[governance] Ad hoc Best Bits strategy meeting tomorrow lunchtime

Wed Oct 23 05:37:21 EDT 2013

Thank you. Will be there.

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On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <
salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> 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
>>
>> 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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