[governance] RE: [bestbits] Rousseff & Chehade: Brazil will host world event on Internet governance in 2014

[Anriette Esterhuysen]

Agree with Anja too.. I think we need to excercise caution. I do think
that once we know more about this event we should intervene strongly.

At this point I think a general outcome statement from the Best Bits
meeting (with support from the IGC if it can reach consensus) could
praise this initiative, but make come cautionary points about it. We
should also use the opportunity of talking with Brazilian colleagues and
government people in Bali to get more insight into how they envision
this event.

I would not write another letter before the IGF.

Anriette

On 11/10/2013 19:29, Robert Guerra wrote:
> Anja +1
>
> We need to be strategic. We also should beware of the consequences of
> not engaging in a strategic fashion that takes into consideration
> geopolitics. 
>
> I worry at the level of exuberant enthusiasm felt by many. I fear , as
> has happened in the past, CS might be pawns in larger play by far
> better resourced actors that ultimately  will result in a very
> different , more state-centric model of Internet governance where
> rights are trampled on. I hope I'm wrong...
>
> regards
>
> Robert
>
>
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> On 2013-10-11, at 1:07 PM, Anja Kovacs wrote:
>
>> When civil society writes too many letters to a person in short
>> succession, I am afraid they loose their force. As I wrote on the
>> Best Bits list, CS letters should be received with a mix of
>> excitement and apprehension, I am concerned that when we send a
>> third, more detailed letter to President Rousseff next week, she will
>> simply receive it with fatigue.
>>
>> Civil society is asking for seats at the table all the time. The
>> point is what we do when we get there. I think a more detailed letter
>> in ten days time will have more force.
>>
>> Also because we don't have to sit still in the mean time. There are
>> other ways in which we can make evident to the Brazilian government
>> that  we are interested in working with them on this and support this
>> idea, including by communicating with them to find out more directly
>> and by seeing whether we can work with them on this through the IGF.
>>
>> My two paise,
>> Anja
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11 October 2013 22:04, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch
>> <mailto:nb at bollow.ch>> wrote:
>>
>>     Parminder <parminder at itforchange.net
>>     <mailto:parminder at itforchange.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     > You are just making a general statement that caution and
>>     foresight is
>>     > good - and with such a statement who can disagree.... But here I
>>     > havent been told the risk - and beyond  a point, just about any
>>     > political act carries risk.
>>
>>     Also, not acting when an opportunity presents itself carries
>>     more than just the risk of losing that opportunity, it carries the
>>     certainty of losing that opportunity.
>>
>>     Greetings,
>>     Norbert
>>
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