AW: [governance] Internet G8 meeting

Avri Doria avri at ella.com
Mon May 9 07:19:38 EDT 2011 

Hi,

I think it might be sufficient to only include IAN's first sentence.  I do not not personally think it is needed, and I think we should be arguing for civil society's inclusion at this.

I see no reason to go to ICC/Basis on this - as big businesses representatives, they are already included.  I also see no reason, as I mentioned before, to dilute this statement with technical interests.

a.

On 9 May 2011, at 04:52, McTim wrote:

> Ian's edit works for me...
> 
> Perhaps we can get ICC/BASIS to sign on to this statement as well?
> 
> -- 
> Cheers,
> 
> McTim
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> 
> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:
>> My only problem with the text is that it tells them what we think they
>> should do without telling them why it would be advantageous to do it another
>> way. So its not likely to draw a great deal of attention.
>> 
>> To this end I would add another paragraph – perhaps after the “it is also
>> pertinent” paragraph, along the lines of
>> 
>> 
>> The issues we face with internet governance and internet developments are
>> global in nature, and adequate solutions to the problems we face will need
>> to involve all countries, as well as a wide range of business, civil society
>> and technical interests. All of these inputs are essential to any sensible
>> and effective developments in this area, and we urge a more holistic
>> involvement of this wide range of key players.  Only in this way will we be
>> able to develop adequate solutions.
>> 
>> Ian Peter
>> ________________________________
>> From: Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org>
>> Organization: Consumers International
>> Reply-To: <governance at lists.cpsr.org>, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org>
>> Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 12:29:14 +0800
>> To: <governance at lists.cpsr.org>, Avri <avri at acm.org>
>> Subject: Re: AW: [governance] Internet G8 meeting
>> 
>>    Thanks Parminder and Avri.  Here's a consolidated draft with Avri's
>> edits.
>> 
>>      Basic courtesy stuff.....
>> 
>>      We understand that the French Presidency of the G8 proposes to hold a
>> G8
>>      Internet meeting, immediately prior to the G8 Summit in ........,with a
>> view
>>      to prepare or influence the agenda for the G8 Summit regarding key
>> global
>>      Internet issues. We also understand that many heads of states of G 8
>>      countries are expected to attend this meeting. The meeting is
>> especially
>>      important since in the past G 8 has set up the global agenda on many
>> key
>>      issues, especially in the information society arena.
>> 
>>      We are very concerned about the manner in which the G 8 Internet
>> meeting is
>>      being organised which is ignoring current best practice in public
>> policy making.
>>      It also jettisons the principle of multistakeholder participation that
>> has evolved
>>      globally, especially in the area of Internet governance. It appears
>> that the G8
>>      meeting is organized by large Industry with access given only to
>> industry and
>>      government actors.  We have also understood that there is a linkage
>> between
>>      donations and invitations.
>> 
>>      Big businesses already have a disproportionately large influence on
>>      government bureaucracies. For governments to sanction a dedicated
>> meeting
>>      with top G8 leaders and officials to plan the global agenda for
>> Internet related
>>      policies is inappropriate. What is required is a discussion that
>> includes civil
>>      society actors, who will bring to the table the concerns of global
>> public interest
>>      derived from a diversity of people's, of many sections of society,
>> interests and
>>      concerns.
>> 
>>      It is also pertinent to state here that since the Internet is
>> essentially a
>>      global phenomenon, policies framed together by the most powerful
>> nations,
>>      quite likely, will become the default global norm. This is most true
>> for
>>      architectural and economic issues, while the global impact on other
>> areas
>>      will also be substantial. It is therefore appropriate that G 8
>> countries
>>      engage with the same, and other issues, of Internet policies at the
>> more
>>      democratic global forums where all countries are present at an equal
>>      footing. In this connection, there is the World Summit on the
>> Information
>>      Society mandated set of processes for dealing with pressing global
>> Internet
>>      related issues. Multistakeholder participation is an important part of
>> these global
>>      IG related processes. We see the proposed G 8 Interent meeting a
>> significant
>>      step backwards both for global democracy and for multistakeholder
>>      participation.
>> 
>>      We therefore request you, and other G 8 leaders, to make the proposed G
>> 8
>>      Internet meeting genuinely multistakeholder, following the model of the
>> UN
>>      IGF. We are impressed with the solid support provided by the G 8
>> countries
>>      for upholding a multistakeholder model for the IGF. The strong support
>> that
>>      many of G8 countries, including your own, have shown for full
>> multistakeholder
>>      participation makes this current decision to limit discussion to vested
>> interests
>>      of governments' industry partners is baffling and is unacceptable to
>> many of
>>      the users of the Internet.
>> 
>>      closing and salutations.....
>> --
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Dr Jeremy Malcolm
>>  Project Coordinator
>>  Consumers International
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>> Malaysia
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