that were drafted ahead of the call. A primary theme on the call was lack of transparency and failure to adequately engage CS as part of the planning process for this workshop and its follow-up processes. We also conveyed how problematic that it was about the lack of southern CS representation. Besides the issues below, and in regard to participation, we asked ICANN and WEF to let CS chose its own representatives and that the representation should rotate, so it is inclusive. We also asked for remote participation and that the WEF sets a platform for remote commentary, which should happen in advance, during and after the meeting. The initiative was presented to us as an experiment that will initially last for roughly 6 months. Nobody from CS who is attending the workshop has decided to publicly support or not the initiative. At the workshop, we will observe, understand what is still up in the air and what may have been decided in advance by the conveners, and then decide. But for that to happen, it would be very helpful to hear more in the main IG lists. *So, the primary purpose of this email is to** reach out to you with a very practical ask**:* The agenda presents a series of questions this "Initiative" wants to address. Those on the call thought it would be a good idea to ask in a series of CS lists involved in IG for *your views and** comments regardin**g** those questions*. Refer to the agenda here: http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_3NETmundialInitiativeLaunchAgenda.pdf It would be extremely helpful to those attending to get your input on the questions and issues presented in the agenda by Tuesday Aug 26, so we can incorporate your thoughts and comments into our interventions at the workshop. Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns. Cheers, C - Welcome the interest and desire of ICANN and the WEF to leverage and further build on the NETmundial outcomes - Recognize that there have been some challenges in bringing this group together and many concerns as to the processes by which this occurred - Convey broader civil society concerns that the convening process was inconsistent with the NETmundial principles - greater openness and transparency is required in order to achieve any legitimacy - Insist that the process going forward be true to principles of openness, transparency and inclusivity and that there be mechanisms to ensure that fullest participation is facilitated - Insist that the NMI support, underpin and strengthen the IGF and its work - Insist that the NMI not duplicate or subsume work of existing entities to promote NETmundial outcomes but rather support and encourage such work and find new avenues - Seek clarification and work to identify the medium to long term goals of NMI - what is the NMI's added value, specific purpose and what are (at most) the three clearly identifiable and achievable goals that it is going to set for itself - Work to ensure that NMI is not operating in a vacuum and that it is appropriately linked to 1NET, the IGF, the various business and civil society platforms, etc., and to ensure that it is appropriately taking into account other processes such as the WSIS+10 review - Suggest that a meeting in January around the fringes of Davos may not be suitably accessible to the majority of interested parties given the costs, etc., of that particular event - Seek to put "more meat on the bones" of the proposed actions, noting where such actions are already taking place (and their progress), and suggest that it may be wise to start with one action rather than multiple [encouraging the implementation of NETmundial outcomes - particularly governance principles and processes - at the national and regional levels, for example] - Suggest an open brainstorming session at Aug meeting and an online process to solicit ideas for taking the NETmundial outcomes forward. (Perhaps the Initiative should be open to suggestions as to possible actions on an ongoing basis.) - Better understand the role of the WEF and how the "host" is going to rotate and how the meetings will be structured so that they can encourage the greatest possible engagement and participation - Ensure that the steering committee going forward is put together through appropriately transparent and inclusive processes. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Brett Solomon Date: Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 2:41 PM Subject: [bestbits] NetMundial Initiative To: "<,bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>," Hey there, > > As many of you know there is a post-Sao Paolo process emerging, proposed > by Fadi Chehadi at ICANN, called the Net Mundial Initiative. Various > versions of the documents laying out this concept have been floating around > and are now leaked . > > > A number of individuals including myself were alerted to this process > before the documents were 'leaked' and have since communicated it more > broadly amongst civil society. Clearly there are a number of procedural > and substantive questions about what the Net Mundial Initiative will seek > to accomplish, who will be involved, and what the processes for inclusion > and decision-making will be moving forward. > > > As the documents indicate, the next step of the Net Mundial Initiative > will be a meeting in Geneva on August 28th. A number of members of civil > society who have been invited to join the Net Mundial Initiative will > attend this event, including Carolina Rossini (Public Knowledge), Eileen > Donahoe (HRW), and Bill Drake (though perhaps more there as a > representative of the academic community). > > I have not communicated this yet to the organizers, but I’m planning on > going to the event to learn more, but Access has not decided yet whether we > will accept the invitation to join the Steering Committee. Regardless, I > personally will consult our global membership and other civil society > partners to garner an array of perspectives before attending. > > From what I have been told, the process will be hosted by the World > Economic Forum for a temporary period from August to February 2015. In > addition to those listed above, a number of concerns have been raised about > the Initiative including: > > > > - > > Participation: selection process, attendance, and representation from > the global south > - > > WEF as host: corporate nature of the host, perceptions of corporate > capture, approach to development and elitism > - > > Objectives: what is the NMI trying to achieve, and how does it relate > to other key elements of the IG landscape, in particular the IGF. > > > All of the people that Fadi and WEF reached out to that I’ve talked to > have expressed pretty deep concerns back to the organizers, including > pushing hard to make sure civil society is represented and for this process > in general to be more open, transparent, and inclusive of those from the > global south. It would be good if we could have as open lines of > communication as possible, including at the event, so if people have any > thoughts or concerns they can then share them on or off list. Those who are > attending should be a conduit for communication. > > > Additionally, we have requested a meeting between civil society > representatives and Fadi and Klaus (of WEF), so there will be a further > opportunity to voice concerns there, which those going to Geneva will > report back on. > > > Best wishes > > Brett > > PS I am on Access team offsite so might be slow to respond. > > Brett Solomon > Executive Director > Access | accessnow.org > > +1 917 969 6077 > @solomonbrett > Key ID: 0x4EDC17EB > Fingerprint: C02C A886 B0FC 3A25 FF9F ECE8 FCDF BA23 4EDC 17EB > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > -- -- *Carolina Rossini * *Vice President, International Policy* *Public Knowledge* *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ajp at glocom.ac.jp Sat Aug 23 08:38:30 2014 From: ajp at glocom.ac.jp (Adam) Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 21:38:30 +0900 Subject: [bestbits] Looking for your input - NetMundial Initiative In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4DC51A4B-4361-441A-A324-EDB576F08177@glocom.ac.jp> Dear Carolina, Thank you for sharing this. A few comments below. On Aug 23, 2014, at 9:24 AM, Carolina Rossini wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > As some of you might have heard and also seen the leaked documents, the World Economic Forum, supported by ICANN, will host the workshop "NetMundial Initiative" on 28th of August, in Geneva. > > > Besides leaked documents, an "official" site is now up (as of yesterday) at http://www.weforum.org/issues/global-internet-governance, with list of participants, agenda, a short briefing and a FAQ. It worth reading it - the FAQ is a very "interesting" piece. See it here - http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_2NETmundialInitiativeFAQ.pdf. > > Shame it had to leak. Fadi announced the initiative at the ICANN meeting in London (around 23rd June) and the lead CS participants were already known at that time. But only rumor, no information, until the leak of course... > Background regarding invitations and communication with NMI organizers: None of the CS members invited to the workshop know exactly how the selection process happened. In my personal case, I heard I was being invited from colleagues in Brazil, but you can refer to Brett's previous email (I paste it below) regarding to some of our earlier concerns regarding the lack of transparency related to the invitation process. > > > Yesterday, a group of CS members had a call with Fadi and folks from the WEF - the first of its kind. The call was arranged in response to a request from CS invited for the Geneva meeting. Who were the other "civil society" people who joined the call with Fadi/WEF? And news on membership of the Steering Committee? > Below are some key concerns that were drafted ahead of the call. A primary theme on the call was lack of transparency and failure to adequately engage CS as part of the planning process for this workshop and its follow-up processes. We also conveyed how problematic that it was about the lack of southern CS representation. Except for yourself, is there anyone? Skimming the participant list, the only other person I recognize as having a experience of Internet governance at national/regional level global south is Barrack Otieno (tech community, Kenya and East Africa IGFs and other). > Besides the issues below, and in regard to participation, we asked ICANN and WEF to let CS chose its own representatives and that the representation should rotate, so it is inclusive. from this initiative is "Inspired by the NETmundial..." "Carry forward the spirit of NETmundial..."' NETmundial document is couldn't be clearer "Stakeholder representatives appointed to multistakeholder Internet governance processes should be selected through open, democratic, and transparent processes. Different stakeholder groups should self-manage their processes based on inclusive, publicly known, well defined and accountable mechanisms." Please ask WEF to cut the sweet words and either follow the "spirit" or find another brand :-) Quite an issue over this during the lead-up to NETmundial. Should be a civil society non-negotiable. > We also asked for remote participation and that the WEF sets a platform for remote commentary, which should happen in advance, during and after the meeting. The initiative was presented to us as an experiment that will initially last for roughly 6 months. Nobody from CS who is attending the workshop has decided to publicly support or not the initiative. Will you attend as representatives of civil society or for your own organizations? Is WEF (etc) covering costs of participation, travel to Geneva? > At the workshop, we will observe, understand what is still up in the air and what may have been decided in advance by the conveners, and then decide. But for that to happen, it would be very helpful to hear more in the main IG lists. > > > So, the primary purpose of this email is to reach out to you with a very practical ask: The agenda presents a series of questions this "Initiative" wants to address. Those on the call thought it would be a good idea to ask in a series of CS lists involved in IG for your views and comments regarding those questions. Refer to the agenda here: http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_3NETmundialInitiativeLaunchAgenda.pdf > > It would be extremely helpful to those attending to get your input on the questions and issues presented in the agenda by Tuesday Aug 26, so we can incorporate your thoughts and comments into our interventions at the workshop. Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns. > > Long way to go for an agenda doesn't have much time for discussion. Topic that most interests me is (from the NETmundial document) "There is a need to develop multistakeholder mechanisms at the national level owing to the fact that a good portion of Internet governance issues should be tackled at this level. National multistakeholder mechanisms should serve as a link between local discussions and regional and global instances. Therefore a fluent coordination and dialogue across those different dimensions is essential." Two items on the agenda seem to address this. and text I think perhaps helpful : "National and regional level Internet governance structures and mechanisms must emerge, guided by the same global principles to ensure alignment [*]. The synchronization between the different levels ensures a healthy, inclusive, and balanced stakeholder representation locally while contributing to the coordination of activities taking place at the global level and avoiding additional frictions in the Internet." [* i.e. NETmunudal principles, and text from the Panel On Global Internet Cooperation and Governance Mechanisms, contribution to NETmundial http://internetgovernancepanel.org/ ] How can this new WEF initiative help develop, support/sustain such national level mechanisms, will the members commit to supporting such activities. Does need commitment, we have been talking about such mechanisms since 2000/01. The bullets below look good. Adam (not subscribed to redlatam at lists.accessnow.org, igcbp-talk and steering at lists.bestbits.net so removed from cc list, but added "governance at lists.igcaucus.org IGC" ) > Cheers, > > C > > > > • > Welcome the interest and desire of ICANN and the WEF to leverage and further build on the NETmundial outcomes > > • Recognize that there have been some challenges in bringing this group together and many concerns as to the processes by which this occurred > > > • Convey broader civil society concerns that the convening process was inconsistent with the NETmundial principles - greater openness and transparency is required in order to achieve any legitimacy > > > • Insist that the process going forward be true to principles of openness, transparency and inclusivity and that there be mechanisms to ensure that fullest participation is facilitated > > > • Insist that the NMI support, underpin and strengthen the IGF and its work > > • Insist that the NMI not duplicate or subsume work of existing entities to promote NETmundial outcomes but rather support and encourage such work and find new avenues > > > • Seek clarification and work to identify the medium to long term goals of NMI - what is the NMI's added value, specific purpose and what are (at most) the three clearly identifiable and achievable goals that it is going to set for itself > > > • Work to ensure that NMI is not operating in a vacuum and that it is appropriately linked to 1NET, the IGF, the various business and civil society platforms, etc., and to ensure that it is appropriately taking into account other processes such as the WSIS+10 review > > > • Suggest that a meeting in January around the fringes of Davos may not be suitably accessible to the majority of interested parties given the costs, etc., of that particular event > > > • Seek to put "more meat on the bones" of the proposed actions, noting where such actions are already taking place (and their progress), and suggest that it may be wise to start with one action rather than multiple [encouraging the implementation of NETmundial outcomes - particularly governance principles and processes - at the national and regional levels, for example] > > > • Suggest an open brainstorming session at Aug meeting and an online process to solicit ideas for taking the NETmundial outcomes forward. (Perhaps the Initiative should be open to suggestions as to possible actions on an ongoing basis.) > > > • Better understand the role of the WEF and how the "host" is going to rotate and how the meetings will be structured so that they can encourage the greatest possible engagement and participation > > > • Ensure that the steering committee going forward is put together through appropriately transparent and inclusive processes. > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Brett Solomon > Date: Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 2:41 PM > Subject: [bestbits] NetMundial Initiative > To: "<,bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>," > > Hey there, > > As many of you know there is a post-Sao Paolo process emerging, proposed by Fadi Chehadi at ICANN, called the Net Mundial Initiative. Various versions of the documents laying out this concept have been floating around and are now leaked. > > A number of individuals including myself were alerted to this process before the documents were 'leaked' and have since communicated it more broadly amongst civil society. Clearly there are a number of procedural and substantive questions about what the Net Mundial Initiative will seek to accomplish, who will be involved, and what the processes for inclusion and decision-making will be moving forward. > > As the documents indicate, the next step of the Net Mundial Initiative will be a meeting in Geneva on August 28th. A number of members of civil society who have been invited to join the Net Mundial Initiative will attend this event, including Carolina Rossini (Public Knowledge), Eileen Donahoe (HRW), and Bill Drake (though perhaps more there as a representative of the academic community). > > I have not communicated this yet to the organizers, but I’m planning on going to the event to learn more, but Access has not decided yet whether we will accept the invitation to join the Steering Committee. Regardless, I personally will consult our global membership and other civil society partners to garner an array of perspectives before attending. > > From what I have been told, the process will be hosted by the World Economic Forum for a temporary period from August to February 2015. In addition to those listed above, a number of concerns have been raised about the Initiative including: > > • Participation: selection process, attendance, and representation from the global south > • WEF as host: corporate nature of the host, perceptions of corporate capture, approach to development and elitism > • Objectives: what is the NMI trying to achieve, and how does it relate to other key elements of the IG landscape, in particular the IGF. > > All of the people that Fadi and WEF reached out to that I’ve talked to have expressed pretty deep concerns back to the organizers, including pushing hard to make sure civil society is represented and for this process in general to be more open, transparent, and inclusive of those from the global south. It would be good if we could have as open lines of communication as possible, including at the event, so if people have any thoughts or concerns they can then share them on or off list. Those who are attending should be a conduit for communication. > > Additionally, we have requested a meeting between civil society representatives and Fadi and Klaus (of WEF), so there will be a further opportunity to voice concerns there, which those going to Geneva will report back on. > > Best wishes > > Brett > > PS I am on Access team offsite so might be slow to respond. > > Brett Solomon > Executive Director > Access | accessnow.org > > +1 917 969 6077 > @solomonbrett > Key ID: 0x4EDC17EB > Fingerprint: C02C A886 B0FC 3A25 FF9F ECE8 FCDF BA23 4EDC 17EB > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > > -- > -- > Carolina Rossini > Vice President, International Policy > Public Knowledge > http://www.publicknowledge.org/ > + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits From kichango at gmail.com Sat Aug 23 12:02:06 2014 From: kichango at gmail.com (Mawaki Chango) Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 16:02:06 +0000 Subject: [bestbits] Why IGF? Chair's blog on 2014 IGF- Istanbul In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks, Subi, for forwarding this. Just a thought while reading Amb. Janis Karklins' blog entry... and a question. I admit I haven't paid as much attention as I should have to the outcomes of some of the consultations held over the last year or so. Has the idea ever come up to make the IGF become a more autonomous entity/process from the UN? I explain. A UN process has set up the IGF. After 10 years, now that everybody including those who initially opposed it seems to agree that it's useful to have it, can we start thinking of a different model from one where UN (UNDESA, CSTD, UNGA, etc.) only calls the shot as to whether the IGF will survive or not, etc.? Maybe link IGF to a collegial process where the UN for sure plus CSOs and individuals, Academics, Regional Intergovernmental Organizations (EU, AU, etc.) and I* Organizations (ICANN, ISOC, etc.) will come together and make the "meta-decisions" about IGF? With all those entities (or groups of entities) bringing their legitimacy to the process (so the UN is not off the hook) but not a single one will have to decide about the fate of IGF, and they will also take some responsibility to bring funding to the process at whatever level they can afford. Please don't yet assume that I fully agree with myself here; just thinking out loud. Mawaki ========================================== Mawaki Chango, PhD Founder and CEO DIGILEXIS http://www.digilexis.com m.chango at digilexis.com | *kichango at gmail.com * Twitter: @digilexis & @prodigilexis Mob. (+225) 57 55 57 53 | 44 48 77 64 Skype: digilexis ========================================== On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 6:40 PM, Subi Chaturvedi wrote: > Dear All, > > Hope you will make time to please see the attached blog written by the > Chair of the MAG Amb. Janis Karklins about the 2014 IGF- Istanbul. > > You may also wish to translate it into your language, for your local press > and share it amongst your networks and communities. > > While the choice always exists, to critique and engage constructively, > especially when you see room for improvement. The IGF, is a space which > remains an amplifier of issues around a free, open , secure, interoperable > Internet. CS has always looked at the internet as an enabler of free speech > and expression. Human rights violations and policies/laws which are > ambiguous or loosely worded impact digital trust and our ability to > actualise potential. Enacted without public consultation they are often > misused and interpreted at will more often than not failing to address the > core problem. Privacy and surveillance are increasingly being pitted > against national security and the two being posited as mutually exclusive. > Governments globally have had a history of engaging with the private > sector. When we look at the issues from purely resources standpoint, they > win. Many friends and colleagues have rightly pointed out that it is > important to recognise the voices which aren't in the room in > multistakeholder participation. And venues are expensive, in destination > cities for meetings. Most CS can ill afford, being present at these > meetings in person, keeping track alone of all the different events on the > IG calendar is a challenge. But it is our tenacity and will to hang in > there, our sheer determination through continuous engagement that, ushers > in change. Friends and colleagues who can't make it this year largely due > to resource gaps will be missed. Each voice brings in a diversity of > perspective and plurality of issues. While we recognise the conflicts and > discourses within, there is undeniable value in speaking truth to power and > being in the room and on the table. Change is slow but it is certain. > > There is value in engaging because we have the most at stake. Internet and > Freedom. Both we care for, deeply. The IGF is a safe space and we must not > shy away from raising issues that concern us as a community, however thorny > or uncomfortable they might be. > > Hope to see you in Istanbul, dialogue, debate discuss. > > warmest > > Subi Chaturvedi > Dear All, > > Hope you will make time to please see the attached blog written by the > Chair of the MAG Amb. Janis Karklins about the 2014 IGF- Istanbul. > > You may also wish to translate it into your language, for your local press > and share it amongst your networks and communities. > > While the choice always remains, to critique and engage constructively, > the IGF still, is a space which remains an amplifier of issues around a > free, open , secure, interoperable Internet. CS has always looked at the > internet as an enabler of free speech and expression. Human rights > violations and policies/laws which are ambiguous or loosely worded impact > digital trust and our ability to actualise potential. Enacted without > public consultation they are often misused and interpreted at will more > often than not failing to address the core problem. Privacy > and surveillance are increasingly being pitted against national security > and the two being posited as mutually exclusive. Governments globally have > had a history of engaging with the private sector. When we look at the > issues from purely resources standpoint, they win. Many friends and > colleagues have rightly pointed out that it is important to recognise the > voices which aren't in the room in multistakeholder participation. And > venues are expensive more often than not, in destination cities for > meetings. Most CS can ill afford, being present at meetings, keeping track > alone of all the different events on the IG calendar is a challenge. But it > is our tenacity and will to hang in there, our sheer determination through > continuous engagement that, ushers in change. Friends and colleagues who > can't make it for whatever reason and most often due to resource gaps will > be missed. Each voice brings in a diversity of perspective and plurality of > issues. While we recognise the conflicts and discourses within, there is > undeniable value in speaking truth to power and being in the room and on > the table. Change is slow but it is certain. > > There is value in engaging because we have the most at stake. Internet and > Freedom. Both we care for, deeply. The IGF is a safe space and we must not > shy away from raising issues that concern us as a community, however thorny > or uncomfortable they might be. > > Hope to see you in Istanbul, dialogue, debate discuss. > > warmest > > Subi Chaturvedi > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From subi.igp at gmail.com Sat Aug 23 14:22:39 2014 From: subi.igp at gmail.com (Subi Chaturvedi) Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 23:52:39 +0530 Subject: [bestbits] Why IGF? Chair's blog on 2014 IGF- Istanbul In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Many thanks Mawaki for raising this. While cutting the umbilical chord never actually cropped up, the ambiguity around several issues has been a major cause for concern. When we could be engaging with other most substantive issues we have over the last couple of years atleast during my tenure have often deliberated over both the continuation and perpetuity. Recently the questions have become more acute and sharper. I am certain others before me have too. Institutional memory points towards. Many colleagues have steadfastly tried to turn the lens inwards- how do we do more, be more and not just rate better? Vlada in particular has been consistent in ensuring we look at self improvement. Colleagues have also shared rolling docs and working papers inadditon to the official reports from IGF improvements from WGEC and other fora. Many suggestions have been implemented but there's a lot more that needs to be done. It has been an incredible team to work with. The secretariat does an amazing job as well but they need strengthening too and resources have often been a concern. With Netmundial and other fora globally asking more of, and from the IGF and rightly so, we are in the process of serious introspection and reflection. This is a good time- of churning and flux. There have been significant changes this year at the IGF planning, process and content. We hope the programme content will reflect some of these. We also called for an open space and the same has been created at the IGF this year to convene informally and share freely and can be used by all the participants. In Janis we have an excellent Chair who brings with him a vast repertoire of expertise, having worked with a multitude of stakeholders and intergovernmental organisations alike. I strongly urge all of you to join us on Day 3 -September 4th from 9.30-12.30. Main session -main room. It has been a long and evolutionary process. This year the main will have two segments. The first is about The role of IGF and the evolving internet ecosystem especially in response to Netmundial, ITU, WSIS, UNGA and other Fora. The second segment which is being conducted in a town hall format simulation, is about Strengthening and improving the IGF and examining the way forward. The IGF secretariat had put out a call for policy questions seeking community input. In addition to the questions we received excellent inputs and several questions too, that we would like to see addressed-including the elephant in the room. Should IGF be looking at negotiated outcome docs. Panelists with brief opening remarks will speak to these questions keeping a major portion of the main open for comments, suggestions and inputs. All the participants present and online will be encouraged to (JAM) in the Just-A-Minute spirit. No more passive audience in the room, going forward. This session will hope to see maximum interventions from the floor. We hope in the Netmundial spirit many, minute long inputs will emerge from the participants and we have collectively attempted through innovations in both format and substance to change how main mains at IGFs will unfold. I remember Milton distinctly saying at the open Consultation and MAG meeting in 2012 that we need to make main sessions more productive. Last year under Markus's leadership the idea of 5-7 policy questions was introduced at the Main sessions. Mathew Shears made another valuable intervention by refocusing our energies and asking each main to have a distinct focus and address specific questions. Best Practice Forums are a welcome addition this year. ISOC has initiatiated a new initiative which will provide a platform for all donors to support the IGF. An open meeting is scheduled on day 0. This allows us and all small and medium donors also to bypass the complex agreement process which has been in place. Contributions however small will now be channelled and processed easily. Looking forward to more free thinking and lots of thinking aloud :) The session will have 3 substantive rapporteurs and will attempt to capture all the suggestions made. I do hope that we have a productive IGF 2014 optimised towards playing its rightful role in #netgov. And it is upto us to chart the way forward. Do please join us for the session on day 3 morning. Warmest Subi Chaturvedi On 23 Aug 2014 21:32, "Mawaki Chango" wrote: > > Thanks, Subi, for forwarding this. > > Just a thought while reading Amb. Janis Karklins' blog entry... and a question. I admit I haven't paid as much attention as I should have to the outcomes of some of the consultations held over the last year or so. Has the idea ever come up to make the IGF become a more autonomous entity/process from the UN? I explain. A UN process has set up the IGF. After 10 years, now that everybody including those who initially opposed it seems to agree that it's useful to have it, can we start thinking of a different model from one where UN (UNDESA, CSTD, UNGA, etc.) only calls the shot as to whether the IGF will survive or not, etc.? Maybe link IGF to a collegial process where the UN for sure plus CSOs and individuals, Academics, Regional Intergovernmental Organizations (EU, AU, etc.) and I* Organizations (ICANN, ISOC, etc.) will come together and make the "meta-decisions" about IGF? With all those entities (or groups of entities) bringing their legitimacy to the process (so the UN is not off the hook) but not a single one will have to decide about the fate of IGF, and they will also take some responsibility to bring funding to the process at whatever level they can afford. > > Please don't yet assume that I fully agree with myself here; just thinking out loud. > > Mawaki > > ========================================== > Mawaki Chango, PhD > Founder and CEO > DIGILEXIS > http://www.digilexis.com > m.chango at digilexis.com | kichango at gmail.com > Twitter: @digilexis & @prodigilexis > Mob. (+225) 57 55 57 53 | 44 48 77 64 > Skype: digilexis > ========================================== > > > On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 6:40 PM, Subi Chaturvedi wrote: >> >> Dear All, >> >> Hope you will make time to please see the attached blog written by the Chair of the MAG Amb. Janis Karklins about the 2014 IGF- Istanbul. >> >> You may also wish to translate it into your language, for your local press and share it amongst your networks and communities. >> >> While the choice always exists, to critique and engage constructively, especially when you see room for improvement. The IGF, is a space which remains an amplifier of issues around a free, open , secure, interoperable Internet. CS has always looked at the internet as an enabler of free speech and expression. Human rights violations and policies/laws which are ambiguous or loosely worded impact digital trust and our ability to actualise potential. Enacted without public consultation they are often misused and interpreted at will more often than not failing to address the core problem. Privacy and surveillance are increasingly being pitted against national security and the two being posited as mutually exclusive. Governments globally have had a history of engaging with the private sector. When we look at the issues from purely resources standpoint, they win. Many friends and colleagues have rightly pointed out that it is important to recognise the voices which aren't in the room in multistakeholder participation. And venues are expensive, in destination cities for meetings. Most CS can ill afford, being present at these meetings in person, keeping track alone of all the different events on the IG calendar is a challenge. But it is our tenacity and will to hang in there, our sheer determination through continuous engagement that, ushers in change. Friends and colleagues who can't make it this year largely due to resource gaps will be missed. Each voice brings in a diversity of perspective and plurality of issues. While we recognise the conflicts and discourses within, there is undeniable value in speaking truth to power and being in the room and on the table. Change is slow but it is certain. >> >> There is value in engaging because we have the most at stake. Internet and Freedom. Both we care for, deeply. The IGF is a safe space and we must not shy away from raising issues that concern us as a community, however thorny or uncomfortable they might be. >> >> Hope to see you in Istanbul, dialogue, debate discuss. >> >> warmest >> >> Subi Chaturvedi >> >> Dear All, >> >> Hope you will make time to please see the attached blog written by the Chair of the MAG Amb. Janis Karklins about the 2014 IGF- Istanbul. >> >> You may also wish to translate it into your language, for your local press and share it amongst your networks and communities. >> >> While the choice always remains, to critique and engage constructively, the IGF still, is a space which remains an amplifier of issues around a free, open , secure, interoperable Internet. CS has always looked at the internet as an enabler of free speech and expression. Human rights violations and policies/laws which are ambiguous or loosely worded impact digital trust and our ability to actualise potential. Enacted without public consultation they are often misused and interpreted at will more often than not failing to address the core problem. Privacy and surveillance are increasingly being pitted against national security and the two being posited as mutually exclusive. Governments globally have had a history of engaging with the private sector. When we look at the issues from purely resources standpoint, they win. Many friends and colleagues have rightly pointed out that it is important to recognise the voices which aren't in the room in multistakeholder participation. And venues are expensive more often than not, in destination cities for meetings. Most CS can ill afford, being present at meetings, keeping track alone of all the different events on the IG calendar is a challenge. But it is our tenacity and will to hang in there, our sheer determination through continuous engagement that, ushers in change. Friends and colleagues who can't make it for whatever reason and most often due to resource gaps will be missed. Each voice brings in a diversity of perspective and plurality of issues. While we recognise the conflicts and discourses within, there is undeniable value in speaking truth to power and being in the room and on the table. Change is slow but it is certain. >> >> There is value in engaging because we have the most at stake. Internet and Freedom. Both we care for, deeply. The IGF is a safe space and we must not shy away from raising issues that concern us as a community, however thorny or uncomfortable they might be. >> >> Hope to see you in Istanbul, dialogue, debate discuss. >> >> warmest >> >> Subi Chaturvedi >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nnenna75 at gmail.com Mon Aug 25 03:00:29 2014 From: nnenna75 at gmail.com (Nnenna Nwakanma) Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 07:00:29 +0000 Subject: [bestbits] [governance] Re: Looking for your input - NetMundial Initiative In-Reply-To: <2DA93620FC07494C926D60C8E3C2F1A8016425CA@server1.medienkomm.uni-halle.de> References: <4DC51A4B-4361-441A-A324-EDB576F08177@glocom.ac.jp> <2DA93620FC07494C926D60C8E3C2F1A8016425CA@server1.medienkomm.uni-halle.de> Message-ID: Dear all The position of the World Wide Web Foundation is open and on the blog: https://webfoundation.org/2014/08/the-fall-of-internet-governance/ SNIP = = = Here are the proposals we’ll be bringing to these forums to help ensure that international commitment leverages change on the ground: - *Commit to policy coherence.* Companies and governments who espouse participatory, democratic processes and defend human rights in Internet governance forums should not turn around and negotiate away our Web rights in secretive negotiations on topics such as digital copyright, cybersecurity, spectrum licensing and surveillance cooperation. - *Popularise the issues. *Companies won’t change until they feel their profits are threatened. Governments won’t change unless they fear being voted out of power. So we need a collective effort to ensure that people around the globe understand and care about these issues. We’re playing our part by leading the Web We Want campaign — and as part of this we’re planning a major festival with the UK’s Southbank Centre , which will take place across three weekends, beginning in September. We also fund and connect local activists working for a free and open Web all over the world, from Privacy Cafes in the Netherlands, to public awareness efforts and advocacy campaigns in Mexico , Nigeria and beyond . Through our Web Index project, we’re tracking the performance of countries around the world on digital rights issues such as access, affordability, and online privacy. How can you help? - *Include more voices.* Technical guidance from “Internet Governance Experts” is critical in this field to avoid policy blunders, but the conversation is too important to be left to them alone. Representatives of other constituencies need to turn their minds to this issue and put forward solutions. The World Economic Forum initiative will reach wider business interests beyond the tech sector, which is positive in itself — but not everybody gets to go to Davos. We need equally creative and well-resourced ways to engage small-medium enterprises and start-ups, union leaders, the arts and culture community, anti-poverty campaigners, women’s rights groups, youth movements, parliamentarians and more. - *Open up.* Internet governance affects everyone, and so discussions should happen in the open, supported by transparent mechanisms that strengthen the accountability of governments, technical bodies, and technology corporations to the public. The Internet Governance Forum is to be commended for live-streaming their sessions, and we call on the organisers of the NETmundial Initiative and the Plenipotentiary to do the same. We’ll be providing full and honest write-ups of all our participation here too. - *Invest in national level change. *International norms are important — and we’ve gone as far as to call for a global “Magna Carta” for the Internet. Yet it is national level laws, regulations, business practices, and market incentives that most powerfully shape the Internet—for better or worse. It’s time for a concerted effort to build and pass an “Internet bill of rights” in every country that will enshrine citizens’ rights to access, privacy, and freedom of expression and association online. To do this requires sustained attention, political leadership, and investment in the capacity and resources of local civil society. SNIP = = = Nnenna On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 6:00 PM, "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" < wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de> wrote: > Hi Adam, > > good questions. I also support Rauls approach. Key point at this stage is > to broaden the support for the IGF and NMI is one great option to do this. > BTW, I got yesterday an invitation to join the Geneva meeting but I can not > go due to our 14th Meeting of the ICANN Studienkreis in Sofia (Bulgaria), > August 28/29. > > In the light of the Monday Meeting in Istanbul we should use the IGC > Meeting on Friday to enhance a CSmid-term strategy. > > Wolfgang > > > > DAM; > > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org im Auftrag von Adam > Gesendet: Sa 23.08.2014 14:38 > An: Carolina Rossini > Cc: Brett Solomon; > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net> irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org; > governance at lists.igcaucus.org IGC > Betreff: [governance] Re: [bestbits] Looking for your input - NetMundial > Initiative > > Dear Carolina, > > Thank you for sharing this. A few comments below. > > > On Aug 23, 2014, at 9:24 AM, Carolina Rossini wrote: > > > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > > > As some of you might have heard and also seen the leaked documents, the > World Economic Forum, supported by ICANN, will host the workshop > "NetMundial Initiative" on 28th of August, in Geneva. > > > > > > Besides leaked documents, an "official" site is now up (as of yesterday) > at http://www.weforum.org/issues/global-internet-governance, with list of > participants, agenda, a short briefing and a FAQ. It worth reading it - the > FAQ is a very "interesting" piece. See it here - > http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_2NETmundialInitiativeFAQ.pdf. > > > > > > > Shame it had to leak. Fadi announced the initiative at the ICANN meeting > in London (around 23rd June) and the lead CS participants were already > known at that time. But only rumor, no information, until the leak of > course... > > > > Background regarding invitations and communication with NMI organizers: > None of the CS members invited to the workshop know exactly how the > selection process happened. In my personal case, I heard I was being > invited from colleagues in Brazil, but you can refer to Brett's previous > email (I paste it below) regarding to some of our earlier concerns > regarding the lack of transparency related to the invitation process. > > > > > > Yesterday, a group of CS members had a call with Fadi and folks from the > WEF - the first of its kind. The call was arranged in response to a request > from CS invited for the Geneva meeting. > > > Who were the other "civil society" people who joined the call with > Fadi/WEF? > > And news on membership of the Steering Committee? > > > > Below are some key concerns that were drafted ahead of the call. A > primary theme on the call was lack of transparency and failure to > adequately engage CS as part of the planning process for this workshop and > its follow-up processes. We also conveyed how problematic that it was > about the lack of southern CS representation. > > > Except for yourself, is there anyone? Skimming the participant list, the > only other person I recognize as having a experience of Internet governance > at national/regional level global south is Barrack Otieno (tech community, > Kenya and East Africa IGFs and other). > > > > Besides the issues below, and in regard to participation, we asked ICANN > and WEF to let CS chose its own representatives and that the representation > should rotate, so it is inclusive. > > > from this > initiative is "Inspired by the NETmundial..." "Carry forward the spirit of > NETmundial..."' > > NETmundial document is couldn't be clearer "Stakeholder representatives > appointed to multistakeholder Internet governance processes should be > selected through open, democratic, and transparent processes. Different > stakeholder groups should self-manage their processes based on inclusive, > publicly known, well defined and accountable mechanisms." > > Please ask WEF to cut the sweet words and either follow the "spirit" or > find another brand :-) Quite an issue over this during the lead-up to > NETmundial. Should be a civil society non-negotiable. > > > > We also asked for remote participation and that the WEF sets a platform > for remote commentary, which should happen in advance, during and after the > meeting. The initiative was presented to us as an experiment that will > initially last for roughly 6 months. Nobody from CS who is attending the > workshop has decided to publicly support or not the initiative. > > > Will you attend as representatives of civil society or for your own > organizations? > > Is WEF (etc) covering costs of participation, travel to Geneva? > > > > At the workshop, we will observe, understand what is still up in the air > and what may have been decided in advance by the conveners, and then > decide. But for that to happen, it would be very helpful to hear more in > the main IG lists. > > > > > > So, the primary purpose of this email is to reach out to you with a very > practical ask: The agenda presents a series of questions this "Initiative" > wants to address. Those on the call thought it would be a good idea to ask > in a series of CS lists involved in IG for your views and comments > regarding those questions. Refer to the agenda here: > http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_3NETmundialInitiativeLaunchAgenda.pdf > > > > It would be extremely helpful to those attending to get your input on > the questions and issues presented in the agenda by Tuesday Aug 26, so we > can incorporate your thoughts and comments into our interventions at the > workshop. Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns. > > > > > > > Long way to go for an agenda doesn't have much time for discussion. > > Topic that most interests me is (from the NETmundial document) "There is a > need to develop multistakeholder mechanisms at the national level owing to > the fact that a good portion of Internet governance issues should be > tackled at this level. National multistakeholder mechanisms should serve as > a link between local discussions and regional and global instances. > Therefore a fluent coordination and dialogue across those different > dimensions is essential." Two items on the agenda seem to address this. > > and text I think perhaps helpful : > > "National and regional level Internet governance structures and mechanisms > must emerge, guided by the same global principles to ensure alignment [*]. > The synchronization between the different levels ensures a healthy, > inclusive, and balanced stakeholder representation locally while > contributing to the coordination of activities taking place at the global > level and avoiding additional frictions in the Internet." > > [* i.e. NETmunudal principles, and text from the Panel On Global Internet > Cooperation and Governance Mechanisms, contribution to NETmundial > http://internetgovernancepanel.org/ ] > > How can this new WEF initiative help develop, support/sustain such > national level mechanisms, will the members commit to supporting such > activities. Does need commitment, we have been talking about such > mechanisms since 2000/01. > > The bullets below look good. > > Adam > > (not subscribed to redlatam at lists.accessnow.org, igcbp-talk < > igcbp-talk at googlegroups.com> and steering at lists.bestbits.net so removed > from cc list, but added "governance at lists.igcaucus.org IGC" < > governance at lists.igcaucus.org>) > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > C > > > > > > > > . > > Welcome the interest and desire of ICANN and the WEF to leverage and > further build on the NETmundial outcomes > > > > . Recognize that there have been some challenges in bringing this > group together and many concerns as to the processes by which this occurred > > > > > > . Convey broader civil society concerns that the convening process > was inconsistent with the NETmundial principles - greater openness and > transparency is required in order to achieve any legitimacy > > > > > > . Insist that the process going forward be true to principles of > openness, transparency and inclusivity and that there be mechanisms to > ensure that fullest participation is facilitated > > > > > > . Insist that the NMI support, underpin and strengthen the IGF and > its work > > > > . Insist that the NMI not duplicate or subsume work of existing > entities to promote NETmundial outcomes but rather support and encourage > such work and find new avenues > > > > > > . Seek clarification and work to identify the medium to long term > goals of NMI - what is the NMI's added value, specific purpose and what are > (at most) the three clearly identifiable and achievable goals that it is > going to set for itself > > > > > > . Work to ensure that NMI is not operating in a vacuum and that it > is appropriately linked to 1NET, the IGF, the various business and civil > society platforms, etc., and to ensure that it is appropriately taking into > account other processes such as the WSIS+10 review > > > > > > . Suggest that a meeting in January around the fringes of Davos > may not be suitably accessible to the majority of interested parties given > the costs, etc., of that particular event > > > > > > . Seek to put "more meat on the bones" of the proposed actions, > noting where such actions are already taking place (and their progress), > and suggest that it may be wise to start with one action rather than > multiple [encouraging the implementation of NETmundial outcomes - > particularly governance principles and processes - at the national and > regional levels, for example] > > > > > > . Suggest an open brainstorming session at Aug meeting and an > online process to solicit ideas for taking the NETmundial outcomes forward. > (Perhaps the Initiative should be open to suggestions as to possible > actions on an ongoing basis.) > > > > > > . Better understand the role of the WEF and how the "host" is > going to rotate and how the meetings will be structured so that they can > encourage the greatest possible engagement and participation > > > > > > . Ensure that the steering committee going forward is put together > through appropriately transparent and inclusive processes. > > > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Brett Solomon > > Date: Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 2:41 PM > > Subject: [bestbits] NetMundial Initiative > > To: "<,bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>," > > > > Hey there, > > > > As many of you know there is a post-Sao Paolo process emerging, proposed > by Fadi Chehadi at ICANN, called the Net Mundial Initiative. Various > versions of the documents laying out this concept have been floating around > and are now leaked. > > > > A number of individuals including myself were alerted to this process > before the documents were 'leaked' and have since communicated it more > broadly amongst civil society. Clearly there are a number of procedural and > substantive questions about what the Net Mundial Initiative will seek to > accomplish, who will be involved, and what the processes for inclusion and > decision-making will be moving forward. > > > > As the documents indicate, the next step of the Net Mundial Initiative > will be a meeting in Geneva on August 28th. A number of members of civil > society who have been invited to join the Net Mundial Initiative will > attend this event, including Carolina Rossini (Public Knowledge), Eileen > Donahoe (HRW), and Bill Drake (though perhaps more there as a > representative of the academic community). > > > > I have not communicated this yet to the organizers, but I'm planning on > going to the event to learn more, but Access has not decided yet whether we > will accept the invitation to join the Steering Committee. Regardless, I > personally will consult our global membership and other civil society > partners to garner an array of perspectives before attending. > > > > From what I have been told, the process will be hosted by the World > Economic Forum for a temporary period from August to February 2015. In > addition to those listed above, a number of concerns have been raised about > the Initiative including: > > > > . Participation: selection process, attendance, and representation > from the global south > > . WEF as host: corporate nature of the host, perceptions of > corporate capture, approach to development and elitism > > . Objectives: what is the NMI trying to achieve, and how does it > relate to other key elements of the IG landscape, in particular the IGF. > > > > All of the people that Fadi and WEF reached out to that I've talked to > have expressed pretty deep concerns back to the organizers, including > pushing hard to make sure civil society is represented and for this process > in general to be more open, transparent, and inclusive of those from the > global south. It would be good if we could have as open lines of > communication as possible, including at the event, so if people have any > thoughts or concerns they can then share them on or off list. Those who are > attending should be a conduit for communication. > > > > Additionally, we have requested a meeting between civil society > representatives and Fadi and Klaus (of WEF), so there will be a further > opportunity to voice concerns there, which those going to Geneva will > report back on. > > > > Best wishes > > > > Brett > > > > PS I am on Access team offsite so might be slow to respond. > > > > Brett Solomon > > Executive Director > > Access | accessnow.org > > > > +1 917 969 6077 > > @solomonbrett > > Key ID: 0x4EDC17EB > > Fingerprint: C02C A886 B0FC 3A25 FF9F ECE8 FCDF BA23 4EDC 17EB > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > > > > > > -- > > -- > > Carolina Rossini > > Vice President, International Policy > > Public Knowledge > > http://www.publicknowledge.org/ > > + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > governance at lists.igcaucus.org > To be removed from the list, visit: > http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing > > For all other list information and functions, see: > http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance > To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: > http://www.igcaucus.org/ > > Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ben_akin at yahoo.com Fri Aug 15 19:53:19 2014 From: ben_akin at yahoo.com (Benjamin) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:53:19 -0700 Subject: [bestbits] Worries about Internet.org In-Reply-To: <051C8BA3-E928-48BB-B847-BBC32029833C@me.com> References: <051C8BA3-E928-48BB-B847-BBC32029833C@me.com> Message-ID: <1408146799.76333.YahooMailNeo@web121803.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Joao, Thank you for this opinion, and I am very interested in seeing the operationalization of the Internet.org free access.. how free it will be only time will tell. Concern for users privacy is still not very important here, users just want to get access whichever way it comes. Surveillance is not so much of a concern for average users. Illiterate digital users are becoming obvious even as there was a 70% failure of students in the college exams in Nigeria this August 2014. Hope access to Internet will truly impact positively on the education of the users. Thank you Carlos for your concern, Civil Societies need to protect the users from been exploited. Benjamin   The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom Trust in the Lord with all ur heart!!!!! http://www.livingseed.org .....please click it Seek first the Kingdom of God On Monday, August 4, 2014 12:05 PM, João Carlos R. Caribé wrote: Dear All,  when someones are excited about the new Facebook philanthropic project Internet.org ( http://internet.org ) that is around any mobile application that allow poor peoples from third world can access for free some selected web sites, I'm just worried about that. For example, they not ashamed to say the app can provide free access to "free basic services" on the Internet, referring to me in my imagination something like cable TV package or private networks like AOL in the past. I wary about the generosity of Facebook, they could create a system of curation, providing a false digital inclusion, but keeping track of the information that users can receive. It's easy to imagine that suspect agreements that are made between Facebook, the Telecom companies and the "basic service". Just made a quick imagination exercise and you will see in the future a lot of online services aggressing to the project, and what Internet this new "digitally included citizens" will know. So this is dangerous to the net neutrality and the freedom of choice, and for diversity and the cognitive knowledge building of the Internet. We are experiencing some of that at Brazil with "free" mobile Facebook access and counting this as new digital included citizen, but there wasn't any increase on the culture and education of then, who just know to use Facebook, but not the Internet. The price is one "digital included" citizen that continue to be an digital illiterate. The other face of this threat are running now at Chile, where the Telecoms company are saying that the net net neutrality is the reason of Chile "killed" the free access to Wikipedia and Facebook. I will write some lines about this threat at Movimento Mega website http://movimentomega.org.br today. -- João Carlos R. Caribé Consultor  Skype joaocaribe (021) 4042 7727  (021) 8761 1967 ____________________________________________________________ You received this message as a subscriber on the list:     bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:     http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jmalcolm at eff.org Mon Aug 25 12:24:52 2014 From: jmalcolm at eff.org (Jeremy Malcolm) Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 09:24:52 -0700 Subject: [bestbits] Fwd: [cs-coord] Internet Governance Civil Society Co-ordination Group In-Reply-To: <9654C72A204645ADB76611DDEFB39038@Toshiba> References: <9654C72A204645ADB76611DDEFB39038@Toshiba> Message-ID: <53FB6354.9040101@eff.org> Please see below today's announcement by chair Ian Peter about the new members of the Internet Governance Civil Society Co-ordination Group (on which Best Bits is already represented, through me). Relatedly, the group is currently compiling the suggestions that member groups made for a civil society closing speaker at the IGF, and our suggestion of Burcu Kilic has been well received - but the final nomination will be advised within 24 hours. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [cs-coord] Internet Governance Civil Society Co-ordination Group Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:36:31 +1000 From: Ian Peter Reply-To: Ian Peter To: The Internet Governance Civil Society Co-ordination Group (CSCG) would like to announce the addition of new members and the reappointment of an independent chairperson. Formed in 2013 in response to the need for civil society groups to work more closely together, particularly on appointing representatives to outside bodies, the founding members of this “coalition of coalitions” were · Internet Governance Caucus, an organisation with over 200 organisational and individual members founded in 2004 to specifically address emerging internet governance issues. Represented by Dr Mawaki Chango, Co-Coordinator · Association for Progressive Communications, an international membership-based network founded in 1990 who work together in using ICTs to empower and support others to build strategic communities and promote easy and affordable access to a free and open internet.Represented by Chat Garcia Ramilo, Deputy Executive Director · Best Bits, a network of civil society organisations from across the world, who come together to share and collaborate on individual and joint initiatives in support of human rights and other broadly shared civil society interests in Internet governance. Represented by Jeremy Malcolm, Steering Committee member. · The Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group, (NCSG) an organization of more than 400 non-commercial organizations and individuals who develop Internet policy through participation in ICANN's policy development process. NCSG promotes noncommercial interests in the formulation of ICANN policy including human rights, academic, development, educational, and cultural interests. Represented by Robin Gross, NCSG Executive Committee · Diplo Foundation, which has a focus on assisting participants from small and developing states to build the capacity to engage effectively in Internet Governance and diplomacy. Since 2003, Diplo’s Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme (IGCBP) has involved over 1500 professionals and activists from 163 states. Diplo Foundation is represented by Ginger (Virginia) Paque, Internet Governance Programmes. The new members announced today are · Just Net Coalition, formed in 2014, a global coalition with specific interests in democracy, human rights and social justice. Represented by Norbert Bollow, Co-convenor · Civicus, a global civil society alliance with over 1000 members in 120 countries. Represented by Mandeep Tiwana, Head of Policy and Research The newly expanded group announced as its first task the reappointment of Ian Peter as independent chair, with a term expiring in September 2016. Ian Peter has been involved in internet public access initiatives for over 25 years with various civil society organisations and was approached to be the first independent chairperson when CSCG was formed in 2013. “I am honoured to be able to work with such a group of representative civil society bodies”, Ian Peter stated. “My aim in facilitating decision making with CSCG will be to ensure that the diverse range of voices and perspectives within civil society are heard, respected, and represented, and that civil society works together to advance its causes in the internet governance area”. CSCG sees its primary role as ensuring a co-ordinated civil society response and conduit when it comes to making civil society appointments to outside bodies (such as IGF, NetMundial, and 1Net). 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Begin forwarded message: > From: "Ian Peter" > Subject: [cs-coord] Civil Society Speakers for IGF Closing Ceremony > Date: August 25, 2014 at 9:21:25 PM PDT > To: > Cc: , "Subi Chaturvedi" > Reply-To: "Ian Peter" > > Dear Secretariat, > > Subi Chaturvedi passed on to us your request for civil society nominations for speakers for this years IGF Closing Ceremony. Thank you for ensuring that civil society is involved in choosing its representatives to speak on this occasion. > > This request was dealt with by the Internet Governance Civil Society Co ordination Group (CSCG). This peak group consists of representatives of the major civil society coalitions involved in Internet Governance issues, including Internet Governance Caucus, Best Bits, Association for Progressive Communications, Diplo Foundation, Just Net Coalition, Civicus, and Non Commercial Stakeholders Group of ICANN. The group, founded in 2013, has a primary role to ensure a co-ordinated civil society response and conduit when it comes to making civil society appointments to outside bodies. This was accepted and respected during the NetMundial (Brazil) process, and by the 1net community, and we will be pleased to also work with IGF in the future as regards civil society representation. > > It was therefore appropriate for this body to consider the question of speakers for the IGF closing session as requested. > > After calling for expressions of interest and nominations through the various networks, the CSCG discussed prospective speakers and makes the following recommendations. > > Firstly, we believe that civil society must have two speakers. Just like governments or any other stakeholder group, we have more perspectives than can be handled with just one speaking slot, and even with two speakers we feel we are under-represented. > > With this in mind, and bearing also in mind the multistakeholder principle that stakeholders should choose their own representatives, we submit the following two names. > > SPEAKER NO 1 > > Our first speaker is Dr Burcu Kilic. Dr Kilic is a Turkish citizen who is an expert on legal, economic and political issues surrounding intellectual property law, policy, development and innovation. We are pleased to be able to nominate such a talented speaker from the host country. > > SPEAKER NO 2 > > Our second speaker is Dr Milton Mueller. Dr Mueller is a Professor at Syracuse University. His research, teaching and public service for the last 15 years have been concentrated on the internet governance arena. > > Please let us know if you need any further information or contact details. > > > Sincerely, > > > > Ian Peter > > Independent Chair, on behalf of the Internet Governance Civil Society Coordination Group > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list cs-coord at lists.bestbits.net > > For list archives, member roster, unsubscription and other functions visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/summit > > Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t -- Jeremy Malcolm Senior Global Policy Analyst Electronic Frontier Foundation https://eff.org jmalcolm at eff.org Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I know that the group of people representing the various coalitions who are part of this group as voting members feel the same about this, and by working together I believe we can enhance the presence and effectiveness of civil society in internet governance – while maintaining separate stances on issues where we feel differently. Thank you – I will do my best to justify the endorsement you have given me. Ian Peter From: Mishi Choudhary Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 8:14 AM To: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net Subject: Re: [bestbits] Chair of Civil Society Coordination Group +1 for Ian On 08/15/2014 07:05 PM, Louis Pouzin (well) wrote: I vote for Ian Peter. Louis - - - On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 12:00 AM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote: Dear Best Bits colleagues, Last year a Civil Society Coordination Group came together to handle the task of coordinating civil society nominations for the NETmundial committees. The group still exists although relatively dormant since then, and its current membership contains the following representatives or liaisons to the main civil society networks in this space: Chat Garcia Ramilo - APC Ian Peter - independent chair Jeremy Malcolm - Best Bits Mawaki Chango - IGC Robin Gross - ICANN NCSG Virginia Paque - Diplo Foundation Mandeep Tiwana - Civicus* Norbert Bollow - Just Net Coalition* * added in 2014 Realising the need to improve the composition and processes of the group, we conducted a straw poll of our networks earlier this year, to gauge how people thought this should happen. One of the questions in that straw poll was about how the chair of the group should be selected, and the most popular choice was "Group will choose a non-voting chair themselves after a call for volunteers". This is therefore an open call for volunteers who would be willing to nominate themselves, or suggest someone else, to chair the coordination group. If you would like more background about the purpose and composition of the group, please let me know as I can resend you the information that was provided before the straw poll. We already have at least one nominee, but we would be pleased to receive more and you may send them on or off-list (please check with the nominee that they are willing to volunteer first). In anticipation that joint civil society nominations to IG processes will be required again soon, I request that you send any nominations within 10 days of today, ie. by Monday 25 August. Many thanks. -- Jeremy Malcolm Senior Global Policy Analyst Electronic Frontier Foundation https://eff.org jmalcolm at eff.org Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: ____________________________________________________________ You received this message as a subscriber on the list: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. 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To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Stuart.Hamilton at ifla.org Tue Aug 26 06:12:05 2014 From: Stuart.Hamilton at ifla.org (Stuart Hamilton) Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:12:05 +0000 Subject: [bestbits] Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries meeting at IGF, Tuesday 2nd September 9.00am Message-ID: <43A796BFD05CCD49A3A513599E2C948E01F1EA80@MFP02.IFLA.lan> Dear Colleagues [Apologies for Cross Posting] On behalf of the Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries (DC-PAL) I'd like to invite you to join us at our meeting at the IGF in Istanbul on Tuesday 2nd September. It's at 9am, right at the start of the event so if you join it should set you up nicely to engage in any discussions relating to access later in the week. Further details are below, please feel free to mail me if you have any questions. If you are at IGF and want to confirm your attendance, the new system lets you do just that - check here: http://igf2014.sched.org/event/8fa1da8a0715a51df7c02d2a12f486d5#.U_xS-WNWLhW Dynamic Coalition on Public Access (DC-PAL) in Libraries Tuesday 2nd September 9am-10.30am Workshop Room 07 (Rumeli Terrace / Halic) The DC-PAL meeting at the 2014 IGF will concentrate on the intersection of public access to ICTs and development. Building on feedback from workshops held at the African and LAC IGFs, and the WSIS+10 HLE, as well as experiences gained at the meetings of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals in New York during 2014, the meeting will look at the prospects for ICTs within the post-2015 framework, and the way that the framework could create new realities for Internet Governance. The meeting will also review two new policy briefs on public access launched by coalition members during 2014, discuss the importance of public access for women and girls, and assess the progress of the Beyond Access and Global Libraries projects funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. While there will be a number of short presentations to help set the scene, the DC-PAL is intended to be more of a discussion than a business meeting, and participants are encouraged to come prepared to share how they are working with public access in their countries. Panellists will bring their viewpoints and discuss how their organisations intend to engage during 2015 to ensure that public access to ICTs stays on the agenda at national and international levels. Agenda * Introduction and welcomes o Stuart Hamilton (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and DC-PAL Convenor) * The Dynamic Coalition and the IGF - reports from the regional IGFs o Martha Giraldo, ICT for Development Specialist, Colombia o Emilar Vushe, Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and/or Victoria Okojie, IFLA * Briefing documents on public access to ICTS o Mike Jensen, APC * NetMundial, WSIS+10 and the post-2015 development framework: what are the opportunities for public access? o Stuart Hamilton (IFLA) o Leana Mayzlina (Worldpulse) o Sonia Jorge (Alliance for Affordable Internet) o Gabriele Guillemin, Article 19 (TBC) o Mike Jensen, APC o Professor Pedro Teta, Deputy Minister and Chairman of the National Information Technology Commission, Angola (TBC) * Discussion on partnerships, objectives and next steps for public access issues in 2015 o Including discussion of The Lyon Declaration on Access to Information and Development, Stuart Hamilton (IFLA) Important: As members of the DC-PAL mailing list, if you have any input to share or wish to see any issues addressed at the meeting, please don't hesitate to contact me and we will ensure they are tackled. Please feel free to share this mail with your contacts and networks, and note that remote participation for the event is available. For more details on this, see here: http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/remote-participation-2014 Kind regards, Stuart Dr. Stuart Hamilton Deputy Secretary General International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) P.O. Box 95312 2509 CH The Hague Netherlands 00 31 70 314 0884 Twitter: @ifladpa -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ngreen260 at gmail.com Tue Aug 26 12:43:12 2014 From: ngreen260 at gmail.com (Natalie Green) Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:43:12 -0400 Subject: [bestbits] Briefing Notes on ITU, IGF Reform, and WSIS +10 Message-ID: Hello All, I've attached a few briefings that Carolina and some others at Public Knowledge prepared that could be useful for you all to look at before our pre-IGF meeting. Looking forward to seeing you all in Istanbul! https://docs.google.com/a/publicknowledge.org/document/d/1B4Hban7w_5QzIUK2C0wdULgafsrYJGNr7HvrQK0_R44/edit https://docs.google.com/a/publicknowledge.org/document/d/1QivzmCMzFRk0IG8yp0ozKE24xhMKeVdoM4J5jEqAztA/edit https://docs.google.com/a/publicknowledge.org/document/d/1X-I2S4dH8X86ElfYlYDveHS16gyqNj8Zbuh28aBjmtE/edit Best, Natalie -- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From carolina.rossini at gmail.com Tue Aug 26 16:10:02 2014 From: carolina.rossini at gmail.com (Carolina Rossini) Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 16:10:02 -0400 Subject: [bestbits] Briefing Notes on ITU, IGF Reform, and WSIS +10 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Pls, and feel free to add to them and comment. Just use different colors On Aug 26, 2014 12:43 PM, "Natalie Green" wrote: > Hello All, > > I've attached a few briefings that Carolina and some others at Public > Knowledge prepared that could be useful for you all to look at before our > pre-IGF meeting. Looking forward to seeing you all in Istanbul! > > > https://docs.google.com/a/publicknowledge.org/document/d/1B4Hban7w_5QzIUK2C0wdULgafsrYJGNr7HvrQK0_R44/edit > https://docs.google.com/a/publicknowledge.org/document/d/1QivzmCMzFRk0IG8yp0ozKE24xhMKeVdoM4J5jEqAztA/edit > https://docs.google.com/a/publicknowledge.org/document/d/1X-I2S4dH8X86ElfYlYDveHS16gyqNj8Zbuh28aBjmtE/edit > > > Best, > Natalie > > -- > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From robin at ipjustice.org Tue Aug 26 17:10:05 2014 From: robin at ipjustice.org (Robin Gross) Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:10:05 -0700 Subject: [bestbits] Upcoming IGF Workshops on ICANN Accountability & Privacy Issues Message-ID: <33C82577-8717-4995-B731-AF97127C5D1F@ipjustice.org> Hi Folks, IP Justice has co-organized a couple IGF 2014 panel sessions dealing with ICANN policy issues and on which a number of civil society members are participating (including Stephanie Perrin, Pranesh Prakash, David Cake, Rafik Dammak, Carlos Afonso, Avri Doria, Joy Liddicoat). One of the panels is on ICANN accountability and the other session is about ICANN privacy issues (details below). There will be remote participation available for these workshops, so I hope those who won't be in Istanbul for IGF will still consider dialing-in and joining the discussion via Rafik and David. Should be some lively discussions! Thanks, Robin IGF 2014 Workshop #23: "Accountability at the ICANN Multistakeholder Governance Regime" Wednesday 3 September from 9:00 - 10:30 am EEST (other time zones) IGF Venue Workshop Room #2 Panel Speakers: Larry Strictling, US NTIA Pat Kane, Verisign Gonzalo Navarro, ICANN Board of Directors Carlos Afonso, CGI.BR Avri Doria, NCSG Chris LaHatte, ICANN Ombudsman Jordan Carter, InternetNZ Panel Moderator: Robin Gross, IP Justice Remote Moderator: David Cake, Electronic Frontiers Australia More Info: http://bit.ly/1pDwm1x ================================= IGF 2014 Workshop #149: "Aligning ICANN Policy with the Privacy Rights of Internet Users" Friday 5 September from 11:00 am - 12:30pm EEST (other time zones) IGF Venue Workshop Room #6 Panel Speakers: Sjoera Nas, Article 29 Working Party Stephanie Perrin, University of Toronto Paul Diaz, Public Interest Registry (PIR) Joy Liddicoat, Association for Progressive Communications (APC) Richard Leaning, EUROPOL Michele Neylon, Blacknight Monika Zalnieriute, Council of Europe Panel Moderator: Pranesh Prakash, Yale Information Society Project Remote Moderator: Rafik Dammak, ICANN’s Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) More Info: http://bit.ly/1pzrJWr -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC) has organized two workshops: WS185: ICANN Globalization and the Affirmation of Commitments Wednesday, September 3 • 11:00am - 12:30pm http://sched.co/1j2XqWB WS153: Institutionalizing the “Clearing House” Function Thursday, September 4 • 2:30pm - 4:00pm http://sched.co/1mJ0A2M and in collaboration with The Noncommercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) another: WS114: Developing Countries Participation in Global IG Thursday, September 4 • 4:30pm - 6:00pm http://sched.co/1mJ2JLU (this is actually about developing countries in the GNSO, but a few people on the IGF MAG argued that the GNSO was “too narrow” a concern so the title was made broader) And a number of groups have banded together to organize an all-day event on Day 0, NETmundial: Looking Back, Learning Lessons and Mapping the Road Ahead, in which context we’ll be releasing a 16-chapter e-‘book’ on NM Roadmap implementation that I put together for the Internet Policy Observatory (Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania), called, Beyond NETmundial: The Roadmap for Institutional Improvements to the Global Internet Governance Ecosystem. Many familiar authors from BB/IGC. Monday, September 1, 9:00am - 6:30pm http://sched.co/1r7K8s3 Best, Bill *********************************************** William J. Drake International Fellow & Lecturer Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ University of Zurich, Switzerland Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency, ICANN, www.ncuc.org william.drake at uzh.ch (direct), wjdrake at gmail.com (lists), www.williamdrake.org *********************************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From william.drake at uzh.ch Wed Aug 27 02:08:16 2014 From: william.drake at uzh.ch (William Drake) Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 08:08:16 +0200 Subject: [bestbits] IGF workshop, Perspectives on Internet Governance Research and Scholarship Message-ID: <644D91E4-9F8B-49CF-B2D5-4E24FA41551F@uzh.ch> Hi This one might also be of interest to some folks here. It is connected to the Network of Centers initiative http://networkofcenters.net Perspectives on Internet Governance Research and Scholarship Wednesday, September 3, 2:30pm - 4:00pm, Workshop Room 06 (Rumeli Mezzanine / Hisar) http://sched.co/1mZwy4X Best Bill *********************************************** William J. Drake International Fellow & Lecturer Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ University of Zurich, Switzerland Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency, ICANN, www.ncuc.org william.drake at uzh.ch (direct), wjdrake at gmail.com (lists), www.williamdrake.org *********************************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Drake International Fellow & Lecturer Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ University of Zurich, Switzerland Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency, ICANN, www.ncuc.org william.drake at uzh.ch (direct), wjdrake at gmail.com (lists), www.williamdrake.org *********************************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mishi at softwarefreedom.org Sat Aug 16 18:14:55 2014 From: mishi at softwarefreedom.org (Mishi Choudhary) Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 18:14:55 -0400 Subject: [bestbits] Chair of Civil Society Coordination Group In-Reply-To: References: <51093433-8544-463D-AB5D-44A598745BAB@eff.org> Message-ID: <53EFD7DF.3030307@softwarefreedom.org> +1 for Ian On 08/15/2014 07:05 PM, Louis Pouzin (well) wrote: > I vote for Ian Peter. > Louis > - - - > > On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 12:00 AM, Jeremy Malcolm > wrote: > > Dear Best Bits colleagues, > > Last year a Civil Society Coordination Group came together to > handle the task of coordinating civil society nominations for the > NETmundial committees. The group still exists although relatively > dormant since then, and its current membership contains the > following representatives or liaisons to the main civil society > networks in this space: > > Chat Garcia Ramilo - APC > Ian Peter - independent chair > Jeremy Malcolm - Best Bits > Mawaki Chango - IGC > Robin Gross - ICANN NCSG > Virginia Paque - Diplo Foundation > Mandeep Tiwana - Civicus* > Norbert Bollow - Just Net Coalition* > > * added in 2014 > > Realising the need to improve the composition and processes of the > group, we conducted a straw poll of our networks earlier this > year, to gauge how people thought this should happen. One of the > questions in that straw poll was about how the chair of the group > should be selected, and the most popular choice was "Group will > choose a non-voting chair themselves after a call for volunteers". > > This is therefore an open call for volunteers who would be willing > to nominate themselves, or suggest someone else, to chair the > coordination group. If you would like more background about the > purpose and composition of the group, please let me know as I can > resend you the information that was provided before the straw poll. > > We already have at least one nominee, but we would be pleased to > receive more and you may send them on or off-list (please check > with the nominee that they are willing to volunteer first). In > anticipation that joint civil society nominations to IG processes > will be required again soon, I request that you send any > nominations within 10 days of today, ie. by Monday 25 August. > Many thanks. > > -- > Jeremy Malcolm > Senior Global Policy Analyst > Electronic Frontier Foundation > https://eff.org > jmalcolm at eff.org > > Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 > > :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net . > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -- Warm Regards Mishi Choudhary, Esq. Legal Director Software Freedom Law Center 1995 Broadway Floor 17 New York, NY-10023 (tel) 212-461-1912 (fax) 212-580-0898 www.softwarefreedom.org Executive Director SFLC.IN K-9, Second Floor Jangpura Extn. New Delhi-110014 (tel) +91-11-43587126 (fax) +91-11-24323530 www.sflc.in -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From joy at apc.org Wed Aug 27 02:30:06 2014 From: joy at apc.org (joy) Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 18:30:06 +1200 Subject: [bestbits] Fwd: [APC-IGF] Invitation to Disco-tech Istanbul In-Reply-To: <53FCC740.7010404@apc.org> References: <53FCC740.7010404@apc.org> Message-ID: <53FD7AEE.3000705@apc.org> Dear friends, sharing this invitation from APC for those attending the IGF. Kind regards Joy Liddicoat -------- Announcement available in: English: https://www.apc.org/en/news/turkish-international-activists-share-circumventio French: https://www.apc.org/fr/news/les-militants-internationaux-partagent-des-tactiqu Spanish: https://www.apc.org/es/news/activistas-internacionales-y-de-turquia-comparten _______ Dear all This year we saw the insecurity of digital networks and information at the hands of the Turkish government. World-wide it is becoming increasingly important to all internet users due to the increase in incidences of governments and corporations complicit in internet blackouts and mass surveillance of netizens and human rights defenders. Journalists, democracy activists, women human rights defenders and sexual rights activists, who use ICTs to report on and campaign against human rights abuses face surveillance, censorship, information security vulnerabilities, and information security compromises that can be life threatening. To shed light on the practical steps that members of civil society can take to protect themselves and their activism, APC, Tactical Tech and Web Foundation are hosting a peer-learning session on the night before the global IGF in Istanbul, 1 September 2014. For those in Bali last year, it is our second Disco-tech at the IGF. For newcomers, we call it a "Disco-tech" because the format of the event is very unique. Participants can learn about technological solutions in an inspiring and relaxed yet high-energy atmosphere. Short talks on online censorship, internet blocking and circumvention will inspire and mix up discussion among participants. Participants are also invited to follow up their learnings at our "help desk" booth stationed throught the IGF in the exhibition hall. Event details Date/time: 19:00 -- 22:00 Monday, 1 September 2014 Venue: Sofa Hotel[1] Transport: walking distance from IGF venue; Osmanbey metro station Attendance: Approx. 150 people Food: Light snacks and drinks We really hope that you can join us and please bring your colleagues and partners as well. Speakers include: Amie Stepanovich, Access; Ahmet A. Sabanc?, Alternatif Bilis,im; Andrew Gardner, Amnesty International; Mohammad Tarakiyee, Association for Progressive Communications; Fieke Jansen, Hivos; Jessica Dheere, Social Media Exchange; Paz Pena, Derechos Digitales; Serhat Koç, Pirate Party Turkey; Bishakha Datta, Point of View -- an excellent lineup! An RSVP to mallory at apc.org would be much appreciated. See you in Istanbul! Mallory Knodel, APC Gillo Cutrupi, TTC 1 http://www.thesofahotel.com -- Mallory Knodel Association for Progressive Communications :: apc.org gpg fingerprint :: E3EB 63E0 65A3 B240 BCD9 B071 0C32 A271 BD3C C780 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 486 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Apc-igf mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/apc-igf To unsubscribe, email apc-igf-unsubscribe at lists.apc.org From nadine at apcwomen.org Wed Aug 27 06:35:48 2014 From: nadine at apcwomen.org (Nadine Moawad) Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 13:35:48 +0300 Subject: [bestbits] Dynamic Coalition on Gender and Internet Governance - Day 1, 9am Message-ID: Hello friends, We invite you to join us for the Gender Dynamic Coalition workshop on Day 1, 9am. Here's the link to the workshop and speakers: http://igf2014.sched.org/event/ea10f2f79e6fa88367379d0feca17060#.U_2ydLySzVs We're excited, in particular, about launching a set of Feminist Principles of the Internet - which is a document we drafted together with 50 women's rights and internet rights activists in a meeting earlier this year. We look forward to your participation and feedback. Please spread the word to gender advocates and sexual rights activists. Thanks, Nadz -- Nadine Moawad EROTICS Coordinator, APC Beirut, Lebanon www.apc.org | erotics.apc.org Skype: nadine.moawad | Twitter: @nmoawad -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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A On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 10:10 PM, Carolina Rossini < carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote: > Pls, and feel free to add to them and comment. Just use different colors > On Aug 26, 2014 12:43 PM, "Natalie Green" wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> I've attached a few briefings that Carolina and some others at Public >> Knowledge prepared that could be useful for you all to look at before our >> pre-IGF meeting. Looking forward to seeing you all in Istanbul! >> >> >> https://docs.google.com/a/publicknowledge.org/document/d/1B4Hban7w_5QzIUK2C0wdULgafsrYJGNr7HvrQK0_R44/edit >> https://docs.google.com/a/publicknowledge.org/document/d/1QivzmCMzFRk0IG8yp0ozKE24xhMKeVdoM4J5jEqAztA/edit >> https://docs.google.com/a/publicknowledge.org/document/d/1X-I2S4dH8X86ElfYlYDveHS16gyqNj8Zbuh28aBjmtE/edit >> >> >> Best, >> Natalie >> >> -- >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >> > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > -- Anne Jellema CEO +27 061 36 9352 (ZA) +1 202 684 6885 (US) @afjellema *World Wide Web Foundation | 1110 Vermont Ave NW, Suite 500, Washington DC, 20005, USA | www.webfoundation.org | Twitter: @webfoundation* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Global Change. www.internews.org | @internews | facebook.com/internews From: William Drake > Reply-To: William Drake > Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at 11:55 PM To: Subi Chaturvedi > Cc: Best Bits >, Governance > Subject: Re: [bestbits] Courtesy Visa for Turkey and funding Hi Yes, no change from when I reported this last week, at missions/embassies only, alas not upon arrival or online. Bill On Aug 12, 2014, at 6:11 PM, Subi Chaturvedi > wrote: Dear all, Heads up on the IGF 2014 participation. Government of Turkey has confirmed courtesy visas for all. They will however need you to apply at your local Turkish Embassy/ Mission in person. The letter confirming your paticipation at the IGF and the visa support letter will entitle you to the visa application fee waiver ( Courtesy Visa). Hope to see you all in large numbers at the IGF. Thanks Bill for raising the issue.Glad to see that this story has a happy ending. In addition to the Visa we'd also put out a call to raise funding support for civil society and academia participants. Most major organisations are past their application deadlines. But this is a shout out to all CS networks and donors to pool resources and assist others. Large universities and grant making bodies included, through travel grants/fellowships. Even if you can do part funding it will amplify CS participation. Given the fact that we are close to the #post2015 agenda we must be present physically in large nos. Though we have remote participation, there's nothing like being there. This year there's also a designated Open space which allows for greater engagement and informal spontaneous discussions. I'd also like to see greater synergies between different networks in amplyfying support for each other and becoming enablers. ( Just my Santa wishlist). If possible donors could volunteer then co-cos could maybe match the receipients organically with donors off-list. I am aware of many worthy participants/ experts and new comers who would add tremendous value by being there. Let's try and do all that we can to facilitate their presence-Our presence at the IGF. Warmest Subi Chaturvedi > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Samet TUNCER" > > Date: 12 Aug 2014 11:49 > Subject: RE: [IGFmaglist] Visa for Turkey > To: "Subi Chaturvedi" > > Cc: "visa" >, "Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org" >, "Aysel KANDEMİR" > > > > Dear Ms. Chaturvedi, > > > > > > > > Dear Sir/Madam, > > > > > > > > All IGF participants will be given a visa without fee by Turkish missions abroad when they submit the “IGF Registration Confirmation Letter” including civil society, academia and business participants. > > > > > > > > Looking forward to see you all in Istanbul. > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > > > Samet Tuncer > > > > > > > > From: Subi Chaturvedi [mailto:subichaturvedi at gmail.com] > > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 5:35 PM > > To: Samet TUNCER > > Cc: visa;Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org; Aysel KANDEMİR > > Subject: RE: [IGFmaglist] Visa for Turkey > > > > > > > > Dear Samet, > > > > Many thanks for this wonderful gesture. We respect your compulsions and remain immensely grateful to you, our wonderful and generous hosts. > > > > The solution is acceptable and welcome. I do have a question is this valid for all the IGF participants? > > > > This would be great for all the civil society, academia and small business participatants who come and paticipate in the IGF against all odds and enrich the discourse. > > > > I thank you again for playing our gracious hosts. > > > > Looking forward to the best ever IGF. > > > > Warmest > > > > Subi > > > > On 11 Aug 2014 19:06, "Samet TUNCER" > wrote: > > > > > > Dear Sir/Madam, > > > > > > > > > > > > As a result of our correspondence with Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it seems impossible to reimburse the costs of visa application fee at the IGF venue due to internal rules of the Ministry. In this respect, we encourage you to apply Turkish embassies and consulates directly for visa. IGF Registration Confirmation Letter will be enough to get visa without fee according to a communique issued by Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated 21/07/2014 Ref No. KVUD/6749221. > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > Samet > > > > > > > > >> > > >> From: Subi Chaturvedi > > > >> Date: 9 Ağustos 2014 09:09:40 GMT+3 > > >> To: Noël Yao >, CAVUSOGLU Ahmet Erdinç > > > >> Cc: "amessinoukossi at yahoo.fr" >, IGF >, MAG-public > > > >> Subject: Re: [IGFmaglist] Visa for Turkey > > >> > > >> Dear All, > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Reiterating the request for courtesy visa's for IGF participants. As has been the previous practice. The previous hosts have been able to successfully set up kiosks at the IGF venues and reimburse participants the cost towards the visa application fee. It is a positive gesture and deserves all attempts at prolongation and continuity. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Regards > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Subi > > >> ____________________________________________________________ You received this message as a subscriber on the list: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits Click here to report this email as spam. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca Wed Aug 27 13:47:13 2014 From: stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca (Stephanie Perrin) Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 13:47:13 -0400 Subject: [bestbits] Courtesy Visa for Turkey and funding In-Reply-To: References: <741502C1-36BA-4B07-AD5D-774A94079597@gmail.com> Message-ID: <53FE19A1.1010601@mail.utoronto.ca> I gave up and paid for it, sorry to be no help. And it costs 60 bucks up here. stephanie On 2014-08-27, 13:45, Mike Godwin (mgodwin at INTERNEWS.ORG) wrote: > > Sorry to come back to this so late, but preparations have been a > distraction. > > I have confirmation of my attendance at IGF, of course, but I’m not > sure what is being referred to with regard to the “visa support > letter.” Since I am planning to visit the embassy in Washington, DC, > tomorrow to ask for the courtesy visa, can someone here advise? > > > —Mike > > > -- > > *Mike Godwin* | Senior Legal Advisor, Global Internet Policy Project > > mnemonic at gmail.com| *Mobile* 415-793-4446 > > *Skype* mnemonic1026 > > *Address* 1640 Rhode Island Ave., 7th Floor, Washington, DC 20036 USA > > *INTERNEWS*|***Local Voices. Global Change.* > > www.internews.org | @internews > | facebook.com/internews > > > > From: William Drake > > Reply-To: William Drake > > Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at 11:55 PM > To: Subi Chaturvedi > > Cc: Best Bits >, Governance > > > Subject: Re: [bestbits] Courtesy Visa for Turkey and funding > > Hi > > Yes, no change from when I reported this last week, at > missions/embassies only, alas not upon arrival or online. > > Bill > > On Aug 12, 2014, at 6:11 PM, Subi Chaturvedi > wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> Heads up on the IGF 2014 participation. Government of Turkey has >> confirmed courtesy visas for all. >> >> They will however need you to apply at your local Turkish Embassy/ >> Mission in person. >> >> The letter confirming your paticipation at the IGF and the visa >> support letter will entitle you to the visa application fee waiver ( >> Courtesy Visa). >> >> Hope to see you all in large numbers at the IGF. Thanks Bill for >> raising the issue.Glad to see that this story has a happy ending. >> >> In addition to the Visa we'd also put out a call to raise funding >> support for civil society and academia participants. Most major >> organisations are past their application deadlines. But this is a >> shout out to all CS networks and donors to pool resources and assist >> others. Large universities and grant making bodies included, through >> travel grants/fellowships. Even if you can do part funding it will >> amplify CS participation. >> >> Given the fact that we are close to the #post2015 agenda we must be >> present physically in large nos. Though we have remote participation, >> there's nothing like being there. >> >> This year there's also a designated Open space which allows for >> greater engagement and informal spontaneous discussions. >> >> I'd also like to see greater synergies between different networks in >> amplyfying support for each other and becoming enablers. ( Just my >> Santa wishlist). >> >> If possible donors could volunteer then co-cos could maybe match the >> receipients organically with donors off-list. I am aware of many >> worthy participants/ experts and new comers who would add tremendous >> value by being there. Let's try and do all that we can to facilitate >> their presence-Our presence at the IGF. >> >> Warmest >> >> Subi Chaturvedi >> >> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> > From: "Samet TUNCER" > >> > Date: 12 Aug 2014 11:49 >> > Subject: RE: [IGFmaglist] Visa for Turkey >> > To: "Subi Chaturvedi" > > >> > Cc: "visa" >, >> "Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org " >> >, >> "Aysel KANDEMİR" > >> > >> > > Dear Ms. Chaturvedi, >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Dear Sir/Madam, >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > All IGF participants will be given a visa without fee by Turkish >> missions abroad when they submit the “IGF Registration Confirmation >> Letter” including civil society, academia and business participants. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Looking forward to see you all in Istanbul. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Best regards, >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Samet Tuncer >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > From: Subi Chaturvedi [mailto:subichaturvedi at gmail.com >> ] >> > > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 5:35 PM >> > > To: Samet TUNCER >> > > Cc: visa;Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org >> ; Aysel KANDEMİR >> > > Subject: RE: [IGFmaglist] Visa for Turkey >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Dear Samet, >> > > >> > > Many thanks for this wonderful gesture. We respect your >> compulsions and remain immensely grateful to you, our wonderful and >> generous hosts. >> > > >> > > The solution is acceptable and welcome. I do have a question is >> this valid for all the IGF participants? >> > > >> > > This would be great for all the civil society, academia and small >> business participatants who come and paticipate in the IGF against >> all odds and enrich the discourse. >> > > >> > > I thank you again for playing our gracious hosts. >> > > >> > > Looking forward to the best ever IGF. >> > > >> > > Warmest >> > > >> > > Subi >> > > >> > > On 11 Aug 2014 19:06, "Samet TUNCER" > > wrote: >> > > > >> > > > Dear Sir/Madam, >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > As a result of our correspondence with Turkish Ministry of >> Foreign Affairs, it seems impossible to reimburse the costs of visa >> application fee at the IGF venue due to internal rules of the >> Ministry. In this respect, we encourage you to apply Turkish >> embassies and consulates directly for visa. IGF Registration >> Confirmation Letter will be enough to get visa without fee according >> to a communique issued by Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated >> 21/07/2014 Ref No. KVUD/6749221. >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > Regards, >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > Samet >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> >> > > >> From: Subi Chaturvedi > > >> > > >> Date: 9 Ağustos 2014 09:09:40 GMT+3 >> > > >> To: Noël Yao > >, CAVUSOGLU Ahmet Erdinç >> > >> > > >> Cc: "amessinoukossi at yahoo.fr " >> >, IGF >> >, MAG-public >> > >> > > >> Subject: Re: [IGFmaglist] Visa for Turkey >> > > >> >> > > >> Dear All, >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> Reiterating the request for courtesy visa's for IGF >> participants. As has been the previous practice. The previous hosts >> have been able to successfully set up kiosks at the IGF venues and >> reimburse participants the cost towards the visa application fee. It >> is a positive gesture and deserves all attempts at prolongation and >> continuity. >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> Regards >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> Subi >> > > >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net . >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > > Click here > > to report this email as spam. > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From subi.igp at gmail.com Thu Aug 28 02:21:06 2014 From: subi.igp at gmail.com (Subi Chaturvedi) Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 11:51:06 +0530 Subject: [bestbits] Courtesy Visa for Turkey and funding In-Reply-To: References: <741502C1-36BA-4B07-AD5D-774A94079597@gmail.com> Message-ID: Mike, just the confirmation of participation will suffice issued by the IGF Secretariat. The embassy here was quite efficient and the turn around time was less than a day. Safe travels all. Regards Subi Chaturvedi On 27 Aug 2014 23:15, "Mike Godwin (mgodwin at INTERNEWS.ORG)" < mgodwin at internews.org> wrote: > > > Sorry to come back to this so late, but preparations have been a distraction. > > I have confirmation of my attendance at IGF, of course, but I’m not sure what is being referred to with regard to the “visa support letter.” Since I am planning to visit the embassy in Washington, DC, tomorrow to ask for the courtesy visa, can someone here advise? > > > —Mike > > > -- > > Mike Godwin | Senior Legal Advisor, Global Internet Policy Project > > mnemonic at gmail.com| Mobile 415-793-4446 > > Skype mnemonic1026 > > Address 1640 Rhode Island Ave., 7th Floor, Washington, DC 20036 USA > > > > INTERNEWS | Local Voices. Global Change. > > www.internews.org | @internews | facebook.com/internews > > > From: William Drake > Reply-To: William Drake > Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at 11:55 PM > To: Subi Chaturvedi > Cc: Best Bits , Governance < governance at lists.igcaucus.org> > Subject: Re: [bestbits] Courtesy Visa for Turkey and funding > > Hi > > Yes, no change from when I reported this last week, at missions/embassies only, alas not upon arrival or online. > > Bill > > On Aug 12, 2014, at 6:11 PM, Subi Chaturvedi wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> Heads up on the IGF 2014 participation. Government of Turkey has confirmed courtesy visas for all. >> >> They will however need you to apply at your local Turkish Embassy/ Mission in person. >> >> The letter confirming your paticipation at the IGF and the visa support letter will entitle you to the visa application fee waiver ( Courtesy Visa). >> >> Hope to see you all in large numbers at the IGF. Thanks Bill for raising the issue.Glad to see that this story has a happy ending. >> >> In addition to the Visa we'd also put out a call to raise funding support for civil society and academia participants. Most major organisations are past their application deadlines. But this is a shout out to all CS networks and donors to pool resources and assist others. Large universities and grant making bodies included, through travel grants/fellowships. Even if you can do part funding it will amplify CS participation. >> >> Given the fact that we are close to the #post2015 agenda we must be present physically in large nos. Though we have remote participation, there's nothing like being there. >> >> This year there's also a designated Open space which allows for greater engagement and informal spontaneous discussions. >> >> I'd also like to see greater synergies between different networks in amplyfying support for each other and becoming enablers. ( Just my Santa wishlist). >> >> If possible donors could volunteer then co-cos could maybe match the receipients organically with donors off-list. I am aware of many worthy participants/ experts and new comers who would add tremendous value by being there. Let's try and do all that we can to facilitate their presence-Our presence at the IGF. >> >> Warmest >> >> Subi Chaturvedi >> >> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> > From: "Samet TUNCER" >> > Date: 12 Aug 2014 11:49 >> > Subject: RE: [IGFmaglist] Visa for Turkey >> > To: "Subi Chaturvedi" >> > Cc: "visa" , "Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org" < Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>, "Aysel KANDEMİR" >> > >> > > Dear Ms. Chaturvedi, >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Dear Sir/Madam, >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > All IGF participants will be given a visa without fee by Turkish missions abroad when they submit the “IGF Registration Confirmation Letter” including civil society, academia and business participants. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Looking forward to see you all in Istanbul. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Best regards, >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Samet Tuncer >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > From: Subi Chaturvedi [mailto:subichaturvedi at gmail.com] >> > > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 5:35 PM >> > > To: Samet TUNCER >> > > Cc: visa;Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org; Aysel KANDEMİR >> > > Subject: RE: [IGFmaglist] Visa for Turkey >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Dear Samet, >> > > >> > > Many thanks for this wonderful gesture. We respect your compulsions and remain immensely grateful to you, our wonderful and generous hosts. >> > > >> > > The solution is acceptable and welcome. I do have a question is this valid for all the IGF participants? >> > > >> > > This would be great for all the civil society, academia and small business participatants who come and paticipate in the IGF against all odds and enrich the discourse. >> > > >> > > I thank you again for playing our gracious hosts. >> > > >> > > Looking forward to the best ever IGF. >> > > >> > > Warmest >> > > >> > > Subi >> > > >> > > On 11 Aug 2014 19:06, "Samet TUNCER" wrote: >> > > > >> > > > Dear Sir/Madam, >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > As a result of our correspondence with Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it seems impossible to reimburse the costs of visa application fee at the IGF venue due to internal rules of the Ministry. In this respect, we encourage you to apply Turkish embassies and consulates directly for visa. IGF Registration Confirmation Letter will be enough to get visa without fee according to a communique issued by Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated 21/07/2014 Ref No. KVUD/6749221. >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > Regards, >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > Samet >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> >> > > >> From: Subi Chaturvedi >> > > >> Date: 9 Ağustos 2014 09:09:40 GMT+3 >> > > >> To: Noël Yao , CAVUSOGLU Ahmet Erdinç < acavusoglu at btk.gov.tr> >> > > >> Cc: "amessinoukossi at yahoo.fr" , IGF < IGF at unog.ch>, MAG-public >> > > >> Subject: Re: [IGFmaglist] Visa for Turkey >> > > >> >> > > >> Dear All, >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> Reiterating the request for courtesy visa's for IGF participants. As has been the previous practice. The previous hosts have been able to successfully set up kiosks at the IGF venues and reimburse participants the cost towards the visa application fee. It is a positive gesture and deserves all attempts at prolongation and continuity. >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> Regards >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> Subi >> > > >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > > > Click here to report this email as spam. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From parminder at itforchange.net Thu Aug 28 07:18:42 2014 From: parminder at itforchange.net (parminder) Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 16:48:42 +0530 Subject: [bestbits] from Netmundial to WEF, an expected journey Message-ID: <53FF1012.5060705@itforchange.net> - Please excuse multiple posts - Hi All, I did a piece on 'Global Internet governance: a developing-country perspective' in the current issue of the magazine 'Third World Resurgence " which is published by the Third World Network, Malaysia and Geneva. The news about the WEF NetMundial initiative came along as I was writing it, and I put my views on the initiative into a box in the article. In fact, it fitted quite well with my arguments that I was making in the article in any case. (The issue of Resurgence has primary focus on global Internet governance, and contains several articles on the issue. It can seen at http://www.twn.my/title2/resurgence/2014/287-288.htm . The pdf version of the magazine is at http://www.twn.my/title2/resurgence/2014/287-288.htm . A promotional email will be circulated separately.) parminder (/*Excerpt from the article*/ /*related to the WEF NetMundial initiative are be*//*low*//*)*/ Even after Snowden had so thoroughly rattled public perceptions about the Internet, and there has been an intense desire to 'do something' about it, which is why the world initially rallied behind Brazil in its initiative, the status quo-ists were able to completely hijack the NETmundial event. It should prima facie be considered strange that a meeting called to address a global horror unveiled by Snowden regarding the practices of the US government and its corporations ended such that the meeting and its outcomes were most celebrated by these very actors. Through the practices at NETmundial and its outcome document, they were able to lay out a roadmap which points in exactly the opposite direction to where the developing countries need to go. It is little surprise then that the next stop is the World Economic Forum, where a new 'NETmundial Initiative' is now being cooked up (see box). Such processes and meetings are sought to supplant traditional, UN-based global governance fora. *From NETmundial to the World Economic Forum* Walking the tightrope of seeking as wide a global legitimacy as possible while still keeping things under full control, the protectors of the status quo Internet governance order now seem to be seeking the cover of the World Economic Forum (WEF). A NETmundial Initiative1 has been announced to be launched at WEF headquarters in Geneva on 28 August 2014, 'to carry forward the cooperative spirit of Sao Paulo [where the NETmundial meeting was held] and work together to apply the NETmundial Principles...'. As can be expected, the list of invited participants is heavily dominated by Northern corporations. A select group of government leaders and a few civil society organisations are also invited. In this context, it will be useful to look at the kind of views on global Internet governance that have been expressed in WEF reports over the last few years. This is what an analysis2 of the WEF's Global Redesign Initiative (GRI) has to say about the initiative: "One of GRI's major recommendations is that experiences with "multistakeholder consultations" on global matters should evolve into "multi-stakeholder governance" arrangements. This transformation means that non-state actors would no longer just provide input to decision-makers (e.g. governments or multinational corporations) but would actually be responsible for making global policy decisions..." 'Their recommendations for multistakeholder governance include the introduction of parallel meetings with the governing bodies of the WHO, UNESCO, and FAO where non-state actors will hold independent sessions as a complement to the official government meetings. GRI also recommends a second new form of multi-stakeholder governance for conflict zones in developing countries. They propose that the non-state actors, particularly the business community, join with the UN system to jointly administer these conflict zones." 'There are some sharp differences between "multistakeholder consultations" and "multistakeholder governance", some of which are often blurred by the loose use of the term "multistakeholder"' . Multistakeholderism apparently is a new, post-democratic form of governance which gives big business a major, institutionalised, political role and authority. Multistakeholderism in this form is the preferred neoliberal model of governance, whose application begins at the global level and with Internet governance but is certainly meant to be taken to national levels as well as to all sectors of governance. The plan is dead serious, with clear calls for setting up multistakeholder organisations that will do policy-making and governance. To quote the WEF's Global Agenda Council on the Future of the Internet from GRI's final report3: 'This means designing multistakeholder structures for the institutions that deal with global problems with an online dimension. Thus the establishment of a multistakeholder institution to address such issues as Internet privacy, copyright, crime and dispute resolution is necessary. The government voice would be one among many, without always being the final arbiter. And as ever more problems come to acquire an online dimension, the multistakeholder institution would become the default in international cooperation" The continuing and inevitable digitalisation of our social systems appears to be the chosen path for their de-democratisation through multistakeholderisation (read: the rule of big business, with some crumbs thrown to other parties). // 1 See Internet Governance Transparency Initiative website, https://k52lcjc5fws3jbqf.onion.lt/ 2 http://www.umb.edu/gri/appraisal_of_wefs_perspectives_first_objective_enhanced_ legitimacy/multistakeholderism 3 'Everybody's Business: Strengthening International Cooperation in a More Interdependent World', pp. 317-21. http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GRI_EverybodysBusiness_Report_2010.pdf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ben_akin at yahoo.com Sun Aug 17 18:44:03 2014 From: ben_akin at yahoo.com (Benjamin) Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:44:03 -0700 Subject: [bestbits] Chair of Civil Society Coordination Group In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1408315443.13072.YahooMailNeo@web121801.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> +1 Benjamin The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom Trust in the Lord with all ur heart!!!!! http://www.livingseed.org .....please click it Seek first the Kingdom of God On Friday, August 15, 2014 12:42 PM, "genekimmelman at gmail.com" wrote: +1 for Ian -------- Original message -------- From: Janna Anderson Date:08/15/2014 7:20 AM (GMT-05:00) To: Best Bits Subject: Re: [bestbits] Chair of Civil Society Coordination Group +1 for Ian. Janna Anderson Imagining the Internet  From: Matthew Shears Reply-To: Matthew Shears Date: Friday, August 15, 2014 5:35 AM To: Poncelet Ileleji , William Drake Cc: Andrew Puddephatt , Anriette Esterhuysen , Jeremy Malcolm , Best Bits Subject: Re: [bestbits] Chair of Civil Society Coordination Group +1 for Ian On 8/15/2014 10:25 AM, Poncelet Ileleji wrote: +1 > >Poncelet > > > >On 15 August 2014 08:53, William Drake wrote: > >Another vote for Ian >> >> >>Bill >> >> >>On Aug 15, 2014, at 5:37 PM, Andrew Puddephatt wrote: >> >>+1 from me for Ian >>> >>>On Friday, 15 August 2014, Anriette Esterhuysen wrote: >>> >>>Definitely Ian. Ian has done a fine job, and is willing to put in the time needed. He is independent, fair, and  I cannot think of a better person to play this role. >>>> >>>>Anriette >>>> >>>> >>>>On 15/08/2014 06:33, Nnenna Nwakanma wrote: >>>> >>>>Ian Peter, again. Yes. >>>>> >>>>> N >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 10:00 PM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote: >>>>> >>>>>Dear Best Bits colleagues, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Last year a Civil Society Coordination Group came together to handle the task of coordinating civil society nominations for the NETmundial committees.  The group still exists although relatively dormant since then, and its current membership contains the following representatives or liaisons to the main civil society networks in this space: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Chat Garcia Ramilo - APC >>>>>>Ian Peter - independent chair >>>>>>Jeremy Malcolm - Best Bits >>>>>>Mawaki Chango - IGC >>>>>>Robin Gross - ICANN NCSG >>>>>>Virginia Paque - Diplo Foundation >>>>>>Mandeep Tiwana - Civicus* >>>>>>Norbert Bollow - Just Net Coalition* >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>* added in 2014 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Realising the need to improve the composition and processes of the group, we conducted a straw poll of our networks earlier this year, to gauge how people thought this should happen.  One of the questions in that straw poll was about how the chair of the group should be selected, and the most popular choice was "Group will choose a non-voting chair themselves after a call for volunteers". >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>This is therefore an open call for volunteers who would be willing to nominate themselves, or suggest someone else, to chair the coordination group.  If you would like more background about the purpose and composition of the group, please let me know as I can resend you the information that was provided before the straw poll. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>We already have at least one nominee, but we would be pleased to receive more and you may send them on or off-list (please check with the nominee that they are willing to volunteer first).  In anticipation that joint civil society nominations to IG processes will be required again soon, I request that you send any nominations within 10 days of today, ie. by Monday 25 August.  Many thanks. >>>>>> >>>>>>--  >>>>>>Jeremy Malcolm >>>>>>Senior Global Policy Analyst >>>>>>Electronic Frontier Foundation https://eff.org/ >>>>>>jmalcolm at eff.org >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>:: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World :: >>>>>> >>>>>>____________________________________________________________ >>>>>>You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >>>>>>     bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >>>>>>To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >>>>>>     http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>-- ````````````````````````````````` anriette esterhuysen executive director association for progressive communications po box 29755, melville, 2109, south africa anriette at apc.orghttp://www.apc.org/ >>> >>>-- >>> >>>Andrew Puddephatt >>>>Executive Director | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL >>>>Development House, 56–64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT >>>>T: +44 (0)20 7549 0336 | M: +44 (0)7713399597 | Skype: andrewpuddephatt >>>>gp-digital.org >>> >>> >>>____________________________________________________________ >>>You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >>>    bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >>>To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >>>    http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >> >>____________________________________________________________ >>You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >>     bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >>To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >>     http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >> > > >-- >Poncelet O. 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URL: From anriette at apc.org Thu Aug 28 07:48:05 2014 From: anriette at apc.org (Anriette Esterhuysen) Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:48:05 +0200 Subject: [bestbits] APC Remarks on the occasion of the NMI Scoping Meeting, 28 August 2014 In-Reply-To: <53FF1044.7000206@apc.org> References: <53FF1044.7000206@apc.org> Message-ID: <53FF16F5.3070104@apc.org> Apologies for cross posts. Anriette *Remarks from the Association for Progressive Communications on the NETmundial Initiative (NMI) Initial Scoping Meeting to be held in Geneva on 28 August 2014* By the time most members of civil society active in Internet governance heard of the NETmundial Initiative (or Alliance as it as originally termed) it was already a fait accompli. A few carefully selected civil society invitees were given a choice to get on board, or miss their chance to participate in internet governance's next 'great event'. A further few were invited to the initial scoping meeting.^^1 <#sdfootnote1sym> APC was one of the organizations that received an invitation but as we are not attending the meeting we are sharing these remarks. The NMI appropriates the name of NETMundial, the multistakeholder event held in Brazil earlier this year. Yet there are few resemblances between the NMI and NETMundial outside of the name. The initiative was conceived of in a top down manner, and efforts to implement it so far – the scoping meeting- have reflected this approach. It has been neither inclusive nor transparent. It is of great concern to APC that information about the event was only released to the public by the organisers after it had been leaked. This is not an appropriate profile for any event that purports to operate in the spirit of the NETMundial principles. And it does not bode well for its future success as a multistakeholder initiative. It is hard to grasp how an initiative that starts off in this manner can become a democratic, transparent and participatory venue for the global community serving human rights and the public good. Started, it appears, by the Chief Executive of ICANN, and facilitated and hosted by World Economic Forum (WEF), the NMI appears to have good intentions, namely to (quoting from the brief): 1) “Facilitate a distributed environment of effective global cooperation among stakeholders through innovative and legitimate mechanisms to tackle current and future Internet issues; 2) Inform and equip capacity development initiatives to ensure global participation in Internet cooperation, especially from under-represented regions; and 3) Work to build trust in the Internet and its governance ecosystem.” ^^2 <#sdfootnote2sym> But is the WEF an appropriate forum for these processes? The WEF has close links to business, and is mostly financed by bigbusiness. It has expertise in facilitating engagement between business and governments, and sometimes also with civil society, and its interest in internet governance should be seen as positive. But very few civil society organisations, particularly from the developing world (or Global South) would feel comfortable in WEF spaces. Many identify with the World Social Forum, the alternative forum which was established to challenge approaches to globalization and development promoted at the WEF. Many developing country governments also do not feel that they have equal voice at theWEF. Looking at the list of participants at the NMI Scoping Meeting it is clear who is present, and who is not. By far the majority of participants come from Europe and North America. Business representation dramatically outweighs that of civil society. WEF events are seen as grand events for the rich and powerful that have very little, if anything, to do with civil society and the daily lives and struggles of the general population This discomfort leads to questions and concerns: * There is a general lack of diversity among the civil society participants in most WEF events in general, and in this event – the NMI Scoping Meeting - specifically. What will be done to remedy this situation as the process continues? * Does WEF have the capacity to establish something sustained, inclusive and bottom up that can gradually lead the way in building the legitimacy and inclusiveness needed to operationalise the NETmundial outcomes at global, regional, and national levels? * What experience does WEF have at bridging the gap between those who hold power and influence, and a civil society that has neither power nor, frequently, influence? * Most the pressing internet governance challenges of the moment involve containing actions by governments and businesses to fragment the internet (intentionally or unintentionally). For example, insufficient data protection, and new challenges to protecting user's rights, and business models which rely on data mining practices which put these rights at risk? While business and governments need to be part of these solutions, is a forum dominated by them (the case for the WEF and thus far for the NMI) likely to come up with solutions that challenges their interests? * How can WEF help to integrate what the NETmundial stands for (public interested, multistakeholder, democratic, and human rights oriented internet governance) into the day to day running of the internet in ways that will be felt by existing and future users? * What is the NMI relationship to the IGF? Will it focus on strengthening it? Or will it attempt to be complimentary? How can it guarantee that it will not disrupt the work of thousands that has gone into building the IGF over the last decade? * Will the NMI stand for human rights and make them a priority in internet governance? * How will those developing country governments that currently feel excluded and disaffected with multistakeholder internet governance processes (and this includes both the NETmundial and the IGF) be included and how will they be challenged to change their behaviours with regard to, particularly, civil society participation in national internet policy processes? * Will it approach capacity building as a process needed by the developing world only? Will it look beyond attributing the primary reason for the lack of support for multistakeholder processes among developing country governments to lack of capacity and knowledge? Or will it use capacity building is often used as a bandaid, with rich countries proposing resources/aid for multistakeholder processes as means of securing political support at international processes? If capacity, and its building, is to be defined by the north for the south it will only reinforce existing inequalities in power and will fail to strengthen multistakeholder processes at either national or global levels. Having pointed to our concerns, we also want to point to our wishes. Since this meeting is happening, we wish it the greatest success. We strongly support its goal of building support for a strong IGF. We would be willing to assist the WEF during the next six months in trying to make this initiative a genuinely multistakeholder effort that pays heed to democratic and bottom-up processes with outreach and accountability to the global stakeholder community. APC also believes that there is value in expanding the conversation to include people who have heretofore been absent from the discussion; we realize that cooperation with the WEF is one way to build awareness of critical issues and processes among those actors they have an established relationship with. Broadening the range of business voices involved in internet governance is needed. But dominance of business voices in the internet governance ecosystem is not only not needed, it will destroy any chance that this distributed, decentralised system has of being regarded as legitimate and focused on the public interest. APC insists that greater transparency and inclusiveness going forward is vital. WEF has committed to a six month period of consultations regarding whether and how to establish a dedicated organizational structure to support the NMI going forward, whether or not connected to the Forum.^^3 <#sdfootnote3sym> The next six months will determine the degree to which this effort can reach the global community in all of its diversity in a manner that is worthy of the brand NETMundial. 28 August 2014 1 <#sdfootnote1anc>http://www.weforum.org/issues/global-internet-governance 2 <#sdfootnote2anc>http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_1NetmundialInitiativeBrief.pdf 3 <#sdfootnote3anc>http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_2NETmundialInitiativeFAQ.pdf -- ````````````````````````````````` anriette esterhuysen executive director association for progressive communications po box 29755, melville, 2109, south africa anriette at apc.org www.apc.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rguerra at privaterra.org Thu Aug 28 10:22:30 2014 From: rguerra at privaterra.org (Robert Guerra) Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:22:30 -0400 Subject: [bestbits] Courtesy Visa for Turkey and funding In-Reply-To: References: <741502C1-36BA-4B07-AD5D-774A94079597@gmail.com> Message-ID: Mike, I just got a e-visa as mentioned on the IGF host country website. It wasn’t free, but just took 5 min to obtain. The Indonesian govt last year refunded participants who paid for a visa. Will the same occur this year? Robert On Aug 27, 2014, at 1:45 PM, Mike Godwin (mgodwin at INTERNEWS.ORG) wrote: > > Sorry to come back to this so late, but preparations have been a distraction. > > I have confirmation of my attendance at IGF, of course, but I’m not sure what is being referred to with regard to the “visa support letter.” Since I am planning to visit the embassy in Washington, DC, tomorrow to ask for the courtesy visa, can someone here advise? > > > —Mike > > > -- > Mike Godwin | Senior Legal Advisor, Global Internet Policy Project > mnemonic at gmail.com| Mobile 415-793-4446 > Skype mnemonic1026 > Address 1640 Rhode Island Ave., 7th Floor, Washington, DC 20036 USA > > INTERNEWS | Local Voices. Global Change. > www.internews.org | @internews | facebook.com/internews > > From: William Drake > Reply-To: William Drake > Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at 11:55 PM > To: Subi Chaturvedi > Cc: Best Bits , Governance > Subject: Re: [bestbits] Courtesy Visa for Turkey and funding > > Hi > > Yes, no change from when I reported this last week, at missions/embassies only, alas not upon arrival or online. > > Bill > > On Aug 12, 2014, at 6:11 PM, Subi Chaturvedi wrote: > >> Dear all, >> Heads up on the IGF 2014 participation. Government of Turkey has confirmed courtesy visas for all. >> They will however need you to apply at your local Turkish Embassy/ Mission in person. >> The letter confirming your paticipation at the IGF and the visa support letter will entitle you to the visa application fee waiver ( Courtesy Visa). >> Hope to see you all in large numbers at the IGF. Thanks Bill for raising the issue.Glad to see that this story has a happy ending. >> In addition to the Visa we'd also put out a call to raise funding support for civil society and academia participants. Most major organisations are past their application deadlines. But this is a shout out to all CS networks and donors to pool resources and assist others. Large universities and grant making bodies included, through travel grants/fellowships. Even if you can do part funding it will amplify CS participation. >> Given the fact that we are close to the #post2015 agenda we must be present physically in large nos. Though we have remote participation, there's nothing like being there. >> This year there's also a designated Open space which allows for greater engagement and informal spontaneous discussions. >> I'd also like to see greater synergies between different networks in amplyfying support for each other and becoming enablers. ( Just my Santa wishlist). >> If possible donors could volunteer then co-cos could maybe match the receipients organically with donors off-list. I am aware of many worthy participants/ experts and new comers who would add tremendous value by being there. Let's try and do all that we can to facilitate their presence-Our presence at the IGF. >> Warmest >> Subi Chaturvedi >> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> > From: "Samet TUNCER" >> > Date: 12 Aug 2014 11:49 >> > Subject: RE: [IGFmaglist] Visa for Turkey >> > To: "Subi Chaturvedi" >> > Cc: "visa" , "Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org" , "Aysel KANDEMİR" >> > >> > > Dear Ms. Chaturvedi, >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Dear Sir/Madam, >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > All IGF participants will be given a visa without fee by Turkish missions abroad when they submit the “IGF Registration Confirmation Letter” including civil society, academia and business participants. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Looking forward to see you all in Istanbul. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Best regards, >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Samet Tuncer >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > From: Subi Chaturvedi [mailto:subichaturvedi at gmail.com] >> > > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 5:35 PM >> > > To: Samet TUNCER >> > > Cc: visa;Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org; Aysel KANDEMİR >> > > Subject: RE: [IGFmaglist] Visa for Turkey >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Dear Samet, >> > > >> > > Many thanks for this wonderful gesture. We respect your compulsions and remain immensely grateful to you, our wonderful and generous hosts. >> > > >> > > The solution is acceptable and welcome. I do have a question is this valid for all the IGF participants? >> > > >> > > This would be great for all the civil society, academia and small business participatants who come and paticipate in the IGF against all odds and enrich the discourse. >> > > >> > > I thank you again for playing our gracious hosts. >> > > >> > > Looking forward to the best ever IGF. >> > > >> > > Warmest >> > > >> > > Subi >> > > >> > > On 11 Aug 2014 19:06, "Samet TUNCER" wrote: >> > > > >> > > > Dear Sir/Madam, >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > As a result of our correspondence with Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it seems impossible to reimburse the costs of visa application fee at the IGF venue due to internal rules of the Ministry. In this respect, we encourage you to apply Turkish embassies and consulates directly for visa. IGF Registration Confirmation Letter will be enough to get visa without fee according to a communique issued by Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated 21/07/2014 Ref No. KVUD/6749221. >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > Regards, >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > Samet >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> >> > > >> From: Subi Chaturvedi >> > > >> Date: 9 Ağustos 2014 09:09:40 GMT+3 >> > > >> To: Noël Yao , CAVUSOGLU Ahmet Erdinç >> > > >> Cc: "amessinoukossi at yahoo.fr" , IGF , MAG-public >> > > >> Subject: Re: [IGFmaglist] Visa for Turkey >> > > >> >> > > >> Dear All, >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> Reiterating the request for courtesy visa's for IGF participants. As has been the previous practice. The previous hosts have been able to successfully set up kiosks at the IGF venues and reimburse participants the cost towards the visa application fee. It is a positive gesture and deserves all attempts at prolongation and continuity. >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> Regards >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> Subi >> > > >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > > Click here to report this email as spam. > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From anriette at apc.org Thu Aug 28 11:19:55 2014 From: anriette at apc.org (Anriette Esterhuysen) Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 17:19:55 +0200 Subject: [bestbits] IGF 2014 Final agenda for Day 0 NETmundial event In-Reply-To: <53FF1FE3.5000103@apc.org> References: <53FF1FE3.5000103@apc.org> Message-ID: <53FF489B.80500@apc.org> Dear all Apologies for cross posting. We really want you there! Please join us. Anriette *NETmundial: Looking Back, Learning Lessons and Mapping the Road Ahead* Organized by: • Association for Progressive Communication • CGI.br • Center for Technology and Society, Getulio Vargas Foundation • Diplo Foundation • Internet Policy Observatory, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania/ ===Morning === 8:30-9:00 Registration 9:00-9:15 Opening and overview of the day - Mr. Virgílio Almeida and Ms. Anriette Esterhuysen 9:15 – 10.45 *Round-table 1: NETmundial multistakeholder model: organizing the meeting, getting contributions, configuring the participation and building the agenda * In this round-table session, panelists will describe different aspects of the NETmundial process (committees, drafting activities, consensus building) and will present their views on how it can strengthen the Internet Governance multistakeholder model. Special attention will be on the contributions received, the registration process and the discussions mainly at the EMC (Executive Multistakeholder Committee) - Mr. Virgílio Almeida (NETmundial chairman): Overall description of the NETmundial multistakeholder model – process, committees and drafting exercise (15 min) - Mr. Raul Echeberría and Mr. Demi Getschko (Co-Chairs of the EMC): The work of the EMC – benefits and challenges (5 min each) - Mr. Adam Peake and Ms. Marilia Maciel (EMC, civil society) (10 min each) - Mr. Zahid Jamil (EMC, private sector) (10 min) - Open debate (20 min) 10:45-11:00 Coffee Break 11:00 – 12:30 *Round-table 2: The "NETmundial multistakeholder statement" * This session will debate the construction of "NETmundial Multistakeholder Statement". While describing the specific sessions of the outcome document, panelists will present their assessment of the principles and roadmap agreed during the meeting, the participacion of the HLMC (High-Level Multistakeholder Commitee) and how these can influence Internet Governance. In particular, the round-table will discuss the NETmundial recommendations for improvement of the IGF. - Ambassador Benedicto Fonseca Filho (Ministry of External Relations Brazil): Overall description of the NETmundial outcome document – principles and roadmap (10 min) - Mr. Vinay Kwatra (Ministry of External Affairs India): The view of the Government of India (10 min) - Ms. Kathy Brown (President – Internet Society): The assessment of ISOC (10 min) - Ms. Jeanette Hofmann (Member of the HLMC): The role of the HMC (10 min) - Mr. Joseph Alhadeff (Representative from the private sector at the HLMC) The role of the HLMC (10 min) - Mr. Alan Marcus (WEF), Mr. Fadi Chehade (ICANN) and Mr. Janis Karklins (Ambassador of Latvia, Chair of the IGF MAG)about NETmundial Initiative (10 min each) - Open Debate (10 min) 12:30-13:30 Lunch Break/ ===Afternoon=== 13:30 - 14:30 *Achieving bottom-up and multistakeholder outcomes from global IG policy discussions: Extracting lessons from NETmundial* Presentation of the results of the research initiative conducted by CTS/FGV, APC and Diplo, including a survey of NETmundial participants Speakers: Marilia Maciel, Vladimir Radunovic, Renato Leite, Deborah Brown Moderators: Carlos Afonso 14:30-16:00 *Book launch— **Beyond NETmundial: The Roadmap for Institutional Improvements to the Global Internet Governance Ecosystem* (organized by the Internet Policy Observatory, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania) Introduction: Monroe Price (IPO) Moderator: William J. Drake (U. Zurich) Speakers: Jeremy Malcolm (EFF) ; Markus Kummer (Internet Society) ; Lea Kaspar (Global Partners Digital) ; Anriette Esterhuysen (APC) ; Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza (ITS) ; Emma Llansó and Matt Shears (CDT) ; Wolfgang Kleinwächter (U. Aarhus) 16:00-16:15 Coffee Break 16:15-17:15 *Open moderated dialogue on the NETmundial Initiative and operationalizing the NETmundial principles and roadmap* (organized by APC, CTS/FGV, CGI.br and Diplo and supported by the IDRC) Moderator: Anriette Esterhuysen and Raul Echeberría 17:15-18:15 *Open moderated dialogue on strengthening the IGF* (organized by APC, CTS/FGV CGI.br, and Diplo) Moderators: Anja Kovacs and Markus Kummer Resource people for the open dialogues: Jandyr Ferreira Flávio Wagner Fernando Perini Anja Kovacs Henrique Faulhaber Valeria Betancourt Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza Avri Doria Alice Munyua Ayesha Hassan Vladimir Radunovic NOTE: Resource persons may be called upon by the moderator(s) to provide a reflection on a specific discussion thread. 18:15-18:45 *Summary of the Day and linkages to the IGF program* Comments: Anriette Esterhuysen, Marilia Maciel, Carlos Afonso, Vladimir Radunovic, Raul Echeberría, Markus Kummer Moderator: Bill Drake -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Also, will the book be available online (or on site) for free or will it be one those awfully expensive academic books -- and I know what I'm talking about:( Best Meryem > Le 28 août 2014 à 11:19, Anriette Esterhuysen a écrit : > > Dear all > > Apologies for cross posting. > > We really want you there! Please join us. > > Anriette > > > NETmundial: Looking Back, Learning Lessons and Mapping the Road Ahead > > Organized by: > > • Association for Progressive Communication > • CGI.br > • Center for Technology and Society, Getulio Vargas Foundation > • Diplo Foundation > • Internet Policy Observatory, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania/ > > ===Morning === > > 8:30-9:00 Registration > > 9:00-9:15 Opening and overview of the day - Mr. Virgílio Almeida and Ms. Anriette Esterhuysen > > 9:15 – 10.45 *Round-table 1: NETmundial multistakeholder model: organizing the meeting, getting contributions, configuring the participation and building the agenda * > > In this round-table session, panelists will describe different aspects of the NETmundial process (committees, drafting activities, consensus building) and will present their views on how it can strengthen the Internet Governance multistakeholder model. Special attention will be on the contributions received, the registration process and the discussions mainly at the EMC (Executive Multistakeholder Committee) > > - Mr. Virgílio Almeida (NETmundial chairman): Overall description of the NETmundial multistakeholder model – process, committees and drafting exercise (15 min) > - Mr. Raul Echeberría and Mr. Demi Getschko (Co-Chairs of the EMC): The work of the EMC – benefits and challenges (5 min each) > - Mr. Adam Peake and Ms. Marilia Maciel (EMC, civil society) (10 min each) > - Mr. Zahid Jamil (EMC, private sector) (10 min) > - Open debate (20 min) > > 10:45-11:00 Coffee Break > > 11:00 – 12:30 *Round-table 2: The "NETmundial multistakeholder statement" * > > This session will debate the construction of "NETmundial Multistakeholder Statement". While describing the specific sessions of the outcome document, panelists will present their assessment of the principles and roadmap agreed during the meeting, the participacion of the HLMC (High-Level Multistakeholder Commitee) and how these can influence Internet Governance. In particular, the round-table will discuss the NETmundial recommendations for improvement of the IGF. > > - Ambassador Benedicto Fonseca Filho (Ministry of External Relations Brazil): Overall description of the NETmundial outcome document – principles and roadmap (10 min) > - Mr. Vinay Kwatra (Ministry of External Affairs India): The view of the Government of India (10 min) > - Ms. Kathy Brown (President – Internet Society): The assessment of ISOC (10 min) > - Ms. Jeanette Hofmann (Member of the HLMC): The role of the HMC (10 min) > - Mr. Joseph Alhadeff (Representative from the private sector at the HLMC) The role of the HLMC (10 min) > - Mr. Alan Marcus (WEF), Mr. Fadi Chehade (ICANN) and Mr. Janis Karklins (Ambassador of Latvia, Chair of the IGF MAG) about NETmundial Initiative (10 min each) > - Open Debate (10 min) > > 12:30-13:30 Lunch Break/ > > ===Afternoon=== > > 13:30 - 14:30 *Achieving bottom-up and multistakeholder outcomes from global IG policy discussions: Extracting lessons from NETmundial* > Presentation of the results of the research initiative conducted by CTS/FGV, APC and Diplo, including a survey of NETmundial participants > Speakers: Marilia Maciel, Vladimir Radunovic, Renato Leite, Deborah Brown > Moderators: Carlos Afonso > > 14:30-16:00 *Book launch— **Beyond NETmundial: The Roadmap for Institutional Improvements to the Global Internet Governance Ecosystem* (organized by the Internet Policy Observatory, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania) > Introduction: Monroe Price (IPO) > Moderator: William J. Drake (U. Zurich) > Speakers: Jeremy Malcolm (EFF) ; Markus Kummer (Internet Society) ; Lea Kaspar (Global Partners Digital) ; Anriette Esterhuysen (APC) ; Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza (ITS) ; Emma Llansó and Matt Shears (CDT) ; Wolfgang Kleinwächter (U. Aarhus) > > 16:00-16:15 Coffee Break > > 16:15-17:15 *Open moderated dialogue on the NETmundial Initiative and operationalizing the NETmundial principles and roadmap* (organized by APC, CTS/FGV, CGI.br and Diplo and supported by the IDRC) > Moderator: Anriette Esterhuysen and Raul Echeberría > > 17:15-18:15 *Open moderated dialogue on strengthening the IGF* (organized by APC, CTS/FGV CGI.br, and Diplo) > Moderators: Anja Kovacs and Markus Kummer > > Resource people for the open dialogues: > > Jandyr Ferreira > Flávio Wagner > Fernando Perini > Anja Kovacs > Henrique Faulhaber > Valeria Betancourt > Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza > Avri Doria > Alice Munyua > Ayesha Hassan > Vladimir Radunovic > > NOTE: Resource persons may be called upon by the moderator(s) to provide a reflection on a specific discussion thread. > > 18:15-18:45 *Summary of the Day and linkages to the IGF program* > > Comments: Anriette Esterhuysen, Marilia Maciel, Carlos Afonso, Vladimir Radunovic, Raul Echeberría, Markus Kummer > Moderator: Bill Drake > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From anriette at apc.org Thu Aug 28 12:17:52 2014 From: anriette at apc.org (Anriette Esterhuysen) Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 18:17:52 +0200 Subject: [bestbits] IGF 2014 Final agenda for Day 0 NETmundial event In-Reply-To: References: <53FF1FE3.5000103@apc.org> <53FF489B.80500@apc.org> Message-ID: <53FF5630.5030908@apc.org> Apologies all! I left the date off the agenda. Thanks for pointing this out Burcu! It is on Day 0 which is 1 September. More information here: http://sched.co/1r7K8s3 Anriette On 28/08/2014 18:07, Burcu Bakioglu wrote: > Hi Anriette, > I don't see a date on this schedule. Do you know which day this is on? > > Kind regards. > > BsB > > > On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Anriette Esterhuysen > > wrote: > > Dear all > > Apologies for cross posting. > > We really want you there! Please join us. > > Anriette > > > *NETmundial: Looking Back, Learning Lessons and Mapping the Road > Ahead* > > Organized by: > > • Association for Progressive Communication > • CGI.br > • Center for Technology and Society, Getulio Vargas Foundation > • Diplo Foundation > • Internet Policy Observatory, Annenberg School of > Communication, University of Pennsylvania/ > > ===Morning === > > 8:30-9:00 Registration > > 9:00-9:15 Opening and overview of the day - Mr. Virgílio Almeida > and Ms. Anriette Esterhuysen > > 9:15 – 10.45 *Round-table 1: NETmundial multistakeholder model: > organizing the meeting, getting contributions, configuring the > participation and building the agenda * > > In this round-table session, panelists will describe different > aspects of the NETmundial process (committees, drafting > activities, consensus building) and will present their views on > how it can strengthen the Internet Governance multistakeholder > model. Special attention will be on the contributions received, > the registration process and the discussions mainly at the EMC > (Executive Multistakeholder Committee) > > - Mr. Virgílio Almeida (NETmundial chairman): Overall description > of the NETmundial multistakeholder model – process, committees > and drafting exercise (15 min) > - Mr. Raul Echeberría and Mr. Demi Getschko (Co-Chairs of the > EMC): The work of the EMC – benefits and challenges (5 min each) > - Mr. Adam Peake and Ms. Marilia Maciel (EMC, civil society) (10 > min each) > - Mr. Zahid Jamil (EMC, private sector) (10 min) > - Open debate (20 min) > > 10:45-11:00 Coffee Break > > 11:00 – 12:30 *Round-table 2: The "NETmundial multistakeholder > statement" * > > This session will debate the construction of "NETmundial > Multistakeholder Statement". While describing the specific > sessions of the outcome document, panelists will present their > assessment of the principles and roadmap agreed during the > meeting, the participacion of the HLMC (High-Level > Multistakeholder Commitee) and how these can influence Internet > Governance. In particular, the round-table will discuss the > NETmundial recommendations for improvement of the IGF. > > - Ambassador Benedicto Fonseca Filho (Ministry of External > Relations Brazil): Overall description of the NETmundial outcome > document – principles and roadmap (10 min) > - Mr. Vinay Kwatra (Ministry of External Affairs India): The view > of the Government of India (10 min) > - Ms. Kathy Brown (President – Internet Society): The assessment > of ISOC (10 min) > - Ms. Jeanette Hofmann (Member of the HLMC): The role of the HMC > (10 min) > - Mr. Joseph Alhadeff (Representative from the private sector at > the HLMC) The role of the HLMC (10 min) > - Mr. Alan Marcus (WEF), Mr. Fadi Chehade (ICANN) and Mr. Janis > Karklins (Ambassador of Latvia, Chair of the IGF MAG) about > NETmundial Initiative (10 min each) > - Open Debate (10 min) > > 12:30-13:30 Lunch Break/ > > ===Afternoon=== > > 13:30 - 14:30 *Achieving bottom-up and multistakeholder outcomes > from global IG policy discussions: Extracting lessons from > NETmundial* > Presentation of the results of the research initiative conducted > by CTS/FGV, APC and Diplo, including a survey of NETmundial > participants > Speakers: Marilia Maciel, Vladimir Radunovic, Renato Leite, > Deborah Brown > Moderators: Carlos Afonso > > 14:30-16:00 *Book launch— **Beyond NETmundial: The Roadmap for > Institutional Improvements to the Global Internet Governance > Ecosystem* (organized by the Internet Policy Observatory, > Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania) > Introduction: Monroe Price (IPO) > Moderator: William J. Drake (U. Zurich) > Speakers: Jeremy Malcolm (EFF) ; Markus Kummer (Internet > Society) ; Lea Kaspar (Global Partners Digital) ; Anriette > Esterhuysen (APC) ; Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza (ITS) ; Emma > Llansó and Matt Shears (CDT) ; Wolfgang Kleinwächter (U. > Aarhus) > > 16:00-16:15 Coffee Break > > 16:15-17:15 *Open moderated dialogue on the NETmundial Initiative > and operationalizing the NETmundial principles and roadmap* > (organized by APC, CTS/FGV, CGI.br and Diplo and supported by the > IDRC) > Moderator: Anriette Esterhuysen and Raul Echeberría > > 17:15-18:15 **Open moderated dialogue on strengthening the IGF** > (organized by APC, CTS/FGV CGI.br, and Diplo) > Moderators: Anja Kovacs and Markus Kummer > > Resource people for the open dialogues: > > Jandyr Ferreira > Flávio Wagner > Fernando Perini > Anja Kovacs > Henrique Faulhaber > Valeria Betancourt > Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza > Avri Doria > Alice Munyua > Ayesha Hassan > Vladimir Radunovic > > NOTE: Resource persons may be called upon by the moderator(s) to > provide a reflection on a specific discussion thread. > > 18:15-18:45 **Summary of the Day and linkages to the IGF program** > > Comments: Anriette Esterhuysen, Marilia Maciel, Carlos Afonso, > Vladimir Radunovic, Raul Echeberría, Markus Kummer > Moderator: Bill Drake > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net . > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > > > -- > Thanks, > > Burcu S. 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URL: From carolina.rossini at gmail.com Thu Aug 28 17:12:13 2014 From: carolina.rossini at gmail.com (Carolina Rossini) Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 17:12:13 -0400 Subject: [bestbits] Fwd: Diplo at IGF 2014--A special session for YOU (and me) In-Reply-To: <11527455.37474937.1409156568216.JavaMail.xncore@z101239.ningops.com> References: <11527455.37474937.1409156568216.JavaMail.xncore@z101239.ningops.com> Message-ID: sorry for cross-posting, but might be of your interest ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Diplo Internet Governance Community Date: Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 12:22 PM Subject: Diplo at IGF 2014--A special session for YOU (and me) To: "carolina.rossini at gmail.com" Hi everyone, The IGF starts next week--let us know if you will be attending online or in situ, and what workshops you will be involved in. There is a special group for these discussions at IGF2014 group *Diplo invites all of you especially to celebrate with us, and to share your experiences with the IGCBP and our IG Book -- this celebration is all about US!!!*: Ten years of the Internet Governance Book - ten thousand copies - ten languages (17:30-18:15) Galata Hall. The launch of the sixth edition of *An Introduction to Internet Governance* by Dr Jovan Kurbalija, a book that is used in many universities and on training courses as a textbook. This latest edition provides an update based on the most recent dynamic period in the history of IG. Join us for a discussion on the development of the IG textbook and the future of teaching IG. A reception will follow. DiploFoundation and the Geneva Internet Platform (GIP) will be actively engaged at the 9th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) with the theme *Connecting continents for enhanced multistakeholder Internet governance*. Join us for the following events, workshops and reception, and visit our booth throughout the week: *1 September* Beyond NETmundial: The roadmap for institutional improvements to the global Internet governance (IG) ecosystem (9:00-18:30) Room 2. This full-day event will consist of a discussion panel organised by CGI.br and the Brazilian government, to include a presentation of the preliminary findings of the research study ‘Achieving bottom-up and multistakeholder outcomes from global Internet governance policy Discussions: Extracting lessons from NETmundial’ from the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), and DiploFoundation, with support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), on the NETmundial process and outcomes. High-Level Leaders Meeting (14:00-17:45) Main Plenary Hall. With a presentation by Dr Jovan Kurbalija. *2 September* Orientation session (9:30-11:30) Main meeting room. With Dr Jovan Kurbalija (speaker) and Vladimir Radunovic (moderator) and a remote presentation from GIP/Diplo RP expert, Ginger Paque. Webinar: Geneva Briefing on Internet Governance (September 2014) (13:00-14:00) The September Geneva Briefing on Internet Governance webinar will take place live from the IGF in Istanbul. Register here . Opening ceremony/opening session (14:30-17:15) Main meeting room. With a presentation for Civil Society by Deirdre Williams, Internet Governance Caucus co-coordinator. Geneva Internet Conference (GIC) (15:30-16:15) Galata Hall. The GIC will be organised as a process with numerous preparatory and follow-up activities. Users and communities worldwide will participate in interactive and engaging sessions (e-participation and remote hubs). Before the conference, substantive discussions will be held (primarily online) around three key themes: overcoming policy silos, evidence-informed policy-making in IG, and funding for IG. Geneva Internet Platform: where the Internet meets diplomacy (16:30-17:15) Galata Hall. A presentation on the Geneva Internet Platform , the place where the Internet meets diplomacy. The GIP is located in the heart of International Geneva. In such a rich IG environment, it serves as a neutral and inclusive space for addressing Internet policy issues, supporting official diplomatic and policy processes. *3 September* WS152: Internet governance: challenges, issues, and roles (09:30-10:30) Room 6. With Dr Jovan Kurbalija as a panellist. WS 95: Working together: initiatives to map and frame IG (11:00-12:30) Room 1. How to effectively map IG, with a presentation by Dr Jovan Kurbalija. Main/Focus session: Towards a common understanding of network neutrality (14:30-17:30) Main meeting room. Facilitated by Diplo’s Vladimir Radunovic. Ten years of the Internet Governance Book - ten thousand copies - ten languages (17:30-18:15) Galata Hall. The launch of the sixth edition of *An Introduction to Internet Governance* by Dr Jovan Kurbalija, a book that is used in many universities and on training courses as a textbook. This latest edition provides an update based on the most recent dynamic period in the history of IG. Join us for a discussion on the development of the IG textbook and the future of teaching IG. A reception will follow. (More details soon) *4 September* Main session: The evolution of the IG ecosystem and the role of the IGF - reaction to NETmundial, CSTD, WSIS, the ITU, other forums) (9.30-12.30) Main meeting room. With Dr Jovan Kurbalija acting as co-moderator. WS 82 Alternative routes protecting human rights on the Internet [CB] (9.00-10.30) Room 9. Enforcing the correct level of human rights protection is very often a matter of jurisdictional reach. In cyberspace, there could be two obvious alternatives if creating a separate jurisdictional space: the technological option and the legal option. This session is organised by the coordinator of the FP7 MAPPING project, in which Diplo is a partner. *5 September* WS124 Future IG infrastructure workshop (9:00-10:30) Room 2. This workshop, organised by DiploFoundation, consists of two debates. Motions will be presented: one related to the globalisation of ICANN and the IANA transition, and the other related to the roles of stakeholders. Oxford-style, two teams of two will respectively support and confront each motion within strictly timed and guided debates. Capacity Building Roundtable (12:45 - 14:30) Room 9. This roundtable will gather interested stakeholders to discuss current and future capacity building initiatives. Supported by DiploFoundation. Diplo/GIP booth (All week) Village Square The DiploFoundation/Geneva Internet Platform (GIP) booth in the IGF2014 Village Square will present dynamic illustrations explaining basic IG concepts. Join us for news and updates on major Diplo projects (GIP, IGF data mining, capacity development activities, the FP7-funded MAPPING project). A limited number of IG books and other materials, including a glossary of IG terms will be available; the latter is a ready reference tool for newcomers and oldtimers alike, as we navigate the labyrinth of acronyms and abbreviations in IG. GIP and Diplo alumni and fellows will be available to offer an overview of capacity building possibilities in blended, online, just-in-time, and in situ formats, as well as other new Diplo projects. The Diplo booth is also a traditional meeting place for Diplo alumni and friends. IGF2014 group on Diplo's IG online community Members of Diplo's IG online community are invited to join the IGF2014 group on www.diplointernetgovernance.org, and share news, announcements and comments related to the 9th IGF. Visit Diplo Internet Governance Community at: http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/?xg_source=msg_mes_network To control which emails you receive on Diplo Internet Governance Community, click here -- -- *Carolina Rossini * *Vice President, International Policy* *Public Knowledge* *http://www.publicknowledge.org/ * + 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From subi.igp at gmail.com Fri Aug 29 00:59:54 2014 From: subi.igp at gmail.com (Subi Chaturvedi) Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 10:29:54 +0530 Subject: [bestbits] Courtesy Visa for Turkey and funding In-Reply-To: References: <741502C1-36BA-4B07-AD5D-774A94079597@gmail.com> Message-ID: Robert I checked on the refund early. The host country reps have confirmed, due to internal processes a refund is not possible at the venue. If a courtesy visa is to be availed one needs to apply in person at the embassy. The e-visa is a simpler process. But the visa fee will have to be paid. Regards Subi Chaturvedi On 28 Aug 2014 19:52, "Robert Guerra" wrote: > > Mike, > > I just got a e-visa as mentioned on the IGF host country website. It wasn’t free, but just took 5 min to obtain. > > The Indonesian govt last year refunded participants who paid for a visa. Will the same occur this year? > > Robert > > On Aug 27, 2014, at 1:45 PM, Mike Godwin (mgodwin at INTERNEWS.ORG) < mgodwin at INTERNEWS.ORG> wrote: > >> >> Sorry to come back to this so late, but preparations have been a distraction. >> >> I have confirmation of my attendance at IGF, of course, but I’m not sure what is being referred to with regard to the “visa support letter.” Since I am planning to visit the embassy in Washington, DC, tomorrow to ask for the courtesy visa, can someone here advise? >> >> >> —Mike >> >> >> -- >> Mike Godwin | Senior Legal Advisor, Global Internet Policy Project >> mnemonic at gmail.com| Mobile 415-793-4446 >> Skype mnemonic1026 >> Address 1640 Rhode Island Ave., 7th Floor, Washington, DC 20036 USA >> >> INTERNEWS | Local Voices. Global Change. >> www.internews.org | @internews | facebook.com/internews >> >> From: William Drake >> Reply-To: William Drake >> Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at 11:55 PM >> To: Subi Chaturvedi >> Cc: Best Bits , Governance < governance at lists.igcaucus.org> >> Subject: Re: [bestbits] Courtesy Visa for Turkey and funding >> >> Hi >> >> Yes, no change from when I reported this last week, at missions/embassies only, alas not upon arrival or online. >> >> Bill >> >> On Aug 12, 2014, at 6:11 PM, Subi Chaturvedi wrote: >> >>> Dear all, >>> Heads up on the IGF 2014 participation. Government of Turkey has confirmed courtesy visas for all. >>> They will however need you to apply at your local Turkish Embassy/ Mission in person. >>> The letter confirming your paticipation at the IGF and the visa support letter will entitle you to the visa application fee waiver ( Courtesy Visa). >>> Hope to see you all in large numbers at the IGF. Thanks Bill for raising the issue.Glad to see that this story has a happy ending. >>> In addition to the Visa we'd also put out a call to raise funding support for civil society and academia participants. Most major organisations are past their application deadlines. But this is a shout out to all CS networks and donors to pool resources and assist others. Large universities and grant making bodies included, through travel grants/fellowships. Even if you can do part funding it will amplify CS participation. >>> Given the fact that we are close to the #post2015 agenda we must be present physically in large nos. Though we have remote participation, there's nothing like being there. >>> This year there's also a designated Open space which allows for greater engagement and informal spontaneous discussions. >>> I'd also like to see greater synergies between different networks in amplyfying support for each other and becoming enablers. ( Just my Santa wishlist). >>> If possible donors could volunteer then co-cos could maybe match the receipients organically with donors off-list. I am aware of many worthy participants/ experts and new comers who would add tremendous value by being there. Let's try and do all that we can to facilitate their presence-Our presence at the IGF. >>> Warmest >>> Subi Chaturvedi >>> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> > From: "Samet TUNCER" >>> > Date: 12 Aug 2014 11:49 >>> > Subject: RE: [IGFmaglist] Visa for Turkey >>> > To: "Subi Chaturvedi" >>> > Cc: "visa" , "Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org" < Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>, "Aysel KANDEMİR" >>> > >>> > > Dear Ms. Chaturvedi, >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > Dear Sir/Madam, >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > All IGF participants will be given a visa without fee by Turkish missions abroad when they submit the “IGF Registration Confirmation Letter” including civil society, academia and business participants. >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > Looking forward to see you all in Istanbul. >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > Best regards, >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > Samet Tuncer >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > From: Subi Chaturvedi [mailto:subichaturvedi at gmail.com] >>> > > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 5:35 PM >>> > > To: Samet TUNCER >>> > > Cc: visa;Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org; Aysel KANDEMİR >>> > > Subject: RE: [IGFmaglist] Visa for Turkey >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > Dear Samet, >>> > > >>> > > Many thanks for this wonderful gesture. We respect your compulsions and remain immensely grateful to you, our wonderful and generous hosts. >>> > > >>> > > The solution is acceptable and welcome. I do have a question is this valid for all the IGF participants? >>> > > >>> > > This would be great for all the civil society, academia and small business participatants who come and paticipate in the IGF against all odds and enrich the discourse. >>> > > >>> > > I thank you again for playing our gracious hosts. >>> > > >>> > > Looking forward to the best ever IGF. >>> > > >>> > > Warmest >>> > > >>> > > Subi >>> > > >>> > > On 11 Aug 2014 19:06, "Samet TUNCER" wrote: >>> > > > >>> > > > Dear Sir/Madam, >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > As a result of our correspondence with Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it seems impossible to reimburse the costs of visa application fee at the IGF venue due to internal rules of the Ministry. In this respect, we encourage you to apply Turkish embassies and consulates directly for visa. IGF Registration Confirmation Letter will be enough to get visa without fee according to a communique issued by Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated 21/07/2014 Ref No. KVUD/6749221. >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > Regards, >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > Samet >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > >> >>> > > >> From: Subi Chaturvedi >>> > > >> Date: 9 Ağustos 2014 09:09:40 GMT+3 >>> > > >> To: Noël Yao , CAVUSOGLU Ahmet Erdinç < acavusoglu at btk.gov.tr> >>> > > >> Cc: "amessinoukossi at yahoo.fr" , IGF < IGF at unog.ch>, MAG-public >>> > > >> Subject: Re: [IGFmaglist] Visa for Turkey >>> > > >> >>> > > >> Dear All, >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> Reiterating the request for courtesy visa's for IGF participants. As has been the previous practice. The previous hosts have been able to successfully set up kiosks at the IGF venues and reimburse participants the cost towards the visa application fee. It is a positive gesture and deserves all attempts at prolongation and continuity. >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> Regards >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> Subi >>> > > >> >>> ____________________________________________________________ >>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >>> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >>> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >> >> >> >> >> Click here to report this email as spam. >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wjdrake at gmail.com Fri Aug 29 01:23:19 2014 From: wjdrake at gmail.com (William Drake) Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 07:23:19 +0200 Subject: [bestbits] IGF 2014 Final agenda for Day 0 NETmundial event In-Reply-To: <7BEA0873-86D6-4D8E-8367-8D975005E9AD@marzouki.info> References: <53FF1FE3.5000103@apc.org> <53FF489B.80500@apc.org> <7BEA0873-86D6-4D8E-8367-8D975005E9AD@marzouki.info> Message-ID: <93E0C171-41D3-421C-958B-650AFD192D22@gmail.com> Hi Meryem The ‘book’ is just a PDF file with 16 chapters, so no expensive hardcovers here. It was pulled together very quickly over the summer, so it’s not like an academic volume. It should be posted by IPO this weekend, Monday latest. When it happens there’ll be announcements. As Day 0 events are entirely community initiated and not formally part of the meeting program, there’s no remote participation budgeted. In the context of the current debate on strengthening the IGF (which will be covered in the Day 0 event and several main sessions, particularly this one http://sched.co/1n76j1g ) this could be something that we push to correct. By this point I think we ought to treat Day 0 as an integral part of the program rather than something that just sort of happens and whoever can show up does. But there would be questions of budget, staff, host country facilities, MAG role and so on to contend with…. Best Bill On Aug 28, 2014, at 6:14 PM, Meryem Marzouki wrote: > Hi Anriette and all, > > The event sounds really great! Is there any recording of the discussions planned, for those people like me who won't be able to > make it even remotely, due to travelllng that day? Also, will the book be available online (or on site) for free or will it be one those awfully expensive academic books -- and I know what I'm talking about:( > Best > Meryem > > Le 28 août 2014 à 11:19, Anriette Esterhuysen a écrit : > >> Dear all >> >> Apologies for cross posting. >> >> We really want you there! Please join us. >> >> Anriette >> >> >> NETmundial: Looking Back, Learning Lessons and Mapping the Road Ahead >> >> Organized by: >> >> • Association for Progressive Communication >> • CGI.br >> • Center for Technology and Society, Getulio Vargas Foundation >> • Diplo Foundation >> • Internet Policy Observatory, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania/ >> >> ===Morning === >> >> 8:30-9:00 Registration >> >> 9:00-9:15 Opening and overview of the day - Mr. Virgílio Almeida and Ms. Anriette Esterhuysen >> >> 9:15 – 10.45 *Round-table 1: NETmundial multistakeholder model: organizing the meeting, getting contributions, configuring the participation and building the agenda * >> >> In this round-table session, panelists will describe different aspects of the NETmundial process (committees, drafting activities, consensus building) and will present their views on how it can strengthen the Internet Governance multistakeholder model. Special attention will be on the contributions received, the registration process and the discussions mainly at the EMC (Executive Multistakeholder Committee) >> >> - Mr. Virgílio Almeida (NETmundial chairman): Overall description of the NETmundial multistakeholder model – process, committees and drafting exercise (15 min) >> - Mr. Raul Echeberría and Mr. Demi Getschko (Co-Chairs of the EMC): The work of the EMC – benefits and challenges (5 min each) >> - Mr. Adam Peake and Ms. Marilia Maciel (EMC, civil society) (10 min each) >> - Mr. Zahid Jamil (EMC, private sector) (10 min) >> - Open debate (20 min) >> >> 10:45-11:00 Coffee Break >> >> 11:00 – 12:30 *Round-table 2: The "NETmundial multistakeholder statement" * >> >> This session will debate the construction of "NETmundial Multistakeholder Statement". While describing the specific sessions of the outcome document, panelists will present their assessment of the principles and roadmap agreed during the meeting, the participacion of the HLMC (High-Level Multistakeholder Commitee) and how these can influence Internet Governance. In particular, the round-table will discuss the NETmundial recommendations for improvement of the IGF. >> >> - Ambassador Benedicto Fonseca Filho (Ministry of External Relations Brazil): Overall description of the NETmundial outcome document – principles and roadmap (10 min) >> - Mr. Vinay Kwatra (Ministry of External Affairs India): The view of the Government of India (10 min) >> - Ms. Kathy Brown (President – Internet Society): The assessment of ISOC (10 min) >> - Ms. Jeanette Hofmann (Member of the HLMC): The role of the HMC (10 min) >> - Mr. Joseph Alhadeff (Representative from the private sector at the HLMC) The role of the HLMC (10 min) >> - Mr. Alan Marcus (WEF), Mr. Fadi Chehade (ICANN) and Mr. Janis Karklins (Ambassador of Latvia, Chair of the IGF MAG) about NETmundial Initiative (10 min each) >> - Open Debate (10 min) >> >> 12:30-13:30 Lunch Break/ >> >> ===Afternoon=== >> >> 13:30 - 14:30 *Achieving bottom-up and multistakeholder outcomes from global IG policy discussions: Extracting lessons from NETmundial* >> Presentation of the results of the research initiative conducted by CTS/FGV, APC and Diplo, including a survey of NETmundial participants >> Speakers: Marilia Maciel, Vladimir Radunovic, Renato Leite, Deborah Brown >> Moderators: Carlos Afonso >> >> 14:30-16:00 *Book launch— **Beyond NETmundial: The Roadmap for Institutional Improvements to the Global Internet Governance Ecosystem* (organized by the Internet Policy Observatory, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania) >> Introduction: Monroe Price (IPO) >> Moderator: William J. Drake (U. Zurich) >> Speakers: Jeremy Malcolm (EFF) ; Markus Kummer (Internet Society) ; Lea Kaspar (Global Partners Digital) ; Anriette Esterhuysen (APC) ; Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza (ITS) ; Emma Llansó and Matt Shears (CDT) ; Wolfgang Kleinwächter (U. Aarhus) >> >> 16:00-16:15 Coffee Break >> >> 16:15-17:15 *Open moderated dialogue on the NETmundial Initiative and operationalizing the NETmundial principles and roadmap* (organized by APC, CTS/FGV, CGI.br and Diplo and supported by the IDRC) >> Moderator: Anriette Esterhuysen and Raul Echeberría >> >> 17:15-18:15 *Open moderated dialogue on strengthening the IGF* (organized by APC, CTS/FGV CGI.br, and Diplo) >> Moderators: Anja Kovacs and Markus Kummer >> >> Resource people for the open dialogues: >> >> Jandyr Ferreira >> Flávio Wagner >> Fernando Perini >> Anja Kovacs >> Henrique Faulhaber >> Valeria Betancourt >> Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza >> Avri Doria >> Alice Munyua >> Ayesha Hassan >> Vladimir Radunovic >> >> NOTE: Resource persons may be called upon by the moderator(s) to provide a reflection on a specific discussion thread. >> >> 18:15-18:45 *Summary of the Day and linkages to the IGF program* >> >> Comments: Anriette Esterhuysen, Marilia Maciel, Carlos Afonso, Vladimir Radunovic, Raul Echeberría, Markus Kummer >> Moderator: Bill Drake >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits *********************************************** William J. 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URL: From avri at acm.org Fri Aug 29 04:22:53 2014 From: avri at acm.org (Avri Doria) Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 11:22:53 +0300 Subject: [bestbits] IGF 2014 Final agenda for Day 0 NETmundial event In-Reply-To: <93E0C171-41D3-421C-958B-650AFD192D22@gmail.com> References: <53FF1FE3.5000103@apc.org> <53FF489B.80500@apc.org> <7BEA0873-86D6-4D8E-8367-8D975005E9AD@marzouki.info> <93E0C171-41D3-421C-958B-650AFD192D22@gmail.com> Message-ID: <5400385D.9080907@acm.org> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 29-Aug-14 08:23, William Drake wrote: > By this point I think we ought to treat Day 0 as an integral part > of the program rather than something that just sort of happens and > whoever can show up does. But there would be questions of budget, > staff, host country facilities, MAG role and so on to contend > with…. If day 0 becomes something controlled by the UN MAG, then we will need to invent day -1. Oh, but the Bestbits meeting is already day -1, so we would need to move that to day -2. etc... We should find an independent way to get Day 0 events funded, but one free of UN MAG constraints. avri avri -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJUADhdAAoJEOo+L8tCe36HBkMH/03mruS5hyfG9gLcaRH8fpL+ KF0PtsWrFmruq98HBLvDzehgxWvCvgUFbSLVBRIRgnDSkztwfk+tO2rVFIMkdn1Q V9gnBW8sbmLGOa7GCQCzQQybzX37c9vETad+deK9mq6Yk3bwl82cbwNvzawRALCt bRZryJIFBjWTMvIEf874E8dNfryocvXe036Ulna7LczE9Sk9+UHjWzBY7imrfJVQ 1qGKLn62um6GFASN6uzQtK2naEfmXUFEbOavPpoljjPor1e+XAn6oBUvF/Q+XgXe S2S9UAaOosq/GSBlQpIABfRMW7xPrtgwjsM8oLocMQSSNFSPiF0o2K4chti1jAI= =Wx6g -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From pwilson at apnic.net Fri Aug 29 05:13:45 2014 From: pwilson at apnic.net (Paul Wilson) Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 19:13:45 +1000 Subject: [bestbits] IGF 2014 Final agenda for Day 0 NETmundial event In-Reply-To: <5400385D.9080907@acm.org> References: <53FF1FE3.5000103@apc.org> <53FF489B.80500@apc.org> <7BEA0873-86D6-4D8E-8367-8D975005E9AD@marzouki.info> <93E0C171-41D3-421C-958B-650AFD192D22@gmail.com> <5400385D.9080907@acm.org> Message-ID: I suggest to see it both ways. MAG can conduct Day 0 sessions which are consistent with the programme, for instance IGF orientation/induction sessions, or perhaps for recognised preparatory sessions for main sessions or other parts of the programme? But I agree absolutely we need to keep the Day 0 space as a free one for independent content, which is supported in terms of space, programme listing, etc as needed. my 2c Paul. On 29 Aug 2014, at 6:22 pm, Avri Doria wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 29-Aug-14 08:23, William Drake wrote: >> By this point I think we ought to treat Day 0 as an integral part >> of the program rather than something that just sort of happens and >> whoever can show up does. But there would be questions of budget, >> staff, host country facilities, MAG role and so on to contend >> with…. > > If day 0 becomes something controlled by the UN MAG, then we will need > to invent day -1. > > Oh, but the Bestbits meeting is already day -1, so we would need to > move that to day -2. > > etc... > > We should find an independent way to get Day 0 events funded, but one > free of UN MAG constraints. > > avri > > avri > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJUADhdAAoJEOo+L8tCe36HBkMH/03mruS5hyfG9gLcaRH8fpL+ > KF0PtsWrFmruq98HBLvDzehgxWvCvgUFbSLVBRIRgnDSkztwfk+tO2rVFIMkdn1Q > V9gnBW8sbmLGOa7GCQCzQQybzX37c9vETad+deK9mq6Yk3bwl82cbwNvzawRALCt > bRZryJIFBjWTMvIEf874E8dNfryocvXe036Ulna7LczE9Sk9+UHjWzBY7imrfJVQ > 1qGKLn62um6GFASN6uzQtK2naEfmXUFEbOavPpoljjPor1e+XAn6oBUvF/Q+XgXe > S2S9UAaOosq/GSBlQpIABfRMW7xPrtgwjsM8oLocMQSSNFSPiF0o2K4chti1jAI= > =Wx6g > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits From anriette at apc.org Fri Aug 29 05:57:17 2014 From: anriette at apc.org (Anriette Esterhuysen) Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 11:57:17 +0200 Subject: [bestbits] APC priorities for IGF 2014 Message-ID: <54004E7D.1050904@apc.org> Attached. 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This document was made by ONG Derechos Digitales, the Communications and Information Policy Programme of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), and the researcher Joana Varon Ferraz. The document (PDF) is CC:BY licensed, so please be free to spread it out! Best —Claudio PGP B603D089 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fatimacambronero at gmail.com Fri Aug 29 13:02:19 2014 From: fatimacambronero at gmail.com (Fatima Cambronero) Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 14:02:19 -0300 Subject: [bestbits] Invitation to participate in the Orientation Session IGF 2014 Message-ID: *(Apologies for cross posting)* Dear All, You are invited to participate in the IGF 2014 Orientation Session to be held on Day 1 -September, 2, from 9:30 to 11:00 in the Main Meeting Hall. More information here: http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/main-focus-sessions/1914-orientation-session And here: http://igf2014.sched.org/event/3e99b7802e37508efae856e6df2e2e6e#.VACkN2NPwix Orientation sessions are intended for both newcomers to the IGF and those who are already involved but would need to get a more holistic view of Internet governance. It gathers experts, fellows, decision-makers and practitioners to engage meaningfully by discussing actors and topics related to Internet governance. The session will be interactive, educative, inclusive, at the same time creative and fun, it will be open but also guided in order to be effective. We will be discussing several issues like the history of WSIS and IGF and mandate of the IGF; the role of the diplomacy in the global Internet governance; the main IG-related process and actors involved; how to navigate the IGF to get the best out of it and for it; how to stay involved with the IGF and IG process beyond IGF2014, among others interesting topics. We will have among the panelists members of the IGF Secretariat, MAG members, regional and global leaders on Internet governance issues, IGFers experienced from governments, academia, civil society, private sector and technical community. Please join us and share your questions, experiences and comments to build together the best IGF for all of us! Best Regards, Fatima, on behalf of the MAG Capacity Building track -- *Fatima Cambronero* Abogada-Argentina Phone: +54 9351 5282 668 Twitter: @facambronero Skype: fatima.cambronero -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I really liked this, and value that you mentioned @alaa. Anriette On 29/08/2014 20:28, Anne Jellema wrote: > https://webfoundation.org/2014/08/how-can-businesses-help-us-build-the-web-we-want/ > > > Feedback appreciated! > best > Anne > > -- > Anne Jellema > CEO > +27 061 36 9352 (ZA) > +1 202 684 6885 (US) > @afjellema > * > * > *World Wide Web Foundation | 1110 Vermont Ave NW, Suite 500, > Washington DC, 20005, USA | www.webfoundation.org > | Twitter: @webfoundation* > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -- ````````````````````````````````` anriette esterhuysen executive director association for progressive communications po box 29755, melville, 2109, south africa anriette at apc.org www.apc.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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George ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ George Sadowsky Residence tel: +1.802.457.3370 119 Birch Way Google Voice: +1.202.370.7734 Woodstock, VT 05091-7986 USA GSM mobile: +1.202.415.1933 george.sadowsky at gmail.com http://www.georgesadowsky.org/ SKYPE: sadowsky On Aug 29, 2014, at 2:28 PM, Anne Jellema wrote: > https://webfoundation.org/2014/08/how-can-businesses-help-us-build-the-web-we-want/ > > Feedback appreciated! > best > Anne > > -- > Anne Jellema > CEO > +27 061 36 9352 (ZA) > +1 202 684 6885 (US) > @afjellema > > World Wide Web Foundation | 1110 Vermont Ave NW, Suite 500, Washington DC, 20005, USA | www.webfoundation.org | Twitter: @webfoundation > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This initiative has been specially made to increase the understanding of the region in the international community gathered at the Internet Government Forum 2014. > > This document was made by ONG Derechos Digitales, the Communications and Information Policy Programme of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), and the researcher Joana Varon Ferraz. > > The document (PDF) is CC:BY licensed, so please be free to spread it out! > > Best > > —Claudio > PGP B603D089 > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From wjdrake at gmail.com Sat Aug 30 00:46:33 2014 From: wjdrake at gmail.com (William Drake) Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 06:46:33 +0200 Subject: [bestbits] Beyond NETmundial e-book released Message-ID: Hello Apologies in advance if you receive this notice from more than one list, but in case anyone is coming to the IGF and wants some reading for the plane, I thought I would share the below. On Day 0, Monday 1 September, a group of partners have organized an event called, NETmundial: Looking Back, Learning Lessons and Mapping the Road Ahead. http://sched.co/1r7K8s3 It will run from 9:00 - 18:30 in Workshop Room 02 (Rumeli Ground Floor / Room B2), and the IGF Secretariat informed me yesterday that remote participation will be available via the IGF website, albeit in “test mode.” As part of this event, from 14:30-16:00 there will be an e-“book” launch of a project I coordinated. Authors who will be speaking will include myself and Jeremy Malcolm (EFF), Markus Kummer (Internet Society), Anriette Esterhuysen (APC), Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza (ITS), Emma Llansó and Matt Shears (CDT), Wolfgang Kleinwächter (U. Aarhus), and perhaps one or two others. In advance of the launch discussion, the book has been released today. Please see the announcement below. We hope you find the material useful. Best, Bill Beyond NETmundial: The Roadmap for Institutional Improvements to the Global Internet Governance Ecosystem explores options for the implementation of a key section of the “NETmundial Multistakeholder Statement” that was adopted at the Global Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance (NETmundial) held on April 23rd and 24th 2014 in São Paulo, Brazil. The Roadmap section of the statement concisely sets out a series of proposed enhancements to existing mechanisms for global internet governance, as well as suggestions of possible new initiatives that the global community may wish to consider. The sixteen chapters by leading practitioners and scholars are grouped into six sections: The NETmundial Meeting; Strengthening the Internet Governance Forum; Filling the Gaps; Improving ICANN; Broader Analytical Perspectives; and Moving Forward. The book was produced as a part of the Internet Policy Observatory, a program at the Center for Global Communication Studies (http://www.global.asc.upenn.edu/), the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. It was edited by William J. Drake of the University of Zurich and Monroe Price of the Annenberg School for Communication. They were assisted by Laura Schwartz-Henderson, Briar Smith, and Alexandra Esenler. You can view the publication here: http://www.global.asc.upenn.edu/app/uploads/2014/08/BeyondNETmundial_FINAL.pdf *********************************************** William J. Drake International Fellow & Lecturer Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ University of Zurich, Switzerland Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency, ICANN, www.ncuc.org william.drake at uzh.ch (direct), wjdrake at gmail.com (lists), www.williamdrake.org *********************************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pwilson at apnic.net Sat Aug 30 03:25:41 2014 From: pwilson at apnic.net (Paul Wilson) Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 17:25:41 +1000 Subject: [bestbits] Beyond NETmundial e-book released In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9136AE71-7FDC-4FD0-9569-EED6111272DD@apnic.net> Congratulations to you Bill, and all involved. Paul. On 30 Aug 2014, at 2:46 pm, William Drake wrote: > Hello > > Apologies in advance if you receive this notice from more than one list, but in case anyone is coming to the IGF and wants some reading for the plane, I thought I would share the below. > > On Day 0, Monday 1 September, a group of partners have organized an event called, NETmundial: Looking Back, Learning Lessons and Mapping the Road Ahead. http://sched.co/1r7K8s3 It will run from 9:00 - 18:30 in Workshop Room 02 (Rumeli Ground Floor / Room B2), and the IGF Secretariat informed me yesterday that remote participation will be available via the IGF website, albeit in “test mode.” > > As part of this event, from 14:30-16:00 there will be an e-“book” launch of a project I coordinated. Authors who will be speaking will include myself and Jeremy Malcolm (EFF), Markus Kummer (Internet Society), Anriette Esterhuysen (APC), Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza (ITS), Emma Llansó and Matt Shears (CDT), Wolfgang Kleinwächter (U. Aarhus), and perhaps one or two others. > > In advance of the launch discussion, the book has been released today. Please see the announcement below. We hope you find the material useful. > > Best, > > Bill > > > Beyond NETmundial: The Roadmap for Institutional Improvements to the Global Internet Governance Ecosystem explores options for the implementation of a key section of the “NETmundial Multistakeholder Statement” that was adopted at the Global Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance (NETmundial) held on April 23rd and 24th 2014 in São Paulo, Brazil. The Roadmap section of the statement concisely sets out a series of proposed enhancements to existing mechanisms for global internet governance, as well as suggestions of possible new initiatives that the global community may wish to consider. The sixteen chapters by leading practitioners and scholars are grouped into six sections: The NETmundial Meeting; Strengthening the Internet Governance Forum; Filling the Gaps; Improving ICANN; Broader Analytical Perspectives; and Moving Forward. > > The book was produced as a part of the Internet Policy Observatory, a program at the Center for Global Communication Studies (http://www.global.asc.upenn.edu/), the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. It was edited by William J. Drake of the University of Zurich and Monroe Price of the Annenberg School for Communication. They were assisted by Laura Schwartz-Henderson, Briar Smith, and Alexandra Esenler. > > You can view the publication here: http://www.global.asc.upenn.edu/app/uploads/2014/08/BeyondNETmundial_FINAL.pdf > > > > *********************************************** > William J. Drake > International Fellow & Lecturer > Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ > University of Zurich, Switzerland > Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency, > ICANN, www.ncuc.org > william.drake at uzh.ch (direct), wjdrake at gmail.com (lists), > www.williamdrake.org > *********************************************** > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits From carolina.rossini at gmail.com Sat Aug 30 03:36:29 2014 From: carolina.rossini at gmail.com (Carolina Rossini) Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 03:36:29 -0400 Subject: [bestbits] Suggestion of dinner for Sunday Message-ID: Hi folks. Burcu and I ate at this restaurant and it was amazing Ottoman food. The name is Kiva. They offer a fixed menu for 25 dollars without drinks. 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Congratulations to you Bill, and all involved. Paul. On 30 Aug 2014, at 2:46 pm, William Drake wrote: > Hello > > Apologies in advance if you receive this notice from more than one list, but in case anyone is coming to the IGF and wants some reading for the plane, I thought I would share the below. > > On Day 0, Monday 1 September, a group of partners have organized an event called, NETmundial: Looking Back, Learning Lessons and Mapping the Road Ahead. http://sched.co/1r7K8s3 It will run from 9:00 - 18:30 in Workshop Room 02 (Rumeli Ground Floor / Room B2), and the IGF Secretariat informed me yesterday that remote participation will be available via the IGF website, albeit in “test mode.” > > As part of this event, from 14:30-16:00 there will be an e-“book” launch of a project I coordinated. Authors who will be speaking will include myself and Jeremy Malcolm (EFF), Markus Kummer (Internet Society), Anriette Esterhuysen (APC), Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza (ITS), Emma Llansó and Matt Shears (CDT), Wolfgang Kleinwächter (U. Aarhus), and perhaps one or two others. > > In advance of the launch discussion, the book has been released today. Please see the announcement below. We hope you find the material useful. > > Best, > > Bill > > > Beyond NETmundial: The Roadmap for Institutional Improvements to the Global Internet Governance Ecosystem explores options for the implementation of a key section of the “NETmundial Multistakeholder Statement” that was adopted at the Global Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance (NETmundial) held on April 23rd and 24th 2014 in São Paulo, Brazil. The Roadmap section of the statement concisely sets out a series of proposed enhancements to existing mechanisms for global internet governance, as well as suggestions of possible new initiatives that the global community may wish to consider. The sixteen chapters by leading practitioners and scholars are grouped into six sections: The NETmundial Meeting; Strengthening the Internet Governance Forum; Filling the Gaps; Improving ICANN; Broader Analytical Perspectives; and Moving Forward. > > The book was produced as a part of the Internet Policy Observatory, a program at the Center for Global Communication Studies (http://www.global.asc.upenn.edu/), the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. It was edited by William J. Drake of the University of Zurich and Monroe Price of the Annenberg School for Communication. They were assisted by Laura Schwartz-Henderson, Briar Smith, and Alexandra Esenler. > > You can view the publication here: http://www.global.asc.upenn.edu/app/uploads/2014/08/BeyondNETmundial_FINAL.pdf > > > > *********************************************** > William J. Drake > International Fellow & Lecturer > Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ > University of Zurich, Switzerland > Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency, > ICANN, www.ncuc.org > william.drake at uzh.ch (direct), wjdrake at gmail.com (lists), > www.williamdrake.org > *********************************************** > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits ____________________________________________________________ You received this message as a subscriber on the list: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. 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Please, help spread. :) looking forward to see you all at IGF best joana -- -- Joana Varon Ferraz @joana_varon PGP 0x016B8E73 On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 7:02 PM, Robert Guerra wrote: > Claudio, Joana and others involved in this initiative - great work!! > > Robert > > On Aug 29, 2014, at 11:50 AM, Claudio Ruiz > wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I'm very proud to announce the document *Latin america in a glimpse: > Human Rights and the internet,* a document presenting a summary about > some aspects in the discussion in Latin America regarding internet and > human rights. This initiative has been specially made to increase the > understanding of the region in the international community gathered at the > Internet Government Forum 2014. > > This document was made by ONG Derechos Digitales, the Communications > and Information Policy Programme of the Association for Progressive > Communications (APC), and the researcher Joana Varon Ferraz. > > The document (PDF > ) is > CC:BY licensed, so please be free to spread it out! > > Best > > --Claudio > PGP B603D089 > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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