Hi Constance,<div><br></div><div>I have posted your request on our noticeboard at <a href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/?p=2058">http://isoc-ny.org/p2/?p=2058</a> - I am sure some of our members will have comments!</div><div><br>
</div><div>j</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Constance Bommelaer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bommelaer@isoc.org">bommelaer@isoc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Apologies for this long note; as preparations around the G8 meeting are
accelerating, it seemed useful to provide some background information on the
event. Although the preparatory process for this event was launched a while
ago, it is only recently that we have been informed of the details concerning
the meeting. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">As you may know, just before the G8 meeting (26-27 May, Deauville) there will be an eG8 Forum (24-25 May, Paris) gathering the
“leaders of the Internet”. Several I* organizations have been
invited to participate (ICANN, W3C, IAB, ISOC, etc.), and we understand that
the outcomes of the discussions of the eG8 (format tbd) will be submitted to
the G8 itself. Regarding ISOC’s participation, we are pleased to advise
that our President and CEO, Lynn St Amour, and our Chapter Delegate for France,
Gérard Dantec, have been invited to be part of the eG8. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold">Themes of the eG8/G8</span></font></u></b>:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The eG8 Forum (draft agenda attached) is expected to
cover a variety of issues including the “Internet and Growth”,
“Internet and Societal issues”, the “Future of the
Internet”, “Innovation and Financing” and “Start-up
Nations”. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">What we hear from informal discussions with various stakeholders is
that the preparatory process of the G8 included discussions on “<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Internet governance</span></b>”. The G8 summit
in May will be followed by the G20 next autumn where Internet issues will again
be discussed, and probably in more depth. This seems to indicate that our
community will need to continue monitoring the G8 and G20 meetings in the
future. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold">Possible input of the I* community</span></font></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Unlike the OECD High-Level Meeting on the Internet
Economy (June 2011, Paris)
where stakeholders (e.g. ITAC, Internet Technical Advisory Community to the
OECD) are associated to the preparation of the Communiqué, the G8 protocol is
more formal. However, opportunities to contribute should include participation
in the eG8 Plenary Sessions and the parallel workshops (list of participants
tbc) and also publishing a <b><span style="font-weight:bold">press release. </span></b></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold">Our
primary objectives</span></font></b> at the eG8 Forum, in cooperation with the
other I* organizations invited to attend, will be to:</p>
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</span></font></span></span></font>shed light on the role and the
work of the Internet technical organizations<font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">;</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span>-<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></font></span></span></font>explain what the Internet
ecosystem is and how the Internet works<font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">;</span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font>emphasize the importance of the
Open Internet: i.e. open standards, open processes and open innovation. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold">ISOC community’s involvement</span></font></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font size="3" face="Wingdings"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings"><span>ð<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></font></span></span></font>Your
thoughts on the themes listed above would be extremely valuable to us<font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"> </span></font><b><span style="font-weight:bold">by Wednesday18 May</span></b>. Additionally, as soon as we will have
developed our messages (e.g. press release) we will invite the ISOC community
to echo them through their own networks. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">It is vital, in our view, to inform all forums
addressing Internet-related issues about the multi-stakeholder nature of the
Internet ecosystem, and, in particular, it seems that the G8 and G20 are
environments where there would be great value in disseminating those messages. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><u><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Useful links:</span></font></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:navy"><a href="http://www.eg8forum.com/" target="_blank">http://www.eg8forum.com/</a> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:navy"><a href="http://www.g20-g8.com/g8-g20/g20/english/home.9.html" target="_blank">http://www.g20-g8.com/g8-g20/g20/english/home.9.html</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:navy"><a href="http://www.novaspivack.com/technology/the-e-g8-forum-unveiled" title="blocked::http://www.novaspivack.com/technology/the-e-g8-forum-unveiled" target="_blank">http://www.novaspivack.com/technology/the-e-g8-forum-unveiled</a></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thank you and best regards,</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Constance Bommelaer</span></font></p>
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