[governance] OC meeting notes: RP, statement and 9 am meeting

[Ginger Paque]

Hi everyone,

I do not yet have the Remote Participation details from Chengatai for 
the Wednesday OC meeting. I will post if I can, but Rafik Dammak, of the 
RP Working Group has promised to post all information as well, since I 
will be traveling.

Since there are so many things going on Wednesday, I suggest that anyone 
who can meet outside the OC meeting room at 9 a.m. Wednesday morning, 
and then we see if we can have a meeting later on as well. At any rate, 
I remind you that my Skype login is gingerpaque, and ask that anyone who 
is at the meeting connect to Skype so we can follow.

Ian (through RP) or I will read the following previously agreed upon 
statement during the meeting:

The Internet Governance Caucus notes the statement from the Programme 
Paper: "....Some favoured the inclusion of 'Internet rights and 
principles' as a cross-cutting theme". This concurs with the widespread 
support for this concept from various stakeholder groups at the February 
open consultations.

However we are concerned at the decision to exclude it as a theme this 
year on the grounds that there is "no established definition of this 
theme and that therefore it should not be discussed at the Sharm El 
Sheikh meeting."

We are surprised by this reasoning for exclusion and request that the 
MAG revisit this subject given the wide support which has been 
expressed. Given that these matters are specifically contained in the 
Tunis Agenda (paras 70 and 42) we do not see lack of definition as a 
reason for exclusion. However, if it is not possible to include this 
concept until it is defined within IGF, we ask that the IGF 2009 include 
a prominent plenary space to establish this definition, in preparation 
for more comprehensive discussions in future debates and meetings.

Regards,
Ginger

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