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

Sivasubramanian M isolatedn at gmail.com
Sat Dec 11 00:25:26 UTC 2010


Dear Fred Baker,


On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 1:09 AM, Fred Baker <fred at cisco.com> wrote:

> There have certainly been governments that have advocated for governmental
> control of the network, and there was certainly someone that was in favor of
> this particular turn of events (else it would not have happened). I think we
> know who the governments with a history of that are. I would at this point
> suggest avoiding jumping to conclusions and not throwing aspersions that we
> don't know to be correct.
>

Dear Fred Baker,

My question was indeed a leading question :) And there was also a 'perhaps'
comment. But I haven't named any Government, so in a sense I have already
avoided throwing aspersions.

Shiva



> On Dec 10, 2010, at 11:07 AM, Sivasubramanian M wrote:
>
> Reposting what I posted in the Governance list here:
>
> Is there a possibility that a few powerful Governments instructed their
> CSTD representatives to cause this sudden shift in thinking across the CSTD
> and move away from mutli-stakeholder Governance model to an unilateral
> Governance model whereby Governments take the seats leaving Civil Society
> out there on the street to hold placards that are ignored? Such instructions
> could be part of the abrupt reactions on the wake of the Wiki-Leaks issue.
>
> Perhaps the Governments want to take total and complete charge of the
> Internet, to be in a position to wield totalitarian control over what is and
> what is not on the Internet.
>
> Sivasubramanian M
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 12:23 AM, Sivasubramanian M <isolatedn at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Sivasubramanian M <isolatedn at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I have signed with this comment (not verbatim)
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>
>> and posted Jon McNerney's message with the joint statement in the blog
>> http://isocmadras.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sivasubramanian M
>>>
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>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 11:59 PM, Zaid Ali <zaid at sfbayisoc.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Signed and supported on behalf of San Francisco Bay area chapter.
>>>>
>>>> Zaid
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On Dec 10, 2010, at 3:22 AM, Jon McNerney <mcnerney at isoc.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> > 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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