[governance] Proposed workshop text on CSTD and/or Indian proposal

[parminder]

While at it, it would not be appropriate if the IGC does not take note 
of the hottest public policy issue right now - that of net neutrality. 
The US congress yesterday blocked FCC's NN guidelines, which themselves 
were not good enough. In these political contestations, right now in 
front of our eyes, the Internet, and through it a world order, of the 
future is being shaped. (Dont say it is just a US matter; how much I 
wish US policies were just US matters.) So may be somethign like

'A possible framework for global Net Neutrality'

In addressing this issue we will be doing a specific positive 
contribution to global Internet policy regimes.

Important to note that Council of Europe is working on the issue of 
global net neutrality.

parminder

On Saturday 09 April 2011 06:09 AM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
> On 08/04/2011, at 11:50 PM, Marilia Maciel wrote:
>
>> I just believe that we should carefully frame it, so that stakeholder 
>> representatives that do not necessarely agree with the proposal feel 
>> invited and encouraged to participate and put forth their arguments. 
>> During the CSTD WG meeting, the technical community and US opposed 
>> the proposal, but they did not say why.
>
> I feel that we are gravitating towards a consensus on the more focused 
> India/CSTD workshop proposal (in addition to the Mapping one), but 
> here is some more nuanced language for the former, with changes 
> underlined (anyone else, feel free to make your own suggestions):
>
> *Reflection on the Indian proposal towards an IGF 2.0*
>
> As a participant in the CSTD's Working Group on Improvements to the 
> IGF, the Government of India recently provided a set of 
> "Proposed Improvements to IGF Outcomes, in Keeping with the UN General 
> Assembly Mandate". _Although only one stakeholder's proposal, _the ten 
> suggested improvements reflect proposals that _some_ other countries 
> and other stakeholder groups have also previously aired. _It is also 
> one of the only relatively comprehensive written proposals on IGF 
> outcomes to emerge from the Working Group, and therefore provides a 
> convenient starting point for further discussion._
>
> It was suggested _in the proposal_ that the MAG identify key questions 
> for the IGF to deliberate upon, that a Working Group for each issue 
> develop background material on it, to be considered by the IGF through 
> workshops, a roundtable discussion, and possible inter-sessional 
> meetings, and that discussion at the plenary level would result in an 
> IGF report on each issue that would be transmitted to the CSTD and 
> other relevant bodies for their action and feedback.
>
> Since it was not possible for the CSTD Working Group to fully 
> discuss these suggestions, this workshop is intended to provide a 
> space to do so more fully. _The workshop will provide an opportunity 
> for all stakeholders to consider the merits of the proposals as well 
> as their shortcomings, and_ consider whether and how to take _such_ 
> proposals forward.
>
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