[Chapter-delegates] The Future of the Internet Governance Forum

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On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Eduardo Diaz
<eduardodiazrivera at gmail.com>wrote:

> Approved.
>
> Eduardo Diaz
> ISOC-PR
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 10:02 AM, Alejandro Pisanty <
> apisan at servidor.unam.mx> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have signed the petition on the future of the IGF on behalf of ISOC
>> Mexico. In signing I added the following text:
>>
>> "The CSTD or its group for the IGF may argue that they intend to continue
>> to make the IGF open to all stakeholders' participation. THAT IS NOT ENOUGH.
>> All decisions related to Internet governance need be made in a
>> multistakeholder environment.
>>
>> Therefore the CSTD has to either not form this group, and use its
>> participation in the IGF Multistakeholder Advisory Group to promote its view
>> of improvements there, or to form this group with an equally open
>> participation of all stakeholders.
>>
>> We believe that this second alternative is undesirable because it will
>> create one more organizational layer and one more unneeded step in the
>> process.
>>
>> The risk that the CSTD is incurring is that the other stakeholders will
>> not participate fully and make the CSTD-reformed IGF irrelevant by routing
>> around it as damage."
>>
>> Yours,
>>
>> Alejandro Pisanty
>>
>>
>> .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . .  .  .  .  .
>>  .
>>     Dr. Alejandro Pisanty
>> UNAM, Av. Universidad 3000, 04510 Mexico DF Mexico
>>
>> Tels. +52-(1)-55-5105-6044, +52-(1)-55-5418-3732
>>
>> * Mi blog/My blog: http://pisanty.blogspot.com
>> * LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/pisanty
>> * Twitter: http://twitter.com/apisanty
>> * Unete al grupo UNAM en LinkedIn,
>> http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/22285/4A106C0C8614
>>
>> * Ven a ISOC Mexico, http://www.isoc.org.mx, ISOC http://www.isoc.org
>> *Participa en ICANN, http://www.icann.org
>> .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
>>  .
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 10 Dec 2010, Jon McNerney wrote:
>>
>>  Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:22:50 +0100
>>> From: Jon McNerney <mcnerney at isoc.org>
>>> To: chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org
>>> Subject: [Chapter-delegates] The Future of the Internet Governance Forum
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear Colleagues,
>>>
>>> In an extraordinary meeting on 6 December the United Nation's Commission
>>> on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) decided to create a Working
>>> Group on Improvements to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) (
>>> http://www.intgovforum.org/) with a membership made up only of
>>> governments.
>>>
>>> We believe this decision sets back the model of multistakeholder
>>> cooperation under which the IGF was established, and contradicts the
>>> instructions given to the CSTD for the establishment of the Working Group
>>>
>>> The Internet Society has joined the International Chamber of Commerce -
>>> Business Action to Support the Information Society, the Internet Governance
>>> Caucus, and many other Internet, business, and civil society organizations
>>> in sending a letter to the CSTD, asking them to retract their previous
>>> decision and to establish an appropriately constituted Working Group that
>>> ensures the full and active participation of governments, the private sector
>>> and civil society from both developing and developed countries, involving
>>> relevant intergovernmental and international organizations and forums.
>>>
>>> Like the Internet, a multistakeholder approach has been at the core of
>>> the Internet Governance Forum's formation and success. We hope that Internet
>>> Society Chapters and Members, as well as other organizations, will join us
>>> in signing the letter.
>>>
>>> You may read the full letter, and see the growing list of signatories,
>>> and indicated your own support here:
>>>
>>> http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=2710
>>>
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Jon McNerney
>>> Chief Operating Officer
>>> Internet Society
>>> www.isoc.org
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