[governance] Agenda for IGF Nairobi - IGC proposals

Sat Jan 15 20:04:37 EST 2011

after giving some more thought to the Mobile Network Neutrality
topics, why not propose it as:

Wired and Wireless Network Neutrality - W2 at NN


On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Fouad Bajwa <fouadbajwa at gmail.com> wrote:
> We should begin with forwarding these suggestion well beforehand. Many
> of the MAG members from developing regions will not be able to make it
> to the upcoming MAG and open consultation meetings and will be mostly
> around through remote participation.
>
> My question regarding the topic of 'Network Neutrality' or now '
> Mobile Network Neutrality' is that how should this be conveyed? NN is
> easier to raise and pass through and have MNN listed in the sub-topics
> because its a term almost everyone is aware of within the IGF
> community but MNN will be a bit of confusion otherwise and might
> create the same kind of resistance that happens around when the issue
> around HR or IRP has been raised in the past? We know how things are
> with new-terms in the process.
>
> The 'development agenda for IG' should remain an important focus to be
> included and I will sustain my position with regards to it and revive
> the cross-community working group to organize it should we be able to
> table it through.
>
> 'Cross border Issues and implications of IG' is a good topic and yes
> CoE is discussing it with a major activity happening around April this
> year on the issue and we can liaise with the CoE representatives to
> table this issue as a main session topic.
>
> Can we detail these topics out also to assist the MAG members from CS
> to present, deliberate and sustain their ground.
>
> An important thing that can be done is that we create a yearly focus
> of topics that are also detailed out with all these references like
> the one from Sala's message so that it can be used as a reference
> point to make both statements, IGC position information and other
> discussion pointers.
>
> -- Best
>
> Fouad
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 3:20 PM, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:
>> Hi Jeremy
>>
>> I think we should two separate threads for the next IGF's agenda, which
>> hopefully will be taken up in the Feb MAG meeting, and for our inputs into
>> the WG on IGF improvements. Both are very distinct issues and separately
>> quite important . So excuse me to have this thread on 'agenda for IGF
>> Nairobi'.
>>
>> I am particularly eager to get this discussion going, because I feel that
>> IGC should be doing much more on substantive issues, and its almost singular
>> focus on process issues is what has kept it insulated from much of the civil
>> society outside the IG realm, which compromises its legitimacy.
>>
>> In middle of the hot discussions on composition of the WG on IGF
>> improvements, Sala posted an email on the (globally) historic FCC decision
>> on network neutrality. While there are some good points there, there has
>> been a sellout on excluding mobile Internet from regulations disallowing
>> pay-for-priority. (To read this in the context of my earielr emails pointing
>> to how mobile Internet in India is already breaching NN boundaries.)
>>
>> This FC decision has the potential of splitting up the Internet into the
>> open fixed line variety and corporate content dominated mobile Internet. Why
>> should there be two kinds of Internet? Why do freedoms and rights count on
>> one kind and are not so important on the mobile Internet? What does this
>> mean for developing countries where mobile is slated to become the by far
>> the dominant platform for Internet?
>>
>> I also consider it very significant that it is perhaps the first time ever
>> in any substantial policy matter of such huge consequence that the policy
>> framework was largely written up as a result of negotiations between two
>> largest corporate players in the area - google and verizon - and then the
>> government rubber stamped it. If this the new global governance model we are
>> moving towards? I keep getting this picture in my mind of our health policy
>> frameworks soon being written by drug companies and health insurance
>> companies, and maybe the large private hospital chains, if they are big
>> enough, before plaint governments rubber stamp it. That is exactly what
>> happened in the present instance vis a vis the new communication
>> infrastructure of the Internet that came with such egalitarian promises.
>>
>> Anyway back to the topic,
>>
>> The next IGF just must take up 'Network Neutrality' or in fact ' Mobile
>> Network Neutrality' as its key plenary theme. Otherwise IGF and the real
>> world IG would be two very different worlds.
>>
>> It should also continue with the plenary topic - 'development agenda for IG'
>>
>> And I propose a third topic
>>
>> 'Cross border Issues and implications of IG'
>>
>> CoE is discussing it, no reason why IGF should not.
>>
>> Parminder
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>> Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
>>
>> I would like us to move towards preparing a submission about the
>> programme of the 2011 IGF meeting.  Simultaneously, we can discuss IGF
>> improvements, which if minor could go into that submission, but
>> otherwise can be input for our new CSTD working group on the IGF.
>>
>> This is an exercise that we have, of course, gone through before.  So it
>> is useful for us to look at some previous submissions on the programme
>> of the IGF and on improvements, and see what we can simply rewrite and
>> reuse.  Here are relevant links:
>>
>> PROGRAMME:
>>
>> http://www.igcaucus.org/node/8 (Hyderabad)
>> http://www.igcaucus.org/node/5 (Sharm)
>> http://www.igcaucus.org/node/26 (Sharm)
>> http://www.igcaucus.org/node/32 (Sharm)
>> http://www.igcaucus.org/node/34 (Vilnius)
>>
>> IMPROVEMENTS:
>>
>> http://www.igcaucus.org/node/6 (funding, deeper discussion, WGs)
>> http://www.igcaucus.org/node/7 (format improvements, IGF as town-hall)
>> http://www.igcaucus.org/node/9 (MAG improvements)
>> http://www.igcaucus.org/node/30 (MAG, funding, intersessional work)
>> http://www.igcaucus.org/node/33 (MAG, outputs, intersessional work)
>> http://www.igcaucus.org/node/41 (MAG improvements, links from IGF)
>> http://www.igcaucus.org/node/45 (outputs, difficult issues, virtual IGF)
>>
>> I would suggest that people go through these and pick out the highlights
>> that they would like to reiterate... as well, of course, as contributing
>> any new points in light of the changed landscape since last November.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> PK
>>
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