[governance] Proposed contribution for the Hyderabad

Wed Aug 13 05:10:35 EDT 2008

I'm happy to express my support for the letter including the amendment.
Matthias

Jeanette Hofmann schrieb:
> Needless to say, I support this letter including amendments as well.
> jeanette
>
> William Drake wrote:
>> I support the letter (thanks Adam) and Milton's amendment
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>> On 8/12/08 9:55 PM, "Milton L Mueller" <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> I support this letter, but believe pretty strongly that the sentence
>>> about the review of IGF needs to be reworded thusly.
>>>
>>> Old language:
>>>> it is important that a review and evaluation of the IGF
>>>> begins promptly.
>>> Proposed change:
>>>
>>> It is important that a review involving formal consultation with IGF
>>> participants begins promptly.
>>>
>>> Hope my motivation is clear: do you want a "review and evaluation" by
>>> some hack consulting group or do you want a "formal consultation" with
>>> the people who actually constitute (or should constitute) the Forum?
>>>
>>> Milton Mueller
>>> Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
>>> XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology
>>> ------------------------------
>>> Internet Governance Project:
>>> http://internetgovernance.org
>>>  
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Adam Peake [mailto:ajp at glocom.ac.jp]
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 5:34 AM
>>>> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
>>>> Subject: [governance] Proposed contribution for the Hyderabad
>>>> programme paper.
>>>>
>>>> Proposed contribution for the Hyderabad programme paper.
>>>>
>>>> Just say yes or no.
>>>>
>>>> Anything controversial will just mean the letter's not going to get
>>>> sent and again the caucus will have missed the opportunity to
>>>> influence the process.  Bound to be spelling mistakes, typos and
>>>> messed-up grammar (friendly amendments welcome.)
>>>>
>>>> All the ideas in response to Parminder's email so I hope they have
>>>> our coordinator's support.  He can decide on rough consensus or not.
>>>>
>>>> Adam
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Contribution on the Hyderabad Programme Paper
>>>>
>>>> (1)  The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus fully supports the
>>>> letter sent by the Internet Bill of Rights Coalition "Rights as core
>>>> theme of the IGF".  The issue of rights and the Internet must remain
>>>> a central theme of the IGF process.
>>>>
>>>> (2) About the taking stock and way forward session: we suggest that
>>>> this session be organized in the same "bottom-up" manner as the other
>>>> main session workshops and debates.  In light of para 76 of the Tunis
>>>> Agenda,
>>>>
>>>>     "76. We ask the UN Secretary-General to examine the desirability
>>>> of the continuation of the Forum, in formal consultation with Forum
>>>> participants, within five years of its creation, and to make
>>>> recommendations to the UN Membership in this regard."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus is organizing a workshop
>>>> "The role and mandate of the IGF"
>>>> <http://www.intgovforum.org/workshops_08/showmelist.php?mem=71> and
>>>> we would be pleased if this workshop could help support discussion
>>>> during the taking stock session.  We would be pleased to work with
>>>> the MAG and all other stakeholders in discussions to begin the
>>>> process of review and evaluation of the IGF and how to best to
>>>> include this important topic in the taking stock and way forward
>>>> session at the Hyderabad meeting.
>>>>
>>>> (3)  The process of merging individually proposed workshops and
>>>> setting-up the working groups that are now developing the main
>>>> session workshops has been very unclear.  How were some workshops
>>>> accepted in these working groups and some not?  What efforts have
>>>> been made to ensure that a balanced representation of views is
>>>> present in each of the working groups organizing the main session
>>>> workshops?
>>>>
>>>> The caucus believes this process has not worked well, we would like
>>>> clarification of the process and to be assured that all stakeholders
>>>> will have the equal opportunity to participate in the working groups
>>>> developing the main session workshops (and therefore greatly
>>>> influencing the main session debates.)
>>>>
>>>> (4) We would like to hear about logistical arrangements for the
>>>> meetings, particularly the daily schedule (start, finish, breaks
>>>> etc), information about hotels, particularly affordable hotels, food
>>>> and refreshments, Internet cafes, and the IGF Village.
>>>>
>>>> (5) Will there be funds to support participants from developing
>>>> countries and civil society?  Could we please have details of this.
>>>> We note that the September consultations may be too late to manage a
>>>> smooth process for allocating funds. Improving participating from
>>>> developing countries has been identified as a critical issue by the
>>>> IGFs to date, we are concerned that it is not being adequately
>>>> addressed.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>>
>>>> Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus.
>>>>
>>>>  
>>
>>
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