[governance] Update on NMI

[Deirdre Williams]

Thank you Ian.
Deirdre

On 29 January 2015 at 15:55, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:

>   Hi everyone, I am just posting this to IGC as a central list – please
> post to other lists if you feel it is necessary. This is just a quick
> update on the NMI Coordination Council activities.
>
> There is very little to report. The group mailing list got underway mid
> January, immediately forming a sub group to look at an approach to develop
> Terms of Reference. That sub group has had two phone calls – The first was
> poorly attended because it was called at short notice; I woke up one
> morning to find it underway for instance.
>
> After the first meeting NTIA (Larry Strickling and Fiona Alexander
> representing Penny Pritzker) decided to join the sub group. This caused a
> flurry of activity where many others joined as well, so the second sub
> group call had over 16 participants from a council of 21. It was something
> of a disaster because of technical problems with the link up.
>
> Anyway – the only real activity is that on or around February 2 (if there
> are no more delays) a public call for input into terms of reference will be
> made. The CC sub group will then compile these inputs to put a draft terms
> of reference out for further public inputs. It may be that the technical
> platform used for NetMundial will be used for this activity.
>
> The objective is to have this finalised for a first face to face meeting
> of the Coordination Council on March 31 (venue to be determined)
>
> You can find out more about the Council and NMI at www.netmundial.org.
>
> I will report back here periodically or when/if major developments occur.
> Right now there are a lot of questions up in the air for most of us
> involved and a lack of clarity on several operational aspects. It will take
> time to get these clarified.
>
> Civil society and academic people involved who are regular participants
> here include Anriette Esterhuysen, Joao Carlos Caribe, Bill Drake, Marilia
> Maciel, and Wolfgang Kleinwachter and myself, as well as Jean Jacques
> Subrenat and Eileen Donohoe with other civil society affiliations.  The
> full CC membership can be found on the website referred to above.
>
>
>
> Ian Peter
>
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