[governance] CS Speakers for Baku

William Drake william.drake at uzh.ch
Wed Oct 31 15:09:55 EDT 2012


My apologies to Carlos, I cut and paste from someone else's email


On Oct 31, 2012, at 8:05 PM, Hartmut Richard Glaser wrote:

> 
> Correct name is => Carlos Alberto Afonso ...
> 
> ==========================================
> On 31/10/12 17:04, William Drake wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> The secretariat has invited Carlos Alfonso for the opening session and Valentina Pellizzer for the closing session.
>> 
>> Bill
>> 
>> On Oct 31, 2012, at 10:37 AM, Izumi AIZU wrote:
>> 
>>> Dear list,
>>> 
>>> Sorry for not following this up earlier. Just too many things to do.
>>> 
>>> Though I said we may run a poll, I guess Carlos is already our de facto speaker,
>>> and Nnnena seems to have received good support and fulfills the gender balance
>>> and also from developing region.
>>> 
>>> And as Ginger rightly suggested both speakers will take up the talking points
>>> into their text, with some degree of, of course, their own words to be added.
>>> 
>>> May I ask you if this is our rough consensus?
>>> 
>>> Many thanks,
>>> 
>>> izumi
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 2012/10/11 William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch>:
>>>> it's what they're sending registrants
>>>> 
>>>> On Oct 11, 2012, at 8:42 AM, Katy P wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> What? When did this happen?
>>>> 
>>>> On Oct 11, 2012 8:24 AM, "William Drake" <william.drake at uzh.ch> wrote:
>>>>> In light of the host country's jaw dropping decision to publicly
>>>>> disseminate all participants' passport numbers, I hope whoever we have
>>>>> speaking in the opening an closing will emphasize the centrality of personal
>>>>> privacy protection in Internet governance.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Best
>>>>> 
>>>>> Bill
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Oct 10, 2012, at 5:10 AM, Nnenna wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> +1 On each of the points below.  I am currently in the Côte d'Ivoire
>>>>> Internet Governance Forum and my drafting capacity is limited.  However, I
>>>>> would like to see a line that extends "Multistakeholderism" down to active
>>>>> national participation of all stakeholders. AFAIK, in as much as in some
>>>>> countries, the government is weighing in, in ways that may appear
>>>>> overbearing, in others, the decision-makers are actually note interested or
>>>>> think it is an NGO thing.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Can we have a "Development Agenda" paragraph? I am also thinking that
>>>>> "Participation" may also need to be a paragraph of its own
>>>>> 
>>>>> Best
>>>>> 
>>>>> Nnenna
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Nnenna  Nwakanma |  Founder and CEO, NNENNA.ORG  |  Consultants
>>>>> Information | Communications | Technology and Events | for Development
>>>>> Cote d'Ivoire (+225)| Tel: 225 27144 | Fax  224 26471 |Mob. 07416820
>>>>> Ghana: +233 249561345| Nigeria: +234 8101887065| http://www.nnenna.org
>>>>> nnenna at nnenna.org| @nnenna | Skype - nnenna75 | nnennaorg.blogspot.com
>>>>> 
>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>> From: Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu>
>>>>> To: 'Ginger Paque' <ginger at paque.net>; "governance at lists.igcaucus.org"
>>>>> <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2012 9:07 PM
>>>>> Subject: RE: [governance] CS Speakers for Baku
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> From: gpaque at gmail.com [mailto:gpaque at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Ginger Paque
>>>>> 
>>>>> I think that both points are important... I would say 'in addition to' not
>>>>> 'rather than'. Whom we choose sends a signal as sometimes as significant as
>>>>> their words, and we tend to know their general positions as well as speaking
>>>>> abilities when we nominate them.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ginger and colleagues:
>>>>> Yes, of course it is "in addition to" not "rather than" - but has there
>>>>> been any substantive discussion yet? Frankly I think what they say is more
>>>>> important than who we choose, but agree that in some cases "the medium is
>>>>> the message."  At any rate we are long on "who" and rather short on "what"
>>>>> at the moment, so…
>>>>> 
>>>>> let me throw out three short statements on issues that I passionately
>>>>> believe should be addressed. In doing so, I will make an attempt to address
>>>>> them in a way that takes into account the differences among us and hope
>>>>> others do so in the same spirit. Other candidate topics would include IPR,
>>>>> development…I defer to others there.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Human rights
>>>>> CS believes that the absence of gatekeepers and the open, global
>>>>> communication enabled by the Internet realizes the promise of Article 19 of
>>>>> the UN UDHR. To erect (national) legal barriers to the free flow of
>>>>> information is a bad idea and contrary to the individual human right to
>>>>> freedom of expression. We therefore oppose efforts to create "national
>>>>> Internets," or to block and filter internet access in ways that deny
>>>>> individuals access to applications, content and services of their choice.
>>>>> All attempts to deem certain forms of communication and information illegal
>>>>> and remove them must follow established, transparent processes of law and
>>>>> should not involve prior restraint.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Security and Securitization
>>>>> CS opposes efforts to militarize the Internet, or any actions that would
>>>>> foster a destructive and wasteful cyber arms race among governments and/or
>>>>> private actors. We consider the surreptitious use of exploits and malware
>>>>> for surveillance or attacks to be criminal regardless of whether they are
>>>>> deployed by governments, private corporations or organized criminals. We are
>>>>> skeptical of efforts to subordinate the design and use of information and
>>>>> communication technology to "national security" agendas. We believe that
>>>>> Internet security will be achieved primarily at the operational level and
>>>>> that national security and military agendas often work against rather than
>>>>> for users' security needs.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Multistakeholderism
>>>>> Global governance institutions should not be restricted to states, so CS
>>>>> welcomes the additional participation in global policy making that
>>>>> multi-stakeholder processes provide. But CS cautions that multi-stakeholder
>>>>> participation is not an end in itself.  Opening up global governance
>>>>> institutions to additional voices from civil society and business does not
>>>>> by itself ensure that individual rights are adequately protected or that the
>>>>> best substantive policies are developed and enforced. In the informal spaces
>>>>> created by MS institutions, it is possible that powerful governmental and
>>>>> corporate actors can make deals contrary to the interests of Internet users.
>>>>> MS processes must incorporate and institutionalize concepts of due process,
>>>>> separation of powers and user's inalienable civil and political rights.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Milton L. Mueller
>>>>> Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
>>>>> Internet Governance Project
>>>>> http://blog.internetgovernance.org
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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>>>          Institute for InfoSocionomics, Tama University, Tokyo
>>> 
>>>           Institute for HyperNetwork Society, Oita,
>>>                                  Japan
>>>                                 * * * * *
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