[bestbits] Fwd: [IGFmaglist] IGF Retreat Participants

Tue Jun 21 13:54:50 EDT 2016

Hi
(Apologies I have no idea if my msg gets out to JNC, pls fwd if appropriate)
I'm not sure if being loud or making noise has done the best it could so far. I agree we should agree, as CS, on some topics but I also see the challenge on
that, being CS (fortunately) a diverse group.
The topic of remote participation, for instance, has had some news in this last
call, as Lea has expressed. The twitter like updates remain. The streaming - even if partial - seems to be an idea which has been dropped
for the moment.
As for the balance in SG representation on the retreat, from the list one can
easily see that CS numbers are low. Even more worrying, CSCG nominees number are
even lower. That when compared, for instance, with the numbers of gov and
intergov.
I was reminded that even though CS is participating on retreat, each one of its
participants is there on their own personal capacity, not those of their
organization.
So, while this makes it clearer fo the CS rep to express their thoughts, also
takes us back to the original question: what, if any, does CS as a group have to
do with the next 10 years of the IGF and how should it go about it?
Just a quick addition: I find twitter updates way more able to interpretation
and polemic than streaming of a meeting, so I do not understand very well the
choice there. What isn`t spoken has much more power than what is out there in
the open.
Best,
Renata

On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 1:42 PM, Deirdre Williams williams.deirdre at gmail.com wrote:
Particularly in the cause of transparency and inclusion this discussion should
be happening as widely as possibly among civil society. With apologies I have
therefore copied to IGC and JNC. Perhaps others can spread the word further to
as much of "global civil society" as possible, since all of us speaking together
would have a VERY loud voice that would demand attention. Best wishes Deirdre
On 21 June 2016 at 12:27, James Gannon < james at cyberinvasion.net > wrote:
Just my 2c but I don’t think it should really be a negotiation, I know I may be
naïve in certain aspects of the IGF working methods but open and transparent was
always told to me to be a core concept. I don’t think we should be compromising
those ideals at this critical juncture. Without that what do we really have to
move forward with.
-jg
From: < bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net > on behalf of Nnenna Nwakanma < nnenna75 at gmail.com >
Reply-To: Nnenna Nwakanma < nnenna75 at gmail.com >
Date: Tuesday 21 June 2016 at 17:20
To: Lea Kaspar < lea at gp-digital.org >
Cc: Matthew Shears < mshears at cdt.org >, Best Bits < bestbits at lists.bestbits.net >
Subject: Re: [bestbits] Fwd: [IGFmaglist] IGF Retreat Participants

Thanks, Lea

I think it is important that CS folks organisee CS remote participation. That
is, if the IGF secretariat is okay with it.

Just thinking loud

Nnenna

On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 3:08 PM, Lea Kaspar < lea at gp-digital.org > wrote:
Hi all,
Just got off the MAG call. Remote participation for the Retreat still not sorted
out. From what I understood, we can expect live tweeting under Chatham house
rules, but that could be it. Others on the call can corroborate -
Best, Lea

On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Matthew Shears < mshears at cdt.org > wrote:
Great point Ayden. I would hope that those who have been invited to participate
will continue to be push hard for remote participation.

Matthew

On 6/20/2016 11:41 AM, Ayden Fabien Férdeline wrote:
Dear Lea,

Thank you for sharing this. I note that Nitin Desai will be participating in the
Retreat remotely. I wonder if this mean that remote participation will be
available to all to observe the dialogue exchanged?
Best wishes,
Ayden Férdeline
On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 4:31 PM, Lea Kaspar < lea at gp-digital.org > wrote:
Dear all,
In case of interest, the IGF Secretariat has just published the full list of
participants to the July Retreat. See Chengetai's email below.
Best,
Lea Kaspar

Head of Programmes | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL

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T: +44 (0)20 3818 3258 | M: +44 (0)7583 929216

gp-digital.org

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From: Chengetai Masango < cmasango at unog.ch >
Date: Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 4:10 PM
Subject: [IGFmaglist] IGF Retreat Participants
To: MAG-public < igfmaglist at intgovforum.org >

Dear All,

The list of IGF Retreat participants has been published at: http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/igf-retreat-participants-list

Best regards,

Chengetai

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