[governance] Re: [bestbits] Nnenna to Keynote at Netmundial - Civil Society major issues
parminder
parminder at itforchange.net
Wed Apr 16 12:02:10 EDT 2014
On Wednesday 16 April 2014 08:55 PM, Anriette Esterhuysen wrote:
> Agree with Parminder.
>
> We need to comment on these omissions. Is best strategy for us to just
> all comment as individuals, or organisations, or to also try and do
> collaborative submissions?
Anriette
I am happy to join any credible strategy others come up with. Right now
ITfC and partners are thinking about our response.
>
> But I would not blame big business Parminder.
>
> Texts coming out of intergovernmental processes like the WSIS +10 are
> also problematic from a public-interest perspective.
>
In case of such inter-gov processes, civil society openly names and
criticizes those who are responsible for non-inclusion or exclusion of
public -interest text. we never shy away from it... Whether it is Saudi
Arabia and China, or the US or EU - I have seen this everywhere, in WIPO
discussions on access to knowledge for the disabled, in human right
resolutions, in WTO negotiations on food grain subsidies, in climate
talks about concrete targets and so on.. Civil society uses naming and
shaming as a regular tactic. Why should we be shy to name 'bad actors'
in the present case, What is the basis of cultivating any special
relationship with big business based on non-criticism or anything.
Here, most exclusions, net neutrality, pulbicness of standards, free
flow of information (as per my understanding), weakening of provision on
access for disabled, not accepting HLM members suggestion to include
'democratic' have happened on big business' behest, largely, although
there are other key omissions caused by the one country most opposed to
global measures against surveillance and cyber weapon control..
So, I dont understand why should I not blame big business when they re
to be blamed? I find no reason. Well, I know they can play a big role in
top civil society selections - like they did with the CS co chair of
NetMundial - but thanks, I am not interested.
parminder
> Anriette
>
>
> On 16/04/2014 12:08, parminder wrote:
>>
>> And yes, I forgot to mention, 'public' has disappeared from 'open and
>> public standards' which was in the initial draft......
>>
>> I think we need to be discussing the draft netmundial outcome
>> document that has been put for public comments..
>>
>> Can people tell me one good thing about the document... I have not
>> heard anyone present it.
>>
>> This was the event that we invested so much in, looked so much
>> forward to... Why we have not anything to say about the outcome
>> document.
>>
>> parminder
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday 15 April 2014 06:24 PM, parminder wrote:
>>> Carlos,
>>>
>>> Of course you know what net neutrality is - it is there in the Marco
>>> Civil; it is not here in this document...
>>>
>>> And even the half cock term 'neutrality' has been specifically
>>> removed, by those opposed to net neutrality, and you are trying to
>>> convince us that net neutrality is still there...
>>>
>>> Not only net neutrality has been removed, 'free flow of information'
>>> which figured twice in the earlier (leaked) draft has been removed
>>> from both places..
>>>
>>> Plus the mention of 'necessary and proportionate' principle (s) has
>>> been removed..
>>>
>>> Plus need for agreements on restraining cyber weapons have been
>>> removed...
>>>
>>> The part on access for disabled has been weakened...
>>>
>>> The recognition in the previous document of need for mechanisms to
>>> address emerging issues and those which do not have a existing home
>>> has been greatly diluted...
>>>
>>> So, the big business has done a thorough vetting of the doc to make
>>> sure that not a wisp of anything that could even potentially
>>> interfere with their free reign on the global Internet could pass
>>> through...
>>>
>>> And what happened to other suggestions form HLC members who are to
>>> big business or the US gov...
>>>
>>> Argentinian government and Indian government (and in a way also the
>>> European Commission) had asked for the insertion of the term
>>> 'democratic' in different places where the characteristics of
>>> Internet governance were listed.... But, no, that demand was not
>>> accepted...
>>>
>>> There is no place for democracy and democratic in the land of
>>> multistakeholderism, fronting or big business interests, as the
>>> changes in the document clearly show.
>>>
>>> BTW, India in its comments on the document (as per the leaked
>>> documents) seem to have also asked for a recognition of the Internet
>>> as a global commons... but of course no... what are you talking about!
>>>
>>> What are you asking the people of the world to do with this
>>> document... To endorse it and celebrate it just becuase in about 500
>>> places it says multi-stakeholder....
>>>
>>> parminder
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday 15 April 2014 05:19 PM, Carlos A. Afonso wrote:
>>>> Carol, it was not "taken out" of the document. It is there, in detail,
>>>> please re-read.
>>>>
>>>> --c.a.
>>>>
>>>> On 04/15/2014 08:10 AM, Carolina wrote:
>>>>> Pls, mention net neutrality which was taken out of the document put out
>>>>> for comments yesterday. More later. Should we consolidate all in a pad
>>>>> to help Nnenna?
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 15, 2014, at 5:46 AM, Marianne Franklin <m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk
>>>>> <mailto:m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear all
>>>>>>
>>>>>> +1 from me re. Nnenna's role, and +1 from me re. Anriette's points below.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> best
>>>>>> MF
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 15/04/2014 19:44, Anriette Esterhuysen wrote:
>>>>>>> Congrats Nnenna!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Put on one of your fabulous outfits, and then remind them, that
>>>>>>> working inclusively and respectfully with all stakeholder groups,
>>>>>>> particularly those that lack power and influence - i.e. civil society
>>>>>>> - is very different from putting on a colourful West African outfit
>>>>>>> :) It takes hard work, change in behaviour, change in structures and
>>>>>>> procedures, consultation, respect, trust, debate, and struggle,
>>>>>>> because do not always agree. It also requires a common framework of
>>>>>>> principles that defines what the public interest is in internet
>>>>>>> governance that can be used to promote and protect this public
>>>>>>> interest across the internet governance ecosystem and it is this
>>>>>>> framework that we trust the NetMundial can get us closer to.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You could also mention surveillance, with particularly - but not only
>>>>>>> - mass surveillance demonstrating how easy it is to destroy trust,
>>>>>>> and to deny accountability. And, is there any tougher test for
>>>>>>> multi-stakeholder internet governance? I think it would be good to
>>>>>>> get the message accross that the IANA transition is not the only
>>>>>>> issue that NetMundial should be discussing, but at the same time, it
>>>>>>> is a key opportunity to come up with solutions and approaches that
>>>>>>> are not simply cosmetic.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anriette
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 15/04/2014 09:23, Jeanette Hofmann wrote:
>>>>>>>> + 1
>>>>>>>> jeanette
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Am 15.04.14 08:38, schrieb Ian Peter:
>>>>>>>>> Congratulations Nnenna – great choice!
>>>>>>>>> *From:* Nnenna Nwakanma<mailto:nnenna75 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 15, 2014 4:35 PM
>>>>>>>>> *To:* Governance<mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org> ;
>>>>>>>>> mailto:bestbits at lists.bestbits.net
>>>>>>>>> *Subject:* [bestbits] Nnenna to Keynote at Netmundial - Civil Society
>>>>>>>>> major issues
>>>>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I got a message this morning from NetMundial Chair, Virgilo,
>>>>>>>>> inviting me
>>>>>>>>> to speak at the Opening Ceremony of Netmundial (meaning I have to pack
>>>>>>>>> one of those African dresses) for some 8 minutes.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I have replied to say "I will be speaking from the Civil Society
>>>>>>>>> perspective, which is my Stakeholder Group".
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> There is a Web Foundation media team that will help me put my ideas
>>>>>>>>> into
>>>>>>>>> place, but I cannot not request input from here, so that no major
>>>>>>>>> issues
>>>>>>>>> will be overlooked.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I travel Thursday evening thru Friday, so the earliest I can share a
>>>>>>>>> draft/keypoints will be Monday.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hope we can pull this off well.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> All for now
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Nnenna
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>> anriette esterhuysenanriette at apc.org
>>>>>>> executive director, association for progressive communications
>>>>>>> www.apc.org
>>>>>>> po box 29755, melville 2109
>>>>>>> south africa
>>>>>>> tel/fax +27 11 726 1692
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Dr Marianne Franklin
>>>>>> Professor of Global Media and Politics
>>>>>> Convener: Global Media & Transnational Communications Program
>>>>>> Goldsmiths (University of London)
>>>>>> Department of Media & Communications
>>>>>> New Cross, London SE14 6NW
>>>>>> Tel: +44 20 7919 7072
>>>>>> <m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk>
>>>>>> @GloComm
>>>>>> https://twitter.com/GloComm
>>>>>> http://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin/
>>>>>> https://www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-global-media-transnational-communications/
>>>>>> Co-Chair Internet Rights & Principles Coalition (UN IGF)
>>>>>> www.internetrightsandprinciples.org
>>>>>> @netrights
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>
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> anriette esterhuysenanriette at apc.org
> executive director, association for progressive communications
> www.apc.org
> po box 29755, melville 2109
> south africa
> tel/fax +27 11 726 1692
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