[governance] Internet G8 meeting

[Lee W McKnight]

Parminder,

If I recall correctly G7 meetings as far back as...95? 93? 97 at latest...had similar themes, albeit with phraseology then around the more inclusive 'information society.' 

OK in my recollection there was a broader less commercial agenda back then than the 2011 version, back in the day, with cs folks more likely prominent on the agenda.

But point is high level showcase schmooze-athons have been going on at or near this level for quite some time, related to Internet.

If one for whatever reason gets close to being part of agenda - it is a big pain and probably not worth cost to any cs org. In my experience from walking away from getting sucked into such things in past.

Except for largest/wealthiest cs orgs, it is very hard to play at this level.

Maybe, instead of worrying about sales pitches from corporates at G7, you could...work the system towards a more cs-friendly G-20 showcase? 

(I suspect you may know people who people who...could make it so.) Frankly if global cs were to play, it would more likely be worth our bother to aim for a 2012 G20 meeting.

 Though Paris in spring is always pleasant. But G20 is where the markets and - policy action - is these days anyways.

Lee


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From: governance at lists.cpsr.org [governance at lists.cpsr.org] On Behalf Of Roland Perry [roland at internetpolicyagency.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 4:51 AM
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Subject: Re: [governance] Internet G8 meeting

In message <4DBFA6B4.7090503 at itforchange.net>, at 12:24:44 on Tue, 3 May
2011, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> writes

>We wrote to the UN asking for more spaces for civil society for the Dec
>consultations on enhanced cooperation. What about this G8 Internet
>meeting?

The G8's nothing to do with the UN, nor is there an assumption that
rules of multistakeholderism can be imposed from one to the other.
Indeed, many would regard it as a positive feature that organisations
can have their own working methods independent from the UN.

 > This kind of thing was unthinkable a few years back.

It's very appropriate that such a G8 meeting emerges now, because a
previous G8 cybersecurity initiative[1], which got up to speed with a
meeting in Paris in May 2000 and concluded with a meeting in Tokyo on
May 2001, was very soon stalled[2] when law enforcement's resources were
diverted away from the Internet and towards terrorism after 9/11.

But the ground rules were written all that time ago, and not much has
changed since.

http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/i_crime/high_tec/conf0105-3.html

[1] Full title: "Government/Industry Dialogue on Safety and Confidence
                   in Cyberspace"

[2] One of the few identifiable results of the work was the EU's Data
      Retention Directive.
--
Roland Perry
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