[governance] [bestbits] IGF retreat starts

Sat Jul 16 16:13:15 EDT 2016

 blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px #715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white !important; }  I do believe all of us understand everything that is happening at the retreat, the way things work. 
We have been warned and nothing is new or to be expected in terms of more transparency, apart from what have been offered including Twitter feeds and the final document that i understand we can't have until everything is compiled and agreed upon.
So, let's continue allowing time to our reps since they are aware of our expectations as CS but as well those from the broader IG community. We clearly shared concerns and expectations.
Thankful for most of our CS reps who are sending away tweets. I actually see more tweets (using #igfretreat) from CS than anybody else (wondering where are the other stakeholder groups reps). Plus, not everyone uses Twitter :)

Today is last day, let's hope for the best:)
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On Saturday, July 16, 2016, 5:37 PM, Wisdom Donkor <wisdom.dk at gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Ayden,

As much as I agree with you in all points raised lets also have hope in the team we the community presented. I know and I believe this team will leave no stone unturn.

Cheers

On Saturday, July 16, 2016, Ayden Fabien Férdeline <ayden at ferdeline.com> wrote:
> Wisdom, hi-
> Respectfully, this is not about who is or who is not representing the voices of civil society at the retreat. This is about transparency. Transparency is important because it allows those outside the room to oversee the processes, the debates, and the discussions that are taking place. It allows us to make sure they are not being abused by those inside the room who may be looking to further their own interests at the expense of everyone else. To be clear, I am not insinuating that that is happening here. I am simply saying that transparency in processes of agenda setting and decision making feeds directly into building legitimacy in these same outputs, and is something we should all be encouraging, in every forum.
> Thanks,
> Ayden
>
> On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 1:51 PM, Wisdom Donkor wisdom.dk at gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> I believe in this team and I no they will not leave any stone unturn.
>>
>> Regards to the team representing.
>>
>> On Saturday, July 16, 2016, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I won't get into the mechanics save to say there was a call for comments and input into the process.
>> >
>> > I can assure you that civil society is on equal footing within the retreat and we are being heard. Contributions that came in are on the IGF website...we are working from 8.30am  (some of us earlier) till 10.30am making sure nothing gets missed or falls within the cracks.
>> >
>> > The retreat is organised in a manner that makes it easy and free-flowing to have unfiltered discussions (Chatham house rules) and having the frank conversations we find we have to find ways to work together across Multistakeholder in spite of the differences. It is simply a creative and brainstorming session. The reason for not sending a commentary is because anything could be misinterpreted or taken out of context and so to remove the danger of adding to the misapprehension it is best that we wait for the completion of the matter which will be open for input from all.
>> >
>> > I know it's difficult but you have to trust that civil society reps:
>> >
>> > Anriette
>> > Nnenna
>> > Lea
>> > Stuart
>> > Sala
>> > Kossi
>> >
>> > are raising that which needs to be raised and if u feel heavily about any agenda item on the website today feel free to send all 5 of us a note.
>> >
>> > Sala
>> >
>> > On 16/07/2016 7:50 am, "Johan Helsingius" <julf at julf.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Dear Sala,
>> >>
>> >> > I can assure you that once synthesis of
>> >> > what is being discussed is approved for dissemination and call for
>> >> > inputs will be asked from the broader community to think about
>> >> > mechanisms for improvement.
>> >>
>> >> I think some of us were hoping for commentary on the
>> >> actual discussions, not just the finished "approved for
>> >> dissemination" end product - but I guess that reflects
>> >> the classic bottom-up vs. top-down approach dilemma.
>> >>
>> >> Kind regards,
>> >>
>> >>         Julf
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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