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

[Sivasubramanian M]

On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Sivasubramanian M <isolatedn at gmail.com>wrote:

> I have signed with this comment (not verbatim)
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> Internet evolved largely by community participation and it works because of
> its participative and user centric model. A multi-stakeholder approach suits
> Internet Governance for this reason. The idea of reversing this approach to
> an unilateral approach amounts to reversing progress.
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and posted Jon McNerney's message with the joint statement in the blog
http://isocmadras.blogspot.com/


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> On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 11:59 PM, Zaid Ali <zaid at sfbayisoc.org> wrote:
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>> Signed and supported on behalf of San Francisco Bay area chapter.
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>> Zaid
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Dec 10, 2010, at 3:22 AM, Jon McNerney <mcnerney at isoc.org> wrote:
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>> > 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.
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>> > 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.
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>> > You may read the full letter, and see the growing list of signatories,
>> and indicated your own support here:
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>> > http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=2710
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>> > Sincerely,
>> >
>> > Jon McNerney
>> > Chief Operating Officer
>> > Internet Society
>> > www.isoc.org
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