[governance] People with disabilities

Tue Nov 18 01:04:45 EST 2014

Thank you All once again...

This is a very healthy discussion, I love it.

I was truly honored to have been in the MAG for the last three years, it
was lovely, I have enjoyed it, learnt  from it and that is why I made this
suggestion in the last MAG  meeting and would like to see this considered.

we can have a very simple approach to this...over the years IGF has
consulted with DCAD coordinated by Andrea Saks on issues on accessibility
(Needs for persons with disabilities) as concerning venue and accommodation
etc  for the IGF global events.
we can use the same avenue for the Secretariat to request for one person
suggested by the DCAD for this representation- I believe this will give it
the credibility that it deserves.

We do appreciate the journey that the IGF has taken and the flexibility
that the structure allows to accommodate new ideas and suggestions . This
would be my approach, because I do not think that this has been brought to
the table before ....

the question is " what would it take for a "permanent seat" within the MAG
for whoever may request for it. What is it that the secretariat may need to
consider before coming to this conclusion?

I hope that this can be posed to the consultation meeting and a clear way
forward, I apologize in advance, I may not be able to be online for this
meeting as I am involved in the UN-DISABILITY day(3rd Dec) celebrations in
my country and I will also be launching a campaign on accessibility on that
day.

For the MAG members, here. and all those who will attend the meeting,
either online or offline ,lets be part of these discussions.

thank you all, once again!

Kind Regards,

*'Chance Favors the prepared mind'* - Louis Pasteur

On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 3:25 AM, Deirdre Williams <
williams.deirdre at gmail.com> wrote:

> So lets do it :-)
> Deirdre
>
> On 17 November 2014 18:51, Lorena Jaume-Palasi <lorena at collaboratory.de>
> wrote:
>
>> Oh, I somehow oversaw the rest of the thread. We already have criteria
>> like gender and geography with regards to the candidates election. However
>> there are other criteria which the civil society explicitly supports but
>> does not use as a criterium for the elections at the MAG (e.g.
>> dissabilities, youth). Imo it is a question of coherence to do so. It
>> should not be a fortuitous factor to have someone at the MAG representing
>> people with dissabilities, or the youth.
>> Regards,
>> Lorena
>>
>> 2014-11-17 23:41 GMT+01:00 Lorena Jaume-Palasi <lorena at collaboratory.de>:
>>
>>> Excellent idea! I support it! Could we please also include the necessity
>>> of having a permanent seat for the youth as well?
>>> Warm regards,
>>> Lorena
>>>
>>> 2014-11-17 16:07 GMT+01:00 Judy Okite <judyokite at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> Thank you All,
>>>>
>>>> for your contributions and support, I highly appreciate it!
>>>>
>>>> Indeed to have the persons with disabilities voices and concerns raised
>>>> in these forums is important,  but the utmost importance is to have them
>>>> involved, be part of the process, be part of the team.
>>>>
>>>> Could we have this in signatures and forward it to the secretariat to
>>>> have this discussed as part of AOB in the December meeting?
>>>>
>>>> De, whats your thought?
>>>>
>>>> Kind Regards,
>>>>
>>>> *'Chance Favors the prepared mind'* - Louis Pasteur
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 3:44 PM, Remmy Nweke <remmyn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Let me add my voice to Deidre's narration.
>>>>> Yes we often forget those with disabilities and I think now we are
>>>>> reminded of it, thus imperative we all support the call for inclusion. May
>>>>> be pass that as a resolution to make or have a rep from them at part of MAG
>>>>> process.
>>>>> Thus should also apply to member nations too that way we will no
>>>>> longer forget.
>>>>> Nice day all.
>>>>> Remmy Nweke
>>>>> @ITRealms
>>>>> A member of DigitalSENSE
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my Windows Phone
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>> From: Deirdre Williams <williams.deirdre at gmail.com>
>>>>> Sent: 14/11/2014 15:01
>>>>> To: Internet Governance <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
>>>>> Subject: [governance] People with disabilities
>>>>>
>>>>> Let me add to Lorena's suggestion of a youth category, (made on the
>>>>> Bestbits list this morning) the need to have a constant voice for people
>>>>> with disabilities. Judy Okite has provided this for the last few years, but
>>>>> she has finished her term of appointment. She made this suggestion herself
>>>>> at the last MAG meeting in Istanbul. Since one billion people around the
>>>>> world suffer from some disability, and the Internet can offer considerable
>>>>> relief for them, they are the holders of a very significant "stake".
>>>>> Sadly it is easy to forget if one does not suffer from a disability
>>>>> oneself, which is why it is so important to have a dedicated voice for
>>>>> these stakeholders in all such groups.
>>>>> Deirdre
>>>>>
>>>>> --
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