[governance] Finding IGC voice... again, on NETMundial and beyond.

Guru गुरु Guru at ITforChange.net
Mon Mar 3 05:28:18 EST 2014


Agree. Important for IGC to make this submission to NetMundial
regards
Guru

On 03/03/2014 03:55 PM, Sonigitu Ekpe wrote:
> Very important. +1 to Louis proposal.
>
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> On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 12:58 AM, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com 
> <mailto:ian.peter at ianpeter.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Mawaki
>     I think it would be great if IGC could make some sort of
>     submission for NetMundial, but with a March 8 deadline and a
>     preceding consensus call it may prove difficult
>     I would leave my proposal re IANA out of it because I know many
>     here have different opinions (some slight, some major) and I dont
>     think a consensus statement could be achieved. So perhaps we
>     should concentrate on Louis’s list of principles, ie
>     1 - On-line users must enjoy the same human rights as they do
>     off-line.
>
>     2- There must not be discrimination in access and contents due to
>     criteria such as opinion, religion, race, gender, geography,
>     language, or economic resources.
>
>     3- Services offered in the internet must remain equitable and
>     neutral among service providers, without taking unfair advantage
>     of a dominant or privileged position.
>
>     4- Internet availability, deployment, and service conditions must
>     benefit all segments of the human society, not just those enjoying
>     richer economic development.
>
>     5- A special effort must be engaged in order to provide the Less
>     Developed Countries with an equitable share of resources to
>     participate in activities related to worldwide internet governance.
>     I would immediately agree to these – and I know Louis mentioned
>     this was being worked on for a NetMundial submission – Louis, if
>     you would like to, and could put forward a final draft by say COB
>     Tuesday, I think that would allow time for consensus adoption and
>     submission, or for IGC to be a co-signatory?
>     Ian Peter
>     *From:* Mawaki Chango <mailto:kichango at gmail.com>
>     *Sent:* Monday, March 03, 2014 7:55 AM
>     *To:* Internet Governance <mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org> ;
>     Deirdre Williams <mailto:williams.deirdre at gmail.com>
>     *Subject:* [governance] Finding IGC voice... again, on NETMundial
>     and beyond.
>     Dear All,
>     First of all, I wish to apologize on behalf of Deirdre and myself
>     for the prolonged silence. We both have been caught at the same
>     time in other immediate commitments with various demands on our
>     time, including traveling and the burdens that come with (starting
>     with the reason why one might be traveling in the first place
>     which can only be carried out during the limited time of such
>     travels.) Anyway, you get my drift...
>     Now I'd like to get the ball rolling on things that we as IGC
>     might want to do this year by building on those who have already
>     posted ideas and suggestions regarding the NetMundial at São
>     Paulo. While it may be late for starting to prepare a written
>     submission which is expected to be in by March 8, perhaps we may
>     still start working out something that could be delivered during
>     the proceedings if we are given the opportunity (or simply as a
>     first step in the formulation of some basic ideas we might seek
>     consensus on at some point in the process in response to Ig
>     challenges of the day, even beyond São Paulo.)
>     On that note, I remember Antonio Medina Gómez sending to the list
>     a note dated Jan 22 where he volunteered "to attend the meeting
>     and act as Rapporteur for the IGC to report back on meetings in
>     real time. Let me know what your thoughts are. I will also update
>     you daily and at the end of the meeting produce a report on key
>     observations. I think having a team of IGC rapporteurs would be
>     useful and I am willing to volunteer."
>
>     So maybe beyond written submissions, the question that looms ahead
>     is: How are we going to organize IGC presence and participation in
>     the proceedings in São Paulo?
>     Meanwhile and for immediate consideration, I have seen over the
>     recent days two proposals/statements that appear to me a good
>     starting point for discussing any possible input by IGC or
>     subsets/member of IGC. One is more about principles and the other
>     more focused on a practical solution to one problem. I have copied
>     and pasted them as follows.
>     [SOURCE: Louis Pouzin, mail posted on Feb 28]
>     1 - On-line users must enjoy the same human rights as they do
>     off-line.
>
>     2- There must not be discrimination in access and contents due to
>     criteria such as opinion, religion, race, gender, geography,
>     language, or economic resources.
>
>     3- Services offered in the internet must remain equitable and
>     neutral among service providers, without taking unfair advantage
>     of a dominant or privileged position.
>
>     4- Internet availability, deployment, and service conditions must
>     benefit all segments of the human society, not just those enjoying
>     richer economic development.
>
>     5- A special effort must be engaged in order to provide the Less
>     Developed Countries with an equitable share of resources to
>     participate in activities related to worldwide internet governance.
>
>     [SOURCE: Ian Peter, mail posted on Feb 28]
>
>     Roadmap (and principles) for internalisation of the former  IANA
>     functions within the multistakeholder ICANN model.
>
>     This roadmap concentrates on one internet governance issue only –
>     the future of the IANA functions which have been the subject of
>     much past discussion because current arrangements are seen by many
>     to be outside of the preferred multistakeholder model.
>
>     Indeed, IANA itself was established  in an era before current
>     internet governance models (multistakeholder) and governance
>     institutions (eg ICANN) were in existence.
>
>     ROADMAP
>
>     This roadmap suggests that the IANA functions, though necessary
>     processes in the secure and authoritative functioning of the
>     Internet, no longer need a separate entity and would more
>     productively merged with similar functions under the auspices of
>     ICANN. Subject of course to many concerns about details, this
>     direction appears to have widespread support from governments,
>     civil society, technical community, and private sector.
>
>     In order to achieve this desired change efficiently and
>     productively, the following roadmap is proposed.
>
>     1.       ICANN should be requested to prepare a proposal for
>     management of the previous IANA functions within the ICANN
>     multistakeholder model, bearing in mind the following criteria:
>
>     (a) protection of the root zone from political or other improper
>     interference;
>
>     (b) integrity, stability, continuity, security and robustness of
>     the administration of the root zone;
>
>     (c) widespread [international] trust by Internet users in the
>     administration of this function; (d) support of a single unified
>     root zone; and
>
>     (e) agreement regarding an accountability mechanism for this
>     function that is broadly accepted as being in the global public
>     interest."
>
>     2. Preparation of the proposal should involve discussion with all
>     major stakeholder groups, with a completion timetable for a first
>     draft for discussion at the Internet Governance Forum in Turkey in
>     September 2014.
>
>     3. To expedite completion in a timely manner, it is suggested that
>     outside consultants be engaged to prepare the discussion paper
>     (proposal) in consultation with major stakeholders.
>
>     4. The solution must have the following characteristics
>
>     (a) offers a legal structure that is robust against rogue
>     litigation attacks
>
>     (b) is aligned with the Internet technical infrastructure in a way
>     that supports innovative, technology based evolution of the DNS .
>
>     (c) is an inclusive model
>
>     (d) is a demonstrable improvement on current processes in this area
>
>     END of proposals
>     Deirdre also has suggested the possibility of a series of very
>     short statements (micro-blogging kind of length) to capture
>     succinct positions on critical points. She will probably say more
>     on that in the next couple of days.
>     Meanwhile I am inviting you all to step forward and share your
>     thought about the above.
>     Thank you.
>
>     Mawaki
>
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