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

Sat Sep 6 05:09:33 EDT 2014

I certainly agree, but each separate issue is fraught with drafting 
problems....putting this in the letter would have taken a great deal of 
time to agree on what that accountability structure (or even goals) 
might be.  I think a separate letter/discussion on accountability ought 
to be initiated, but I am betting (since Parminder started the betting 
thing ;-)) that we will not have negotiated that letter by November 1.  
It is well worth figuring out exactly what that strategy is....much 
money appears to be spent putting this process through the UN mechanism, 
but there are many risks  by taking it outside the UN.   Influencing UN 
accountability (by attaching strings) strikes me as a daunting proposal 
but I defer to you folks who know it so much better than I.
Stephanie

On 2014-09-05, 19:35, Louis Pouzin (well) wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto:parminder at itforchange.net>> wrote:
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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?
>
>     parminder
>
>
>     On Thursday 04 September 2014 07:38 PM, Stephanie Perrin wrote:
>>     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
>>>     Dear colleagues and fellow stakeholders of the Internet Governance Forum:
>>>
>>>     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.
>>>
>>>     We will be creating a neutral website for this project at
>>>     www.IGFcontinuity.org  <http://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
>>>
>>>       Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions.
>>>
>>>     Jeanette Hofmann, Berlin Social Science Center,jeanette at wzb.eu  <mailto:jeanette at wzb.eu>
>>>     Stephanie Perrin, Non-commercial Stakeholders Group, ICANN,stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca  <mailto:stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca>
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