[bestbits] Re: [governance] High-Level Panel Organizes to Address Future of Internet Governance

[George Sadowsky]

Jeremy,

I can understand your feeling, although I don't agree with your point.  I think you're assuming that if you don't have a equilibrated balance of vocal forces that represent UN-defined stakeholder groups in a group (in every group?) that the group lacks legitimacy.  I think that is a view based on antagonistic relationships between groups, and that it does not represent reality.  See my long post to the list of a few hours ago.

I've reviewed the list of panelists, and I see names of people who support a multiplicity of goals, including those expressed by the representatives of civil society in the vocal civil society groups within the multi-stakeholder framework.  Furthermore, this panel is only one of the sources of information and opinions that will go into the Internet governance discussions, both for the Brazil meeting and for the longer term.

I think that it would be more constructive for members of stakeholder groups to stress the end goals that they are for, and work with other representatives to seriously address agreements and differences, rather than to express negativity regarding process.

I agree with the sentiments in your last sentence below.  Let's focus on substantive issues.

George  

 

 
On Nov 17, 2013, at 11:06 PM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:

> On 18/11/13 08:43, John Curran wrote:
>> A high-level panel has been organized to consider the issues surrounding global Internet cooperation - 
>> 
>> "The Panel plans to release a high-level report in early 2014 for public comment. The report will include principles for global Internet cooperation, proposed frameworks for such cooperation and a roadmap for future Internet governance challenges."
>> 
>> <http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/high-level-panel-organizes-to-address-future-of-internet-governance-232274461.html>
> 
> So it seems that ICANN has taken it upon itself to select the civil society representatives for the High Level Panel on the Future of Global Internet Cooperation, which is what became of its 5th panel on Internet evolution.  Previously Fadi had claimed that the fate of the 5th panel would be a decision for (what is now) the 1net dialogue, but evidently this was just more bluff.
> 
> The civil society representatives that ICANN helpful chose on our behalf do not include the most expert names on Internet governance evolution.  And meanwhile ISOC is "representing" civil society in other processes such as in the UNGA draft resolution on the right to privacy in the digital age.  The technical community, supported by its hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, is eating broader civil society alive.
> 
> We are being completely left behind while we are dithering over questions about whether to send the letter nominating our representatives to the Brazil meeting, and whether our mailing list should be open or closed.  It is absolutely imperative now that we put internal process issues on hold, and focus on urgent substantive issues.
> 
> Will post something more practical about all this to the new (though now already mis-named) "summit" list.
> 
> 
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