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repeat;">This is a tough call for all of us, but I do concur with
Robin that while we need to be very cautious while engaging, the
presence of CGI.BR in this project is reassuring to me that this
project will not be hijacked by those whose interests are opposed to that of
our members. I was fortunate enough to serve on the NCUC EC with Carlos and
there are few in this field whom I respect and trust more. His assurance,
and that of CGI.BR, that NMI will respect the bottom up,
multistakeholder ethos that guides their organisation and that of the IG
model most of us agree with holds great weight with me. NMI does give us the
opportunity to bring our message of bottom up MS processes, human rights and
free expression to a more diverse and, yes, more powerful collection of
global entities.</div>
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repeat;">That said, I still do not believe ICANN corporate itself
should be taking a leadership role in the creation of the NMI. Depending
upon the direction NMI takes, ICANN may have a role to play but
strictly in the names and numbers sphere. As in so much done by Mr. Chehade
since he assumed office, mission creep is definitely in play here and
is something we need to start calling this Board and this executive
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From: Robin Gross <robin@IPJUSTICE.ORG><br />
To: NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<br />
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:53:52 -0800<br />
Subject: Re: declaration of cgi.br members regarding NETmundial
Initiative<br />
<div style="font-family: monospace, courier new, courier">Based in large
part due to CGI.BR's assurances and good will, I think we can
tentatively participate in this initiative, provided that civil society
selects its own representatives, and the platform does indeed create an
open, transparent, bottom-up platform that does not seek to assert dominance
in the IG space. <br />
<br />
I know we are split within civil society generally, and do not have
unanimity within our own stakeholder group about whether or not we should
participate in this initiative, but it would seem that those of us who wish
to participate and try to use the platform to improve discussions on IG
should be enabled. Many of us won't give this initiative another
thought. I think both perspectives are perfectly acceptable and
different approaches to achieving the same goals. Everyone has to put
their own time and energy in the places where they feel they can be most
effective. <br />
<br />
I think many of us in civil society (myself included) are putting our faith
and trust in CGI.BR to not allow Fadi and WEF to run away with this
initiative for their own ambitions and kill the positive outcomes from Sao
Paulo last April. I say: let's work closely with CGI.BR and the
others try to make the best of NMI. (At least those of us who wish
to.)<br />
<br />
Best,<br />
Robin<br />
<br />
On Nov 22, 2014, at 4:00 PM, Carlos Afonso wrote:<br />
<br />
> To all of you directly and indirectly involved with the lively debate
that has been observed within the Internet governance circles surrounding
the NETmundial Initiative (NMI), we would like to clarify the following:<br
/>
><br />
> 1)There are two main reasons for CGI.br to embark on the NETmundial
Initiative.<br />
><br />
> a) CGI.br is moved by a strong, crystal-clear and well known commitment
to the preservation, the promotion and the implementation of the principles
and the roadmap that were adopted in São Paulo during the Global
Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance - NETmundial.
As long as CGI.br is involved in any activity, process or institution
related to the global governance of the Internet, there will be a group of
21 board members representatives of the broader Internet community in
Brazil, assisted by a deeply committed Secretariat, working for the
promotion of the achievements of the NETmundial meeting earlier this
year.Instead of watching from a distant perspective the different processes
and environments that comprise the complex distributed IG ecosystem, CGI.br
members have been actively engaged with a myriad of other stakeholders and
the community as a whole in the different spaces within which Internet
governance is dealt with. CGI.br is committed to raise a voice whenever
there can by any unjustified reversion on the thresholds set by NETmundial
for Internet governance, namely: collaboration, openness, transparency, and
multistakeholderism by default.<br />
><br />
> b) Brazil is to host the 2015 IGF. CGI.br is closely working with the
Brazilian government in order to assure that the 10th edition of the IGF
yields all the results that were normatively set by the community in 2014 in
different occasions: the renewal of its mandate in the UNGA later this year;
the strengthening of its role as the focal point for the community; the
assurance of funding sources, and the harmonization of activities of the IGF
with the different initiatives that are sprouting (nationally, regionally,
and globally) since the Community issued the NETmundial Statement.<br />
><br />
> 2) From its inception, CGI.br has been willing to dialogue and of work
together with every single member of the Community who is willing to
promote, reflect upon, strengthen, and enhance multistakeholderism. The NMI
is one among those efforts and can contribute to those goals by publicizing
ideas and connecting people from all over the world using a single Web
platform. Anything additional to the development and the maintenance of the
platform shall be a result of the Initiative after it is set up. Bearing
that in mind, on behalf of all of the members of the Board of CGI.br, we
would like to invite all stakeholders to join the effort of building NMI
based on the spirit and the aspirations of the community in a collaborative
manner.<br />
><br />
> 3) The NETmundial Initiative is in its formation. The whole
institutionalization of NMI shall be community-driven. That is why the
Transitional Council, as soon as it got a request from the Civil Society
Coordination Group (CSCG), accepted to work together with the CSCG to
come up with a solution for defining Civil Society names for the NMI Council
by consensus and fully respecting the indications of Civil Society. It is
important to say that CGI.br is pretty confident that if any other group of
stakeholders approach the Transition Council with similar solutions to
strengthen the process, the Council will be willingly open to recognize and
implement them as a way of putting the community at the center of the
process of shaping the ulterior composition of the NMI Council.<br />
><br />
> Finally, let us reaffirm that CGI.br would never agree with top-down,
closed decision-making processes that could possibly undermine its
legitimacy as a true bottom-up, multistakeholder body. It is up for the
community to transform NMI into something that is concrete and useful for
the advancement of IG in full respect of the principles enshrined in the
NETmundial declaration.<br />
><br />
> Best regards,<br />
><br />
> Virgílio Almeida<br />
> Coordinator of the Board of the CGI.br - Representative nominated by
the Federal Government<br />
><br />
> Demi Getschko<br />
> Member of the Board of CGI.br, nominated as Internet Expert<br />
><br />
> Carlos A. Afonso<br />
> Member of the Board of CGI.br, representative of the Third Sector<br />
><br />
> Flávio Wagner<br />
> Member of the Board of CGI.br, representative of the scientific and
technological community and Selected member for the MAG/IGF 2015<br />
><br />
> Eduardo Parajo<br />
> Member of the Board of CGI.br, representative of the business sector -
Internet access and content providers<br />
><br />
> Hartmut Glaser<br />
> Executive Secretary of the Board of the CGI.br<br />
><br />
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