[governance] Themes for the coming IGFs

[Lee W McKnight]

I definitely support 'Open Internet' either as the overall headline or one of the main themes.

Folks can debate what other words come before or after those 2...

Lee


-----Original Message-----
From: kabani.asif at gmail.com on behalf of Kabani
Sent: Tue 12/16/2008 4:08 AM
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Fouad Bajwa
Cc: Jeremy Malcolm; Jeanette Hofmann
Subject: Re: [governance] Themes for the coming IGFs
 
Greetings,

I agree with Jeremy & Fouad that we need now to focus on the open
standards, open systems, open content, free and open source, open
information sharing and open ICT governance and sustainable
Development.


With Best Regards


Sincerely



Asif Kabani
Hon. Director, Governane and ICT
Int. Sustainable Development Resource Centre
Geneva
2008/12/16 Fouad Bajwa <fouadbajwa at gmail.com>:
> I second Jeremy on open standards, open systems, open content, free
> and open source, open information sharing and open ICT governance and
> ecosystems. I would also like to hand in myself for conducting a
> workshop focused on these issues and would like to get together with
> like minded people and develop a charter for such a workshop!
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org> wrote:
>> On 11/12/2008, at 6:36 PM, Jeanette Hofmann wrote:
>>
>>> We should focus on the themes for the main session instead. For those who
>>> didn't follow closely, this year's themes were:
>>>
>>>      * Reaching the next billion;
>>>      * Promoting cyber-security and trust;
>>>      * Managing critical Internet resources;
>>>      * Taking stock and the way forward;
>>>      * Emerging issues - the Internet of tomorrow
>>>
>>> I heard several people saying that access related topics (reaching the
>>> next billion) need a break as there is nothing new to discuss next year.  Do
>>> others agree? What are other topics we want to see discussed? In my view,
>>> critical Internet resources should stay on the agenda.
>>
>> I am ambivalent about the continued focus on access, but openness should
>> definitely return.  This is a diverse theme that can encompass open
>> standards, open content, open source, open information, open governance and
>> more all of which have drifted out of focus for the main sessions (though
>> better represented in workshops).
>>
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