[governance] URGENT: Last call for feedback on CS participation in NETmundial Initiative

[Louis Pouzin (well)]

In other words, rhetorics instead of facts. As long as the CS thrives on
day dream it gets what it deserves, a few trinkets in bogus committees.

Yesterday in Geneva we heard a WEF presentation by a well seasoned
professional. It's crystal clear that WEF is a cleverly crafted lure to
spot SC weak links and inform their sponsors in big business..

Louis
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On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 4:41 PM, Mawaki Chango <kichango at gmail.com> wrote:

> Fellas,
> Some of us have raised questions about the views of the Brazilian party
> (CGI.br) in this NMI business. But I know they are in a delicate position
> and may be concerned to appear as judge and jury if they come out strong
> for a position (and we can expect which that position would be.) Flavio is
> not on the IGC list but he granted me the permission to forward to this
> list this message of his below, originally posted to the Non-Commercial
> Stakeholder Group of ICANN's GNSO.
> Best,
>
> Mawaki
>
>
> Fw: [NCSG-Discuss] UPDATE ON CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION IN NET MUNDIAL
> INITIATIVE
>
> On Wednesday, November 19, 2014 12:55 AM, Flávio Rech Wagner <
> flavio at INF.UFRGS.BR> wrote:
>
>
> Robin
>
> I have been informed that the "transitional council" of the NMI -
> NETmundial Initiative (which contains representatives from ICANN, CGI.br
> and WEF and is provisory, until the 25 names of the permanent council have
> been defined) is having an intense dialogue with CSCG (the Civil Society
> Coordination Group) and, together, they shall come to a solution for
> appointing names to the council by consensus and fully respecting
> nominations from Civil Society. There is no intention whatsoever from the
> transitional council to indicate names in a closed, top-down manner and
> without full endorsement from CSCG.
>
> The transitional council also expects to achieve similar solutions for
> appointing names that will represent other stakeholder groups.
>
> Please notice that CGI.br (the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee),
> which is one of the entities proposing the NMI, would never agree with
> top-down, closed decisions that would strongly undermine CGI's legitimacy
> as a true bottom-up, multistakeholder body. CGI.br is completely committed
> to preserve the NETmundial principles in the implementation of the NMI.
>
> Please remember also that, when NETmundial was proposed by the end of
> 2013, all of us in the global Internet Governance (IG) community, because
> of lack of information, were puzzled about its organization and possible
> success and outcomes. But the global community faced the challenge and
> transformed a vague idea into a successful event, with a true
> multistakeholder organization, with very open and transparent processes,
> and with a final document that was achieved by rough consensus and approved
> governance principles that were praised by most of the stakeholders
> (including human rights and other principles that are extremely valued by
> Civil Society).
>
> So let's try to transform NMI, which is still also a vague idea, into
> something that is concrete and useful for the advancement of IG and that
> fully respects the principles enshrined in the NETmundial declaration.
>
> Flávio
> (NCUC member and member of the Board of CGI.br)
>
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