[governance] Re: [bestbits] HLLM in LOndon - CS reps
Suresh Ramasubramanian
suresh at hserus.net
Mon Dec 9 05:40:58 EST 2013
I can't think of a better choice.
--srs (iPad)
> On 09-Dec-2013, at 15:38, Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:
>
> Hi Bill.
>
> Thanks for letting us know. Good to know you'll be involved -- hope it goes well and please keep us informed.
>
> Adam
>
>
>
>> On Dec 9, 2013, at 6:57 PM, William Drake wrote:
>>
>> Hello
>>
>> I’ve mentioned this to a couple people privately and should probably state publicly as well that I will be participating in the High Level Panel process as an “expert” advisor, e.g. in London I’ll be giving a talk about the nature of IG, running a break out session, etc. I believe there may be a couple other people from other SGs similarly appointed, TBC. I don’t know how they intend to deal with the request for a CS “representative” panel member, but understand nothing will happen in time for the London meeting.
>>
>> I have suggested publicly announcing the agenda and providing options for people to provide written inputs, we’ll see what happens. The London meeting is in four days and there’s a lot late rushing around to pull it together, so it’s a bit difficult to predict exactly how everything will play out.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> **********************************************************
>> William J. Drake
>> International Fellow & Lecturer
>> Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ
>> University of Zurich, Switzerland
>> Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency,
>> ICANN, www.ncuc.org
>> william.drake at uzh.ch (w), wjdrake at gmail.com (h),
>> www.williamdrake.org
>> ***********************************************************
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Dec 9, 2013, at 3:27 AM, Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Dec 8, 2013, at 11:34 PM, McTim wrote:
>>>>
>>>> cc list trimmed to only one list.
>>>>
>>>> /transcript-president-opening-18nov13-en.pdf
>>>>
>>>> "USC, University of Southern California-Annenberg Foundation as well
>>>> as the World Economic Forum, the WEF, have partnered with us so we
>>>> ensure that this panel has some level of independency and is functioning
>>>> on a broader scale globally"
>>>
>>>
>>> WEF <http://www.weforum.org/content/global-agenda-council-future-internet-2012-2014>
>>>
>>> Adam
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 10:49 PM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Thanks for this Ian, could someone please explain to me what is meant by
>>>>> this fifth panel as more independent (in partnership with two other
>>>>> organizations.. Is he referring to Inet here? Who are the other two
>>>>> organizations?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> M
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net
>>>>> [mailto:bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net] On Behalf Of Ian Peter
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 10:34 AM
>>>>> To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; Adam Peake
>>>>> Cc: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net
>>>>> Subject: Re: [governance] Re: [bestbits] HLLM in LOndon - CS reps
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Adam,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Because it would be inappropriate I am deliberately not taking on a role of
>>>>> coordinating back to various networks as that is what the various reps
>>>>> should do. But here is the reply from Fadi to Robin (copied to the reps
>>>>> earlier).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello Robin,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope you had a good thanksgiving holiday. I took several days off and
>>>>> regained a lot of energy after our busy week in Buenos Aires. I just got
>>>>> back and ready for the next phase of work.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> As I noted below and in Buenos Aires, we were never in a position to grow
>>>>> the panel any further. In BA, however, after the panel was announced, we
>>>>> made a final commitment to add only one panelist from the cc community, and
>>>>> only one more from civil society -- understanding the need for broader
>>>>> participation. Byron Holland from the cc community agreed to serve while in
>>>>> Buenos Aires.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> At this stage, and now that we have established this fifth panel as more
>>>>> independent (in partnership with two other organizations), I will need to
>>>>> confer with our partners on your request, as well as with the Chairman of
>>>>> the panel. I predict that they will be sensitive to diversity.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I cannot meet with the chairman until next week on Wednesday. I will keep
>>>>> you posted. It may be a little late for London but rest assured that Frank
>>>>> La Rue, Lynn St. Amour, and myself will have our communities interests very
>>>>> vigilantly on top of our agendas.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Fadi
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>
>>>>> From: Adam Peake
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 10:03 PM
>>>>>
>>>>> To: Ian Peter
>>>>>
>>>>> Cc: governance at lists.igcaucus.org ; bestbits at lists.bestbits.net
>>>>>
>>>>> Subject: [governance] Re: [bestbits] HLLM in LOndon - CS reps
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Ian,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Any reply to the CS coalition's recommendations? The high level panel is
>>>>> due to meet December 12-13 (London), a week from now.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Adam
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Nov 30, 2013, at 5:50 AM, Ian Peter wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Please find a letter just send to Fadi Chehade under my signatory as
>>>>>
>>>>>> an independent facilitator as regards civil society representation at
>>>>>
>>>>>> this meeting in two weeks time.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Let me be the first to admit the process was imperfect, the result was
>>>>>
>>>>>> imperfect. But so was the task we were given, the timeframe, the
>>>>>
>>>>>> people involved in making the decision, and the facilitation process.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I can only say that there was widespread agreement we should submit
>>>>>
>>>>>> names, and for the names submitted. And that doing and saying nothing
>>>>>
>>>>>> would have been the alternative in this timeframe.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Ian Peter
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> 29 November 2013
>>>>>
>>>>>> RE: Civil Society Representation on High Level Panel in London
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear Fadi and Nora:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I am writing to you following from discussions held by a coalition of
>>>>>
>>>>>> representatives of the civil society networks most involved in
>>>>>
>>>>>> Internet governance deliberations, we appreciate your willingness to
>>>>>
>>>>>> engage civil society in discussions regarding the future of Internet
>>>>>
>>>>>> governance. We also appreciate your recognition that civil society is
>>>>>
>>>>>> under-represented on your High Level Panel and your willingness to
>>>>>
>>>>>> accept additional civil society participants to this panel to provide
>>>>>
>>>>>> more balance.
>>>>>
>>>>>> After consultations with our networks, we propose adding the following
>>>>>
>>>>>> 2 civil society representatives to begin to balance against the much
>>>>>
>>>>>> larger numbers from government, the private sector, and technical
>>>>>
>>>>>> representatives placed on the initial panel.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Civil society’s two nominated representatives for the London High
>>>>>
>>>>>> Level Panel are:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. Anriette Esterhuysen (anriette at apc.org) 2. Milton Mueller
>>>>>
>>>>>> (mueller at syr.edu) Would you please kindly confirm your acceptance of
>>>>>
>>>>>> these names, and contact our representatives directly to arrange their
>>>>>
>>>>>> participation?
>>>>>
>>>>>> We also strongly recommend the involvement of Jovan Kurbalija of the
>>>>>
>>>>>> Diplo Foundation as a highly experienced and knowledgeable
>>>>>
>>>>>> facilitator.
>>>>>
>>>>>> We trust that in future we will be able to look at much more equitable
>>>>>
>>>>>> representation of civil society in such panels and committees.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Persons involved with these deliberations and choice of names from
>>>>>
>>>>>> various civil society networks were:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Virginia Paque, Diplo Foundation
>>>>>
>>>>>> Anriette Esterhuysen, Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
>>>>>
>>>>>> Robin Gross, ICANN's Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) Norbert
>>>>>
>>>>>> Bollow and Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro, Internet Governance Caucus
>>>>>
>>>>>> (IGC)
>>>>>
>>>>>> Jeremy Malcolm, Best Bits
>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed,
>>>>>
>>>>>> Ian Peter, Independent Facilitator
>>
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