[governance] Recommendation to the UN General Assembly for an Open Ended Mandate of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)

[Louis Pouzin (well)]

Making the IGF mandate permanent should have some strings attached for
improved efficiency, such as revising its mandate and the MAG roles.

Louis
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On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 10:11 PM, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net>
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> My main problem with the letter - as I discussed today personally with
> Jeanette and Stephanie -  is the promotion in it of the IGF support
> association - an unknown and as non transparent imitative as any . Its
> civil society representation especially I do not understand and
> appriciate... Where did the group come from, who formed it, why... And why
> in the cover of something like the preservation of the IGF which issue
> would rightly get  great support, including perhaps from governments, this
> unknown non transparent organisation is being promoted. Who are they?
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>  On Thursday 04 September 2014 07:38 PM, Stephanie Perrin wrote:
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> Just an update:  we already have over a dozen signatories.  I will send an
> update on signatories at 9am tomorrow, and at 1pm tomorrow, UTC+2.
> Qualified statements of support are also most welcome; please indicate how
> you would prefer this support to be expressed.
> The proper title for the attached document is listed in the Subject line.
> Stephanie Perrin
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>   Dear colleagues and fellow stakeholders of the Internet Governance Forum:
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> At the 9th meeting of the Internet Governance Forum, various
> stakeholders discussed their common desire to request an immediate
> extension of the IGF mandate, in order to create stabiity for the
> organization and predictability for those engaged in seeking funding for
> projects.  We have drafted a statement to send to the UN, to request not
> just an immediate renewal of the IGF mandate, but rather an open-ended
> re-authorization of the IGF as a voluntary, multistakeholder forum.  We
> request that other participants in the IGF also support this message on
> or before November 1.
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> We will be creating a neutral website for this project at www.IGFcontinuity.org very shortly, to accept sign-ons of organizations,
> countries, and individuals.  In the meantime, the undersigned will
> collect your signatures and description of your organization if you are
> able to endorse this letter by the time of the closing ceremony at IGF
> 2014.  The deadline to be included in the letter presented via the Chair
> will be 11am UTC, Friday September 5.
> Examples of how you will be listed appear below:
> 1.  Jane Smith                       Individual
> 2.  Acme Industry Association        Association representing 150 manuacturers of widgets
> 3.  State of [x]                     Country
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>  Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions.
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> Jeanette Hofmann, Berlin Social Science Center, jeanette at wzb.eu
> Stephanie Perrin, Non-commercial Stakeholders Group, ICANN, stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca
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