[governance] Sept 22 / IG subcomittee (A) excutive summary

[Izumi AIZU]

Many thanks Jeremy and others at SubcomA from Civil society
reporting about the ongoing debate.

Since I plan to come to PrepCom3 from next Monday till the end,
these reports provide very valuable reference that help me
understand the context and better prepared.

Please keep on your good work, and see you all soon!

izumi




At 09:48 05/09/22 -0400, Jeremy Shtern wrote:
>Hi Michael and others who may not want to read 11 pages of scrambled
>notes in UN speak,
>
>Here is a quick and dirty executive summary of this (Thurs) AM's
>Subcommittee A meeting on Internet governance;
>
>-they discussed the items described in the chair's document in general
>terms.
>- decided that drafting groups will be formed to work on getting
>language on specific issues
>- these groups will be limited number to accommodate smaller delegations
>- stakeholders (NGOs, CS and PS) role in them is still open: will either
>be A) closed completely (Brazil, Iran China etc) ; B) allowed in as
>observers only with some speaking rights (Singapore, el Salvador etc);
>C) allowed full participation in negotiations (US, most strongly). This
>was to be decided right away through a consultation co-ordinated by
>Singapore and el Salvador. Singapore came back and said that it was
>agreed upon that it will be alright to allow stakeholders to attend at
>the outset, they will be invited to present statements. Thereafter there
>is unresolved tension between 2 views:
>1). That they would then be asked to leave, negotiation would occur
>without stakeholders in the room
>2). Instead be allowed to remain in the room to observe with no right to
>speak.
>
>- the consultation will continue and results will be announced first
>thing tomorrow on the status of stakeholder (CS, International NGOs, PS)
>participation in the draft groups/ negotiation
>- The chair will diffuse a nondocument for discussion to serve as the
>basis for the negotiation over language.  It is different from the
>document that he put out today, but has not been seen but is believed to
>be based on the WGIG report, his initial chair non document and the
>comments received on both. It is a non status document.
>- Tomorrow, the chair will announce what the status of stakeholders is
>in the drafting groups, diffuse his nonpaper and give the marching
>orders on these drafting groups (number, theme, schedule, deliverables
>etc).
>
>Hope that helps a little.
>
>
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: governance-bounces at lists.cpsr.org
>[mailto:governance-bounces at lists.cpsr.org] On Behalf Of Gurstein,
>Michael
>Sent: September 22, 2005 8:24 AM
>To: Robert Guerra; Izumi AIZU
>Cc: governance at lists.cpsr.org; plenary at wsis-cs.org
>Subject: [not_spam] Re: [governance] Sept 22 / Morning subcomittee notes
>
>
>Robert and all,
>
>Thanks very very much for the on-going notes (they give a strong sense
>of the process) but it would help a lot for those of us following at a
>distance if we could have an occasional "wrap-up" of the current state
>of play (sorry for the on-going tv sports metaphors), but what we are
>getting through the lists is a play by play and some of the internal
>strategic discussions and banter, but there isn't much stepping back and
>giving one a sense of either the current score or overall what is
>happening with the game, the league standings, the drive for the
>Championship Cup etc.etc....
>
>This may not matter much as the game is being played out on the ground,
>but this approach certainly doesn't build a strong (or informed) base of
>supporters.
>
>MG
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: governance-bounces at lists.cpsr.org
>[mailto:governance-bounces at lists.cpsr.org] On Behalf Of Robert Guerra
>Sent: September 22, 2005 2:12 PM
>To: Izumi AIZU
>Cc: governance at lists.cpsr.org
>Subject: Re: [governance] Sept 22 / Morning subcomittee notes
>
>
>My complete notes are on my blog @
>
><http://wsis.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2005/9/22/1248875.html>
>
>
>
>
>On 22-Sep-05, at 1:15 PM, Izumi AIZU wrote:
>
> > OK, the webcast came back now. I missed the first portion
> > of Chair's summary, but so Singapore and El Salvador will report back
> > tomorrow morning, right?
> >
>yes. they will report back in the morning with what consensus (if
>any) they can come up with.
>
>
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