[governance] [IP] WEF says it plans to build multilateral architecture to govern internet

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

Apt. Do have a drink on me whenever we next meet.

--srs (iPad)

> On 12-Oct-2014, at 07:31, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:
> 
> egocentrifuge?
>  
> (apologies for plays on words – a state of normal seriousness will no doubt resume sometime)
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> From: Suresh Ramasubramanian
> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2014 12:53 PM
> To: Ian Peter
> Cc: mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org ; parminder ; William Drake
> Subject: Re: [governance] [IP] WEF says it plans to build multilateral architecture to govern internet
>  
> This huge round the world trip of one igov conf after the other is kind of like a centrifuge :)
> 
> --srs (iPad)
> 
>> On 12-Oct-2014, at 07:06, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:
>> 
>> a beautiful example of multistakeholder coagulation – a state that arrives when too much spin is applied.
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>>  
>> From: Suresh Ramasubramanian
>> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2014 11:37 AM
>> To: parminder
>> Cc: governance at lists.igcaucus.org ; William Drake
>> Subject: Re: [governance] [IP] WEF says it plans to build multilateral architecture to govern internet
>>  
>> Thanks Bill
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>> And this is one of those rare occasions where I find myself agreeing with Parminder.  So thanks Parminder too.  Really quick work.
>> 
>> --srs (iPad)
>> 
>>> On 11-Oct-2014, at 22:18, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:
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>>>> On Saturday 11 October 2014 09:49 PM, William Drake wrote:
>>>> Hi
>>>>  
>>>> The ill-chosen wording has been pointed out to the WEF and the text has been changed.
>>> 
>>> Real quick stuff, i'd say, from both sides :)  .... parminder
>>> 
>>>> It now says "a multistakeholder endeavour to stimulate more cross-industry and cross-ministry strategic dialogue on ways to strengthen multistakeholder Internet governance ‎and cooperation.”  This is a separate track of activity from the NMI/platform for collaborative projects.
>>>>  
>>>> http://www.weforum.org/news/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2015-address-new-global-context?news=page
>>>>  
>>>> Best
>>>>  
>>>> Bill
>>>> 
>>>>> On Oct 10, 2014, at 6:20 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> "Broad based" and "multilateral" seem to be a contradiction in terms, though possibly this is from a group less concerned with the finer points of igov jargon than most of the existing actors are? 
>>>>>  
>>>>> They do talk about gender parity, which will be interesting on how they plan to work this into an iGov model.
>>>>> 
>>>>> --srs (iPad)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> From: "Dave Farber via ip" <ip at listbox.com>
>>>>>> Date: 11 October 2014 00:49:59 IST
>>>>>> To: "ip" <ip at listbox.com>
>>>>>> Subject: [IP] WEF says it plans to build multilateral architecture to govern internet
>>>>>> Reply-To: dave at farber.net
>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>> From: "Ram Mohan" <rmohan at afilias.info>
>>>>>> Date: Oct 10, 2014 2:48 PM
>>>>>> Subject: WEF says it plans to build multilateral architecture to govern internet
>>>>>> To: "Dave Farber" <dave at farber.net>
>>>>>> Cc: "Ram Mohan" <rmohan at afilias.info>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Dave,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Here is a piece from a press release by the World Economic Forum (WEF) regarding their plan to “build a broad-based, multilateral global architecture for governing the internet” that might be interesting to the IP readership.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> Excerpt below:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> “The Annual Meeting 2015 will provide a platform for over 50 initiatives that are currently being led by the Forum, with the aim of contributing positive, transformative change to the global agenda, as well as those of industry, business and the world’s regions. These include a public-private initiative to help achieve zero net tropical deforestation caused by key agricultural commodities by 2020; an endeavour to build a broad-based, multilateral global architecture for governing the internet; and the Forum’s Gender Parity Taskforces, which work with governments worldwide to improve economic opportunity for the female half of the population.”
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> -Ram
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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