[governance] Next CSTD WG meeting scheduled

[Anriette Esterhuysen]

I think it would be good go suggest that some Geneva-based CS attend.
Unfortunately I will not be able to attend as there is no financial
support available and APC does not any project funds that can go towards
covering my participation.

Marilia, Parminder, will you be there?

Anriette


On 12/10/11 17:49, Marilia Maciel wrote:
> +1
> 
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:35 PM, William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch
> <mailto:william.drake at uzh.ch>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi
> 
> 
>     On Oct 6, 2011, at 1:02 PM, Marilia Maciel wrote:
> 
>>     The next meeting of the CSTD WG for IGF improvement has been
>>     scheduled for 31 Oct until 02 Nov, in Geneva. Apparently, it will
>>     be open only for participants of the WG, but as the chair has
>>     changed, I think it could be useful to write to him and ask about
>>     the possibility of allowing observers in the room. 
> 
>     Apparently the CSTD secretariat believes this to be a very highly
>     sensitive and political process that should be restricted to members
>     and existing participants.  As such, a letter just from CS seems
>     unlikely to have much impact.  If, however, there was a joint letter
>     with the technical and business communities asking for an acceptably
>     sized peanut gallery of silent observers, and some member
>     governments expressed support for the principle, we might get
>     somewhere.  Perhaps our coordinators could reach out to ISOC and ICC
>     and see if there'd be any interest?  The meeting's less than three
>     weeks off, so anything would have to happen soon…
> 
>     Bill
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade
> FGV Direito Rio
> 
> Center for Technology and Society
> Getulio Vargas Foundation
> Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

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