AW: [governance] hearing on Internet Governance arrangements

[Meryem Marzouki]

Hi all,

Jean-Louis is probably right, actually: the EC, at least Ms. Reding,  
the competence Commissioner, today qualified this hearing as "a first  
public hearing this week in Brussels to give the internet Community  
in Europe the possibility to express their views.".
To my knowledge, "public" is not "by invitation only" (even though  
for logistics reasons), and "the Internet Community in Europe", while  
difficult to define, is certainly larger than a handful of happy fews.
Ms. Reding today's speech at: http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/ 
reding/video/index_en.htm
Best,
Meryem

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Le 4 mai 09 à 00:31, Roland Perry a écrit :

> In message <49FDDECC.5060004 at mdpi.net>, at 20:13:32 on Sun, 3 May  
> 2009, Dr. Francis MUGUET <muguet at mdpi.net> writes
>
>> It appears that the call for those hearings has not been  
>> inclusive, if
>> not secretive...
>> EU Commission hearing on future Internet Governance arrangement  ( 06
>> May 2009, Brussels, Belgium )
>
> It's not a "call", the meeting is invitation only - which is not  
> itself sinister as the Commission clearly wants to hear from  
> specific organisations and people firmly established in the IG  
> space (and attending IGF meetings is a plausible indication of  
> that). If that doesn't include you, then you should examine why  
> that might be the case.
>
>> For logistical reasons participation is by invitation only.
>
> My guess is they couldn't book a bigger room because there's too  
> many other meetings going on that day.
>
>> But just let me guess... by logistics...  would it means that that
>> the EU commission is paying for travel expenses ?
>
> In ten years of attending hearings I think I've been offered my  
> travel expenses once (and the rules are very complex and are  
> unlikely to cover the trip you actually made, rather than the  
> cheaper trip they say you could have made).
>
>> but the call refers to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) ?
>
> The original invitation doesn't mention it at all. This meeting is  
> about IG, not the IGF - even if the attendees are all IGF veterans.
>
>> The lead towards the EuroIGF. should be taken by all open-minded
>>  European stakeholders, involved in the IGF process,
>> whether in person, or remotely.
>
> Anyone could start a "EuroIGF", there are <geo-region>IGF's  
> springing up all over the place. All that happened was that  
> Catherine Trautmann won the "first come first served" race for the  
> name. But then nothing much happened (as I have explained before).
> -- 
> Roland Perry
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