[governance] Ad hoc Best Bits strategy meeting tomorrow lunchtime

Wed Oct 23 05:13:52 EDT 2013

Will be there if it does'nt clash with a workshop I am moderating. In any
case, I can send you some thoughts privately.

On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 5:06 PM, "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" <
wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de> wrote:

> will try to be there.
>
> wolfgang
>
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> Von: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org im Auftrag von Jeremy Malcolm
> Gesendet: Mi 23.10.2013 10:57
> An: Bits bestbits at lists.bestbits.net; governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> Betreff: [governance] Ad hoc Best Bits strategy meeting tomorrow lunchtime
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> I haven't had a chance to write about the technical community meeting that
> took place at lunchtime today, but it felt (to me) like an astonishing
> power-grab in progress - they are forming a new coalition that will create
> a "grassroots" campaign, with the pre-determined objective of reasserting
> the primacy of "the" multi-stakeholder model against "government-centric"
> models..  The summit has been downplayed - it is now no longer a summit but
> just a "meeting", and Brazil has been told that its objectives should not
> be to create solutions.  Chris Disspain stressed that the meeting is "not
> the end game", and that "we seem to have the reins of that meeting, we need
> to keep hold of those reins."  The overall approach really chilled me - it
> was like the WCIT campaign on steroids, asserting a clear leadership role
> for the technical community, and at a time like this, it is totally
> misplaced and ill-advised.
>
> So, firstly, we need to strategise urgently about our response.  This will
> need to happen in private, so - sorry to lurkers from other stakeholder
> groups - those in Bali will be having a private meeting tomorrow from
> 1-2:30pm in room Uluwatu 2, also known as Bilateral 6.  Thanks to Gene and
> Matthew for suggesting and helping arrange the meeting.
>
> Second, can we launch our letter on the summit a little early?  I'll ask
> the meeting tomorrow to make a final call, but for those who are not in
> Bali, please let me know whether you have any objection to us opening this
> for endorsements tomorrow, rather than on Friday:
>
> We, the undersigned organizations and individuals from around the world,
> committed to the development of an open Internet and its use for advancing
> human rights, express our hope and expectation that the Internet governance
> summit in Brazil in 2014 incorporate a multistakeholder model of agenda
> setting, participation and decision making from its inception.
>
> This requires:
> The event should discuss what Internet governance architecture is required
> to support an inclusive, people-centric, development-oriented   information
> society. We believe that this requires at the very minimum that such a
> structure is democratic, in that it should be inclusive of all countries
> and all stakeholders, and that it protects and promotes human rights.
> The full participation of civil society stakeholders in planning and in
> the meeting should be guaranteed and resourced.
> A strengthened Internet Governance Forum could play a role in the future
> Internet governance arrangements to be discussed at the event,  and it
> should be linked with the CSTD WGEC process as appropriate.
> The event should extend beyond good will speeches or presentations of
>  good intentions and seek to produce actionable outputs in line with the
>  initial motivations for organizing the summit, to which all stakeholders
>  will commit. Modalities should be developed to allow all stakeholders,
> including remote participants, to participate on an equal footing from the
> preparatory process to final outputs.
> We  stress that opening doors for more stakeholders to attend meetings is
>  not sufficient. Multistakeholderism has been used with a variety of
>  meanings, sometimes only referring to a very limited kind of openness  and
> consultation. If the goal is to achieve an open, inclusive and
>  participatory debate, more is needed to ensure meaningful civil society
> participation.
>
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