[governance] National & Regional IGF initiatives section updated on Wikipedia

[Deirdre Williams]

Dear Robert,

You may hear soon directly from the CTU - Bernadette Lewis is the Secretary
General, Nigel Cassimire is the person who acts for her in her absence.
The Caribbean IGF is their prerogative, the result of their persistent hard
work. They work miracles with a tiny budget and a tiny staff.
I shoved my oar in (I've done it in IGF plenaries as well) because we in
the Caribbean are very proud of them and what they have achieved.
This conversation should now be taken offlist. :-)
Deirdre

On 15 January 2016 at 10:55, Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org> wrote:

> Deirdre,
>
> Added entry for the Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF). Though it
> is a link to an event listing and not the website for ongoing IGF related
> activities in the Caribbean region.
>
> Please do recommend to me who would be best for me to speak to . I see
> Nigel and Bernadette are cc’d . Do I suggest I follow-up with them and/or
> others at the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)
>
> regards
>
> Robert
>
> --
> Robert Guerra
> Phone: +1 416-893-0377
> Twitter: twitter.com/netfreedom
> Email: rguerra at privaterra.org
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>
> On 15 Jan 2016, at 9:44, Deirdre Williams wrote:
>
> I would certainly be willing to help, but in this case someone from the
>> Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) would be more appropriate.
>> Let me know offlist how things work out.
>> Deirdre
>>
>> On 15 January 2016 at 10:37, Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Deidre,
>>>
>>> In my earlier email I pointed out that I had just updated the existing
>>> sub-section of the IGF wikipedia page where regional and national
>>> initiatives are listed.
>>>
>>> I noticed several national level initiatives were either missing
>>> altogether and/or had missing URL’s. I proceeded to attempt to update the
>>> information and seek to find out what else needed revising. I will gladly
>>> add the details you mention.
>>>
>>> That being said, I believe that the information listed be expanded with
>>> far more details so researchers, internet users and others know what (or
>>> not) what type of IG related events are occurring  at a national and
>>> regional level.
>>> Would you and others involved in national and regional level activities
>>> have some time next week to chat with me? If so, let me know so that I
>>> can
>>> follow-up with you directly.
>>>
>>> regards
>>>
>>> Robert
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Robert Guerra
>>> Phone: +1 416-893-0377
>>> Twitter: twitter.com/netfreedom
>>> Email: rguerra at privaterra.org
>>> PGP Keys : https://keybase.io/rguerra
>>>
>>> On 15 Jan 2016, at 7:07, Deirdre Williams wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear Robert,
>>>
>>>> Going through the Wikipedia article I notice what seems to me to be an
>>>> omission of importance to many of us - important because it demonstrates
>>>> the possibility that being small, from the South and relatively poor
>>>> does
>>>> not necessarily mean that one cannot lead.
>>>>
>>>> In January 2005 in responding to the work of the World Summit on the
>>>> Information Society (WSIS), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
>>>> Secretariat
>>>> requested the assistance of the CTU in developing regional policies for
>>>> Internet governance. The CTU adopted a multistakeholder approach to the
>>>> task and convened the first Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF)
>>>> in
>>>> September 2005 in Georgetown, Guyana. This was historic in that the
>>>> Caribbean became the first region in the world to convene an Internet
>>>> Governance Forum. Since that time, the CIGF has been convened annually
>>>> to
>>>> enable the CTU to coordinate the development and evolution of this
>>>> Policy
>>>> Framework which was first issued in January 2009.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.ctu.int/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/CIGPF-Issue-2.0.pdf
>>>>
>>>> Caribbean Internet Governance Policy Framework (Issue 2.0)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Last September the 11th Caribbean IGF was held in Port of Spain,
>>>> Trinidad.
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes
>>>>
>>>> Deirdre
>>>>
>>>> On 14 January 2016 at 16:55, Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> A short note to let folks on this list know that I’ve recently updated
>>>> the
>>>>
>>>>> National & Regional IGF initiatives entry in Wikipedia. The URL is
>>>>> below:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Governance_Forum#Regional.2C_national.2C_and_subject_area_initiatives
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If you know of any additions and/or revisions that should be made -
>>>>> either
>>>>> update the page directly, or email me the revisions and i’ll make the
>>>>> update :)
>>>>>
>>>>> regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Robert
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Robert Guerra
>>>>> Phone: +1 416-893-0377
>>>>> Twitter: twitter.com/netfreedom
>>>>> Email: rguerra at privaterra.org
>>>>> PGP Keys : https://keybase.io/rguerra
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>> “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir
>>>> William
>>>> Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
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>> Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979
>>
>


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