[bestbits] Re: [governance] Brazil, WSIS 10+ and ITU

Gene Kimmelman genekimmelman at gmail.com
Fri Dec 27 10:10:06 EST 2013


And I think everyone should give the Brazilians a breather, and let them
celebrate their holidays in peace!!!  Happy New Year to all of you!


On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Andrew Puddephatt
<Andrew at gp-digital.org>wrote:

> Hi Jeanette
>
> I should have something to send out in the next few days if you can hang
> on - the results of some preliminary analysis
>
> I¹ve been taking it easy over Xmas here
>
> On 27/12/2013 13:27, "Jeanette Hofmann" <jeanette at wzb.eu> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Am 27.12.13 11:38, schrieb "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang":
> >> Hi everybody
> >>
> >> I would prefer on this list a discussion on substance and the
> >> concrete CS contribution to the two envisaged outcome documents for
> >> the meeting in Brazil: 1. a declaration of principles and 2. a road
> >> map/plan of action. It is not a secondary issue how CS channels its
> >> ideas into the process, and we should be represented in a proper way
> >> in all committees respecting the special responsibilities of the
> >> local organizers. However, substance comes first and if we want to
> >> have a seat on the table, we have to demonstrate that we make
> >> substantial contributions and come with new, fresh, fair and workable
> >> ideas how to enhance and improve the IG processes in 2014 an beyond
> >> in the intersts of individual users based on our commitmenet to human
> >> rights and development.
> >>
> >>
> >Since there seem to be several people who are tired of these big-ego
> >cultivating exchanges on this list, we could actually try to work on the
> >Andrew's compilation of contributions which he circulated on Dec 13.
> >(subject line: input into Brazil summit). There has been no substantive
> >response to this as far as I am aware of.
> >
> >The amount of text is a bit daunting and not easy to handle for a
> >mailing list. One way to go about this would be to decide with which
> >section we want to start and have someone drafting a shorter text out of
> >all answers. My suggestion would be to start with questions 3:
> >
> >What is the case for reform of these arrangements and on what grounds
> >(better protection of human rights and democracy, better representation
> >from global south etc)
> >and 4:
> >What existing proposals for reform are you aware of and how do they meet
> >the criteria for reform you set out in the previous question
> >
> >jeanette
>
>
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