[At-Large] Fwd: [ISOC] The Future of the Internet Governance Forum

[Carlton Samuels]

Yes, this is a troubling development.  Maybe it's a trial balloon but it
must be firmly repudiated.

Adam [Peake] and others have been spreading the word.  Several of us have
already signed the letter - and more to come.

Carlton

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On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 7:11 AM, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:

> FYI - this went out to Internet Society Chapters today. Something At-Large
> should be concerned about too, perhaps?
>
> j
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jon McNerney <mcnerney at isoc.org>
> Date: Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 6:22 AM
>
>
>
>
> 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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