<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Good evening:<div><br></div><div>Thankyou, Constance, for this information which was timely in view of the debate about this event in other fora.</div><div><br></div><div>Considering the sensitivity of some of the subjects on the eG8 agenda, could we please be consulted on the substance of the proposed ISOC contributions.</div><div><br></div><div>With many thanks and regards to you all,</div><div><br></div><div>Christopher Wilkinson</div><div>Chair ISOC-ECC.org</div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------</div><div><br><div><div>On 10 May 2011, at 16:36, Constance Bommelaer wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"><div class="Section1" style="page: Section1; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Dear Members,<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">As you may know, just before the G8 meeting (26-27 May,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:city w:st="on">Deauville</st1:city>) there will be an eG8 Forum (24-25 May,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Paris</st1:city></st1:place>) 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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><u><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; ">Themes of the eG8/G8</span></font></u></b>:<o:p></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">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”.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><u><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; ">Possible input of the I* community<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Unlike the OECD High-Level Meeting on the Internet Economy (June 2011,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Paris</st1:city></st1:place>) 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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">press release.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; ">Our primary objectives</span></font></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>at the eG8 Forum, in cooperation with the other I* organizations invited to attend, will be to:<o:p></o:p></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-indent: -0.25in; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>-<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></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><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-indent: -0.25in; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>-<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></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><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-indent: -0.25in; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>-<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font></span></span></font>emphasize the importance of the Open Internet: i.e. open standards, open processes and open innovation.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><u><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; ">ISOC community’s involvement<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-indent: -0.25in; "><font size="3" face="Wingdings"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Wingdings; "><span>ð<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></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 class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></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.<o:p></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><u><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Useful links:<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: navy; "><a href="http://www.eg8forum.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.eg8forum.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: navy; "><a href="http://www.g20-g8.com/g8-g20/g20/english/home.9.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.g20-g8.com/g8-g20/g20/english/home.9.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; 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