From katitza Wed Jan 6 00:35:23 2010 From: katitza (Katitza Rodriguez) Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 17:35:23 -0500 Subject: [IRP] =?iso-8859-1?q?Fwd=3A_=5BMadrid=5D_Petici=F3n_de_solidarida?= =?iso-8859-1?q?d_con_la_Asociaci=F3n_de_Internautas?= References: Message-ID: <9AA5A9D8-9E26-46C2-AC64-880789444694@datos-personales.org> Pls. help us spread the word! Begin forwarded message: > From: V?ctor Domingo > Date: January 5, 2010 5:05:42 PM EST > To: > Subject: [Madrid] Petici?n de solidaridad con la Asociaci?n de > Internautas > > for inmediate release, please spread :( > > original version at http://www.internautas.org/html/5906.html > ------------------ > > We have known by www.meneame.net and some communication media that > we have > been sentenced by the Supreme Court in the PUTASGAE case for hosting > others' contents, which were allegedly slanderous. The Asociaci?n de > Internautas has not yet received any notification of the ruling and > it's > very surprised that this ruling is leaked to the media, even before > reaching the concerned ones. At this time we cannot comment anything > since > we are unaware of it. But we are sure of something: they want to > close the > Asociaci?n de Internautas because we are very inconvenient to a > certain > sector of the society, a minority...but with a big power to decide and > influence. We > ask for > your help to remain open...and figthing. We can only promise > you...that the answer on our side, provided we remain open, will be in > accordance to this. > > 12/22/2009 - href="http://www.abc.es/20091222/medios-redes-web/sancion-euros-alojar-putasgae-200912221611.html > ">ABC > - ?18000 fine for hosting "www.putasgae.org" > > The Civil Room of the Supreme Court has confirmed the rule > condemning the > Asociaci?n de Internautas to pay 18000 euros to the Sociedad General > de > Autores y Editores -T.N:the Spanish RIAA- for having hosted in its > website > pages like www.putasgae.org - T.N:fuckingsgae- and > www.antisgae.internautas.org, which in turn contained slanderous > expressions against the authors society. > > The magistrates of the high court, presided by judge Juan Antonio > Xiol, > have decided to reject in the High Court the appeal lodged by the > Asociaci?n de Internautas as they interpret that they commited a > crime of > illegal intrusion in the right to honour of SGAE, as stated in a > ruling > made public today. > > The legal affair started in March 2004, when SGAE and its president, > Teddy > Bautista, filed a lawsuit against the Asociaci?n de Internautas > before the > Madrid Courts. > > Specifically, the lawsuit stated that the website of Asociaci?n de > Internautas was hosting associated pages with addresses like > "www.putasgae.org" -T.N:fuckingsgae- and > "www.antisgae.internautas.org", > which in turn contained expressions like "hired gun", "mob gang", > "fucking > pickpockets" or "the saying goes that thief who robs a thief > deserves one > hundred years of mercy". > > They deny its participation > > The 19th Section of the National High Court in Madrid acknowledged on > February the 6th, 2006, that SGAE was right and sentenced the > Asociaci?n > de Internautas to pay 18000 euros to the authors society, as well as > ordering the removal of the webpages and the offensive contents of > those > webpages. As a complementary measure, the Asociaci?n de Internautas > should > publish in their website the content of the ruling. > > In the appeal before the Supreme Court, the Asociaci?n de Internautas > denied having any responsibility on the offensive contents of that > Internet pages and hid behind the right to the freedom of speech. The > defendant declared they did not had any participation in the making > nor > the selection of the contents of the webpages, adding they have not > had > effective knowledge of the opinions expressed in them against SGAE. > > The magistrates of the High Court reject the arguments of the > Asociaci?n > de Internautas as they interpret that the "offensive" name of some > of the > webpages they were hosting in their Internet site (like "www.putasgae.org > " > ) were "sufficiently revealing" elements of the "slanderous style of > the > hosted data" > > We ask for your > help > to remain open... and fighting > > > Kind regards, > V?ctor Domingo > > P.S: the info in the paper is not really accurate. The real fine is > twice > that amount plus (probably) the expenditure of the process. Since it > was a > double denounce (one as an entity -SGAE- and another one from its > president -Teddy Bautista-) the real fine will be higher than 36000 > euros. > > P.S.2 : our lawyer is currently studying the best option to solve the > situation, but just in case we have to face the total amount in a very > short time, our association will likely disappear soon :-( > > > La Asociaci?n de Internautas necesita tu ayuda > > Informate: > http://www.internautas.org/html/5907.html > > http://www.internautas.org/donaciones.php > > Tambi?n puedes donar enviando un SMS > > Desde Espa?a enviar AI al 27595 (Coste 1,20 euros + IVA) > _______________________________________________ > Madrid mailing list > Madrid at mailman.thepublicvoice.org > http://mailman.thepublicvoice.org/listinfo.cgi/madrid-thepublicvoice.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From max Tue Jan 5 22:14:24 2010 From: max (Max Senges) Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 21:14:24 +0100 Subject: [IRP] #1 meeting of 2010 Message-ID: <4d976d8e1001051214x78dd11cfr9ebc4dc2252db71c@mail.gmail.com> Hi IRPlers Should we meet this thrusday at 18.00 CET or 9am PST? I think it would be important to discuss this years work. a) think about a last round of input for the charter > b) the mandate for the expert review group > c) a procedure/schedule for choosing the chair > > I can provide a telco where people can dial-in using a local land-line or we can use the conf-call system we used before? > > best > max > > > >> http://twitter.com/netrights >> http://www.facebook.com/internetrightsandprinciples >> >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: maxsenges at gmail.com [maxsenges at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Max Senges [ >> max at supercoolschool.com] >> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 6:41 AM >> To: Biel Company Perez >> Cc: irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org; Bodle, Robert; Robert >> Guerra; M.I.Franklin; anja; Lauren Movius; Matthias C. Kettemann; rafik, >> dammak; Emily Laidlaw; Graciela Selaimen; rudi.vansnick; Jac sm Kee; Carlos, >> Affonso Pereira de Souza; HIBBARD Lee; Andrea Beccalli; Lisa Horner; Shaila >> Mistry; Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond; johan.hallenborg; Jaco Aizenman; Sylvia >> Caras; malte.spitz; Heike Jensen; Elfa.Gylfadottir; me >> Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP-DC elections results >> >> Dear Biel, dear steering committee peers, dear IRPlers >> >> @Biel: thanks for managing the election process. we all know that error is >> human and while i would have appreciated to work with Heike in the steering >> committee, I am positive that her participation (as well as that of the >> other candidates who ran) will be very valuable and valued no matter in >> whether they are in the steering committee or not. >> >> @the freshly elected steering committee (SC) coleagues: >> (1) CONGRATULATIONS - This is going to be an exciting year and I am very >> much looking forward to working with you. >> >> (2) we now have to proceed to elect a chair amongst the 14 SC members. The >> charter simply says elect, which in my understanding could be via vote or >> consensus. I think it would be ideal to find consensus, but let's open the >> floor for nominations and then deliberate. >> >> I would like to nominate Lisa Horner as IRP Chair. Lisa has been >> continuously furthering the development of our coalition and in fact many >> times she was the leading force behind organizing and running meetings and >> collabowritings. Thanks for all the work you did so far, I hope you accept >> the nomination. >> >> Maybe the easiest would be to have a conference call? I would be happy to >> meet next tuesday or wednesday? Given that we have two SC members from Asia >> I would suggest to stick to the 18.00 CET time, but I am of course flexible. >> >> (3) all steering committee members will have to choose whether you want to >> serve one or two years on the steering committee - please announce your >> choice on the list. Our charter states: "IRP will elect a steering >> committee, at least two of which will serve for one year and at least two of >> which will serve for two years. [...] Nominees will select which term length >> they prefer. >> >> I am happy to serve for two years. >> >> (4) I propose that we setup a separate steering committee mailing-list >> which all SC members give high priority when dealing with their email. We >> all know that email traffic can be overwhelming and to have a method to >> quickly discuss and decide on a time-critical matter (e.g. whether or not to >> endorse an appeal or other document) would be very helpful. >> >> @all IRPlers: thanks for voting and for your continued interest and >> participation in our cause! The number of 44 votes might sound little, >> however this is a significant organizational development from the 8 folks >> who simply volunteered in the first year of the steering committee's >> existence, and the "improvised steering committee" we setup in the wake of >> the merger last year. >> >> In closing, I would be very interested to discuss and hear your perception >> of the mandate / schedule for the Expert Review & Consolidation of our >> "Charter of Human Rights and Principles on the Internet" sent by Meryem and >> forwarded by me on Dec. 14th ("Re: Proposal for IRP Charter Revision") >> >> And of course it would be good to have some more community input for the >> Charter itself. >> >> To a good year for Internet Rights and Principles! >> >> Max >> >> -- >> >> "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." >> ?William Gibson >> >> >> ........................................................................... >> >> Max Senges >> Berlin >> >> www.maxsenges.com >> >> Mobile: 01622122755 >> >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Lee.HIBBARD Wed Jan 6 09:39:12 2010 From: Lee.HIBBARD (HIBBARD Lee) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 08:39:12 +0100 Subject: [IRP] #1 meeting of 2010 In-Reply-To: <4d976d8e1001051214x78dd11cfr9ebc4dc2252db71c@mail.gmail.com> References: <4d976d8e1001051214x78dd11cfr9ebc4dc2252db71c@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <36E35F3FE67D164C987547AB8F3DB8EC055977FB@OBELIX.key.coe.int> ok for me this Thursday at 18:00 CET Regards, Lee Hibbard Media and Information Society Division/Division M?dias et Soci?t? de l'Information Direction G?n?rale des Droits de l'Homme et des Affaires Juridiques/Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs Council of Europe/Conseil de l'Europe Tel: +33 388 41 31 04; Fax: +33 388 41 2705 lee.hibbard at coe.int www.coe.int/media ________________________________ From: maxsenges at gmail.com [mailto:maxsenges at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Max Senges Sent: Tuesday 5 January 2010 21:14 To: Bodle, Robert Cc: Biel Company Perez; irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org; Robert Guerra; M.I.Franklin; anja; Lauren Movius; Matthias C. Kettemann; rafik, dammak; Emily Laidlaw; Graciela Selaimen; rudi.vansnick; Jac sm Kee; Carlos, Affonso Pereira de Souza; HIBBARD Lee; Andrea Beccalli; Lisa Horner; Shaila Mistry; Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond; johan.hallenborg; Jaco Aizenman; Sylvia Caras; malte.spitz; Heike Jensen; Elfa.Gylfadottir; me Subject: #1 meeting of 2010 Hi IRPlers Should we meet this thrusday at 18.00 CET or 9am PST? I think it would be important to discuss this years work. a) think about a last round of input for the charter b) the mandate for the expert review group c) a procedure/schedule for choosing the chair I can provide a telco where people can dial-in using a local land-line or we can use the conf-call system we used before? best max http://twitter.com/netrights http://www.facebook.com/internetrightsandprinciples ________________________________________ From: maxsenges at gmail.com [maxsenges at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Max Senges [max at supercoolschool.com] Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 6:41 AM To: Biel Company Perez Cc: irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org; Bodle, Robert; Robert Guerra; M.I.Franklin; anja; Lauren Movius; Matthias C. Kettemann; rafik, dammak; Emily Laidlaw; Graciela Selaimen; rudi.vansnick; Jac sm Kee; Carlos, Affonso Pereira de Souza; HIBBARD Lee; Andrea Beccalli; Lisa Horner; Shaila Mistry; Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond; johan.hallenborg; Jaco Aizenman; Sylvia Caras; malte.spitz; Heike Jensen; Elfa.Gylfadottir; me Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP-DC elections results Dear Biel, dear steering committee peers, dear IRPlers @Biel: thanks for managing the election process. we all know that error is human and while i would have appreciated to work with Heike in the steering committee, I am positive that her participation (as well as that of the other candidates who ran) will be very valuable and valued no matter in whether they are in the steering committee or not. @the freshly elected steering committee (SC) coleagues: (1) CONGRATULATIONS - This is going to be an exciting year and I am very much looking forward to working with you. (2) we now have to proceed to elect a chair amongst the 14 SC members. The charter simply says elect, which in my understanding could be via vote or consensus. I think it would be ideal to find consensus, but let's open the floor for nominations and then deliberate. I would like to nominate Lisa Horner as IRP Chair. Lisa has been continuously furthering the development of our coalition and in fact many times she was the leading force behind organizing and running meetings and collabowritings. Thanks for all the work you did so far, I hope you accept the nomination. Maybe the easiest would be to have a conference call? I would be happy to meet next tuesday or wednesday? Given that we have two SC members from Asia I would suggest to stick to the 18.00 CET time, but I am of course flexible. (3) all steering committee members will have to choose whether you want to serve one or two years on the steering committee - please announce your choice on the list. Our charter states: "IRP will elect a steering committee, at least two of which will serve for one year and at least two of which will serve for two years. [...] Nominees will select which term length they prefer. I am happy to serve for two years. (4) I propose that we setup a separate steering committee mailing-list which all SC members give high priority when dealing with their email. We all know that email traffic can be overwhelming and to have a method to quickly discuss and decide on a time-critical matter (e.g. whether or not to endorse an appeal or other document) would be very helpful. @all IRPlers: thanks for voting and for your continued interest and participation in our cause! The number of 44 votes might sound little, however this is a significant organizational development from the 8 folks who simply volunteered in the first year of the steering committee's existence, and the "improvised steering committee" we setup in the wake of the merger last year. In closing, I would be very interested to discuss and hear your perception of the mandate / schedule for the Expert Review & Consolidation of our "Charter of Human Rights and Principles on the Internet" sent by Meryem and forwarded by me on Dec. 14th ("Re: Proposal for IRP Charter Revision") And of course it would be good to have some more community input for the Charter itself. To a good year for Internet Rights and Principles! Max -- "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." -William Gibson ........................................................................... Max Senges Berlin www.maxsenges.com Mobile: 01622122755 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From anja Wed Jan 6 10:52:19 2010 From: anja (anja) Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:22:19 +0530 Subject: [IRP] #1 meeting of 2010 In-Reply-To: <36E35F3FE67D164C987547AB8F3DB8EC055977FB@OBELIX.key.coe.int> References: <4d976d8e1001051214x78dd11cfr9ebc4dc2252db71c@mail.gmail.com> <36E35F3FE67D164C987547AB8F3DB8EC055977FB@OBELIX.key.coe.int> Message-ID: <7b9bac892f0f67d54bc65f723d44b4ea@cis-india.org> Dear all, I have another meeting tomorrow morning and, as it involves traveling across the city, cannot guarantuee I'll be done in time for this one. However, if I have reached my office again by then, I'll be there. Cheers, Anja On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 08:39:12 +0100, "HIBBARD Lee" wrote: ok for me this Thursday at 18:00 CET Regards, Lee Hibbard Media and Information Society Division/Division M?dias et Soci?t? de l'Information Direction G?n?rale des Droits de l'Homme et des Affaires Juridiques/Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs Council of Europe/Conseil de l'Europe Tel: +33 388 41 31 04; Fax: +33 388 41 2705 lee.hibbard at coe.int www.coe.int/media [1] ------------------------- From: maxsenges at gmail.com [mailto:maxsenges at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Max Senges Sent: Tuesday 5 January 2010 21:14 To: Bodle, Robert Cc: Biel Company Perez; irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org; Robert Guerra; M.I.Franklin; anja; Lauren Movius; Matthias C. Kettemann; rafik, dammak; Emily Laidlaw; Graciela Selaimen; rudi.vansnick; Jac sm Kee; Carlos, Affonso Pereira de Souza; HIBBARD Lee; Andrea Beccalli; Lisa Horner; Shaila Mistry; Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond; johan.hallenborg; Jaco Aizenman; Sylvia Caras; malte.spitz; Heike Jensen; Elfa.Gylfadottir; me Subject: #1 meeting of 2010 Hi IRPlers Should we meet this thrusday at 18.00 CET or 9am PST? I think it would be important to discuss this years work. a) think about a last round of input for the charter b) the mandate for the expert review group c) a procedure/schedule for choosing the chair I can provide a telco where people can dial-in using a local land-line or we can use the conf-call system we used before? best max http://twitter.com/netrights [2] http://www.facebook.com/internetrightsandprinciples [3] ________________________________________ From: maxsenges at gmail.com [4] [maxsenges at gmail.com [4]] On Behalf Of Max Senges [max at supercoolschool.com [5]] Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 6:41 AM To: Biel Company Perez Cc: irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org [6]; Bodle, Robert; Robert Guerra; M.I.Franklin; anja; Lauren Movius; Matthias C. Kettemann; rafik, dammak; Emily Laidlaw; Graciela Selaimen; rudi.vansnick; Jac sm Kee; Carlos, Affonso Pereira de Souza; HIBBARD Lee; Andrea Beccalli; Lisa Horner; Shaila Mistry; Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond; johan.hallenborg; Jaco Aizenman; Sylvia Caras; malte.spitz; Heike Jensen; Elfa.Gylfadottir; me Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP-DC elections results Dear Biel, dear steering committee peers, dear IRPlers @Biel: thanks for managing the election process. we all know that error is human and while i would have appreciated to work with Heike in the steering committee, I am positive that her participation (as well as that of the other candidates who ran) will be very valuable and valued no matter in whether they are in the steering committee or not. @the freshly elected steering committee (SC) coleagues: (1) CONGRATULATIONS - This is going to be an exciting year and I am very much looking forward to working with you. (2) we now have to proceed to elect a chair amongst the 14 SC members. The charter simply says elect, which in my understanding could be via vote or consensus. I think it would be ideal to find consensus, but let's open the floor for nominations and then deliberate. I would like to nominate Lisa Horner as IRP Chair. Lisa has been continuously furthering the development of our coalition and in fact many times she was the leading force behind organizing and running meetings and collabowritings. Thanks for all the work you did so far, I hope you accept the nomination. Maybe the easiest would be to have a conference call? I would be happy to meet next tuesday or wednesday? Given that we have two SC members from Asia I would suggest to stick to the 18.00 CET time, but I am of course flexible. (3) all steering committee members will have to choose whether you want to serve one or two years on the steering committee - please announce your choice on the list. Our charter states: "IRP will elect a steering committee, at least two of which will serve for one year and at least two of which will serve for two years. [...] Nominees will select which term length they prefer. I am happy to serve for two years. (4) I propose that we setup a separate steering committee mailing-list which all SC members give high priority when dealing with their email. We all know that email traffic can be overwhelming and to have a method to quickly discuss and decide on a time-critical matter (e.g. whether or not to endorse an appeal or other document) would be very helpful. @all IRPlers: thanks for voting and for your continued interest and participation in our cause! The number of 44 votes might sound little, however this is a significant organizational development from the 8 folks who simply volunteered in the first year of the steering committee's existence, and the "improvised steering committee" we setup in the wake of the merger last year. In closing, I would be very interested to discuss and hear your perception of the mandate / schedule for the Expert Review & Consolidation of our "Charter of Human Rights and Principles on the Internet" sent by Meryem and forwarded by me on Dec. 14th ("Re: Proposal for IRP Charter Revision") And of course it would be good to have some more community input for the Charter itself. To a good year for Internet Rights and Principles! Max -- "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." ?William Gibson ........................................................................... Max Senges Berlin www.maxsenges.com [7] Mobile: 01622122755 Links: ------ [1] http://www.coe.int/media [2] http://twitter.com/netrights [3] http://www.facebook.com/internetrightsandprinciples [4] mailto:maxsenges at gmail.com [5] mailto:max at supercoolschool.com [6] mailto:irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org [7] http://www.maxsenges.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lisa Wed Jan 6 11:38:42 2010 From: lisa (Lisa Horner) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 09:38:42 -0000 Subject: [IRP] #1 meeting of 2010 References: <4d976d8e1001051214x78dd11cfr9ebc4dc2252db71c@mail.gmail.com> <36E35F3FE67D164C987547AB8F3DB8EC055977FB@OBELIX.key.coe.int> <7b9bac892f0f67d54bc65f723d44b4ea@cis-india.org> Message-ID: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A01B2FCD@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Hi all I can make it tomorrow at 18.00 cet. I've trimmed all of the recipients off this list as it was getting held up in the mail admin system. I think all people copied in are on the IRP list anyway, but if you spot someone who isn't you can copy them back in. Happy new year and all the best, Lisa -----Original Message----- From: anja [mailto:anja at cis-india.org] Sent: Wed 06/01/2010 08:52 To: HIBBARD Lee Cc: Max Senges; Bodle, Robert; Biel Company Perez; irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org; Robert Guerra; M.I.Franklin; Lauren Movius; Matthias C. Kettemann; rafik, dammak; Emily Laidlaw; Graciela Selaimen; rudi.vansnick; Jac sm Kee; Carlos, Affonso Pereira de Souza; Andrea Beccalli; Lisa Horner; Shaila Mistry; Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond; johan.hallenborg; Jaco Aizenman; Sylvia Caras; malte.spitz; Heike Jensen; Elfa.Gylfadottir; me Subject: RE: #1 meeting of 2010 Dear all, I have another meeting tomorrow morning and, as it involves traveling across the city, cannot guarantuee I'll be done in time for this one. However, if I have reached my office again by then, I'll be there. Cheers, Anja On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 08:39:12 +0100, "HIBBARD Lee" wrote: ok for me this Thursday at 18:00 CET Regards, Lee Hibbard Media and Information Society Division/Division M?dias et Soci?t? de l'Information Direction G?n?rale des Droits de l'Homme et des Affaires Juridiques/Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs Council of Europe/Conseil de l'Europe Tel: +33 388 41 31 04; Fax: +33 388 41 2705 lee.hibbard at coe.int www.coe.int/media [1] ------------------------- From: maxsenges at gmail.com [mailto:maxsenges at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Max Senges Sent: Tuesday 5 January 2010 21:14 To: Bodle, Robert Cc: Biel Company Perez; irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org; Robert Guerra; M.I.Franklin; anja; Lauren Movius; Matthias C. Kettemann; rafik, dammak; Emily Laidlaw; Graciela Selaimen; rudi.vansnick; Jac sm Kee; Carlos, Affonso Pereira de Souza; HIBBARD Lee; Andrea Beccalli; Lisa Horner; Shaila Mistry; Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond; johan.hallenborg; Jaco Aizenman; Sylvia Caras; malte.spitz; Heike Jensen; Elfa.Gylfadottir; me Subject: #1 meeting of 2010 Hi IRPlers Should we meet this thrusday at 18.00 CET or 9am PST? I think it would be important to discuss this years work. a) think about a last round of input for the charter b) the mandate for the expert review group c) a procedure/schedule for choosing the chair I can provide a telco where people can dial-in using a local land-line or we can use the conf-call system we used before? best max http://twitter.com/netrights [2] http://www.facebook.com/internetrightsandprinciples [3] ________________________________________ From: maxsenges at gmail.com [4] [maxsenges at gmail.com [4]] On Behalf Of Max Senges [max at supercoolschool.com [5]] Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 6:41 AM To: Biel Company Perez Cc: irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org [6]; Bodle, Robert; Robert Guerra; M.I.Franklin; anja; Lauren Movius; Matthias C. Kettemann; rafik, dammak; Emily Laidlaw; Graciela Selaimen; rudi.vansnick; Jac sm Kee; Carlos, Affonso Pereira de Souza; HIBBARD Lee; Andrea Beccalli; Lisa Horner; Shaila Mistry; Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond; johan.hallenborg; Jaco Aizenman; Sylvia Caras; malte.spitz; Heike Jensen; Elfa.Gylfadottir; me Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP-DC elections results Dear Biel, dear steering committee peers, dear IRPlers @Biel: thanks for managing the election process. we all know that error is human and while i would have appreciated to work with Heike in the steering committee, I am positive that her participation (as well as that of the other candidates who ran) will be very valuable and valued no matter in whether they are in the steering committee or not. @the freshly elected steering committee (SC) coleagues: (1) CONGRATULATIONS - This is going to be an exciting year and I am very much looking forward to working with you. (2) we now have to proceed to elect a chair amongst the 14 SC members. The charter simply says elect, which in my understanding could be via vote or consensus. I think it would be ideal to find consensus, but let's open the floor for nominations and then deliberate. I would like to nominate Lisa Horner as IRP Chair. Lisa has been continuously furthering the development of our coalition and in fact many times she was the leading force behind organizing and running meetings and collabowritings. Thanks for all the work you did so far, I hope you accept the nomination. Maybe the easiest would be to have a conference call? I would be happy to meet next tuesday or wednesday? Given that we have two SC members from Asia I would suggest to stick to the 18.00 CET time, but I am of course flexible. (3) all steering committee members will have to choose whether you want to serve one or two years on the steering committee - please announce your choice on the list. Our charter states: "IRP will elect a steering committee, at least two of which will serve for one year and at least two of which will serve for two years. [...] Nominees will select which term length they prefer. I am happy to serve for two years. (4) I propose that we setup a separate steering committee mailing-list which all SC members give high priority when dealing with their email. We all know that email traffic can be overwhelming and to have a method to quickly discuss and decide on a time-critical matter (e.g. whether or not to endorse an appeal or other document) would be very helpful. @all IRPlers: thanks for voting and for your continued interest and participation in our cause! The number of 44 votes might sound little, however this is a significant organizational development from the 8 folks who simply volunteered in the first year of the steering committee's existence, and the "improvised steering committee" we setup in the wake of the merger last year. In closing, I would be very interested to discuss and hear your perception of the mandate / schedule for the Expert Review & Consolidation of our "Charter of Human Rights and Principles on the Internet" sent by Meryem and forwarded by me on Dec. 14th ("Re: Proposal for IRP Charter Revision") And of course it would be good to have some more community input for the Charter itself. To a good year for Internet Rights and Principles! Max -- "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." ?William Gibson ........................................................................... Max Senges Berlin www.maxsenges.com [7] Mobile: 01622122755 Links: ------ [1] http://www.coe.int/media [2] http://twitter.com/netrights [3] http://www.facebook.com/internetrightsandprinciples [4] mailto:maxsenges at gmail.com [5] mailto:max at supercoolschool.com [6] mailto:irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org [7] http://www.maxsenges.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cos02mf Wed Jan 6 11:44:15 2010 From: cos02mf (M I Franklin) Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:44:15 +0100 Subject: [IRP] #1 meeting of 2010 In-Reply-To: <4d976d8e1001051214x78dd11cfr9ebc4dc2252db71c@mail.gmail.com> References: <4d976d8e1001051214x78dd11cfr9ebc4dc2252db71c@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Dear All Happy new year! 18.00 CET is, if I'm not mistaken, 17.00 GMT, which is Ok for me in principle. yours Marianne --On Tuesday, January 05, 2010 21:14 +0100 Max Senges wrote: > Hi IRPlers > > Should we meet this thrusday at 18.00 CET or 9am PST? I think it would be > important to discuss this years work. > > a) think about a last round of input for the charter > > > b) the mandate for the expert review group > c) a procedure/schedule for choosing the chair > > > > I can provide a telco where people can dial-in using a local land-line or > we can use the conf-call system we used before? > > > best > max > > > > > > http://twitter.com/netrights > http://www.facebook.com/internetrightsandprinciples > > > > > > ________________________________________ > From: maxsenges at gmail.com [maxsenges at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Max Senges > [max at supercoolschool.com] > Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 6:41 AM > To: Biel Company Perez > Cc: irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org; Bodle, Robert; Robert > Guerra; M.I.Franklin; anja; Lauren Movius; Matthias C. Kettemann; rafik, > dammak; Emily Laidlaw; Graciela Selaimen; rudi.vansnick; Jac sm Kee; > Carlos, Affonso Pereira de Souza; HIBBARD Lee; Andrea Beccalli; Lisa > Horner; Shaila Mistry; Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond; johan.hallenborg; Jaco > Aizenman; Sylvia Caras; malte.spitz; Heike Jensen; Elfa.Gylfadottir; me > > Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP-DC elections results > > > Dear Biel, dear steering committee peers, dear IRPlers > > @Biel: thanks for managing the election process. we all know that error > is human and while i would have appreciated to work with Heike in the > steering committee, I am positive that her participation (as well as that > of the other candidates who ran) will be very valuable and valued no > matter in whether they are in the steering committee or not. > > @the freshly elected steering committee (SC) coleagues: > (1) CONGRATULATIONS - This is going to be an exciting year and I am very > much looking forward to working with you. > > (2) we now have to proceed to elect a chair amongst the 14 SC members. > The charter simply says elect, which in my understanding could be via > vote or consensus. I think it would be ideal to find consensus, but let's > open the floor for nominations and then deliberate. > > ? ?I would like to nominate Lisa Horner as IRP Chair. Lisa has been > continuously furthering the development of our coalition and in fact many > times she was the leading force behind organizing and running meetings > and collabowritings. Thanks for all the work you did so far, I hope you > accept the nomination. > > Maybe the easiest would be to have a conference call? I would be happy to > meet next tuesday or wednesday? Given that we have two SC members from > Asia I would suggest to stick to the 18.00 CET time, but I am of course > flexible. > > (3) all steering committee members will have to choose whether you want > to serve one or two years on the steering committee - please announce > your choice on the list. Our charter states: "IRP will elect a steering > committee, at least two of which will serve for one year and at least two > of which will serve for two years. [...] Nominees will select which term > length they prefer. > > ? ? ?I am happy to serve for two years. > > (4) I propose that we setup a separate steering committee mailing-list > which all SC members give high priority when dealing with their email. We > all know that email traffic can be overwhelming and to have a method to > quickly discuss and decide on a time-critical matter (e.g. whether or not > to endorse an appeal or other document) would be very helpful. > > @all IRPlers: thanks for voting and for your continued interest and > participation in our cause! The number of 44 votes might sound little, > however this is a significant organizational development from the 8 folks > who simply volunteered in the first year of the steering committee's > existence, and the "improvised steering committee" we setup in the wake > of the merger last year. > > In closing, I would be very interested to discuss and hear your > perception of the mandate / schedule for the Expert Review & > Consolidation of our "Charter of Human Rights and Principles on the > Internet" sent by Meryem and forwarded by me on Dec. 14th ?("Re: > Proposal for IRP Charter Revision") > > And of course it would be good to have some more community input for the > Charter itself. > > To a good year for Internet Rights and Principles! > > Max > > -- > > "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." > ?William Gibson > > ......................................................................... > .. > > Max Senges > Berlin > > www.maxsenges.com > > Mobile: 01622122755 > > > > > > Dr Marianne Franklin Reader Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program Media & Communications Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross London SE14 6NW United Kingdom Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072 Fax: #44 (0) 207 919-7616 email: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin.php http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/ma-transnational-communications-global-media.php From emily Wed Jan 6 11:55:44 2010 From: emily (Emily Laidlaw) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 09:55:44 +0000 Subject: [IRP] #1 meeting of 2010 In-Reply-To: References: <4d976d8e1001051214x78dd11cfr9ebc4dc2252db71c@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi all, Congratulations to the new steering committee! I am hopefully free for the meeting tomorrow. Emily On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 9:44 AM, M I Franklin wrote: > Dear All > > Happy new year! 18.00 CET is, if I'm not mistaken, 17.00 GMT, which is Ok > for me in principle. > > yours > Marianne > > --On Tuesday, January 05, 2010 21:14 +0100 Max Senges > wrote: > >> Hi IRPlers >> >> Should we meet this thrusday at 18.00 CET or 9am PST? I think it would be >> important to discuss this years work. >> >> a) think about a last round of input for the charter >> >> >> b) the mandate for the expert review group >> c) a procedure/schedule for choosing the chair >> >> >> >> I can provide a telco where people can dial-in using a local land-line or >> we can use the conf-call system we used before? >> >> >> best >> max >> >> >> >> >> >> http://twitter.com/netrights >> http://www.facebook.com/internetrightsandprinciples >> >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: maxsenges at gmail.com [maxsenges at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Max Senges >> [max at supercoolschool.com] >> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 6:41 AM >> To: Biel Company Perez >> Cc: irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org; Bodle, Robert; Robert >> Guerra; M.I.Franklin; anja; Lauren Movius; Matthias C. Kettemann; rafik, >> dammak; Emily Laidlaw; Graciela Selaimen; rudi.vansnick; Jac sm Kee; >> Carlos, Affonso Pereira de Souza; HIBBARD Lee; Andrea Beccalli; Lisa >> Horner; Shaila Mistry; Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond; johan.hallenborg; Jaco >> Aizenman; Sylvia Caras; malte.spitz; Heike Jensen; Elfa.Gylfadottir; me >> >> Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP-DC elections results >> >> >> Dear Biel, dear steering committee peers, dear IRPlers >> >> @Biel: thanks for managing the election process. we all know that error >> is human and while i would have appreciated to work with Heike in the >> steering committee, I am positive that her participation (as well as that >> of the other candidates who ran) will be very valuable and valued no >> matter in whether they are in the steering committee or not. >> >> @the freshly elected steering committee (SC) coleagues: >> (1) CONGRATULATIONS - This is going to be an exciting year and I am very >> much looking forward to working with you. >> >> (2) we now have to proceed to elect a chair amongst the 14 SC members. >> The charter simply says elect, which in my understanding could be via >> vote or consensus. I think it would be ideal to find consensus, but let's >> open the floor for nominations and then deliberate. >> >> ?? ?I would like to nominate Lisa Horner as IRP Chair. Lisa has been >> continuously furthering the development of our coalition and in fact many >> times she was the leading force behind organizing and running meetings >> and collabowritings. Thanks for all the work you did so far, I hope you >> accept the nomination. >> >> Maybe the easiest would be to have a conference call? I would be happy to >> meet next tuesday or wednesday? Given that we have two SC members from >> Asia I would suggest to stick to the 18.00 CET time, but I am of course >> flexible. >> >> (3) all steering committee members will have to choose whether you want >> to serve one or two years on the steering committee - please announce >> your choice on the list. Our charter states: "IRP will elect a steering >> committee, at least two of which will serve for one year and at least two >> of which will serve for two years. [...] Nominees will select which term >> length they prefer. >> >> ?? ? ?I am happy to serve for two years. >> >> (4) I propose that we setup a separate steering committee mailing-list >> which all SC members give high priority when dealing with their email. We >> all know that email traffic can be overwhelming and to have a method to >> quickly discuss and decide on a time-critical matter (e.g. whether or not >> to endorse an appeal or other document) would be very helpful. >> >> @all IRPlers: thanks for voting and for your continued interest and >> participation in our cause! The number of 44 votes might sound little, >> however this is a significant organizational development from the 8 folks >> who simply volunteered in the first year of the steering committee's >> existence, and the "improvised steering committee" we setup in the wake >> of the merger last year. >> >> In closing, I would be very interested to discuss and hear your >> perception of the mandate / schedule for the Expert Review & >> Consolidation of our "Charter of Human Rights and Principles on the >> Internet" sent by Meryem and forwarded by me on Dec. 14th ?("Re: >> Proposal for IRP Charter Revision") >> >> And of course it would be good to have some more community input for the >> Charter itself. >> >> To a good year for Internet Rights and Principles! >> >> Max >> >> -- >> >> "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." >> ?William Gibson >> >> ......................................................................... >> .. >> >> Max Senges >> Berlin >> >> www.maxsenges.com >> >> Mobile: 01622122755 >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > Dr Marianne Franklin > Reader > Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program > Media & Communications > Goldsmiths, University of London > New Cross > London SE14 6NW > United Kingdom > Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072 > Fax: #44 (0) 207 919-7616 > email: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk > http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin.php > http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/ma-transnational-communications-global-media.php > From rafik.dammak Wed Jan 6 15:30:41 2010 From: rafik.dammak (Rafik Dammak) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 22:30:41 +0900 Subject: [IRP] #1 meeting of 2010 In-Reply-To: <4d976d8e1001051214x78dd11cfr9ebc4dc2252db71c@mail.gmail.com> References: <4d976d8e1001051214x78dd11cfr9ebc4dc2252db71c@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Hello everyone, unfortunately I cannot attend, it will 3am here and it is a weekday. Rafik 2010/1/6 Max Senges > Hi IRPlers > > Should we meet this thrusday at 18.00 CET or 9am PST? I think it would be > important to discuss this years work. > > a) think about a last round of input for the charter > >> b) the mandate for the expert review group >> c) a procedure/schedule for choosing the chair >> >> I can provide a telco where people can dial-in using a local land-line or > we can use the conf-call system we used before? > >> >> best >> max >> >> >> >>> http://twitter.com/netrights >>> http://www.facebook.com/internetrightsandprinciples >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________________ >>> From: maxsenges at gmail.com [maxsenges at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Max Senges >>> [max at supercoolschool.com] >>> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 6:41 AM >>> To: Biel Company Perez >>> Cc: irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org; Bodle, Robert; Robert >>> Guerra; M.I.Franklin; anja; Lauren Movius; Matthias C. Kettemann; rafik, >>> dammak; Emily Laidlaw; Graciela Selaimen; rudi.vansnick; Jac sm Kee; Carlos, >>> Affonso Pereira de Souza; HIBBARD Lee; Andrea Beccalli; Lisa Horner; Shaila >>> Mistry; Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond; johan.hallenborg; Jaco Aizenman; Sylvia >>> Caras; malte.spitz; Heike Jensen; Elfa.Gylfadottir; me >>> Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP-DC elections results >>> >>> Dear Biel, dear steering committee peers, dear IRPlers >>> >>> @Biel: thanks for managing the election process. we all know that error >>> is human and while i would have appreciated to work with Heike in the >>> steering committee, I am positive that her participation (as well as that of >>> the other candidates who ran) will be very valuable and valued no matter in >>> whether they are in the steering committee or not. >>> >>> @the freshly elected steering committee (SC) coleagues: >>> (1) CONGRATULATIONS - This is going to be an exciting year and I am very >>> much looking forward to working with you. >>> >>> (2) we now have to proceed to elect a chair amongst the 14 SC members. >>> The charter simply says elect, which in my understanding could be via vote >>> or consensus. I think it would be ideal to find consensus, but let's open >>> the floor for nominations and then deliberate. >>> >>> I would like to nominate Lisa Horner as IRP Chair. Lisa has been >>> continuously furthering the development of our coalition and in fact many >>> times she was the leading force behind organizing and running meetings and >>> collabowritings. Thanks for all the work you did so far, I hope you accept >>> the nomination. >>> >>> Maybe the easiest would be to have a conference call? I would be happy to >>> meet next tuesday or wednesday? Given that we have two SC members from Asia >>> I would suggest to stick to the 18.00 CET time, but I am of course flexible. >>> >>> (3) all steering committee members will have to choose whether you want >>> to serve one or two years on the steering committee - please announce your >>> choice on the list. Our charter states: "IRP will elect a steering >>> committee, at least two of which will serve for one year and at least two of >>> which will serve for two years. [...] Nominees will select which term length >>> they prefer. >>> >>> I am happy to serve for two years. >>> >>> (4) I propose that we setup a separate steering committee mailing-list >>> which all SC members give high priority when dealing with their email. We >>> all know that email traffic can be overwhelming and to have a method to >>> quickly discuss and decide on a time-critical matter (e.g. whether or not to >>> endorse an appeal or other document) would be very helpful. >>> >>> @all IRPlers: thanks for voting and for your continued interest and >>> participation in our cause! The number of 44 votes might sound little, >>> however this is a significant organizational development from the 8 folks >>> who simply volunteered in the first year of the steering committee's >>> existence, and the "improvised steering committee" we setup in the wake of >>> the merger last year. >>> >>> In closing, I would be very interested to discuss and hear your >>> perception of the mandate / schedule for the Expert Review & Consolidation >>> of our "Charter of Human Rights and Principles on the Internet" sent by >>> Meryem and forwarded by me on Dec. 14th ("Re: Proposal for IRP Charter >>> Revision") >>> >>> And of course it would be good to have some more community input for the >>> Charter itself. >>> >>> To a good year for Internet Rights and Principles! >>> >>> Max >>> >>> -- >>> >>> "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." >>> ?William Gibson >>> >>> >>> ........................................................................... >>> >>> Max Senges >>> Berlin >>> >>> www.maxsenges.com >>> >>> Mobile: 01622122755 >>> >>> >>> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From graciela Wed Jan 6 16:11:34 2010 From: graciela (Graciela Selaimen) Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:11:34 -0200 Subject: [IRP] #1 meeting of 2010 In-Reply-To: <4d976d8e1001051214x78dd11cfr9ebc4dc2252db71c@mail.gmail.com> References: <4d976d8e1001051214x78dd11cfr9ebc4dc2252db71c@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B449A16.9040807@nupef.org.br> Dear all, happy new year! I'm out of Rio until next Monday, connecting from cybercafes whenever it's possible. I'm not sure I'll be able to meet tomorrow, but I'll try to. all the best, Graciela Max Senges escreveu: > Hi IRPlers > > Should we meet this thrusday at 18.00 CET or 9am PST? I think it would > be important to discuss this years work. > > a) think about a last round of input for the charter > > b) the mandate for the expert review group > c) a procedure/schedule for choosing the chair > > I can provide a telco where people can dial-in using a local land-line > or we can use the conf-call system we used before? > > > best > max > > > > http://twitter.com/netrights > http://www.facebook.com/internetrightsandprinciples > > > > > > ________________________________________ > From: maxsenges at gmail.com > [maxsenges at gmail.com ] On Behalf > Of Max Senges [max at supercoolschool.com > ] > Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 6:41 AM > To: Biel Company Perez > Cc: irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > ; Bodle, > Robert; Robert Guerra; M.I.Franklin; anja; Lauren Movius; > Matthias C. Kettemann; rafik, dammak; Emily Laidlaw; Graciela > Selaimen; rudi.vansnick; Jac sm Kee; Carlos, Affonso Pereira > de Souza; HIBBARD Lee; Andrea Beccalli; Lisa Horner; Shaila > Mistry; Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond; johan.hallenborg; Jaco > Aizenman; Sylvia Caras; malte.spitz; Heike Jensen; > Elfa.Gylfadottir; me > Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP-DC elections results > > Dear Biel, dear steering committee peers, dear IRPlers > > @Biel: thanks for managing the election process. we all know > that error is human and while i would have appreciated to work > with Heike in the steering committee, I am positive that her > participation (as well as that of the other candidates who > ran) will be very valuable and valued no matter in whether > they are in the steering committee or not. > > @the freshly elected steering committee (SC) coleagues: > (1) CONGRATULATIONS - This is going to be an exciting year and > I am very much looking forward to working with you. > > (2) we now have to proceed to elect a chair amongst the 14 SC > members. The charter simply says elect, which in my > understanding could be via vote or consensus. I think it would > be ideal to find consensus, but let's open the floor for > nominations and then deliberate. > > I would like to nominate Lisa Horner as IRP Chair. Lisa has > been continuously furthering the development of our coalition > and in fact many times she was the leading force behind > organizing and running meetings and collabowritings. Thanks > for all the work you did so far, I hope you accept the nomination. > > Maybe the easiest would be to have a conference call? I would > be happy to meet next tuesday or wednesday? Given that we have > two SC members from Asia I would suggest to stick to the 18.00 > CET time, but I am of course flexible. > > (3) all steering committee members will have to choose whether > you want to serve one or two years on the steering committee - > please announce your choice on the list. Our charter states: > "IRP will elect a steering committee, at least two of which > will serve for one year and at least two of which will serve > for two years. [...] Nominees will select which term length > they prefer. > > I am happy to serve for two years. > > (4) I propose that we setup a separate steering committee > mailing-list which all SC members give high priority when > dealing with their email. We all know that email traffic can > be overwhelming and to have a method to quickly discuss and > decide on a time-critical matter (e.g. whether or not to > endorse an appeal or other document) would be very helpful. > > @all IRPlers: thanks for voting and for your continued > interest and participation in our cause! The number of 44 > votes might sound little, however this is a significant > organizational development from the 8 folks who simply > volunteered in the first year of the steering committee's > existence, and the "improvised steering committee" we setup in > the wake of the merger last year. > > In closing, I would be very interested to discuss and hear > your perception of the mandate / schedule for the Expert > Review & Consolidation of our "Charter of Human Rights and > Principles on the Internet" sent by Meryem and forwarded by me > on Dec. 14th ("Re: Proposal for IRP Charter Revision") > > And of course it would be good to have some more community > input for the Charter itself. > > To a good year for Internet Rights and Principles! > > Max > > -- > > "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." > ?William Gibson > > ........................................................................... > > Max Senges > Berlin > > www.maxsenges.com > > > Mobile: 01622122755 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org > -- From lisa Wed Jan 6 16:35:01 2010 From: lisa (Lisa Horner) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 14:35:01 -0000 Subject: [IRP] FW: #1 meeting of 2010 References: <4d976d8e1001051214x78dd11cfr9ebc4dc2252db71c@mail.gmail.com><36E35F3FE67D164C987547AB8F3DB8EC055977FB@OBELIX.key.coe.int><7b9bac892f0f67d54bc65f723d44b4ea@cis-india.org><43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A01B2FCD@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <251baf131001060603x1d7116ceuff20339ec8bb48a8@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A01B2FDB@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Please see message from Carlos below. The system doesn't seem to like your address Carlos and is auto-discarding your emails. I seem to remember you had a similar problem before - did you manage to identify what it was? Thanks, Lisa -----Original Message----- From: Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza [mailto:caffsouza at gmail.com] Sent: Wed 06/01/2010 14:03 To: irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org Subject: Re: [IRP] #1 meeting of 2010 Hi everyone: Tomorrow is fine for me. It will be great to get the ball rolling right in the very first week of the year. See you then. Best, Carlos 2010/1/6 Lisa Horner > Hi all > > I can make it tomorrow at 18.00 cet. I've trimmed all of the recipients > off this list as it was getting held up in the mail admin system. I think > all people copied in are on the IRP list anyway, but if you spot someone who > isn't you can copy them back in. > > Happy new year and all the best, > > Lisa > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: anja [mailto:anja at cis-india.org ] > Sent: Wed 06/01/2010 08:52 > To: HIBBARD Lee > Cc: Max Senges; Bodle, Robert; Biel Company Perez; > irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org; Robert Guerra; M.I.Franklin; > Lauren Movius; Matthias C. Kettemann; rafik, dammak; Emily Laidlaw; Graciela > Selaimen; rudi.vansnick; Jac sm Kee; Carlos, Affonso Pereira de Souza; > Andrea Beccalli; Lisa Horner; Shaila Mistry; Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond; > johan.hallenborg; Jaco Aizenman; Sylvia Caras; malte.spitz; Heike Jensen; > Elfa.Gylfadottir; me > Subject: RE: #1 meeting of 2010 > > > > Dear all, > > I have another meeting tomorrow morning and, as it involves traveling > across the city, cannot guarantuee I'll be done in time for this one. > However, if I have reached my office again by then, I'll be there. > > Cheers, > > Anja > On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 08:39:12 +0100, "HIBBARD Lee" wrote: > ok for me this Thursday at 18:00 CET Regards, Lee Hibbard > Media and Information Society Division/Division M?dias et > Soci?t? de l'Information > Direction G?n?rale des Droits de l'Homme et des > Affaires Juridiques/Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal > Affairs > > Council of Europe/Conseil de l'Europe > Tel: +33 388 41 31 04; Fax: +33 388 41 2705 > lee.hibbard at coe.int > www.coe.int/media [1] > ------------------------- > > From: maxsenges at gmail.com [mailto:maxsenges at gmail.com] > On Behalf Of > Max Senges > Sent: Tuesday 5 January 2010 21:14 > To: Bodle, Robert > Cc: Biel Company Perez; irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org; > Robert Guerra; M.I.Franklin; > anja; Lauren Movius; Matthias C. > Kettemann; rafik, dammak; Emily Laidlaw; Graciela Selaimen; > rudi.vansnick; Jac sm Kee; Carlos, Affonso Pereira de Souza; HIBBARD > Lee; Andrea Beccalli; Lisa Horner; Shaila Mistry; Olivier MJ > Crepin-Leblond; johan.hallenborg; Jaco Aizenman; Sylvia Caras; > malte.spitz; Heike Jensen; Elfa.Gylfadottir; me > Subject: #1 meeting of 2010 > > Hi IRPlers > > Should we meet this thrusday at 18.00 CET or 9am PST? I think it > would be important to discuss this years work. > > a) think about a last round of input for the charter > b) the mandate for the expert review group > c) a procedure/schedule for choosing the chair > > I can provide a telco where people can dial-in using a local > land-line or we can use the conf-call system we used before? > best > max > http://twitter.com/netrights [2] > http://www.facebook.com/internetrightsandprinciples [3] > ________________________________________ > From: maxsenges at gmail.com [4] [maxsenges at gmail.com [4]] On > Behalf Of Max > Senges [max at supercoolschool.com [5]] > > Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 6:41 AM > To: Biel Company Perez > Cc: irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org [6]; Bodle, Robert; > > Robert Guerra; M.I.Franklin; anja; Lauren Movius; Matthias C. > Kettemann; rafik, dammak; Emily Laidlaw; Graciela Selaimen; > rudi.vansnick; Jac sm Kee; Carlos, Affonso Pereira de Souza; > HIBBARD Lee; Andrea Beccalli; Lisa Horner; Shaila Mistry; Olivier > MJ Crepin-Leblond; johan.hallenborg; Jaco Aizenman; Sylvia Caras; > malte.spitz; Heike Jensen; Elfa.Gylfadottir; me > Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP-DC elections results > > Dear Biel, dear steering committee peers, dear IRPlers > > @Biel: thanks for managing the election process. we all know > that error is human and while i would have appreciated to work > with Heike in the steering committee, I am positive that her > participation (as well as that of the other candidates who ran) > will be very valuable and valued no matter in whether they > are in > the steering committee or not. > > @the freshly elected steering committee (SC) coleagues: > (1) CONGRATULATIONS - This is going to be an exciting year and I > am very much looking forward to working with you. > > (2) we now have to proceed to elect a chair amongst the 14 SC > members. The charter simply says elect, which in my understanding > could be via vote or consensus. I think it would be ideal to find > consensus, but let's open the floor for nominations and then > deliberate. > > I would like to nominate Lisa Horner as IRP Chair. Lisa has > been continuously furthering the development of our coalition and > in fact many times she was the leading force behind organizing > and running meetings and collabowritings. Thanks for all the work > you did so far, I hope you accept the nomination. > > Maybe the easiest would be to have a conference call? I would be > happy to meet next tuesday or wednesday? Given that we have two > SC members from > Asia I would suggest to stick to the 18.00 CET time, > but I am of course flexible. > > (3) all steering committee members will have to choose whether > you want to serve one or two years on the steering committee - > please announce your choice on the list. Our charter states: "IRP > will elect a steering committee, at least two of which will serve for > one year and at least two of which will serve for two years. [...] > Nominees will select which term length they prefer. > > I am happy to serve for two years. > > (4) I propose that we setup a separate steering committee > mailing-list which all SC members give high priority when dealing > with their email. We all know that email traffic can be overwhelming > and to have a method to quickly discuss and decide on a > time-critical matter (e.g. whether or not to endorse an appeal or > other document) would be very helpful. > > @all IRPlers: thanks for voting and for your continued interest > and > participation in our cause! The number of 44 votes might sound > little, however this is a significant organizational development from > the 8 folks who simply volunteered in the first year of the > steering committee's existence, and the "improvised steering > committee" we setup in the wake of the merger last year. > > In closing, I would be very interested to discuss and hear your > perception of the mandate / schedule for the Expert Review & > Consolidation of our "Charter of Human Rights and Principles on > the Internet" sent by Meryem and forwarded by me on Dec. 14th ("Re: > Proposal for IRP Charter Revision") > > And of course it would be good to have some more community input > for the Charter itself. > > To a good year for Internet Rights and Principles! > > Max > > -- > > "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." > -William Gibson > > ........................................................................... > > Max Senges > Berlin > > > www.maxsenges.com [7] > > Mobile: 01622122755 > > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://www.coe.int/media > [2] http://twitter.com/netrights > [3] http://www.facebook.com/internetrightsandprinciples > [4] mailto:maxsenges at gmail.com > [5] mailto:max at supercoolschool.com > [6] mailto:irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > [7] http://www.maxsenges.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From max Wed Jan 6 17:04:24 2010 From: max (Max Senges) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 16:04:24 +0100 Subject: [IRP] #1 meeting of 2010 In-Reply-To: <02B7B0535E8ACB4FACB46EDC26C94C5C02782F6CFF@fhex2> References: <02B7B0535E8ACB4FACB46EDC26C94C5C02782F6CFF@fhex2> Message-ID: <4d976d8e1001060704n64b5ca7dx12846d9e9f6a1b5f@mail.gmail.com> Hi everyone @Robert of course you are right about finding a time that works for most - it's just a pretty tedious process and you'll never accomodate everybody (I'd suggest we alternate every month) oh and some agenda points are in my initial mail I setup a skype confcall to which you can also dial-in from phones Attached is a calendar event for this conference. - Conference Room Number: *3878018* *To use the HiDef Conferencing? service, you may call from:* *Skype:*: +9900827043878018 Phone Numbers (Toll) Country Number *Long distance costs apply *United States* +1 (201) 793-9022 *Canada* +1 (201) 793-9022 *Austria* +43 (0) 82040115470 *Belgium* +32 (0) 70357134 *France* +33 (0) 826109071 * Germany* +49 01805009527 *Ireland* +353 (0) 818270968 *Italy* +39 848390177 *Spain* +34 902885791 *Switzerland* +41 (0) 848560397 *United Kingdom* +44 (0) 8700990931 hear you tomorrow max -- "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." ?William Gibson ........................................................................... Max Senges Berlin www.maxsenges.com Mobile: 01622122755 On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Robert Guerra wrote: > Max, > > Noon tomorrow (EST) - fine with me. I will only be able to be on the call > for approx 45 min. If there's an agenda, please send in advance > > please consult with everyone next time in regards to the time. Would be > good to find a time that works for those in east asia (china, japan, etc) > > > Regards > > Robert > --- > Sent via Blackberry. > > Robert Guerra > Project Director, Internet Freedom > Freedom House > Tel/SMS +1 202 569 1800 > Office +1 202 296 5101 > > ------------------------------ > *From*: maxsenges at gmail.com > *To*: Bodle, Robert > *Cc*: Biel Company Perez ; > irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org < > irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org>; Robert Guerra; M.I.Franklin < > M.I.Franklin at gold.ac.uk>; anja ; Lauren Movius < > lmovius at usc.edu>; Matthias C. Kettemann ; > rafik, dammak ; Emily Laidlaw ; > Graciela Selaimen ; rudi.vansnick < > rudi.vansnick at isoc.be>; Jac sm Kee ; Carlos, Affonso > Pereira de Souza ; HIBBARD Lee ; > Andrea Beccalli ; Lisa Horner < > lisa at global-partners.co.uk>; Shaila Mistry ; > Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond ; johan.hallenborg < > johan.hallenborg at foreign.ministry.se>; Jaco Aizenman ; > Sylvia Caras ; malte.spitz ; > Heike Jensen ; Elfa.Gylfadottir < > Elfa.Gylfadottir at mrn.stjr.is>; me > *Sent*: Tue Jan 05 15:14:24 2010 > > *Subject*: #1 meeting of 2010 > > Hi IRPlers > > Should we meet this thrusday at 18.00 CET or 9am PST? I think it would be > important to discuss this years work. > > a) think about a last round of input for the charter > >> b) the mandate for the expert review group >> c) a procedure/schedule for choosing the chair >> >> I can provide a telco where people can dial-in using a local land-line or > we can use the conf-call system we used before? > >> >> best >> max >> >> >> >>> http://twitter.com/netrights >>> >>> http://www.facebook.com/internetrightsandprinciples >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________________ >>> From: maxsenges at gmail.com [maxsenges at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Max Senges >>> [max at supercoolschool.com] >>> >>> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 6:41 AM >>> To: Biel Company Perez >>> Cc: irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org; Bodle, Robert; Robert >>> Guerra; M.I.Franklin; anja; Lauren Movius; Matthias C. Kettemann; rafik, >>> dammak; Emily Laidlaw; Graciela Selaimen; rudi.vansnick; Jac sm Kee; Carlos, >>> Affonso Pereira de Souza; HIBBARD Lee; Andrea Beccalli; Lisa Horner; Shaila >>> Mistry; Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond; johan.hallenborg; Jaco Aizenman; Sylvia >>> Caras; malte.spitz; Heike Jensen; Elfa.Gylfadottir; me >>> >>> Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP-DC elections results >>> >>> Dear Biel, dear steering committee peers, dear IRPlers >>> >>> @Biel: thanks for managing the election process. we all know that error >>> is human and while i would have appreciated to work with Heike in the >>> steering committee, I am positive that her participation (as well as that of >>> the other candidates who ran) will be very valuable and valued no matter in >>> whether they are in the steering committee or not. >>> >>> @the freshly elected steering committee (SC) coleagues: >>> (1) CONGRATULATIONS - This is going to be an exciting year and I am very >>> much looking forward to working with you. >>> >>> (2) we now have to proceed to elect a chair amongst the 14 SC members. >>> The charter simply says elect, which in my understanding could be via vote >>> or consensus. I think it would be ideal to find consensus, but let's open >>> the floor for nominations and then deliberate. >>> >>> I would like to nominate Lisa Horner as IRP Chair. Lisa has been >>> continuously furthering the development of our coalition and in fact many >>> times she was the leading force behind organizing and running meetings and >>> collabowritings. Thanks for all the work you did so far, I hope you accept >>> the nomination. >>> >>> Maybe the easiest would be to have a conference call? I would be happy to >>> meet next tuesday or wednesday? Given that we have two SC members from Asia >>> I would suggest to stick to the 18.00 CET time, but I am of course flexible. >>> >>> (3) all steering committee members will have to choose whether you want >>> to serve one or two years on the steering committee - please announce your >>> choice on the list. Our charter states: "IRP will elect a steering >>> committee, at least two of which will serve for one year and at least two of >>> which will serve for two years. [...] Nominees will select which term length >>> they prefer. >>> >>> I am happy to serve for two years. >>> >>> (4) I propose that we setup a separate steering committee mailing-list >>> which all SC members give high priority when dealing with their email. We >>> all know that email traffic can be overwhelming and to have a method to >>> quickly discuss and decide on a time-critical matter (e.g. whether or not to >>> endorse an appeal or other document) would be very helpful. >>> >>> @all IRPlers: thanks for voting and for your continued interest and >>> participation in our cause! The number of 44 votes might sound little, >>> however this is a significant organizational development from the 8 folks >>> who simply volunteered in the first year of the steering committee's >>> existence, and the "improvised steering committee" we setup in the wake of >>> the merger last year. >>> >>> In closing, I would be very interested to discuss and hear your >>> perception of the mandate / schedule for the Expert Review & Consolidation >>> of our "Charter of Human Rights and Principles on the Internet" sent by >>> Meryem and forwarded by me on Dec. 14th ("Re: Proposal for IRP Charter >>> Revision") >>> >>> And of course it would be good to have some more community input for the >>> Charter itself. >>> >>> To a good year for Internet Rights and Principles! >>> >>> Max >>> >>> -- >>> >>> "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." >>> ?William Gibson >>> >>> >>> ........................................................................... >>> >>> Max Senges >>> Berlin >>> >>> www.maxsenges.com >>> >>> Mobile: 01622122755 >>> >>> >>> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From guerra Wed Jan 6 16:51:13 2010 From: guerra (Robert Guerra) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 09:51:13 -0500 Subject: [IRP] #1 meeting of 2010 Message-ID: <02B7B0535E8ACB4FACB46EDC26C94C5C02782F6CFF@fhex2> Max, Noon tomorrow (EST) - fine with me. I will only be able to be on the call for approx 45 min. If there's an agenda, please send in advance please consult with everyone next time in regards to the time. Would be good to find a time that works for those in east asia (china, japan, etc) Regards Robert --- Sent via Blackberry. Robert Guerra Project Director, Internet Freedom Freedom House Tel/SMS +1 202 569 1800 Office +1 202 296 5101 ________________________________ From: maxsenges at gmail.com To: Bodle, Robert Cc: Biel Company Perez ; irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org ; Robert Guerra; M.I.Franklin ; anja ; Lauren Movius ; Matthias C. Kettemann ; rafik, dammak ; Emily Laidlaw ; Graciela Selaimen ; rudi.vansnick ; Jac sm Kee ; Carlos, Affonso Pereira de Souza ; HIBBARD Lee ; Andrea Beccalli ; Lisa Horner ; Shaila Mistry ; Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond ; johan.hallenborg ; Jaco Aizenman ; Sylvia Caras ; malte.spitz ; Heike Jensen ; Elfa.Gylfadottir ; me Sent: Tue Jan 05 15:14:24 2010 Subject: #1 meeting of 2010 Hi IRPlers Should we meet this thrusday at 18.00 CET or 9am PST? I think it would be important to discuss this years work. a) think about a last round of input for the charter b) the mandate for the expert review group c) a procedure/schedule for choosing the chair I can provide a telco where people can dial-in using a local land-line or we can use the conf-call system we used before? best max http://twitter.com/netrights http://www.facebook.com/internetrightsandprinciples ________________________________________ From: maxsenges at gmail.com [maxsenges at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Max Senges [max at supercoolschool.com] Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 6:41 AM To: Biel Company Perez Cc: irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org; Bodle, Robert; Robert Guerra; M.I.Franklin; anja; Lauren Movius; Matthias C. Kettemann; rafik, dammak; Emily Laidlaw; Graciela Selaimen; rudi.vansnick; Jac sm Kee; Carlos, Affonso Pereira de Souza; HIBBARD Lee; Andrea Beccalli; Lisa Horner; Shaila Mistry; Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond; johan.hallenborg; Jaco Aizenman; Sylvia Caras; malte.spitz; Heike Jensen; Elfa.Gylfadottir; me Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP-DC elections results Dear Biel, dear steering committee peers, dear IRPlers @Biel: thanks for managing the election process. we all know that error is human and while i would have appreciated to work with Heike in the steering committee, I am positive that her participation (as well as that of the other candidates who ran) will be very valuable and valued no matter in whether they are in the steering committee or not. @the freshly elected steering committee (SC) coleagues: (1) CONGRATULATIONS - This is going to be an exciting year and I am very much looking forward to working with you. (2) we now have to proceed to elect a chair amongst the 14 SC members. The charter simply says elect, which in my understanding could be via vote or consensus. I think it would be ideal to find consensus, but let's open the floor for nominations and then deliberate. I would like to nominate Lisa Horner as IRP Chair. Lisa has been continuously furthering the development of our coalition and in fact many times she was the leading force behind organizing and running meetings and collabowritings. Thanks for all the work you did so far, I hope you accept the nomination. Maybe the easiest would be to have a conference call? I would be happy to meet next tuesday or wednesday? Given that we have two SC members from Asia I would suggest to stick to the 18.00 CET time, but I am of course flexible. (3) all steering committee members will have to choose whether you want to serve one or two years on the steering committee - please announce your choice on the list. Our charter states: "IRP will elect a steering committee, at least two of which will serve for one year and at least two of which will serve for two years. [...] Nominees will select which term length they prefer. I am happy to serve for two years. (4) I propose that we setup a separate steering committee mailing-list which all SC members give high priority when dealing with their email. We all know that email traffic can be overwhelming and to have a method to quickly discuss and decide on a time-critical matter (e.g. whether or not to endorse an appeal or other document) would be very helpful. @all IRPlers: thanks for voting and for your continued interest and participation in our cause! The number of 44 votes might sound little, however this is a significant organizational development from the 8 folks who simply volunteered in the first year of the steering committee's existence, and the "improvised steering committee" we setup in the wake of the merger last year. In closing, I would be very interested to discuss and hear your perception of the mandate / schedule for the Expert Review & Consolidation of our "Charter of Human Rights and Principles on the Internet" sent by Meryem and forwarded by me on Dec. 14th ("Re: Proposal for IRP Charter Revision") And of course it would be good to have some more community input for the Charter itself. To a good year for Internet Rights and Principles! Max -- "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." ?William Gibson ........................................................................... Max Senges Berlin www.maxsenges.com Mobile: 01622122755 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From maxsenges Wed Jan 6 17:13:12 2010 From: maxsenges (Max Senges) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 16:13:12 +0100 Subject: [IRP] Google and Global Voices announce new awards to promote online free expression Message-ID: <4d976d8e1001060713y44938adcp8857a99ee9cddbc3@mail.gmail.com> FYI all info also on http://breakingborders.net/ **Google and Global Voices announced the details of the ?Breaking Borders Award? to honor those around the world who are fighting for free expression online. The award, totaling $30,000, will honor and support outstanding web projects, initiated by individuals or groups, that demonstrate courage, energy and resourcefulness in using the Internet to promote freedom of expression. Nominations for the award can be submitted starting today at www.breakingborders. *net *, the* *submission phase will end on 15th of February 2010. The award will be given in three categories, with a $10,000 prize for each awardee. 1. *Advocacy,* given to an activist or group that has used online tools to promote free expression or encourage political change 2. *Technology*, given to an individual or group that has created an important tool that enables free expression and expands access to information 3. *Policy*, given to a policy maker, government official or NGO leader who has made a notable contribution in the field The winners are going to be announced and honored in spring 2010. *"Free societies and prosperity are fundamentally based on freedom of expression, both offline and online," said David Drummond,** *Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer*. "The internet is providing once unimaginable possibilities for political participation, free exchange of information and democratic movements around the world. * *"These awards will honor those who are making a real difference," Drummond said. "We look forward to our partnership with Global Voices and appreciate the support of Thomson Reuters. All of us believe we must develop, support and encourage projects that use the Internet to promote free expression and open up new horizons to citizens everywhere."* "The Internet has emerged as a critical front in the freedom of expression movement worldwide," said Sami Ben Gharbia, Advocacy Director at Global Voices. "In our work at Global Voices we're consistently impressed with the creative ways activists and others are finding to promote freedom of expression online. We're thrilled to be associated with an award recognizing the innovation that's taking place in this area." Nominations are open to individuals, groups or cooperative projects in any of the three categories. Participants can nominate themselves, as well as blogs, websites or other online presences. The nominees should have helped to promote the free circulation of ideas, stood up against censorship, helped local communities, raised awareness about a specific issue or cause, mobilized to change government policy or supported silenced voices. Nominations -- which should include a biography of the individual or a description of the group and text and video content displaying the nominee's work (see below) -- can be submitted at the Breaking Borders website www.breakingborders.net. All nominations will be handled confidentially. An international committee of experts, including representatives from the private sector and NGOs, will judge the nominees and determine the awards. Citizens all over the world are also invited to share their voices and points of view on the Freedom of Expression @ Google YouTube-Channel at www.youtube.com/googlefreeexpression. *About Google* Google's innovative search technologies and web services connect millions of people around the world and allow them to express themselves every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top Web property in all major global markets. Google's targeted advertising program provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing the overall Web experience for users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.google.com. *About Global Voices* Global Voices (GV) has emerged as the leading news room for citizen voices from the developing world. GV is a vibrant global community of hundreds of people, helping individuals, media professionals and the development community access the diverse sources of information coming from citizen media. It is also a platform for innovation in global citizen media, designing and launching original projects that advance access and rights to information about and from the developing world. For more information, go to www.globalvoicesonline.org . * * *About Thomson Reuters * Thomson Reuters is the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. We combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, healthcare and science and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization. With headquarters in New York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota, Thomson Reuters employs more than 50,000 people and operates in over 100 countries. Thomson Reuters shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: TRI) and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: TRI). For more information, go to www.thomsonreuters.com. * * * * *Press Contacts* *Google* Kay Oberbeck Head of Communications & Public Affairs Google Germany, Austria, Switzerland Tel: +49 (0)40-80 817 9226 E-Mail: kayo at google.com * * *Global Voices *Georgia Popplewell Managing Director Tel: +1 868 681 6103 email: georgiap at globalvoicesonline.org* * *Thomson Reuters *Alex Honeysett PR Specialist, Editorial, Reuters Tel: +44 (0)20 7542 8509 E-Mail: Alexandra.Honeysett at thomsonreuters.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *What is the Breaking Borders Award?* The Breaking Borders award was set up by Global Voices and Google to highlight the importance of free expression around the world and send a clear message to regimes that censor content both online and offline by honoring an outstanding webprojects by individuals or groups, who have shown courage, energy and resourcefulness in using the internet to promote freedom of expression, ensure that diverse political viewpoints are heard and stand up to those who censor information. *Who can participate?* Anyone with a relevant online presence can participate. Nominate yourself, a blog, website or other online presence you consider has helped promote the free circulation of ideas, stood up against censorship, helped local communities, raised awareness about a specific issue or cause, mobilised government or supported silenced voices. *Are there any geographical restrictions to participate?* No, the nominee can be based or support a cause anywhere in the world. *How do I nominate?* Fill-out the nomination form hereor send us an email to nomination at breakingborders.net. Please understand that we can only accept nominations if you provide the following information: a) the name and contact of the nominee (or the organisation/initiative) b) blog, website or other online presence that shows the value of the nominee, c) why the nominee merits the Breaking Borders Award and c) your contact details so we can get in touch with you should we have further questions. Also we would highly appreciate if you could send us the contacts of one or two people who know the nominee and his/her work well. *How will the winner be elected?* A group of international experts in the field of media, politics and social activism will thoroughly review all nominations and select the winner. *Will there only be one winner?*There will be winners in several categories - activist or voice that has promoted an important position or argument - tool-maker for online FoE - policy maker or politician *Will the winner receive a prize?* The awardees will receive a price of $$10'000 each *What is the deadline for nominations?* The deadline for nominations is the 15th of February 2010. *When will the winner be announced?* The awards will be announced in spring 2010. *I would like to upload a video supporting my nomination on the Freedom of Expression at Google YouTube channel.* Email us on nominations at breakingborders.de (separate to email above) to ask to have your video on our Playlist. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shailam Wed Jan 6 17:45:37 2010 From: shailam (shaila mistry) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 07:45:37 -0800 (PST) Subject: [IRP] #1 meeting of 2010 In-Reply-To: <4d976d8e1001060704n64b5ca7dx12846d9e9f6a1b5f@mail.gmail.com> References: <02B7B0535E8ACB4FACB46EDC26C94C5C02782F6CFF@fhex2> <4d976d8e1001060704n64b5ca7dx12846d9e9f6a1b5f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <826948.13316.qm@web55201.mail.re4.yahoo.com> Happy New Year!!! Ill be there. Shaila Life is too short ....challenge the rules Forgive quickly ... love truly ...and tenderly Laugh constantly.....and never stop dreaming! ________________________________ From: Max Senges To: Robert Guerra Cc: "Elfa.Gylfadottir at mrn.stjr.is" ; "a.beccalli at unesco.org" ; "shailam at jaycopanels.com" ; "Lee.HIBBARD at coe.int" ; "graciela at rits.org.br" ; "irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org" ; "caffsouza at gmail.com" ; "malte.spitz at gruene.de" ; "bcompanyp at uoc.edu" ; "johan.hallenborg at foreign.ministry.se" ; "me at isaacmao.com" Sent: Wed, January 6, 2010 7:04:24 AM Subject: Re: [IRP] #1 meeting of 2010 Hi everyone @Robert of course you are right about finding a time that works for most - it's just a pretty tedious process and you'll never accomodate everybody (I'd suggest we alternate every month) oh and some agenda points are in my initial mail I setup a skype confcall to which you can also dial-in from phones Attached is a calendar event for this conference. * Conference Room Number: 3878018To use the HiDef Conferencing? service, you may call from: Skype:: +9900827043878018 Phone Numbers (Toll) Country Number *Long distance costs apply United States +1 (201) 793-9022 Canada +1 (201) 793-9022 Austria +43 (0) 82040115470 Belgium +32 (0) 70357134 France +33 (0) 826109071 Germany +49 01805009527 Ireland +353 (0) 818270968 Italy +39 848390177 Spain +34 902885791 Switzerland +41 (0) 848560397 United Kingdom +44 (0) 8700990931 hear you tomorrow max -- "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." ?William Gibson ........................................................................... Max Senges Berlin www.maxsenges.com Mobile: 01622122755 On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Robert Guerra wrote: >Max, > >Noon tomorrow (EST) - fine with me. I will only be able to be on the call for approx 45 min. If there's an agenda, please send in advance > >please consult with everyone next time in regards to the time. Would be good to find a time that works for those in east asia (china, japan, etc) > > >Regards > >Robert > >--- > >Sent via Blackberry. > > >Robert Guerra > >Project Director, Internet Freedom > >Freedom House > >Tel/SMS +1 202 569 1800 > >Office +1 202 296 5101 > > ________________________________ From: maxsenges at gmail.com > > >To: Bodle, Robert > >Cc: Biel Company Perez ; irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org ; Robert Guerra; M.I.Franklin ; anja ; Lauren Movius ; Matthias C. Kettemann ; rafik, dammak ; Emily Laidlaw ; Graciela Selaimen ; rudi.vansnick ; Jac sm Kee ; Carlos, Affonso Pereira de Souza ; HIBBARD Lee ; Andrea Beccalli ; Lisa Horner ; Shaila Mistry ; Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond ; johan.hallenborg ; Jaco Aizenman ; Sylvia Caras ; malte.spitz ; Heike Jensen ; Elfa.Gylfadottir ; me > >Sent: Tue Jan 05 15:14:24 2010 > >Subject: #1 meeting of 2010 > > > >>Hi IRPlers > >Should we meet this thrusday at 18.00 CET or 9am PST? I think it would be important to discuss this years work. > >a) think about a last round of input for the charter > >>>b) the mandate for the expert review group >>c) a procedure/schedule for choosing the chair >> >> >I can provide a telco where people can dial-in using a local land-line or we can use the conf-call system we used before? > > >>best >>max >> >> >> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>http://twitter.com/netrights >>> >>>http://www.facebook.com/internetrightsandprinciples >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>________________________________________ >>>>>>From: maxsenges at gmail.com [maxsenges at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Max Senges [max at supercoolschool.com] >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 6:41 AM >>>>>>To: Biel Company Perez >>> >>>Cc: irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org; Bodle, Robert; Robert Guerra; M.I.Franklin; anja; Lauren Movius; Matthias C. Kettemann; rafik, dammak; Emily Laidlaw; Graciela Selaimen; rudi.vansnick; Jac sm Kee; Carlos, Affonso Pereira de Souza; HIBBARD Lee; Andrea Beccalli; Lisa Horner; Shaila Mistry; Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond; johan.hallenborg; Jaco Aizenman; Sylvia Caras; malte.spitz; Heike Jensen; Elfa.Gylfadottir; me >>> >>> >>>Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP-DC elections results >>> >>> >>>Dear Biel, dear steering committee peers, dear IRPlers >>> >>>>>>@Biel: thanks for managing the election process. we all know that error is human and while i would have appreciated to work with Heike in the steering committee, I am positive that her participation (as well as that of the other candidates who ran) will be very valuable and valued no matter in whether they are in the steering committee or not. >>> >>>>>>@the freshly elected steering committee (SC) coleagues: >>>>>>(1) CONGRATULATIONS - This is going to be an exciting year and I am very much looking forward to working with you. >>> >>>>>>(2) we now have to proceed to elect a chair amongst the 14 SC members. The charter simply says elect, which in my understanding could be via vote or consensus. I think it would be ideal to find consensus, but let's open the floor for nominations and then deliberate. >>> >>>>>> I would like to nominate Lisa Horner as IRP Chair. Lisa has been continuously furthering the development of our coalition and in fact many times she was the leading force behind organizing and running meetings and collabowritings. Thanks for all the work you did so far, I hope you accept the nomination. >>> >>>>>>Maybe the easiest would be to have a conference call? I would be happy to meet next tuesday or wednesday? Given that we have two SC members from Asia I would suggest to stick to the 18.00 CET time, but I am of course flexible. >>> >>>>>>(3) all steering committee members will have to choose whether you want to serve one or two years on the steering committee - please announce your choice on the list. Our charter states: "IRP will elect a steering committee, at least two of which will serve for one year and at least two of which will serve for two years. [...] Nominees will select which term length they prefer. >>> >>>>>> I am happy to serve for two years. >>> >>>>>>(4) I propose that we setup a separate steering committee mailing-list which all SC members give high priority when dealing with their email. We all know that email traffic can be overwhelming and to have a method to quickly discuss and decide on a time-critical matter (e.g. whether or not to endorse an appeal or other document) would be very helpful. >>> >>>>>>@all IRPlers: thanks for voting and for your continued interest and participation in our cause! The number of 44 votes might sound little, however this is a significant organizational development from the 8 folks who simply volunteered in the first year of the steering committee's existence, and the "improvised steering committee" we setup in the wake of the merger last year. >>> >>>>>>In closing, I would be very interested to discuss and hear your perception of the mandate / schedule for the Expert Review & Consolidation of our "Charter of Human Rights and Principles on the Internet" sent by Meryem and forwarded by me on Dec. 14th ("Re: Proposal for IRP Charter Revision") >>> >>>>>>And of course it would be good to have some more community input for the Charter itself. >>> >>>>>>To a good year for Internet Rights and Principles! >>> >>>>>>Max >>> >>>>>>-- >>> >>>>>>"The future is here. 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URL: From lisa Wed Jan 6 20:35:26 2010 From: lisa (Lisa Horner) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 18:35:26 -0000 Subject: [IRP] Charter process References: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A01B2FC0@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <1261427421.2976.2007.camel@anriette-laptop> Message-ID: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A01B2FE7@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Hi Anriette and all I agree we should try and get as wide as posisble feedback on the draft Charter. That's why I suggested that maybe the IGF open consultations might be a better opportunity than the Eurodig to piggy back a meeting onto...more non-Europeans might be going? There are consultations planned for May, which could fit into Meryem's proposed schedule (pasted below for reference) quite well. I think we should aim to have a one day meeting for the coalition, focusing on charter feedback but also encompassing other issues,similar to the Spetember 2009 meeting in Geneva. We should aim for better remote participation so that the venue of the meeting isn't so much of an issue. We could also consult at the regional IGFs as Anriette suggests - that'd be a great opportunity to widen participation in the process and raise awareness about it. However, if we do that, I think that we'll still need an in-depth meeting/consultation with the expert group as well. The idea is for a proper discussion with the experts about why they have chosen certain wording or included/excluded certain issues. I doubt they can go to all of the regional IGFs to do that. If we do decide to reach out at the regional IGFs, we'd need for people to take ownership of organising the consultation at each of them...do we know when they are and, is there any interest amongst people on the list in helping to organise that? We'd also have to make sure the expert group have all inputs before mid-August. The options as I see it are (not necessarily mutually exclusive): 1) Have an IRP/Charter meeting the day before the Eurodig (28th April, Madrid). 2) Have the meeting the day before the IGF consultations (9th May, Geneva). 3) Have the meeting at another of the regional IGFs (might be trickier for experts to get there). 3) Consult on the charter at all regional IGFs. It would be great if people could comment on these options so that we can decide fairly soon. Who is planning to attend which events so that we can determine where we'll have the most people in one place? We can also discuss in the meeting tomorrow. RE comments from human rights orgs, that's in Meryem's plan, scheduled for May. All the best, Lisa Timeline: - Until 31st December 2009: further edits and comments by IRP members and agreement on the HR expert group work program (methodology and milestones). IRP representatives should provide last version (as of 31st December) of IRP charter to HR expert group. - From 1st January to 25 April 2010: HR expert group develop a first draft of the charter - EuroDIG 2010 (29-30 April 2010, Madrid): first round of comments by IRP coalition and other EuroDIG participants. Subject to feasibility: organize a closed HR experts, organizations and institutions meeting. - From 1st May to 31st May 2010: Consultation with other HR experts and HR organizations and institutions. - From 1st June to 30 June 2010: HR expert group consolidates the draft - From 1st July to 31st August 2010: Latest (minor) comments by IRP coalition. Long period due to summer holidays. Synthesis of these comments to be provided to HR expert group by IRP representatives (this is needed given that only 10 days left for final consolidation) - From 1st September to 10 September: HR expert group consolidates the draft with latest comments. - IGF 2010 (14-17 September 2010, Vilnius): public launch of the charter -----Original Message----- From: Anriette Esterhuysen [mailto:anriette at apc.org] Sent: Mon 21/12/2009 20:30 To: Lisa Horner Cc: Irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org Subject: Re: [IRP] Charter process Dear Lisa I am not sure what the exact schedule is, but it would be good to get feedback on a draft at regional IGFs other than just at Eurodig. There will be the LAC, East and West African IGFs that I know of. Possibly more. APC will also facilitate comment from our network as soon as there is a draft. And, what about requesting feedback from organisations like Human Rights Watch, Article 19, Amnesty, HREA (human rights education) and other human rights organisations? They might have different perspectives, but it could be useful to: - alert them to our work - get their reactions Best Anriette On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 11:36 +0000, Lisa Horner wrote: > Hi all > > Just some thoughts about the charter process to feed into the call and > repsond to some points made so far... > > can't see there being any huge points of contention between the > "experts" and the wider coalition. Their job is really just to take > what we've done, make sure that it doesn't erode existing rights > standards and out it into a coherent structure. Once we have a draft > to work with, both sides should be open to discussion about the detail > and why certain edits may or may not be appropriate. I can see it > being a really educative and informative process for us all. But it is > true that we should be prepared for disagreement, and we should manage > that process of discussion - giving the experts space to present the > draft, coalition members opportunities to ask questions, and both > groups time to come to consensus. > > In light of that, I think we should aim for a detailed face to face > meeting concerning the charter at the Eurodig in April or IGF planning > meeting in May, with good facilities and systems for remote > participation. It'd be good to kow how many people intend to go to > each of those meetings in person so that we can make a call about > which venue to tag our meeting on to. > > Also, maybe we could shift the last deadline for the final comment > period back to 15th August, and then ask for a final version of the > Charter from the experts by the end of August. That would give us > time to iron out any final disputes and print/publish whatever we need > to? I realise it encroaches on the summer holidays, but hopefully > that'd be ok if we've got the timescale laid out in advance? > > As we can't really anticipate the nature of any disputes in advance, > maybe the steering committee could commit to considering cases as they > arise and halping to identify appropriate solutions? 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URL: From fouadbajwa Thu Jan 7 03:08:49 2010 From: fouadbajwa (Fouad Bajwa) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 06:08:49 +0500 Subject: [IRP] IGF Open Consultation and MAG Meeting Interventions Message-ID: <701af9f71001061708h6d11531ao8e2cdbe82f8b034e@mail.gmail.com> Dear Friends, As you are all aware about the IGF Open Consultation and MAG meetings in February 2010, I would like to request those people that cannot participate but would like to be heard to forward their interventions so that we can read and extend them on the floor during the Open Consultation. I further request statements to be brief, concise and to the point as the floor has to be passed on to the wide participation during the consultation. As for the MAG, we have a strong Civil Society MAG group including myself. The MAG is responsible for suggesting the design/organization of the IGF2010. IF you have concerns regarding the programming of the IGF2010, you can forward your statements for intervention to me so that they can be shared amongst our other team members. Once again, the requirement for being brief, concise and to the point applies here as well! Ideas for interventions can involve statements such as but not limited to: 1. Issues surfaced during the IGF2009 in Sharam. 2. Developing Country Participation/Inclusion Issues. 3. Main Program / Main Theme Issues for IGF2010. 4. Human Rights Issues/Rights on the Internet Issues. 5. Development Agenda for Internet Governance Issues. 6. Youth and Gender Participation Issues. For your convenience and live correspondence, I will be available on Skype (ID:fouadbajwa , kindly don't forget to introduce yourself please while adding me) throughout the three days of meetings (1 day open consultation + 2 days MAG meetings). I look forward to assisting your interventions. -- Regards. -------------------------- Fouad Bajwa Advisor & Researcher ICT4D & Internet Governance Member Multistakeholder Advisory Group (IGF) Member Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) My Blog: Internet's Governance http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/ Follow my Tweets: http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa MAG Interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATVDW1tDZzA From maxsenges Thu Jan 7 10:41:25 2010 From: maxsenges (Max Senges) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 09:41:25 +0100 Subject: [IRP] eYou Guide to your rights online Message-ID: <4d976d8e1001070041p47df8f4fg2563b59fcec96877@mail.gmail.com> Hi everyone just came across a pretty neat EU portal about online rights (mostly from a consumers point of view, but actually quite broad in scope) http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/eyouguide/navigation/index_en.htm hear you later max -- "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." ?William Gibson ........................................................................... Max Senges Berlin www.maxsenges.com Mobile: 01622122755 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lmovius Thu Jan 7 01:42:08 2010 From: lmovius (Lauren Movius) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 15:42:08 -0800 Subject: [IRP] #1 meeting of 2010 In-Reply-To: <826948.13316.qm@web55201.mail.re4.yahoo.com> References: <02B7B0535E8ACB4FACB46EDC26C94C5C02782F6CFF@fhex2> <4d976d8e1001060704n64b5ca7dx12846d9e9f6a1b5f@mail.gmail.com> <826948.13316.qm@web55201.mail.re4.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4c18bd2c1001061542h6f84694el6f656eb86f9df0d7@mail.gmail.com> I'll be there. Cheers, Lauren On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 7:45 AM, shaila mistry wrote: > Happy New Year!!! > Ill be there. > Shaila > > > *Life is too short ....challenge the rules*** > > *Forgive quickly ... love truly ...and tenderly*** > > *Laugh constantly.....and never stop dreaming! *** > > ** > ------------------------------ > *From:* Max Senges > *To:* Robert Guerra > *Cc:* "Elfa.Gylfadottir at mrn.stjr.is" ; " > a.beccalli at unesco.org" ; "shailam at jaycopanels.com" > ; "Lee.HIBBARD at coe.int" ; " > graciela at rits.org.br" ; " > irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org" < > irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org>; "caffsouza at gmail.com" < > caffsouza at gmail.com>; "malte.spitz at gruene.de" ; " > bcompanyp at uoc.edu" ; " > johan.hallenborg at foreign.ministry.se" < > johan.hallenborg at foreign.ministry.se>; "me at isaacmao.com" > *Sent:* Wed, January 6, 2010 7:04:24 AM > *Subject:* Re: [IRP] #1 meeting of 2010 > > Hi everyone > > @Robert of course you are right about finding a time that works for most - > it's just a pretty tedious process and you'll never accomodate everybody > (I'd suggest we alternate every month) > > oh and some agenda points are in my initial mail > > I setup a skype confcall to which you can also dial-in from phones > > Attached is a calendar event for this conference. > > - Conference Room Number: *3878018* > > *To use the HiDef Conferencing? service, you may call from:* > > *Skype:*: +9900827043878018 > > Phone Numbers (Toll) > Country Number > *Long distance costs apply > *United States* +1 (201) 793-9022 *Canada* +1 (201) 793-9022 *Austria* +43 > (0) 82040115470 *Belgium* +32 (0) 70357134 *France* +33 (0) 826109071 * > Germany* +49 01805009527 *Ireland* +353 (0) 818270968 *Italy* +39 > 848390177 *Spain* +34 902885791 *Switzerland* +41 (0) 848560397 *United > Kingdom* +44 (0) 8700990931 > > hear you tomorrow > > max > > -- > > "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." > ?William Gibson > > ........................................................................... > > Max Senges > Berlin > > www.maxsenges.com > > Mobile: 01622122755 > > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Robert Guerra wrote: > >> Max, >> >> Noon tomorrow (EST) - fine with me. I will only be able to be on the call >> for approx 45 min. If there's an agenda, please send in advance >> >> please consult with everyone next time in regards to the time. Would be >> good to find a time that works for those in east asia (china, japan, etc) >> >> >> Regards >> >> Robert >> --- >> Sent via Blackberry. >> >> Robert Guerra >> Project Director, Internet Freedom >> Freedom House >> Tel/SMS +1 202 569 1800 >> Office +1 202 296 5101 >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From*: maxsenges at gmail.com >> *To*: Bodle, Robert >> *Cc*: Biel Company Perez ; >> irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org < >> irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org>; Robert Guerra; M.I.Franklin < >> M.I.Franklin at gold.ac.uk>; anja ; Lauren Movius < >> lmovius at usc.edu>; Matthias C. Kettemann ; >> rafik, dammak ; Emily Laidlaw ; >> Graciela Selaimen ; rudi.vansnick < >> rudi.vansnick at isoc.be>; Jac sm Kee ; Carlos, Affonso >> Pereira de Souza ; HIBBARD Lee ; >> Andrea Beccalli ; Lisa Horner < >> lisa at global-partners.co.uk>; Shaila Mistry ; >> Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond ; johan.hallenborg < >> johan.hallenborg at foreign.ministry.se>; Jaco Aizenman ; >> Sylvia Caras ; malte.spitz ; >> Heike Jensen ; Elfa.Gylfadottir < >> Elfa.Gylfadottir at mrn.stjr.is>; me >> *Sent*: Tue Jan 05 15:14:24 2010 >> >> *Subject*: #1 meeting of 2010 >> >> Hi IRPlers >> >> Should we meet this thrusday at 18.00 CET or 9am PST? I think it would be >> important to discuss this years work. >> >> a) think about a last round of input for the charter >> >>> b) the mandate for the expert review group >>> c) a procedure/schedule for choosing the chair >>> >>> I can provide a telco where people can dial-in using a local land-line or >> we can use the conf-call system we used before? >> >>> >>> best >>> max >>> >>> >>> >>>> http://twitter.com/netrights >>>> >>>> http://www.facebook.com/internetrightsandprinciples >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ________________________________________ >>>> From: maxsenges at gmail.com [maxsenges at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Max Senges >>>> [max at supercoolschool.com] >>>> >>>> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 6:41 AM >>>> To: Biel Company Perez >>>> Cc: irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org; Bodle, Robert; Robert >>>> Guerra; M.I.Franklin; anja; Lauren Movius; Matthias C. Kettemann; rafik, >>>> dammak; Emily Laidlaw; Graciela Selaimen; rudi.vansnick; Jac sm Kee; Carlos, >>>> Affonso Pereira de Souza; HIBBARD Lee; Andrea Beccalli; Lisa Horner; Shaila >>>> Mistry; Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond; johan.hallenborg; Jaco Aizenman; Sylvia >>>> Caras; malte.spitz; Heike Jensen; Elfa.Gylfadottir; me >>>> >>>> Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP-DC elections results >>>> >>>> Dear Biel, dear steering committee peers, dear IRPlers >>>> >>>> @Biel: thanks for managing the election process. we all know that error >>>> is human and while i would have appreciated to work with Heike in the >>>> steering committee, I am positive that her participation (as well as that of >>>> the other candidates who ran) will be very valuable and valued no matter in >>>> whether they are in the steering committee or not. >>>> >>>> @the freshly elected steering committee (SC) coleagues: >>>> (1) CONGRATULATIONS - This is going to be an exciting year and I am very >>>> much looking forward to working with you. >>>> >>>> (2) we now have to proceed to elect a chair amongst the 14 SC members. >>>> The charter simply says elect, which in my understanding could be via vote >>>> or consensus. I think it would be ideal to find consensus, but let's open >>>> the floor for nominations and then deliberate. >>>> >>>> I would like to nominate Lisa Horner as IRP Chair. Lisa has been >>>> continuously furthering the development of our coalition and in fact many >>>> times she was the leading force behind organizing and running meetings and >>>> collabowritings. Thanks for all the work you did so far, I hope you accept >>>> the nomination. >>>> >>>> Maybe the easiest would be to have a conference call? I would be happy >>>> to meet next tuesday or wednesday? Given that we have two SC members from >>>> Asia I would suggest to stick to the 18.00 CET time, but I am of course >>>> flexible. >>>> >>>> (3) all steering committee members will have to choose whether you want >>>> to serve one or two years on the steering committee - please announce your >>>> choice on the list. Our charter states: "IRP will elect a steering >>>> committee, at least two of which will serve for one year and at least two of >>>> which will serve for two years. [...] Nominees will select which term length >>>> they prefer. >>>> >>>> I am happy to serve for two years. >>>> >>>> (4) I propose that we setup a separate steering committee mailing-list >>>> which all SC members give high priority when dealing with their email. We >>>> all know that email traffic can be overwhelming and to have a method to >>>> quickly discuss and decide on a time-critical matter (e.g. whether or not to >>>> endorse an appeal or other document) would be very helpful. >>>> >>>> @all IRPlers: thanks for voting and for your continued interest and >>>> participation in our cause! The number of 44 votes might sound little, >>>> however this is a significant organizational development from the 8 folks >>>> who simply volunteered in the first year of the steering committee's >>>> existence, and the "improvised steering committee" we setup in the wake of >>>> the merger last year. >>>> >>>> In closing, I would be very interested to discuss and hear your >>>> perception of the mandate / schedule for the Expert Review & Consolidation >>>> of our "Charter of Human Rights and Principles on the Internet" sent by >>>> Meryem and forwarded by me on Dec. 14th ("Re: Proposal for IRP Charter >>>> Revision") >>>> >>>> And of course it would be good to have some more community input for the >>>> Charter itself. >>>> >>>> To a good year for Internet Rights and Principles! >>>> >>>> Max >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." >>>> ?William Gibson >>>> >>>> >>>> ........................................................................... >>>> >>>> Max Senges >>>> Berlin >>>> >>>> www.maxsenges.com >>>> >>>> Mobile: 01622122755 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org > > -- Lauren Movius PhD Candidate and Wallis Annenberg Graduate Research Fellow Annenberg School for Communication University of Southern California -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ceo Thu Jan 7 13:28:21 2010 From: ceo (AHM Bazlur Rahman) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 17:28:21 +0600 Subject: [IRP] IPv6 Forum Bangladesh Has Been Founded Message-ID: <006d01ca8f8c$920fc1a0$1300a8c0@ceo> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IPv6 Forum Bangladesh Has Been Founded ___________________ Dhaka/Luxembourg, January 6, 2010 - The IPv6 Forum welcomes Bangladesh as its newest member with the establishment of the IPv6 Forum Bangladesh under the leadership of S M Altaf Hossain as its National Convener and Mr. Sohel Awrangzeb as Member Secretary. . Mr. S M Altaf Hossain and Mr. Sohel Awrangzeb-S21S are 20 plus years in ICT sector in Bangladesh. Work experience with world's leading Corporation/ Enterprises. Other convening committee members are Mr. AHM Bazlur Rahman-S21BR is Chief Executive Officer, Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) & Member, Strategy Council UN-Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN GAID) as Joint Convener and Mr. M A Haque Anu, member of the convening committee. The prime objective of the IPv6 Forum and its members is to promote deployment and swifter uptake of the new Internet using the new Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) with support from industry, education, research communities and government agencies enabling equitable access to technology and knowledge. "The IPv6 Forum Bangladesh has been created to extend to the Bangladeshi Internet community a strong voice and representation in the new Internet world to enable equal access to knowledge and education on New Generation Internet technologies and create momentum in deploying IPv6" said Latif Ladid, IPv6 Forum President. "The IPv6 Forum Bangladesh will attract key stakeholders from government, industry and academia to design the IPv6 roadmap and vision together for Bangladesh to be among the first to embrace the New Internet World based on IPv6" Stated Mr. AHM Bazlur Rahman, Joint Convener, IPv6 Forum Bangladesh. The Internet World has been using the Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) for the last two decades. Despite its tremendous success, IPv4 is showing signs of strain especially in its fast depleting IP address space and its growing security concerns. IPv6 preserves everything good in today's Internet, and adds much more, such as virtually unlimited IP address space to connect everyone and everything, stateless auto-configuration, seamless mobility, automated network management, mandated security and new optional service levels. About IPv6 Forum Bangladesh The IPv6 Forum Bangladesh is a chapter of the IPv6 Forum dedicated to the advancement and propagation of IPv6 in Bangladesh. Comprised of individual members, as opposed to corporate sponsors, its mission is to provide technical leadership and innovative thought for the successful integration of IPv6 into all facets of networking and telecommunications infrastructure, present and future. About IPv6 Forum The IPv6 Forum is a world-wide consortium of international Internet service providers (ISPs) and National Research & Education Networks (NRENs), with a mission to promote IPv6 by improving market and user awareness, creating a quality and secure New Generation Internet and allowing world-wide equitable access to knowledge and technology. The key focus of the IPv6 Forum today is to provide technical guidance for the deployment of IPv6. IPv6 Summits are organized by the IPv6 Forum and staged in various locations around the world to provide industry and market with the best available information on this rapidly advancing technology. Please visit http://www.ipv6forum.com Organization Contact: AHM Bazlur Rahman, Joint Convener ceo at bnnrc.net Mr. Sohel Awrangzeb, Member Secretary sohel.awrangzeb at gmail.com Mr. S M Altaf Hossain, National Convener, smaltaf at gmail.com IPv6 Forum Contact: Latif Ladid Luxembourg +352 30 71 34 Latif.ladid at ipv6forum.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lisa Thu Jan 7 13:40:20 2010 From: lisa (Lisa Horner) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 11:40:20 -0000 Subject: [IRP] Wanted: Researcher for Freedom of Expression programme References: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5B22@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A01B2FF0@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Message-ID: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A01B2FF1@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Dear all Global Partners is looking for a researcher, based in London, to help develop our work on freedom of expression and networked communications. Please could you forward the attached job ad to anyone you think might be interested? Apologies for cross posting. Thanks and all the best, Lisa ___________________________________________________________ Lisa Horner Head of Research & Policy Global Partners and Associates 338 City Road, London, EC1V 2PY, UK Office: + 44 207 239 8251 Mobile: +44 7867 795859 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY Dear friends, Global Partners is looking for a researcher to join our Freedom of Expression and Communications programme. The researcher will developing the programme, assist with current projects, conducting research, drafting reports, developing multi-stakeholder networks and managing events. The ideal candidate will have: ? an interest in communications, media, human rights and/or freedom of expression in national and international contexts; ? excellent research skills; ? excellent writing skills in English - able to draft concise and coherent reports for external circulation; ? very strong interpersonal skills - personable, friendly, reliable, with a professional attitude; ? confidence and presence to conduct meetings and talk to a variety of audiences, including public policy makers. This is a full-time contract, initially until September 2010 but hopefully leading to a permanent position, dependent on funding. Salary is ?22k - ?26k pa pro-rata, dependent on experience. Closing date for applications is 19th January 2010, 12pm (midday). Please see the attached document for a more detailed description of the job and the person we're looking for, and details on how to apply. Kind regards, Niamh Niamh McClean, Chief Operating Officer Global Partners & Associates 338 City Road, Islington, London EC1V 2PY Office: + 44 20 723 98253 Mobile: +44 (0) 7984 199 113 hello at global-partners.co.uk www.global-partners.co.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Researcher - Freedom of Expression JD and PS.pdf Type: application/octet-stream Size: 419432 bytes Desc: Researcher - Freedom of Expression JD and PS.pdf URL: From johan.hallenborg Thu Jan 7 14:30:01 2010 From: johan.hallenborg (johan.hallenborg at foreign.ministry.se) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 13:30:01 +0100 Subject: [IRP] Ang. Re: #1 meeting of 2010 In-Reply-To: <4d976d8e1001060704n64b5ca7dx12846d9e9f6a1b5f@mail.gmail.com> References: <02B7B0535E8ACB4FACB46EDC26C94C5C02782F6CFF@fhex2> <4d976d8e1001060704n64b5ca7dx12846d9e9f6a1b5f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi all, Greetings from snowy Stockholm and wishing you all the best for the new year! I'm afraid I won't be able to join tonight. Best, Johan ?mnessakkunnig/Special Adviser International Law and Human Rights Department Ministry for Foreign Affairs Malmtorgsgatan 3 103 39 Stockholm tel: +46 8 405 5573 fax: +46 8 405 5930 Fr?n: Max Senges Till: Robert Guerra Kopia: "Robert_Bodle at mail.msj.edu" , "bcompanyp at uoc.edu" , "irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org" , "M.I.Franklin at gold.ac.uk" , "anja at cis-india.org" , "lmovius at usc.edu" , "matthias.kettemann at uni-graz.at" , "rafik.dammak at gmail.com" , "emily at laidlaw.eu" , "graciela at rits.org.br" , "rudi.vansnick at isoc.be" , "jac at apcwomen.org" , "caffsouza at gmail.com" , "Lee.HIBBARD at coe.int" , "a.beccalli at unesco.org" , "lisa at global-partners.co.uk" , "shailam at jaycopanels.com" , "ocl at gih.com" , "johan.hallenborg at foreign.ministry.se" , "skorpio at gmail.com" , "sylvia.caras at gmail.com" , "malte.spitz at gruene.de" , "dr.heike.jensen at web.de" , "Elfa.Gylfadottir at mrn.stjr.is" , "me at isaacmao.com" Datum: 2010-01-06 16:04 ?rende: Re: #1 meeting of 2010 Hi everyone @Robert of course you are right about finding a time that works for most - it's just a pretty tedious process and you'll never accomodate everybody (I'd suggest we alternate every month) oh and some agenda points are in my initial mail I setup a skype confcall to which you can also dial-in from phones Attached is a calendar event for this conference. Conference Room Number: 3878018 To use the HiDef Conferencing? service, you may call from: Skype:: +9900827043878018 Phone Numbers (Toll) Country Number *Long distance costs apply United States +1 (201) 793-9022 Canada +1 (201) 793-9022 Austria +43 (0) 82040115470 Belgium +32 (0) 70357134 France +33 (0) 826109071 Germany +49 01805009527 Ireland +353 (0) 818270968 Italy +39 848390177 Spain +34 902885791 Switzerland +41 (0) 848560397 United Kingdom +44 (0) 8700990931 hear you tomorrow max -- "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." ?William Gibson ........................................................................... Max Senges Berlin www.maxsenges.com Mobile: 01622122755 On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Robert Guerra wrote: Max, Noon tomorrow (EST) - fine with me. I will only be able to be on the call for approx 45 min. If there's an agenda, please send in advance please consult with everyone next time in regards to the time. Would be good to find a time that works for those in east asia (china, japan, etc) Regards Robert --- Sent via Blackberry. Robert Guerra Project Director, Internet Freedom Freedom House Tel/SMS +1 202 569 1800 Office +1 202 296 5101 From: maxsenges at gmail.com To: Bodle, Robert Cc: Biel Company Perez ; irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org < irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org>; Robert Guerra; M.I.Franklin < M.I.Franklin at gold.ac.uk>; anja ; Lauren Movius < lmovius at usc.edu>; Matthias C. Kettemann ; rafik, dammak ; Emily Laidlaw ; Graciela Selaimen ; rudi.vansnick < rudi.vansnick at isoc.be>; Jac sm Kee ; Carlos, Affonso Pereira de Souza ; HIBBARD Lee ; Andrea Beccalli ; Lisa Horner < lisa at global-partners.co.uk>; Shaila Mistry ; Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond ; johan.hallenborg < johan.hallenborg at foreign.ministry.se>; Jaco Aizenman ; Sylvia Caras ; malte.spitz ; Heike Jensen ; Elfa.Gylfadottir < Elfa.Gylfadottir at mrn.stjr.is>; me Sent: Tue Jan 05 15:14:24 2010 Subject: #1 meeting of 2010 Hi IRPlers Should we meet this thrusday at 18.00 CET or 9am PST? I think it would be important to discuss this years work. a) think about a last round of input for the charter b) the mandate for the expert review group c) a procedure/schedule for choosing the chair I can provide a telco where people can dial-in using a local land-line or we can use the conf-call system we used before? best max http://twitter.com/netrights http://www.facebook.com/internetrightsandprinciples ________________________________________ From: maxsenges at gmail.com [maxsenges at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Max Senges [ max at supercoolschool.com] Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 6:41 AM To: Biel Company Perez Cc: irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org; Bodle, Robert; Robert Guerra; M.I.Franklin; anja; Lauren Movius; Matthias C. Kettemann; rafik, dammak; Emily Laidlaw; Graciela Selaimen; rudi.vansnick; Jac sm Kee; Carlos, Affonso Pereira de Souza; HIBBARD Lee; Andrea Beccalli; Lisa Horner; Shaila Mistry; Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond; johan.hallenborg; Jaco Aizenman; Sylvia Caras; malte.spitz; Heike Jensen; Elfa.Gylfadottir; me Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP-DC elections results Dear Biel, dear steering committee peers, dear IRPlers @Biel: thanks for managing the election process. we all know that error is human and while i would have appreciated to work with Heike in the steering committee, I am positive that her participation (as well as that of the other candidates who ran) will be very valuable and valued no matter in whether they are in the steering committee or not. @the freshly elected steering committee (SC) coleagues: (1) CONGRATULATIONS - This is going to be an exciting year and I am very much looking forward to working with you. (2) we now have to proceed to elect a chair amongst the 14 SC members. The charter simply says elect, which in my understanding could be via vote or consensus. I think it would be ideal to find consensus, but let's open the floor for nominations and then deliberate. I would like to nominate Lisa Horner as IRP Chair. Lisa has been continuously furthering the development of our coalition and in fact many times she was the leading force behind organizing and running meetings and collabowritings. Thanks for all the work you did so far, I hope you accept the nomination. Maybe the easiest would be to have a conference call? I would be happy to meet next tuesday or wednesday? Given that we have two SC members from Asia I would suggest to stick to the 18.00 CET time, but I am of course flexible. (3) all steering committee members will have to choose whether you want to serve one or two years on the steering committee - please announce your choice on the list. Our charter states: "IRP will elect a steering committee, at least two of which will serve for one year and at least two of which will serve for two years. [...] Nominees will select which term length they prefer. I am happy to serve for two years. (4) I propose that we setup a separate steering committee mailing-list which all SC members give high priority when dealing with their email. We all know that email traffic can be overwhelming and to have a method to quickly discuss and decide on a time-critical matter (e.g. whether or not to endorse an appeal or other document) would be very helpful. @all IRPlers: thanks for voting and for your continued interest and participation in our cause! The number of 44 votes might sound little, however this is a significant organizational development from the 8 folks who simply volunteered in the first year of the steering committee's existence, and the "improvised steering committee" we setup in the wake of the merger last year. In closing, I would be very interested to discuss and hear your perception of the mandate / schedule for the Expert Review & Consolidation of our "Charter of Human Rights and Principles on the Internet" sent by Meryem and forwarded by me on Dec. 14th ("Re: Proposal for IRP Charter Revision") And of course it would be good to have some more community input for the Charter itself. To a good year for Internet Rights and Principles! Max -- "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." ?William Gibson ........................................................................... Max Senges Berlin www.maxsenges.com Mobile: 01622122755 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Robert_Bodle Thu Jan 7 18:02:03 2010 From: Robert_Bodle (Bodle, Robert) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 11:02:03 -0500 Subject: [IRP] #1 meeting of 2010 In-Reply-To: <4c18bd2c1001061542h6f84694el6f656eb86f9df0d7@mail.gmail.com> References: <02B7B0535E8ACB4FACB46EDC26C94C5C02782F6CFF@fhex2> <4d976d8e1001060704n64b5ca7dx12846d9e9f6a1b5f@mail.gmail.com> <826948.13316.qm@web55201.mail.re4.yahoo.com>, <4c18bd2c1001061542h6f84694el6f656eb86f9df0d7@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <454C400F0F7C9B479EF31631E311C325678B323638@MSJEMAIL01.msj.edu> i'll be there. talk soon! robert bodle http://twitter.com/netrights http://www.facebook.com/internetrightsandprinciples ________________________________________ From: irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org [irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org] On Behalf Of Lauren Movius [lmovius at usc.edu] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:42 PM To: shaila mistry Cc: Elfa.Gylfadottir at mrn.stjr.is; shailam at jaycopanels.com; a.beccalli at unesco.org; Lee.HIBBARD at coe.int; Robert Guerra; caffsouza at gmail.com; irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org; malte.spitz at gruene.de; bcompanyp at uoc.edu; me at isaacmao.com; johan.hallenborg at foreign.ministry.se; graciela at rits.org.br Subject: Re: [IRP] #1 meeting of 2010 I'll be there. Cheers, Lauren On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 7:45 AM, shaila mistry > wrote: Happy New Year!!! Ill be there. Shaila Life is too short ....challenge the rules Forgive quickly ... love truly ...and tenderly Laugh constantly.....and never stop dreaming! ________________________________ From: Max Senges > To: Robert Guerra > Cc: "Elfa.Gylfadottir at mrn.stjr.is" >; "a.beccalli at unesco.org" >; "shailam at jaycopanels.com" >; "Lee.HIBBARD at coe.int" >; "graciela at rits.org.br" >; "irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org" >; "caffsouza at gmail.com" >; "malte.spitz at gruene.de" >; "bcompanyp at uoc.edu" >; "johan.hallenborg at foreign.ministry.se" >; "me at isaacmao.com" > Sent: Wed, January 6, 2010 7:04:24 AM Subject: Re: [IRP] #1 meeting of 2010 Hi everyone @Robert of course you are right about finding a time that works for most - it's just a pretty tedious process and you'll never accomodate everybody (I'd suggest we alternate every month) oh and some agenda points are in my initial mail I setup a skype confcall to which you can also dial-in from phones Attached is a calendar event for this conference. * Conference Room Number: 3878018 To use the HiDef Conferencing? service, you may call from: Skype:: +9900827043878018 Phone Numbers (Toll) Country Number *Long distance costs apply United States +1 (201) 793-9022 Canada +1 (201) 793-9022 Austria +43 (0) 82040115470 Belgium +32 (0) 70357134 France +33 (0) 826109071 Germany +49 01805009527 Ireland +353 (0) 818270968 Italy +39 848390177 Spain +34 902885791 Switzerland +41 (0) 848560397 United Kingdom +44 (0) 8700990931 hear you tomorrow max -- "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." ?William Gibson ........................................................................... Max Senges Berlin www.maxsenges.com Mobile: 01622122755 On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Robert Guerra > wrote: Max, Noon tomorrow (EST) - fine with me. I will only be able to be on the call for approx 45 min. If there's an agenda, please send in advance please consult with everyone next time in regards to the time. Would be good to find a time that works for those in east asia (china, japan, etc) Regards Robert --- Sent via Blackberry. Robert Guerra Project Director, Internet Freedom Freedom House Tel/SMS +1 202 569 1800 Office +1 202 296 5101 ________________________________ From: maxsenges at gmail.com > To: Bodle, Robert > Cc: Biel Company Perez >; irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org >; Robert Guerra; M.I.Franklin >; anja >; Lauren Movius >; Matthias C. Kettemann >; rafik, dammak >; Emily Laidlaw >; Graciela Selaimen >; rudi.vansnick >; Jac sm Kee >; Carlos, Affonso Pereira de Souza >; HIBBARD Lee >; Andrea Beccalli >; Lisa Horner >; Shaila Mistry >; Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond >; johan.hallenborg >; Jaco Aizenman >; Sylvia Caras >; malte.spitz >; Heike Jensen >; Elfa.Gylfadottir >; me > Sent: Tue Jan 05 15:14:24 2010 Subject: #1 meeting of 2010 Hi IRPlers Should we meet this thrusday at 18.00 CET or 9am PST? I think it would be important to discuss this years work. a) think about a last round of input for the charter b) the mandate for the expert review group c) a procedure/schedule for choosing the chair I can provide a telco where people can dial-in using a local land-line or we can use the conf-call system we used before? best max http://twitter.com/netrights http://www.facebook.com/internetrightsandprinciples ________________________________________ From: maxsenges at gmail.com [maxsenges at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Max Senges [max at supercoolschool.com] Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 6:41 AM To: Biel Company Perez Cc: irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org; Bodle, Robert; Robert Guerra; M.I.Franklin; anja; Lauren Movius; Matthias C. Kettemann; rafik, dammak; Emily Laidlaw; Graciela Selaimen; rudi.vansnick; Jac sm Kee; Carlos, Affonso Pereira de Souza; HIBBARD Lee; Andrea Beccalli; Lisa Horner; Shaila Mistry; Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond; johan.hallenborg; Jaco Aizenman; Sylvia Caras; malte.spitz; Heike Jensen; Elfa.Gylfadottir; me Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP-DC elections results Dear Biel, dear steering committee peers, dear IRPlers @Biel: thanks for managing the election process. we all know that error is human and while i would have appreciated to work with Heike in the steering committee, I am positive that her participation (as well as that of the other candidates who ran) will be very valuable and valued no matter in whether they are in the steering committee or not. @the freshly elected steering committee (SC) coleagues: (1) CONGRATULATIONS - This is going to be an exciting year and I am very much looking forward to working with you. (2) we now have to proceed to elect a chair amongst the 14 SC members. The charter simply says elect, which in my understanding could be via vote or consensus. I think it would be ideal to find consensus, but let's open the floor for nominations and then deliberate. I would like to nominate Lisa Horner as IRP Chair. Lisa has been continuously furthering the development of our coalition and in fact many times she was the leading force behind organizing and running meetings and collabowritings. Thanks for all the work you did so far, I hope you accept the nomination. Maybe the easiest would be to have a conference call? I would be happy to meet next tuesday or wednesday? Given that we have two SC members from Asia I would suggest to stick to the 18.00 CET time, but I am of course flexible. (3) all steering committee members will have to choose whether you want to serve one or two years on the steering committee - please announce your choice on the list. Our charter states: "IRP will elect a steering committee, at least two of which will serve for one year and at least two of which will serve for two years. [...] Nominees will select which term length they prefer. I am happy to serve for two years. (4) I propose that we setup a separate steering committee mailing-list which all SC members give high priority when dealing with their email. We all know that email traffic can be overwhelming and to have a method to quickly discuss and decide on a time-critical matter (e.g. whether or not to endorse an appeal or other document) would be very helpful. @all IRPlers: thanks for voting and for your continued interest and participation in our cause! The number of 44 votes might sound little, however this is a significant organizational development from the 8 folks who simply volunteered in the first year of the steering committee's existence, and the "improvised steering committee" we setup in the wake of the merger last year. In closing, I would be very interested to discuss and hear your perception of the mandate / schedule for the Expert Review & Consolidation of our "Charter of Human Rights and Principles on the Internet" sent by Meryem and forwarded by me on Dec. 14th ("Re: Proposal for IRP Charter Revision") And of course it would be good to have some more community input for the Charter itself. To a good year for Internet Rights and Principles! Max -- "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." ?William Gibson ........................................................................... Max Senges Berlin www.maxsenges.com Mobile: 01622122755 _______________________________________________ IRP mailing list IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org -- Lauren Movius PhD Candidate and Wallis Annenberg Graduate Research Fellow Annenberg School for Communication University of Southern California From maxsenges Thu Jan 7 20:17:27 2010 From: maxsenges (Max Senges) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 19:17:27 +0100 Subject: [IRP] WARNING! Last chance to contribute to the Charter! (& Meeting minutes) Message-ID: <4d976d8e1001071017k528f14dbs4f64aee1f45fb1ec@mail.gmail.com> Hi everybody I tried to take minutes - as always hard job on a conference call :-) anyways thanks for the productive meeting Participants: Robert Guerra, Lisa Horner, Max Senges, Lee Hibbart, Marianne Franklin, Robert Bodle, Carlos Affonso, Anja Kovaks, Shaila Mitry we want to submit a IRP statement on the IGF process (open consultations) by the 15th -- Marianne will send a message requesting comments from all of you! - Max checks whether the Charter on Free Culture developed by the Free Culture Forum want to join our charter and report back - There will be an IGF Germany and IRP has been suggested as one of the theme - we are looking to have some of the experts at the eurodig / IGF prep-meeting to explain the consolidated charter and discuss with the coalition; the decision is to be made on the list - new steering committee and election of new chair: max will ask the remaining steering committee members (who have not yet done so) to either nominate someone or endorse Lisa as new chair. - we want to have steering committee members (and possibly others) to agree to take up roles/responsibilities for the forthcoming year - PLEASE contribute to the charter!!! here is the latest charter version: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AeybA8_Lt-gwYWpjczg2cDlkeDJzXzMxYzQ5cXF3Yzc&hl=de http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AeybA8_Lt-gwYWpjczg2cDlkeDJzXzI5ZnJ0dnR0YzM&hl=de mapping work in 2010 - please contribute events to robert brodle so he can put them on the facebook event calendar - Max volunteered to organize some kind of campaigning once we have the consolidated charter Freedom House is organizing: Feb 2010 Human Rights Summit ok sorry that the conferencing broke down completely at the end all the best max -- "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." ?William Gibson ........................................................................... Max Senges Berlin www.maxsenges.com Mobile: 01622122755 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lisa Thu Jan 7 20:46:00 2010 From: lisa (Lisa Horner) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 18:46:00 -0000 Subject: [IRP] WARNING! Last chance to contribute to the Charter! (& Meetingminutes) References: <4d976d8e1001071017k528f14dbs4f64aee1f45fb1ec@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A01B3007@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Thanks Max for this. Sorry that the quality of my connection made it really difficult to moderate and converse properly. I think we should consider moving to a phone-based system based on local call rates as Max suggested, unless anyone has any objections? Shall we try it as a trial for our next meeting, which I propose for Thursday 4th February. Whether chair of the coalition or not, I volunteer to send out a draft agenda for the next meeting a week beforehand, along with a brief update on our work to form the basis of discussion. Lauren has just sent me a message to say that she was also on the call. I'll write again soon to solicit ideas for improving our coordination and communication,including coalition members volunteering to be responsible for certain things. I'll do that after the 15th, once we've put our statmement together for the open consultations (kindly led by Marianne). Great to catch up with everyone, albeit it in a crackly, broken-up way! Lisa -----Original Message----- From: irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org on behalf of Max Senges Sent: Thu 07/01/2010 18:17 To: irp Subject: [IRP] WARNING! Last chance to contribute to the Charter! (& Meetingminutes) Hi everybody I tried to take minutes - as always hard job on a conference call :-) anyways thanks for the productive meeting Participants: Robert Guerra, Lisa Horner, Max Senges, Lee Hibbart, Marianne Franklin, Robert Bodle, Carlos Affonso, Anja Kovaks, Shaila Mitry we want to submit a IRP statement on the IGF process (open consultations) by the 15th -- Marianne will send a message requesting comments from all of you! - Max checks whether the Charter on Free Culture developed by the Free Culture Forum want to join our charter and report back - There will be an IGF Germany and IRP has been suggested as one of the theme - we are looking to have some of the experts at the eurodig / IGF prep-meeting to explain the consolidated charter and discuss with the coalition; the decision is to be made on the list - new steering committee and election of new chair: max will ask the remaining steering committee members (who have not yet done so) to either nominate someone or endorse Lisa as new chair. - we want to have steering committee members (and possibly others) to agree to take up roles/responsibilities for the forthcoming year - PLEASE contribute to the charter!!! here is the latest charter version: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AeybA8_Lt-gwYWpjczg2cDlkeDJzXzMxYzQ5cXF3Yzc&hl=de http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AeybA8_Lt-gwYWpjczg2cDlkeDJzXzI5ZnJ0dnR0YzM&hl=de mapping work in 2010 - please contribute events to robert brodle so he can put them on the facebook event calendar - Max volunteered to organize some kind of campaigning once we have the consolidated charter Freedom House is organizing: Feb 2010 Human Rights Summit ok sorry that the conferencing broke down completely at the end all the best max -- "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." -William Gibson ........................................................................... Max Senges Berlin www.maxsenges.com Mobile: 01622122755 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cos02mf Thu Jan 7 20:49:35 2010 From: cos02mf (M I Franklin) Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:49:35 +0100 Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 Message-ID: <0376F55255E23F7B1F29B9EC@[192.168.1.64]> Dear All Greetings. To follow on from Max's speed-of-light sending out of the minutes of today's IRP phone-conference, this email is a call for contributions to a statement from the DC as part of the open consultations in preparation for Vilnius later this year. Fouad's invitation for ideas and comments for the MAG meetings is pasted below fyi so the DC statement also contributes to this side of the process; point 4 in particular. In short, the IRP statement can cover: 1) Contributions that take stock of last year's IGF in Sharm el Sheikh 2) Suggestions for the agenda and format of the Vilnius meeting. Time is short, so we need your comments by Monday at the latest. I will then cobble up a first draft for one more round. The statement has to be ready to go by 15 January. All input welcome on either or both of the two aspects above. Thanks. ciao MF --On Thursday, January 07, 2010 6:08 +0500 Fouad Bajwa wrote: > Dear Friends, > > As you are all aware about the IGF Open Consultation and MAG meetings > in February 2010, I would like to request those people that cannot > participate but would like to be heard to forward their interventions > so that we can read and extend them on the floor during the Open > Consultation. I further request statements to be brief, concise and to > the point as the floor has to be passed on to the wide participation > during the consultation. > > As for the MAG, we have a strong Civil Society MAG group including > myself. The MAG is responsible for suggesting the design/organization > of the IGF2010. IF you have concerns regarding the programming of the > IGF2010, you can forward your statements for intervention to me so > that they can be shared amongst our other team members. Once again, > the requirement for being brief, concise and to the point applies here > as well! > > Ideas for interventions can involve statements such as but not limited to: > > 1. Issues surfaced during the IGF2009 in Sharam. > 2. Developing Country Participation/Inclusion Issues. > 3. Main Program / Main Theme Issues for IGF2010. > 4. Human Rights Issues/Rights on the Internet Issues. > 5. Development Agenda for Internet Governance Issues. > 6. Youth and Gender Participation Issues. > > For your convenience and live correspondence, I will be available on > Skype (ID:fouadbajwa , kindly don't forget to introduce yourself > please while adding me) throughout the three days of meetings (1 day > open consultation + 2 days MAG meetings). > > I look forward to assisting your interventions. > > -- > Regards. > -------------------------- > Fouad Bajwa > Advisor & Researcher > ICT4D & Internet Governance > Member Multistakeholder Advisory Group (IGF) > Member Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) > My Blog: Internet's Governance > http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/ > Follow my Tweets: > http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa > MAG Interview: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATVDW1tDZzA > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrig > htsandprinciples.org Dr Marianne Franklin Reader Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program Media & Communications Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross London SE14 6NW United Kingdom Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072 Fax: #44 (0) 207 919-7616 email: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin.php http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/ma-transnational-communications-global-media.php From lisa Thu Jan 7 21:07:37 2010 From: lisa (Lisa Horner) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 19:07:37 -0000 Subject: [IRP] Proposal for IRP Charter Revision References: <4d976d8e0912140622te752d5bq24855a62f7ca5a7e@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A01B3009@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Hi all There was a request in the Conference call to re-cap on the charter process. Please see the original emails from Max and Meryem pasted at the bottom of the email which outline the process agreed so far. Suggested changes discussed on the list and call include: 1) Allowing further comments on the Charter by the IRP and others until 15TH JANUARY. http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AeybA8_Lt-gwYWpjczg2cDlkeDJzXzMxYzQ5cXF3Yzc&hl=de 2) Shifting the deadline for final comments on the new version of the charter to the 15th AUGUST, to be incorporated by the experts into a final version of the charter by 1ST SEPTEMBER to give us time to circulate before the IGF. 3)Holding an in-depth meeting of at least half a day to allow experts to justify and discuss the new draft in Spring 2010. We have discussed whether the open consultations in Geneva (May 10th) might be a better opportunity to have the meeting than the Eurodig as a geographically broader range of people are likely to be there. We'll also have remote participation. PLEASE COULD ALL MEMBERS SEND ME AN EMAIL TO SAY IF YOU INTEND TO ATTEND THE OPEN CONSULTATIONS IN GENEVA AND/OR THE EURODIG IN MADRID IN APRIL. We can then make a decision about the best place to have the meeting. The expert group is primarily European at the moment, and the dates of the european meetinggs have already been decided. It would therefore make sense to attach our meeting to one of the European events. But if anyone has other ideas, please say. 4) Applying to the regional and national IGFs to have a workshop or session to encourage wider discussion of the charter, and/or IRP related discussion. We need people who will be attending these to volunteer to take the lead with that. So far, Carlos has agreed to take the lead for the Latin America regional IGF, and Max is taking the lead for the German national IGF. Can anyone volunteer for regional IGFs in East Africa, West Africa, Central Africa and Eurodig? Any other confirmed regional IGFs? Please do send your responses. Thanks and all the best, Lisa -----Original Message----- From: Max Senges [mailto:maxsenges at gmail.com] Sent: Mon 14/12/2009 14:22 To: Meryem Marzouki; irp Cc: Lisa Horner; Rikke Frank Joergensen; Wolfgang Benedek Subject: Re: Proposal for IRP Charter Revision Deal IRPlers please find a suggestion on planning for the Charter review process attached and copied below Best Max ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Meryem Marzouki Date: Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 1:25 PM Subject: Proposal for IRP Charter Revision To: Lisa Horner , Max Senges Cc: Meryem Marzouki , Rikke Frank Joergensen , Wolfgang Benedek Dear Lisa and Max, First of all, sorry for my silence till now: I'm overwhelmed with work, in addition to many NGO activities.. Please find attached the proposal for the IRP Charter Revision process. This is a brief summary of discussions between Rikke, Wolfgang and myself at IGF 2009, taking into account the discussion during IRP coalition meeting in Sharm El Sheikh, as well as some latest developments on the IRP coalition list and in our exchanges (EuroDIG as a main milestone, taking into account the Free Culture Forum Charter, in case the proposal to merge efforts is pursued). Rikke and Wolfgang have already agreed on this summary, so this is our common final proposal to the coalition. Feel free to share this proposal with the coalition, to collect and summarize comments from its members until the end of this month, and get back to us in early January with the coalition latest comments and final version of the charter that we should work on, obviously provided that the coalition accepts our proposal. As far as I'm concerned, I'll be travelling abroad starting from the end of this week, thus not available for further discussions. I suspect Rikke and Wolfgang will be very busy too in this period. Best regards, Meryem Marzouki IRP Coalition Charter Revision Process Proposal from the Human Rights Expert Group to the IRP Coalition (Summary of discussion during IGF 2009) Meryem Marzouki - 14 December 2009 This proposal is a summary of the meeting held during IGF 2009 between the first three identified HR experts (Wolfgang Benedek, Rikke Frank Joergensen, Meryem Marzouki), followed by a discussion with the IRP coalition during its meeting of 18/11/2009. If accepted, this proposal will be the basis of the HR expert group work to produce the final charter, to be launched at IGF 2010. Inputs to be taken into account, besides international human rights instruments and relevant literature: - IRP draft charter, as of 31st December 2009 (main input): (http://irc.wiki.apc.org/index.php/Charter_of_Human_Rights_and_Principles_on_the_Internet) - APC Charter: (http://www.apc.org/en/node/5677) - Free Culture Forum Coalition draft charter: (http://www.fcforum.net ) - WSIS HR Caucus related documents, in particular the guideline for a HR approach (http://www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/smsi/hr-wsis/hris-caucus-input.pdf) - International Symposium on the Information Society, Human Dignity and Human Rights Geneva: "Statement on Human Rights, Human Dignity and the Information Society": (http://www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/smsi/hr-wsis/pdhre-statement-en.html) - Other inputs if found relevant by the HR expert group in the course of the process. Timeline: - Until 31st December 2009: further edits and comments by IRP members and agreement on the HR expert group work program (methodology and milestones). IRP representatives should provide last version (as of 31st December) of IRP charter to HR expert group. - From 1st January to 25 April 2010: HR expert group develop a first draft of the charter - EuroDIG 2010 (29-30 April 2010, Madrid): first round of comments by IRP coalition and other EuroDIG participants. Subject to feasibility: organize a closed HR experts, organizations and institutions meeting. - From 1st May to 31st May 2010: Consultation with other HR experts and HR organizations and institutions. - From 1st June to 30 June 2010: HR expert group consolidates the draft - From 1st July to 31st August 2010: Latest (minor) comments by IRP coalition. Long period due to summer holidays. Synthesis of these comments to be provided to HR expert group by IRP representatives (this is needed given that only 10 days left for final consolidation) - From 1st September to 10 September: HR expert group consolidates the draft with latest comments. - IGF 2010 (14-17 September 2010, Vilnius): public launch of the charter Structure and Methodology: - Structure: the final outcome will focus on a) the substantive rights and b) their realization, however not within the current structure in two different sections ("rights" and "principles" in the current IRP draft charter). The problem with two sections is that they present rights and principles as different layers, whereas principles - within HR terminology - represent the foundation of rights. We understand that the coalition wish to address "implementation principles", and are optimistic that this may be accomplished within the proposed Matrix model below. - Methodology: the rough methodology, at this step, is to work using a matrix, where rights (article by article) are crossed with different layers (from physical to usage). The idea is to translate the rights while providing the requirements for their realization at each layer, a layer also corresponding to a category of actor. The requirements (the elements of the matrix) could be positive or negative, depending on the given right and the given layer. Moreover, the requirements could be of different kind: legal, economical, technical, behavioral, etc. Depending on progress, outcome and discussion results after the first round of consultations (April-May 2010), the IRP coalition could still consider working on implementation guidelines. HR Expert Group: - Wolfgang Benedek (AT) - Rikke Frank Joergensen (DK) - Meryem Marzouki (FR) - Group coordinator - Andrew Rens (ZA) - TBC (proposed by Anriette Esterhuysen) - Others experts from the South (Latin America, Asia) - Identification in process -- Meryem Marzouki - Paris, France Email: Meryem.Marzouki at lip6.fr Lab. LIP6/CNRS/UPMC - www-polytic.lip6.fr IRIS (Imaginons un r?seau Internet solidaire) - www.iris.sgdg.org EDRI (European Digital Rights) - www.edri.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Robert_Bodle Thu Jan 7 21:06:24 2010 From: Robert_Bodle (Bodle, Robert) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 14:06:24 -0500 Subject: [IRP] Folllow up on IRP meeting (1/07/10) Message-ID: <454C400F0F7C9B479EF31631E311C325678B32363A@MSJEMAIL01.msj.edu> Hello everyone (great hearing everyone?s voice on the conf. call), Just a short follow up on my part ? I wanted to invite everyone to email me announcements for relevant events, meetings, and happenings for Internet Rights and Principles to add to the Facebook Events Calendar. The Facebook Events Calendar located on the left hand column of the IRP Facebook fan page can then serve as a visual reminder and planning tool for the Dynamic Coalition. Thank you for your participation. Cheers, Robert Bodle (snowed-in in Ohio) http://www.facebook.com/internetrightsandprinciples http://twitter.com/netrights ________________________________________ From: irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org [irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org] On Behalf Of M I Franklin [cos02mf at gold.ac.uk] Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 1:49 PM To: irp Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 Dear All Greetings. To follow on from Max's speed-of-light sending out of the minutes of today's IRP phone-conference, this email is a call for contributions to a statement from the DC as part of the open consultations in preparation for Vilnius later this year. Fouad's invitation for ideas and comments for the MAG meetings is pasted below fyi so the DC statement also contributes to this side of the process; point 4 in particular. In short, the IRP statement can cover: 1) Contributions that take stock of last year's IGF in Sharm el Sheikh 2) Suggestions for the agenda and format of the Vilnius meeting. Time is short, so we need your comments by Monday at the latest. I will then cobble up a first draft for one more round. The statement has to be ready to go by 15 January. All input welcome on either or both of the two aspects above. Thanks. ciao MF --On Thursday, January 07, 2010 6:08 +0500 Fouad Bajwa wrote: > Dear Friends, > > As you are all aware about the IGF Open Consultation and MAG meetings > in February 2010, I would like to request those people that cannot > participate but would like to be heard to forward their interventions > so that we can read and extend them on the floor during the Open > Consultation. I further request statements to be brief, concise and to > the point as the floor has to be passed on to the wide participation > during the consultation. > > As for the MAG, we have a strong Civil Society MAG group including > myself. The MAG is responsible for suggesting the design/organization > of the IGF2010. IF you have concerns regarding the programming of the > IGF2010, you can forward your statements for intervention to me so > that they can be shared amongst our other team members. Once again, > the requirement for being brief, concise and to the point applies here > as well! > > Ideas for interventions can involve statements such as but not limited to: > > 1. Issues surfaced during the IGF2009 in Sharam. > 2. Developing Country Participation/Inclusion Issues. > 3. Main Program / Main Theme Issues for IGF2010. > 4. Human Rights Issues/Rights on the Internet Issues. > 5. Development Agenda for Internet Governance Issues. > 6. Youth and Gender Participation Issues. > > For your convenience and live correspondence, I will be available on > Skype (ID:fouadbajwa , kindly don't forget to introduce yourself > please while adding me) throughout the three days of meetings (1 day > open consultation + 2 days MAG meetings). > > I look forward to assisting your interventions. > > -- > Regards. > -------------------------- > Fouad Bajwa > Advisor & Researcher > ICT4D & Internet Governance > Member Multistakeholder Advisory Group (IGF) > Member Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) > My Blog: Internet's Governance > http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/ > Follow my Tweets: > http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa > MAG Interview: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATVDW1tDZzA > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrig > htsandprinciples.org Dr Marianne Franklin Reader Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program Media & Communications Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross London SE14 6NW United Kingdom Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072 Fax: #44 (0) 207 919-7616 email: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin.php http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/ma-transnational-communications-global-media.php _______________________________________________ IRP mailing list IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org From donc Thu Jan 7 21:31:55 2010 From: donc (Don Cameron) Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 06:31:55 +1100 Subject: [IRP] WARNING! Last chance to contribute to the Charter! (& Meetingminutes) In-Reply-To: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A01B3007@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> References: <4d976d8e1001071017k528f14dbs4f64aee1f45fb1ec@mail.gmail.com> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A01B3007@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Message-ID: <007901ca8fd0$12d5c710$38815530$@on.net> Hi all, I'm still getting a handle on the ethos of this group (and trying to decipher all the acronyms!) however I can offer suggestion on a phone-based conferencing system if it's of any worth... For monthly teleconferences between Techsoup colleagues in .au and .us we use the ReadyTalk platform (http://www.readytalk.com/) - it has proven economical and reliable. Rgds, Don From: irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org [mailto:irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org] On Behalf Of Lisa Horner Sent: Friday, 8 January 2010 5:46 AM To: irp Subject: Re: [IRP] WARNING! Last chance to contribute to the Charter! (& Meetingminutes) Thanks Max for this. Sorry that the quality of my connection made it really difficult to moderate and converse properly. I think we should consider moving to a phone-based system based on local call rates as Max suggested, unless anyone has any objections? Shall we try it as a trial for our next meeting, which I propose for Thursday 4th February. Whether chair of the coalition or not, I volunteer to send out a draft agenda for the next meeting a week beforehand, along with a brief update on our work to form the basis of discussion. Lauren has just sent me a message to say that she was also on the call. I'll write again soon to solicit ideas for improving our coordination and communication,including coalition members volunteering to be responsible for certain things. I'll do that after the 15th, once we've put our statmement together for the open consultations (kindly led by Marianne). Great to catch up with everyone, albeit it in a crackly, broken-up way! Lisa -----Original Message----- From: irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org on behalf of Max Senges Sent: Thu 07/01/2010 18:17 To: irp Subject: [IRP] WARNING! Last chance to contribute to the Charter! (& Meetingminutes) Hi everybody I tried to take minutes - as always hard job on a conference call :-) anyways thanks for the productive meeting Participants: Robert Guerra, Lisa Horner, Max Senges, Lee Hibbart, Marianne Franklin, Robert Bodle, Carlos Affonso, Anja Kovaks, Shaila Mitry we want to submit a IRP statement on the IGF process (open consultations) by the 15th -- Marianne will send a message requesting comments from all of you! - Max checks whether the Charter on Free Culture developed by the Free Culture Forum want to join our charter and report back - There will be an IGF Germany and IRP has been suggested as one of the theme - we are looking to have some of the experts at the eurodig / IGF prep-meeting to explain the consolidated charter and discuss with the coalition; the decision is to be made on the list - new steering committee and election of new chair: max will ask the remaining steering committee members (who have not yet done so) to either nominate someone or endorse Lisa as new chair. - we want to have steering committee members (and possibly others) to agree to take up roles/responsibilities for the forthcoming year - PLEASE contribute to the charter!!! here is the latest charter version: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AeybA8_Lt-gwYWpjczg2cDlkeDJzXzMxYzQ5cXF3Yz c &hl=de http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AeybA8_Lt-gwYWpjczg2cDlkeDJzXzI5ZnJ0dnR0Yz M &hl=de mapping work in 2010 - please contribute events to robert brodle so he can put them on the facebook event calendar - Max volunteered to organize some kind of campaigning once we have the consolidated charter Freedom House is organizing: Feb 2010 Human Rights Summit ok sorry that the conferencing broke down completely at the end all the best max -- "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." -William Gibson ........................................................................... Max Senges Berlin www.maxsenges.com Mobile: 01622122755 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lisa Fri Jan 8 13:30:38 2010 From: lisa (Lisa Horner) Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 11:30:38 -0000 Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 In-Reply-To: <0376F55255E23F7B1F29B9EC@[192.168.1.64]> References: <0376F55255E23F7B1F29B9EC@[192.168.1.64]> Message-ID: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5C31@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Thanks for taking the lead with this Marianne. Some very quick notes below...would be good to hear people's thoughts and have a discussion about the options... 1) Contributions that take stock of last year's IGF in Sharm el Sheikh - Overall, the meeting was well organized. I think things have improved each year. - Remote participation seemed to work well. However, workshop organizers weren't given much support on how to use it properly and technicians weren't always on hand. More information in advance would be useful. - A wide range of stakeholders in the plenary sessions reaffirmed the importance of upholding human rights in the internet age. The challenge now is to focus on how that can actually be achieved in practice, and what roles different stakeholders can/should play. - Discussions, especially in plenary, seemed to be distracted by the issue of whether the IGF should continue, and if so, how. (does anyone have an update on the status of those discussions?) - Links between the main sessions and the workshops still weren't great. - Main sessions based around the "traditional" categories of openness, diversity etc felt a bit stale. The new themes introduced were refreshing. - main sessions without a large number of panelists worked better, but we need to find better ways of ensuring that wider plenary discussion remains coherent, dynamic and inclusive. 2) Suggestions for the agenda and format of the Vilnius meeting. - Rather than having main sessions based around broad themes, could more specific questions or policy dilemmas be proposed in advance, that people can debate in advance and suggest specific solutions to? - Related to the previous point, having sessions that look at a "human rights agenda" or "development agenda for IG" I think would be more useful than broad themes such as openness and diversity. I think these debates have been had in previous open consultations, but I haven't been able to keep up with everything...does anyone have any insights on this? As a coalition, we should probably discuss whether it's realistic to propose a human rights main session...could we propose a development main session, and then push for HRs to be a major part of that. Should we be proposing development/HRs as an overarching theme again? - Again related to previous point, the coalition should propose that it participates in the organization of the main session related to "openness" or development/HRs/Privacy. - Can we suggest ways of linking the national, regional and international IGFs better together? It would probably be useful if this could be done in a thematic way, for example with feedback from each IGF on "openness" being collected beforehand and reported back in the openness session. Would require work though - no resources to do it?? - Can we suggest ways of linking the workshops better to the main sessions? There was no formal feedback session last year, and workshop organizers weren't given a formal opportunity to feedback in the main sessions as far as I'm aware. -----Original Message----- From: irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org [mailto:irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org] On Behalf Of M I Franklin Sent: 07 January 2010 18:50 To: irp Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 Dear All Greetings. To follow on from Max's speed-of-light sending out of the minutes of today's IRP phone-conference, this email is a call for contributions to a statement from the DC as part of the open consultations in preparation for Vilnius later this year. Fouad's invitation for ideas and comments for the MAG meetings is pasted below fyi so the DC statement also contributes to this side of the process; point 4 in particular. In short, the IRP statement can cover: Time is short, so we need your comments by Monday at the latest. I will then cobble up a first draft for one more round. The statement has to be ready to go by 15 January. All input welcome on either or both of the two aspects above. Thanks. ciao MF --On Thursday, January 07, 2010 6:08 +0500 Fouad Bajwa wrote: > Dear Friends, > > As you are all aware about the IGF Open Consultation and MAG meetings > in February 2010, I would like to request those people that cannot > participate but would like to be heard to forward their interventions > so that we can read and extend them on the floor during the Open > Consultation. I further request statements to be brief, concise and to > the point as the floor has to be passed on to the wide participation > during the consultation. > > As for the MAG, we have a strong Civil Society MAG group including > myself. The MAG is responsible for suggesting the design/organization > of the IGF2010. IF you have concerns regarding the programming of the > IGF2010, you can forward your statements for intervention to me so > that they can be shared amongst our other team members. Once again, > the requirement for being brief, concise and to the point applies here > as well! > > Ideas for interventions can involve statements such as but not limited to: > > 1. Issues surfaced during the IGF2009 in Sharam. > 2. Developing Country Participation/Inclusion Issues. > 3. Main Program / Main Theme Issues for IGF2010. > 4. Human Rights Issues/Rights on the Internet Issues. > 5. Development Agenda for Internet Governance Issues. > 6. Youth and Gender Participation Issues. > > For your convenience and live correspondence, I will be available on > Skype (ID:fouadbajwa , kindly don't forget to introduce yourself > please while adding me) throughout the three days of meetings (1 day > open consultation + 2 days MAG meetings). > > I look forward to assisting your interventions. > > -- > Regards. > -------------------------- > Fouad Bajwa > Advisor & Researcher > ICT4D & Internet Governance > Member Multistakeholder Advisory Group (IGF) > Member Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) > My Blog: Internet's Governance > http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/ > Follow my Tweets: > http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa > MAG Interview: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATVDW1tDZzA > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetri g > htsandprinciples.org Dr Marianne Franklin Reader Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program Media & Communications Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross London SE14 6NW United Kingdom Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072 Fax: #44 (0) 207 919-7616 email: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin.php http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/ma-transnational-communications-global-me dia.php _______________________________________________ IRP mailing list IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetri ghtsandprinciples.org From ocl Fri Jan 8 12:58:37 2010 From: ocl (Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond) Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 11:58:37 +0100 Subject: [IRP] #1 meeting of 2010 References: <02B7B0535E8ACB4FACB46EDC26C94C5C02782F6CFF@fhex2><4d976d8e1001060704n64b5ca7dx12846d9e9f6a1b5f@mail.gmail.com><826948.13316.qm@web55201.mail.re4.yahoo.com>, <4c18bd2c1001061542h6f84694el6f656eb86f9df0d7@mail.gmail.com> <454C400F0F7C9B479EF31631E311C325678B323638@MSJEMAIL01.msj.edu> Message-ID: Hello All, sorry I did not make it to the meeting yesterday. Prior to the meeting, I had told Max that I was in Dubai and was flying back to (cold) Europe at the time the meeting was taking place. I hope it went all well. As for the proposal of Lisa Horner as new IRP Chair, I would like to wholeheartedly endorse it. She is absolutely perfect for the job, and has proven again and again that she's up to the task and will make a real difference. I look forward to reading the meeting's minutes, and hope to see you all soon. With best wishes for 2010, Olivier -- Olivier MJ Cr?pin-Leblond, PhD http://www.gih.com/ocl.html From guerra Thu Jan 7 19:15:34 2010 From: guerra (Robert Guerra) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 12:15:34 -0500 Subject: [IRP] Freedom House - Feb 2010 Human Rights Summit References: <0492A81964C44A408EDD71FBDE2E601E0278B52C36@fhex2> Message-ID: Dear IRP colleagues, I would like to share with all of you news of an upcoming event that Freedom House will be organizing next month. I will briefly mention the event at the end of today's call. Further details are below as well as in the attached blurb. I am working with my colleague Elizabeth Floyd to have the event include virtual participation as well as have one of the working groups focus on Internet Rights & Internet Freedom. regards Robert -- R. Guerra Project Director, Internet Freedom, Freedom House 131 Connecticut Ave. NW Fl.6, Washington, DC 20036 Direct: +1 202 747 7067, Main: +1 202 296 5101 Mobile +1 202 569 1800, Fax: +1 202 293 2840 Email: guerra at freedomhouse.org Freedom House, the Center for American Progress, and Human Rights First will convene the 2010 Washington Human Rights Summit: Affirming Fundamental Freedoms, in February 2010 in Washington DC. The event will bring together the world?s leading human rights and democracy activists along with political leaders, scholars, and journalists. Participants will examine challenges to the promotion of rights and freedoms in different parts of the world and set out a forward-looking vision for U.S. foreign policy, multilateral institutions and the international community for the years ahead. For additional information please contact Paula Schriefer > and Elizabeth Floyd > __________________________________________________________________________________________ Elizabeth A. Floyd | 2010 Human Rights Summit Coordinator| Democracy Web Project Director| Freedom House | 1301 Connecticut Ave NW Washington DC 20036 | Tel: 202.747.7008 | Fax: 202.293.2840 Supporting the right of every individual to be free. Donate now -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: HRsSummitConcept100709.doc Type: application/msword Size: 45056 bytes Desc: HRsSummitConcept100709.doc URL: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From guerra Fri Jan 8 19:32:38 2010 From: guerra (Robert Guerra) Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 12:32:38 -0500 Subject: [IRP] Nomination of next IRP Chair / Support Lisa Horner In-Reply-To: References: <02B7B0535E8ACB4FACB46EDC26C94C5C02782F6CFF@fhex2><4d976d8e1001060704n64b5ca7dx12846d9e9f6a1b5f@mail.gmail.com><826948.13316.qm@web55201.mail.re4.yahoo.com>, <4c18bd2c1001061542h6f84694el6f656eb86f9df0d7@mail.gmail.com> <454C400F0F7C9B479EF31631E311C325678B323638@MSJEMAIL01.msj.edu> Message-ID: <4E20AEF9-F315-40F9-9B65-2206A9D39ACF@freedomhouse.org> I would like to echo the comments made so far in regards to having Lisa Horner serve as our next chair. If indeed she's willing, then I would support her nomination and support her as my choice should we proceed to a formal election process. regards Robert On 2010-01-08, at 5:58 AM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote: > > As for the proposal of Lisa Horner as new IRP Chair, I would like to > wholeheartedly endorse it. She is absolutely perfect for the job, and has > proven again and again that she's up to the task and will make a real > difference. > > I look forward to reading the meeting's minutes, and hope to see you all > soon. > From guerra Fri Jan 8 19:32:38 2010 From: guerra (Robert Guerra) Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 12:32:38 -0500 Subject: [IRP] Nomination of next IRP Chair / Support Lisa Horner In-Reply-To: References: <02B7B0535E8ACB4FACB46EDC26C94C5C02782F6CFF@fhex2><4d976d8e1001060704n64b5ca7dx12846d9e9f6a1b5f@mail.gmail.com><826948.13316.qm@web55201.mail.re4.yahoo.com>, <4c18bd2c1001061542h6f84694el6f656eb86f9df0d7@mail.gmail.com> <454C400F0F7C9B479EF31631E311C325678B323638@MSJEMAIL01.msj.edu> Message-ID: <4E20AEF9-F315-40F9-9B65-2206A9D39ACF@freedomhouse.org> I would like to echo the comments made so far in regards to having Lisa Horner serve as our next chair. If indeed she's willing, then I would support her nomination and support her as my choice should we proceed to a formal election process. regards Robert On 2010-01-08, at 5:58 AM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote: > > As for the proposal of Lisa Horner as new IRP Chair, I would like to > wholeheartedly endorse it. She is absolutely perfect for the job, and has > proven again and again that she's up to the task and will make a real > difference. > > I look forward to reading the meeting's minutes, and hope to see you all > soon. > From guerra Fri Jan 8 19:33:28 2010 From: guerra (Robert Guerra) Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 12:33:28 -0500 Subject: [IRP] Nomination of next IRP Chair / Support Lisa Horner In-Reply-To: References: <02B7B0535E8ACB4FACB46EDC26C94C5C02782F6CFF@fhex2><4d976d8e1001060704n64b5ca7dx12846d9e9f6a1b5f@mail.gmail.com><826948.13316.qm@web55201.mail.re4.yahoo.com>, <4c18bd2c1001061542h6f84694el6f656eb86f9df0d7@mail.gmail.com> <454C400F0F7C9B479EF31631E311C325678B323638@MSJEMAIL01.msj.edu> Message-ID: I would like to echo the comments made so far in regards to having Lisa Horner serve as our next chair. If indeed she's willing, then I would support her nomination and support her as my choice should we proceed to a formal election process. regards Robert On 2010-01-08, at 5:58 AM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote: > > As for the proposal of Lisa Horner as new IRP Chair, I would like to > wholeheartedly endorse it. She is absolutely perfect for the job, and has > proven again and again that she's up to the task and will make a real > difference. > > I look forward to reading the meeting's minutes, and hope to see you all > soon. > From maxsenges Fri Jan 8 22:33:51 2010 From: maxsenges (Max Senges) Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 21:33:51 +0100 Subject: [IRP] procedure of the Steering Committee to choose the new IRP chair In-Reply-To: <4d976d8e1001081233l596ae59cqb5f208cf0f55c1d3@mail.gmail.com> References: <4d976d8e1001081233l596ae59cqb5f208cf0f55c1d3@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4d976d8e1001081233n28f4e0e4x92fb40760b873826@mail.gmail.com> "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." ?William Gibson ........................................................................... Max Senges Berlin www.maxsenges.com Mobile: 01622122755 2010/1/8 Max Senges > Hello everyone > > I would like to suggest a procedure as to how the steering committee elects > the new Chair: > > Let's keep the list open for nominations for the chair position until next > Friday 15th of Jan. > > So far we have only one candidate, which would mean that the new chair can > start the new role next friday. Should we have more than one candidate we > can either discuss and seek to find consensus (e.g. a double chairmanship) > or organize an election among steering committee members. > > I hope that's a good suggestion?! > > Best > Max > > > > > > "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." > ?William Gibson > > ........................................................................... > > Max Senges > Berlin > > www.maxsenges.com > > Mobile: 01622122755 > > > On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Graciela Selaimen wrote: > >> Thanks, Max. >> Now its clear. I think it would be useful to establish deadlines - both >> for proposing candidatures and for the voting period itself, so that people >> don't think they're voting when they express support for a candidature. >> >> best, >> Graciela >> >> Max Senges escreveu: >> >>> hi graciela >>> >>> sorry about the confusion. of course you can nominate several steering >>> committee members as chair. so far we had only lisa nominated and as many >>> steering committee members endorsed her candidature (i.e. said they are >>> happy to have her lead the coalition) and because there were/are no >>> alternative nominations. We agreed on the monthly call that I would reach >>> out to those steering committee members who had not yet spoken up on the >>> list to see whether we can elect Lisa by consensus or whether there are more >>> candidates which of course would/will lead to an election. >>> >>> Hope this clarifies matters. >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> Max >>> >>> "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." >>> ?William Gibson >>> >>> >>> ........................................................................... >>> >>> Max Senges >>> Berlin >>> >>> www.maxsenges.com >>> >>> Mobile: 01622122755 >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Graciela Selaimen >> graciela at nupef.org.br>> wrote: >>> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I'm a bit lost here, trying to understand the nomination process >>> and the choice proposed by Max. Can't we endorse more than one >>> candidature? I would endorse both candidatures - and even more, if >>> there are more good candidates. In my view this would make the >>> election of the chair more plural and democratic. >>> >>> Or is the endorsement of a candidature understood as a vote? >>> >>> >>> best, >>> Graciela >>> >>> Rafik Dammak escreveu: >>> >>> Dear Max, >>> >>> 10 of the 14 have endorsed Lisa's candidature , does it mean >>> that I have to follow too? I am not sure that consensus mean >>> accepting choice made in conf call not planned weeks ago. as >>> coalition we should have more democratic ? and transparent >>> process. >>> the "we" who decided to not consider the nomination should >>> state it publicly.? >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> >>> >>> 2010/1/8 Max Senges >> >> >>> >> >>> >>> >>> Dear Rafik >>> >>> there are two choices for you in the moment: you can either >>> nominate a member of the steering committee (e.g. Robert) or you >>> can endorse Lisa's nomination for chair. So far 10 of the 14 >>> steering committee members have endorsed Lisa's candidature. >>> >>> As for your nomination for Robert as chair please do make that >>> nomination publicly on the list or check back with him before to >>> see whether he would be interested. We did not consider your prior >>> nomination, because when you posted to the list it was time to >>> nominate for steering committee (which then in turn elects the >>> chair). We subsequently asked for chair nominations some weeks >>> ago. >>> >>> Best >>> >>> Max >>> >>> >>> >>> "The future is here. It???s just not widely distributed yet." >>> ???William Gibson >>> >>> >>> ........................................................................... >>> >>> Max Senges >>> Berlin >>> >>> www.maxsenges.com >>> >>> >>> >>> Mobile: 01622122755 >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Rafik Dammak >>> >>> >> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Max, >>> >>> before election, I have already nominated Robert Guerra, do I >>> need to confirm? >>> I am not sure if you are suggesting only two choice, either >>> nominate or endorse. there is no third one?? >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Rafik >>> >>> 2010/1/8 Max Senges >> >>> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi there >>> >>> as discussed on the conf-call we urge all steering >>> committee members who have not done so already to either >>> nominate someone for the position as IRP chair or endorse >>> Lisa Horner as new IRP chair >>> >>> best regards, >>> Max >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> "The future is here. It???s just not widely distributed yet." >>> ???William Gibson >>> >>> >>> ........................................................................... >>> >>> Max Senges >>> Berlin >>> >>> www.maxsenges.com >>> >>> >>> Mobile: 01622122755 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >> -- >> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From maxsenges Sat Jan 9 00:03:26 2010 From: maxsenges (Max Senges) Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 23:03:26 +0100 Subject: [IRP] procedure of the Steering Committee to choose the new IRP chair In-Reply-To: <4d976d8e1001081233n28f4e0e4x92fb40760b873826@mail.gmail.com> References: <4d976d8e1001081233l596ae59cqb5f208cf0f55c1d3@mail.gmail.com> <4d976d8e1001081233n28f4e0e4x92fb40760b873826@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4d976d8e1001081403t35313af3ma8839684ad8c956f@mail.gmail.com> Hello everyone > >> I would like to suggest a procedure as to how the steering committee >> elects the new Chair: >> >> Let's keep the list open for nominations for the chair position until next >> Friday 15th of Jan. >> >> So far we have only one candidate, which would mean that the new chair can >> start the new role next friday. Should we have more than one candidate we >> can either discuss and seek to find consensus (e.g. a double chairmanship) >> or organize an election among steering committee members. >> >> I hope that's a good suggestion?! >> >> Best >> Max >> >> >> >> >> >> "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." >> ?William Gibson >> >> >> ........................................................................... >> >> Max Senges >> Berlin >> >> www.maxsenges.com >> >> Mobile: 01622122755 >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Graciela Selaimen wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Max. >>> Now its clear. I think it would be useful to establish deadlines - both >>> for proposing candidatures and for the voting period itself, so that people >>> don't think they're voting when they express support for a candidature. >>> >>> best, >>> Graciela >>> >>> Max Senges escreveu: >>> >>>> hi graciela >>>> >>>> sorry about the confusion. of course you can nominate several steering >>>> committee members as chair. so far we had only lisa nominated and as many >>>> steering committee members endorsed her candidature (i.e. said they are >>>> happy to have her lead the coalition) and because there were/are no >>>> alternative nominations. We agreed on the monthly call that I would reach >>>> out to those steering committee members who had not yet spoken up on the >>>> list to see whether we can elect Lisa by consensus or whether there are more >>>> candidates which of course would/will lead to an election. >>>> >>>> Hope this clarifies matters. >>>> >>>> Kind regards, >>>> Max >>>> >>>> "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." >>>> ?William Gibson >>>> >>>> >>>> ........................................................................... >>>> >>>> Max Senges >>>> Berlin >>>> >>>> www.maxsenges.com >>>> >>>> Mobile: 01622122755 >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Graciela Selaimen < >>>> graciela at nupef.org.br > wrote: >>>> >>>> Dear all, >>>> >>>> I'm a bit lost here, trying to understand the nomination process >>>> and the choice proposed by Max. Can't we endorse more than one >>>> candidature? I would endorse both candidatures - and even more, if >>>> there are more good candidates. In my view this would make the >>>> election of the chair more plural and democratic. >>>> >>>> Or is the endorsement of a candidature understood as a vote? >>>> >>>> >>>> best, >>>> Graciela >>>> >>>> Rafik Dammak escreveu: >>>> >>>> Dear Max, >>>> >>>> 10 of the 14 have endorsed Lisa's candidature , does it mean >>>> that I have to follow too? I am not sure that consensus mean >>>> accepting choice made in conf call not planned weeks ago. as >>>> coalition we should have more democratic ? and transparent >>>> process. >>>> the "we" who decided to not consider the nomination should >>>> state it publicly.? >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 2010/1/8 Max Senges >>> >>> >>>> >> >>>> >>>> >>>> Dear Rafik >>>> >>>> there are two choices for you in the moment: you can either >>>> nominate a member of the steering committee (e.g. Robert) or you >>>> can endorse Lisa's nomination for chair. So far 10 of the 14 >>>> steering committee members have endorsed Lisa's candidature. >>>> >>>> As for your nomination for Robert as chair please do make that >>>> nomination publicly on the list or check back with him before to >>>> see whether he would be interested. We did not consider your >>>> prior >>>> nomination, because when you posted to the list it was time to >>>> nominate for steering committee (which then in turn elects the >>>> chair). We subsequently asked for chair nominations some weeks >>>> ago. >>>> >>>> Best >>>> >>>> Max >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> "The future is here. It???s just not widely distributed yet." >>>> ???William Gibson >>>> >>>> >>>> ........................................................................... >>>> >>>> Max Senges >>>> Berlin >>>> >>>> www.maxsenges.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Mobile: 01622122755 >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Rafik Dammak >>>> >>>> >>> >> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Max, >>>> >>>> before election, I have already nominated Robert Guerra, do I >>>> need to confirm? >>>> I am not sure if you are suggesting only two choice, either >>>> nominate or endorse. there is no third one?? >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Rafik >>>> >>>> 2010/1/8 Max Senges >>> >>>> >> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi there >>>> >>>> as discussed on the conf-call we urge all steering >>>> committee members who have not done so already to either >>>> nominate someone for the position as IRP chair or endorse >>>> Lisa Horner as new IRP chair >>>> >>>> best regards, >>>> Max >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> "The future is here. It???s just not widely distributed yet." >>>> ???William Gibson >>>> >>>> >>>> ........................................................................... >>>> >>>> Max Senges >>>> Berlin >>>> >>>> www.maxsenges.com >>>> >>>> >>>> Mobile: 01622122755 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From isolatedn Fri Jan 8 20:16:25 2010 From: isolatedn (Sivasubramanian Muthusamy) Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 23:46:25 +0530 Subject: [IRP] Nomination of next IRP Chair / Support Lisa Horner In-Reply-To: References: <02B7B0535E8ACB4FACB46EDC26C94C5C02782F6CFF@fhex2> <4d976d8e1001060704n64b5ca7dx12846d9e9f6a1b5f@mail.gmail.com> <826948.13316.qm@web55201.mail.re4.yahoo.com> <4c18bd2c1001061542h6f84694el6f656eb86f9df0d7@mail.gmail.com> <454C400F0F7C9B479EF31631E311C325678B323638@MSJEMAIL01.msj.edu> Message-ID: Hello I wish to extend my support to Lisa Horner as the next Chair of this coalition. She has been considerably active on the list and have taken initiatives on some of the activities of IRP Sivasubramanian Muthusamy On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 11:03 PM, Robert Guerra wrote: > I would like to echo the comments made so far in regards to having Lisa > Horner serve as our next chair. If indeed she's willing, then I would > support her nomination and support her as my choice should we proceed to a > formal election process. > > regards > > Robert > > > On 2010-01-08, at 5:58 AM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote: > > > > > As for the proposal of Lisa Horner as new IRP Chair, I would like to > > wholeheartedly endorse it. She is absolutely perfect for the job, and has > > proven again and again that she's up to the task and will make a real > > difference. > > > > I look forward to reading the meeting's minutes, and hope to see you all > > soon. > > > > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Freedom of movement on the internet: users should be able to access publicly available content, irrespective of their geographical location. please also note that the URL of the first section had to be changed due to a technical glitch: Section I https://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ajcs86p9dx2s_488rpfcbcc Section II https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AeybA8_Lt-gwYWpjczg2cDlkeDJzXzI5ZnJ0dnR0YzM&hl looking forward to read your opinion max -- "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." ?William Gibson ........................................................................... Max Senges Berlin www.maxsenges.com Mobile: 01622122755 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Charter has a new URL @ https://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ajcs86p9dx2s_488rpfcbcc#Article_12_Privacy__6397468594785073 Best Max -- "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." ?William Gibson ........................................................................... Max Senges Berlin www.maxsenges.com Mobile: 01622122755 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lisa Sat Jan 9 15:55:54 2010 From: lisa (Lisa Horner) Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 13:55:54 -0000 Subject: [IRP] procedure of the Steering Committee to choose the new IRPchair References: <4d976d8e1001081233l596ae59cqb5f208cf0f55c1d3@mail.gmail.com><4d976d8e1001081233n28f4e0e4x92fb40760b873826@mail.gmail.com> <4d976d8e1001081403t35313af3ma8839684ad8c956f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A01B300E@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Thanks Max, that sounds good to me. I agree that it'd be good to have more nominations if people are interested, and think self-nomination should also be encouraged. All the best, Lisa -----Original Message----- From: irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org on behalf of Max Senges Sent: Fri 08/01/2010 22:03 To: irp Subject: Re: [IRP] procedure of the Steering Committee to choose the new IRPchair Hello everyone > >> I would like to suggest a procedure as to how the steering committee >> elects the new Chair: >> >> Let's keep the list open for nominations for the chair position until next >> Friday 15th of Jan. >> >> So far we have only one candidate, which would mean that the new chair can >> start the new role next friday. Should we have more than one candidate we >> can either discuss and seek to find consensus (e.g. a double chairmanship) >> or organize an election among steering committee members. >> >> I hope that's a good suggestion?! >> >> Best >> Max >> >> >> >> >> >> "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." >> -William Gibson >> >> >> ........................................................................... >> >> Max Senges >> Berlin >> >> www.maxsenges.com >> >> Mobile: 01622122755 >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Graciela Selaimen wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Max. >>> Now its clear. I think it would be useful to establish deadlines - both >>> for proposing candidatures and for the voting period itself, so that people >>> don't think they're voting when they express support for a candidature. >>> >>> best, >>> Graciela >>> >>> Max Senges escreveu: >>> >>>> hi graciela >>>> >>>> sorry about the confusion. of course you can nominate several steering >>>> committee members as chair. so far we had only lisa nominated and as many >>>> steering committee members endorsed her candidature (i.e. said they are >>>> happy to have her lead the coalition) and because there were/are no >>>> alternative nominations. We agreed on the monthly call that I would reach >>>> out to those steering committee members who had not yet spoken up on the >>>> list to see whether we can elect Lisa by consensus or whether there are more >>>> candidates which of course would/will lead to an election. >>>> >>>> Hope this clarifies matters. >>>> >>>> Kind regards, >>>> Max >>>> >>>> "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." >>>> -William Gibson >>>> >>>> >>>> ........................................................................... >>>> >>>> Max Senges >>>> Berlin >>>> >>>> www.maxsenges.com >>>> >>>> Mobile: 01622122755 >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Graciela Selaimen < >>>> graciela at nupef.org.br > wrote: >>>> >>>> Dear all, >>>> >>>> I'm a bit lost here, trying to understand the nomination process >>>> and the choice proposed by Max. Can't we endorse more than one >>>> candidature? I would endorse both candidatures - and even more, if >>>> there are more good candidates. In my view this would make the >>>> election of the chair more plural and democratic. >>>> >>>> Or is the endorsement of a candidature understood as a vote? >>>> >>>> >>>> best, >>>> Graciela >>>> >>>> Rafik Dammak escreveu: >>>> >>>> Dear Max, >>>> >>>> 10 of the 14 have endorsed Lisa's candidature , does it mean >>>> that I have to follow too? I am not sure that consensus mean >>>> accepting choice made in conf call not planned weeks ago. as >>>> coalition we should have more democratic ? and transparent >>>> process. >>>> the "we" who decided to not consider the nomination should >>>> state it publicly.? >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 2010/1/8 Max Senges >>> >>> >>>> >> >>>> >>>> >>>> Dear Rafik >>>> >>>> there are two choices for you in the moment: you can either >>>> nominate a member of the steering committee (e.g. Robert) or you >>>> can endorse Lisa's nomination for chair. So far 10 of the 14 >>>> steering committee members have endorsed Lisa's candidature. >>>> >>>> As for your nomination for Robert as chair please do make that >>>> nomination publicly on the list or check back with him before to >>>> see whether he would be interested. We did not consider your >>>> prior >>>> nomination, because when you posted to the list it was time to >>>> nominate for steering committee (which then in turn elects the >>>> chair). We subsequently asked for chair nominations some weeks >>>> ago. >>>> >>>> Best >>>> >>>> Max >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> "The future is here. It??Ts just not widely distributed yet." >>>> ??"William Gibson >>>> >>>> >>>> ........................................................................... >>>> >>>> Max Senges >>>> Berlin >>>> >>>> www.maxsenges.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Mobile: 01622122755 >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Rafik Dammak >>>> >>>> >>> >> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Max, >>>> >>>> before election, I have already nominated Robert Guerra, do I >>>> need to confirm? >>>> I am not sure if you are suggesting only two choice, either >>>> nominate or endorse. there is no third one?? >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Rafik >>>> >>>> 2010/1/8 Max Senges >>> >>>> >> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi there >>>> >>>> as discussed on the conf-call we urge all steering >>>> committee members who have not done so already to either >>>> nominate someone for the position as IRP chair or endorse >>>> Lisa Horner as new IRP chair >>>> >>>> best regards, >>>> Max >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> "The future is here. It??Ts just not widely distributed yet." >>>> ??"William Gibson >>>> >>>> >>>> ........................................................................... >>>> >>>> Max Senges >>>> Berlin >>>> >>>> www.maxsenges.com >>>> >>>> >>>> Mobile: 01622122755 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katitza Sat Jan 9 16:20:35 2010 From: katitza (Katitza Rodriguez) Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 09:20:35 -0500 Subject: [IRP] Fwd: [Privacy-coalition] location of data in the cloud // new URL References: Message-ID: <012DC780-5CB3-4C69-B276-8D6B23DAD05A@datos-personales.org> fyi, Begin forwarded message: > From: Marc Rotenberg > Date: January 9, 2010 8:50:31 AM EST > To: privacy-coalition at lists.apc.org > Subject: Re: [Privacy-coalition] location of data in the cloud // > new URL > Reply-To: privacy-coalition at lists.apc.org > > Max - > > It is precisely because it may be unclear to the user with cloud > computing in which jurisdiction data resides that the service > provider should have the responsibility to resolve this question. > > This is not only a matter of fairness and transparency but also it > is economically efficient. The provider is "the least cost avoider" > and most likely to have access to the relevant information. > For the user, it could be impossible to determine. > > This is an excellent principle and it should be enacted into law. > > On this point, I was also very pleased to see that the US FTC > has told the FCC it will be pursue the EPIC complaint on > cloud computing and privacy. Perhaps one of the outcomes > will be the adoption of this principle! > > Regards, > > Marc Rotenberg > > On Jan 9, 2010, at 8:35 AM, Max Senges wrote: > >> Hi there >> >> In the privacy section are a couple of imprecise language like >> "hidden mechanisms" and I would urge our privacy experts to take >> another look before we hand it over to the experts. >> >> One point struck me particularly was: "Service providers have a >> responsibility to make clear in which legal jurisdiction(s) the >> user's data is being hosted, so that the user can make informed >> decisions." >> >> My understanding is that with cloud computing it is impossible to >> say in which jurisdiction data resides. When I travel to asia some >> of my files (the ones i access from there) move (temporarily) to a >> data center in asia. Not sure what the best solution is, but it >> seems to me that the current language is not "future proof". >> >> The Charter has a new URL @ https://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ajcs86p9dx2s_488rpfcbcc >> #Article_12_Privacy__6397468594785073 >> >> Best >> Max >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." >> ?William Gibson >> >> ........................................................................... >> >> Max Senges >> Berlin >> >> www.maxsenges.com >> >> Mobile: 01622122755 >> _______________________________________________ >> Privacy-coalition mailing list >> Info and options: http://lists.apc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/privacy-coalition >> To unsubscribe, email privacy-coalition-unsubscribe at lists.apc.org > > _______________________________________________ > Privacy-coalition mailing list > Info and options: http://lists.apc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/privacy-coalition > To unsubscribe, email privacy-coalition-unsubscribe at lists.apc.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katitza Sat Jan 9 16:31:49 2010 From: katitza (Katitza Rodriguez) Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 09:31:49 -0500 Subject: [IRP] Fwd: [Privacy-coalition] location of data in the cloud // new URL References: <629798.89091.qm@web50607.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4EC81FC6-E1C2-43CE-BF05-85BB93FCE212@datos-personales.org> fyi, Begin forwarded message: > From: Cristos Velasco > Date: January 9, 2010 9:26:17 AM EST > To: privacy-coalition at lists.apc.org > Subject: Re: [Privacy-coalition] location of data in the cloud // > new URL > Reply-To: privacy-coalition at lists.apc.org > > From a user perspective is very difficult to know exactly where my > personal data resides since there are multiple contractual > arrangements by and between cloud and access service providers that > the user is not completely aware of. Therefore I would like to > remind about a point I made during my presentation in the Public > Voice Panel on Cloud Computing in Madrid. > > > > ?Cloud companies and service providers should be directly > responsible for handling and processing of personal information in > the cloud. Companies and service providers should both provide high > security levels to protect personal and confidential information of > users, and be prepared to provide prompt notice in case of > information leaks, security breaches, or when misuse of personal > information has occurred in the cloud, as well as to establish > efficient mechanisms to submit complaints and obtain redress in a > fair and timely manner and without undue cost or burden to the user. ? > > > > I agree with Marc in the sense that the principle should evolve and > be further developed within the sphere of international and regional > organizations as well as at the national level. > > > > Regards, > > > > Cristos. > > > --- On Sat, 1/9/10, Marc Rotenberg wrote: > > From: Marc Rotenberg > Subject: Re: [Privacy-coalition] location of data in the cloud // > new URL > To: privacy-coalition at lists.apc.org > Date: Saturday, January 9, 2010, 8:50 AM > > Max - > > It is precisely because it may be unclear to the user with cloud > computing in which jurisdiction data resides that the service > provider should have the responsibility to resolve this question. > > This is not only a matter of fairness and transparency but also it > is economically efficient. The provider is "the least cost avoider" > and most likely to have access to the relevant information. > For the user, it could be impossible to determine. > > This is an excellent principle and it should be enacted into law. > > On this point, I was also very pleased to see that the US FTC > has told the FCC it will be pursue the EPIC complaint on > cloud computing and privacy. Perhaps one of the outcomes > will be the adoption of this principle! > > Regards, > > Marc Rotenberg > > On Jan 9, 2010, at 8:35 AM, Max Senges wrote: > >> Hi there >> >> In the privacy section are a couple of imprecise language like >> "hidden mechanisms" and I would urge our privacy experts to take >> another look before we hand it over to the experts. >> >> One point struck me particularly was: "Service providers have a >> responsibility to make clear in which legal jurisdiction(s) the >> user's data is being hosted, so that the user can make informed >> decisions." >> >> My understanding is that with cloud computing it is impossible to >> say in which jurisdiction data resides. When I travel to asia some >> of my files (the ones i access from there) move (temporarily) to a >> data center in asia. Not sure what the best solution is, but it >> seems to me that the current language is not "future proof". >> >> The Charter has a new URL @ https://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ajcs86p9dx2s_488rpfcbcc >> #Article_12_Privacy__6397468594785073 >> >> Best >> Max >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." >> ?William Gibson >> >> ........................................................................... >> >> Max Senges >> Berlin >> >> www.maxsenges.com >> >> Mobile: 01622122755 >> _______________________________________________ >> Privacy-coalition mailing list >> Info and options: http://lists.apc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/privacy-coalition >> To unsubscribe, email privacy-coalition-unsubscribe at lists.apc.org > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > Privacy-coalition mailing list > Info and options: http://lists.apc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/privacy-coalition > To unsubscribe, email privacy-coalition-unsubscribe at lists.apc.org > > _______________________________________________ > Privacy-coalition mailing list > Info and options: http://lists.apc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/privacy-coalition > To unsubscribe, email privacy-coalition-unsubscribe at lists.apc.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cos02mf Mon Jan 11 12:29:21 2010 From: cos02mf (M I Franklin) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:29:21 +0000 Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 In-Reply-To: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5C31@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> References: <0376F55255E23F7B1F29B9EC@[192.168.1.64]> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5C31@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Message-ID: Dear All Thanks Lisa for these comments. Anyone else have anything to add? Cheers MF --On 08 January 2010 11:30 +0000 Lisa Horner wrote: > Thanks for taking the lead with this Marianne. Some very quick notes > below...would be good to hear people's thoughts and have a discussion > about the options... > > 1) Contributions that take stock of last year's IGF in Sharm el Sheikh > > - Overall, the meeting was well organized. I think things have improved > each year. > - Remote participation seemed to work well. However, workshop > organizers weren't given much support on how to use it properly and > technicians weren't always on hand. More information in advance would > be useful. > - A wide range of stakeholders in the plenary sessions reaffirmed the > importance of upholding human rights in the internet age. The challenge > now is to focus on how that can actually be achieved in practice, and > what roles different stakeholders can/should play. > - Discussions, especially in plenary, seemed to be distracted by the > issue of whether the IGF should continue, and if so, how. (does anyone > have an update on the status of those discussions?) > - Links between the main sessions and the workshops still weren't great. > - Main sessions based around the "traditional" categories of openness, > diversity etc felt a bit stale. The new themes introduced were > refreshing. > - main sessions without a large number of panelists worked better, but > we need to find better ways of ensuring that wider plenary discussion > remains coherent, dynamic and inclusive. > > 2) Suggestions for the agenda and format of the Vilnius meeting. > > - Rather than having main sessions based around broad themes, could more > specific questions or policy dilemmas be proposed in advance, that > people can debate in advance and suggest specific solutions to? > > - Related to the previous point, having sessions that look at a "human > rights agenda" or "development agenda for IG" I think would be more > useful than broad themes such as openness and diversity. I think these > debates have been had in previous open consultations, but I haven't been > able to keep up with everything...does anyone have any insights on this? > As a coalition, we should probably discuss whether it's realistic to > propose a human rights main session...could we propose a development > main session, and then push for HRs to be a major part of that. Should > we be proposing development/HRs as an overarching theme again? > > - Again related to previous point, the coalition should propose that it > participates in the organization of the main session related to > "openness" or development/HRs/Privacy. > > - Can we suggest ways of linking the national, regional and > international IGFs better together? It would probably be useful if this > could be done in a thematic way, for example with feedback from each IGF > on "openness" being collected beforehand and reported back in the > openness session. Would require work though - no resources to do it?? > > - Can we suggest ways of linking the workshops better to the main > sessions? There was no formal feedback session last year, and workshop > organizers weren't given a formal opportunity to feedback in the main > sessions as far as I'm aware. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > [mailto:irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org] On Behalf Of > M I Franklin > Sent: 07 January 2010 18:50 > To: irp > Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 > > Dear All > > Greetings. To follow on from Max's speed-of-light sending out of the > minutes of today's IRP phone-conference, this email is a call for > contributions to a statement from the DC as part of the open > consultations > in preparation for Vilnius later this year. > > Fouad's invitation for ideas and comments for the MAG meetings is pasted > > below fyi so the DC statement also contributes to this side of the > process; > point 4 in particular. > > In short, the IRP statement can cover: > > > Time is short, so we need your comments by Monday at the latest. I will > then cobble up a first draft for one more round. The statement has to be > > ready to go by 15 January. > > All input welcome on either or both of the two aspects above. > > Thanks. > ciao > MF > > --On Thursday, January 07, 2010 6:08 +0500 Fouad Bajwa > wrote: > >> Dear Friends, >> >> As you are all aware about the IGF Open Consultation and MAG meetings >> in February 2010, I would like to request those people that cannot >> participate but would like to be heard to forward their interventions >> so that we can read and extend them on the floor during the Open >> Consultation. I further request statements to be brief, concise and to >> the point as the floor has to be passed on to the wide participation >> during the consultation. >> >> As for the MAG, we have a strong Civil Society MAG group including >> myself. The MAG is responsible for suggesting the design/organization >> of the IGF2010. IF you have concerns regarding the programming of the >> IGF2010, you can forward your statements for intervention to me so >> that they can be shared amongst our other team members. Once again, >> the requirement for being brief, concise and to the point applies here >> as well! >> >> Ideas for interventions can involve statements such as but not limited > to: >> >> 1. Issues surfaced during the IGF2009 in Sharam. >> 2. Developing Country Participation/Inclusion Issues. >> 3. Main Program / Main Theme Issues for IGF2010. >> 4. Human Rights Issues/Rights on the Internet Issues. >> 5. Development Agenda for Internet Governance Issues. >> 6. Youth and Gender Participation Issues. >> >> For your convenience and live correspondence, I will be available on >> Skype (ID:fouadbajwa , kindly don't forget to introduce yourself >> please while adding me) throughout the three days of meetings (1 day >> open consultation + 2 days MAG meetings). >> >> I look forward to assisting your interventions. >> >> -- >> Regards. >> -------------------------- >> Fouad Bajwa >> Advisor & Researcher >> ICT4D & Internet Governance >> Member Multistakeholder Advisory Group (IGF) >> Member Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) >> My Blog: Internet's Governance >> http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/ >> Follow my Tweets: >> http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa >> MAG Interview: >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATVDW1tDZzA >> _______________________________________________ >> IRP mailing list >> IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org >> > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetri > g >> htsandprinciples.org > > > > Dr Marianne Franklin > Reader > Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program > Media & Communications > Goldsmiths, University of London > New Cross > London SE14 6NW > United Kingdom > Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072 > Fax: #44 (0) 207 919-7616 > email: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk > http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin.php > http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/ma-transnational-communications-global-me > dia.php > > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetri > ghtsandprinciples.org > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrig > htsandprinciples.org Dr Marianne Franklin Reader Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program Media & Communications Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross London SE14 6NW United Kingdom Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072 Fax: #44 (0) 207 919-7616 email: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin.php http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/ma-transnational-communications-global-media.php From lisa Mon Jan 11 12:56:38 2010 From: lisa (Lisa Horner) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:56:38 -0000 Subject: [IRP] [Privacy-coalition] location of data in the cloud // new URL In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5CDE@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Thanks for these edits Cedric. I've copied in the IRP mailing list so that discussion can continue there. It's great to have this involvement from the Privacy coalition in the drafting of the Charter on Human Rights and Principles for the Internet. All are welcome to join the IRP list at http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org The Charter draft is at https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AeybA8_Lt-gwYWpjczg2cDlkeDJzXzMxYzQ5cXF3Yzc&hl And is open for edits until 15th Jan, at which point it is going to an expert committee for consolidation and to ensure it is in line with international standards. All the best, Lisa From: Cedric Laurant [mailto:cedric at laurant.org] Sent: 09 January 2010 19:46 To: Lisa Horner Cc: Meryem.Marzouki at lip6.fr; Katitza Rodriguez Subject: Fwd: [Privacy-coalition] location of data in the cloud // new URL Hi Lisa, My edits to Art. 12 of the "Internet Rights and Principles Coalition" should be displayed here: https://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ajcs86p9dx2s_488rpfcbcc#Article_12_Privacy__6397468594785073 If you cannot see them, here is the text I edited in that document: Article 12 - Privacy No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks. The right to data protection Public or private organisations that require personal information from individuals must collect only the minimal data necessary and for the minimal period of time needed. They must only process data for the minimal stated purposes. Collection, use, disclosure and retention of this information must comply with a transparent privacy policy which allows people to find out what is collected about them and to correct inaccurate information. Data collected must be protected from unauthorised disclosure and security errors should be rectified without delay. Data must be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected. The public must be warned about the potential for misuse of data supplied. Organisations have a responsibility to notify people when the information has been abused, lost, or stolen. The right to freedom from surveillance People should be able to communicate free of the threat of surveillance and interception. Personal data must be protected. Fair Information Practices that place obligations on those companies and governments who collect and process personal data, and gives rights to those individuals whose personal data is collected, should be enacted into national law. [I propose to use only one term, "personal data", instead of several ("personal information", "information", "data") in order to avoid confusion and because it is the term used in the Convention 108, the OECD Guidelines and the EU Data Protection Directive. - C?dric Laurant] National legislation should be based upon international privacy frameworks that comply with the rule of law, respect fundamental human rights, and support democratic institutions, such as the 1995 European Union Data Protection Directive, the 1980 OECD Privacy Guidelines, the Council of Europe Convention 108, together with the Protocol of 200. Governments should ratify the Council of Europe Convention 108 together with the Protocol of 2001 as expeditiously as possible. Companies should provide genuine privacy enhancing techniques that minimize or eliminate the collection of personal data. An individual must be free to communicate anonymously on the Internet and use encryption technology. Note: encryption does not equal anonymity and in some cases may even tie the message conclusively to the message originator - I would suggest "such as through the use of encryption" be removed - Mike Silber 11/15/09 1:16 PM. Collection, use, disclosure and retention of personal data must comply with a transparent privacy policy, specifying the collector, the personal data collected and the specific purpose of the collection. People should hence be able to access and retrieve the personal data collected from them. People must be free and able to exercise control and informed decision-making over the personal data collected about them and their usage. Personal data collected must be protected from unauthorised disclosure and errors should be rectified without delay. Individuals must be informed when their personal data is forwarded for use to third parties, or for a purpose other other than that for which it was collected. Individuals should be promptly notified when their personal data are improperly disclosed or used in a manner inconsistent with its collection. Unless otherwise explicitly agreed, personal data should be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or for legal reasons. The public must be warned about the potential for misuse of data supplied. I question whether this principle has any real practical value?-Mike Silber 11/15/09 1:14 PMOrganisations have a responsibility to notify people when the personal data have been abused, lost, or stolen. An individual must be free to communicate without arbitrary surveillance or interception, or the threat of surveillance or interception. This includes the use of technologies such as deep packet inspection, behavioural tracking and the exercise of control over individuals such as in instances of domestic violence and cyberstalking. Public or private organisations or companies, including social networks and service providers, which require personal data from individuals should raise awareness and request the individual's informed consent regarding the content, purposes, storage location, duration and mechanisms for access, retrieval and correction of their personal data. Social media networks must disclose when hidden mechanisms are being employed to harvest email personal data bases. Service providers have a responsibility to make clear in which legal jurisdiction(s) the user's personal data is being hosted, so that the user can make informed decisions. Service providers should communicate clearly with users the circumstances under which personal data will be shared with governments and/or with other private entities. Simultaneously provide options for unsubscribing from such networks. An individual should have the possibility: a) to obtain from a behavioural tracker, or otherwise, confirmation of whether or not the behavioural tracker has data relating to him; b) to have communicated to him data relating to him within a reasonable time; at a charge, if any, that is not excessive; in a reasonable manner; and in a form that is readily intelligible to him; c) to be given reasons if a request made under subparagraphs (a) and (b) is denied, and to be able to challenge such denial; and d) to challenge data relating to him and, if the challenge is successful, to have the data erased, rectified, completed or amended [Legislative Primer September 2009 In the information society the right to privacy has to be supported by a guarantee (or principle) of confidentiality and integrity of IT-Systems, providing the protection against others accessing IT-Systems without consent. Cedric --- -- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lisa Mon Jan 11 13:18:19 2010 From: lisa (Lisa Horner) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:18:19 -0000 Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 In-Reply-To: References: <0376F55255E23F7B1F29B9EC@[192.168.1.64]> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5C31@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Message-ID: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5CE6@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Everyone, please send your ideas through for the Open Consultations. We should focus on practical suggestions for the 2010 agenda. It's really important that we get our ideas in now, before the agenda is agreed and it's too late. We need your ideas NOW as we need to draft a statement and get it submitted by the 15th. I guess if no one has anything to add, we should keep it short and succinct, focusing on human rights rather than the process issues. In addition to my previous comments, I'd like to add another... The IGF (including regional and international) needs to find ways of better involving everyday internet users in the discussions, and of improving participation from developing countries. This is particularly important if we are to uphold human rights in and through IG - users need to know what their rights are and how to claim them, as well as contribute to the formation of policies that affect them. In terms of practical suggestions of how this might happen.... A main session on what users need from the IGF, including discussion of how to better include users in any future incarnations of the IGF? Session organizers agreeing to consult with users, and explaining how they have on feedback forms/in session reports? National IGFs formalizing participation from users, including outreach and information campaign? Setting up some kind of portal/interface for everyday users to explain ideas and needs? More focus on the discussion RE funding for a wider range of participants. Any thoughts? Lisa -----Original Message----- From: M I Franklin [mailto:cos02mf at gold.ac.uk] Sent: 11 January 2010 10:29 To: Lisa Horner; irp Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 Dear All Thanks Lisa for these comments. Anyone else have anything to add? Cheers MF --On 08 January 2010 11:30 +0000 Lisa Horner wrote: > Thanks for taking the lead with this Marianne. Some very quick notes > below...would be good to hear people's thoughts and have a discussion > about the options... > > 1) Contributions that take stock of last year's IGF in Sharm el Sheikh > > - Overall, the meeting was well organized. I think things have improved > each year. > - Remote participation seemed to work well. However, workshop > organizers weren't given much support on how to use it properly and > technicians weren't always on hand. More information in advance would > be useful. > - A wide range of stakeholders in the plenary sessions reaffirmed the > importance of upholding human rights in the internet age. The challenge > now is to focus on how that can actually be achieved in practice, and > what roles different stakeholders can/should play. > - Discussions, especially in plenary, seemed to be distracted by the > issue of whether the IGF should continue, and if so, how. (does anyone > have an update on the status of those discussions?) > - Links between the main sessions and the workshops still weren't great. > - Main sessions based around the "traditional" categories of openness, > diversity etc felt a bit stale. The new themes introduced were > refreshing. > - main sessions without a large number of panelists worked better, but > we need to find better ways of ensuring that wider plenary discussion > remains coherent, dynamic and inclusive. > > 2) Suggestions for the agenda and format of the Vilnius meeting. > > - Rather than having main sessions based around broad themes, could more > specific questions or policy dilemmas be proposed in advance, that > people can debate in advance and suggest specific solutions to? > > - Related to the previous point, having sessions that look at a "human > rights agenda" or "development agenda for IG" I think would be more > useful than broad themes such as openness and diversity. I think these > debates have been had in previous open consultations, but I haven't been > able to keep up with everything...does anyone have any insights on this? > As a coalition, we should probably discuss whether it's realistic to > propose a human rights main session...could we propose a development > main session, and then push for HRs to be a major part of that. Should > we be proposing development/HRs as an overarching theme again? > > - Again related to previous point, the coalition should propose that it > participates in the organization of the main session related to > "openness" or development/HRs/Privacy. > > - Can we suggest ways of linking the national, regional and > international IGFs better together? It would probably be useful if this > could be done in a thematic way, for example with feedback from each IGF > on "openness" being collected beforehand and reported back in the > openness session. Would require work though - no resources to do it?? > > - Can we suggest ways of linking the workshops better to the main > sessions? There was no formal feedback session last year, and workshop > organizers weren't given a formal opportunity to feedback in the main > sessions as far as I'm aware. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > [mailto:irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org] On Behalf Of > M I Franklin > Sent: 07 January 2010 18:50 > To: irp > Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 > > Dear All > > Greetings. To follow on from Max's speed-of-light sending out of the > minutes of today's IRP phone-conference, this email is a call for > contributions to a statement from the DC as part of the open > consultations > in preparation for Vilnius later this year. > > Fouad's invitation for ideas and comments for the MAG meetings is pasted > > below fyi so the DC statement also contributes to this side of the > process; > point 4 in particular. > > In short, the IRP statement can cover: > > > Time is short, so we need your comments by Monday at the latest. I will > then cobble up a first draft for one more round. The statement has to be > > ready to go by 15 January. > > All input welcome on either or both of the two aspects above. > > Thanks. > ciao > MF > > --On Thursday, January 07, 2010 6:08 +0500 Fouad Bajwa > wrote: > >> Dear Friends, >> >> As you are all aware about the IGF Open Consultation and MAG meetings >> in February 2010, I would like to request those people that cannot >> participate but would like to be heard to forward their interventions >> so that we can read and extend them on the floor during the Open >> Consultation. I further request statements to be brief, concise and to >> the point as the floor has to be passed on to the wide participation >> during the consultation. >> >> As for the MAG, we have a strong Civil Society MAG group including >> myself. The MAG is responsible for suggesting the design/organization >> of the IGF2010. IF you have concerns regarding the programming of the >> IGF2010, you can forward your statements for intervention to me so >> that they can be shared amongst our other team members. Once again, >> the requirement for being brief, concise and to the point applies here >> as well! >> >> Ideas for interventions can involve statements such as but not limited > to: >> >> 1. Issues surfaced during the IGF2009 in Sharam. >> 2. Developing Country Participation/Inclusion Issues. >> 3. Main Program / Main Theme Issues for IGF2010. >> 4. Human Rights Issues/Rights on the Internet Issues. >> 5. Development Agenda for Internet Governance Issues. >> 6. Youth and Gender Participation Issues. >> >> For your convenience and live correspondence, I will be available on >> Skype (ID:fouadbajwa , kindly don't forget to introduce yourself >> please while adding me) throughout the three days of meetings (1 day >> open consultation + 2 days MAG meetings). >> >> I look forward to assisting your interventions. >> >> -- >> Regards. >> -------------------------- >> Fouad Bajwa >> Advisor & Researcher >> ICT4D & Internet Governance >> Member Multistakeholder Advisory Group (IGF) >> Member Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) >> My Blog: Internet's Governance >> http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/ >> Follow my Tweets: >> http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa >> MAG Interview: >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATVDW1tDZzA >> _______________________________________________ >> IRP mailing list >> IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org >> > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetri > g >> htsandprinciples.org > > > > Dr Marianne Franklin > Reader > Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program > Media & Communications > Goldsmiths, University of London > New Cross > London SE14 6NW > United Kingdom > Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072 > Fax: #44 (0) 207 919-7616 > email: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk > http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin.php > http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/ma-transnational-communications-global-me > dia.php > > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetri > ghtsandprinciples.org > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetri g > htsandprinciples.org Dr Marianne Franklin Reader Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program Media & Communications Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross London SE14 6NW United Kingdom Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072 Fax: #44 (0) 207 919-7616 email: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin.php http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/ma-transnational-communications-global-me dia.php From ocl Mon Jan 11 13:24:34 2010 From: ocl (Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:24:34 +0100 Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 In-Reply-To: References: <0376F55255E23F7B1F29B9EC@[192.168.1.64]> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5C31@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Message-ID: <4B4B0A72.3090806@gih.com> Le 11/01/2010 11:29, M I Franklin a ?crit : > Dear All > > Thanks Lisa for these comments. > > Anyone else have anything to add? > > Cheers > MF > > --On 08 January 2010 11:30 +0000 Lisa Horner > wrote: > >> Thanks for taking the lead with this Marianne. Some very quick notes >> below...would be good to hear people's thoughts and have a discussion >> about the options... >> >> 1) Contributions that take stock of last year's IGF in Sharm el Sheikh >> >> - Overall, the meeting was well organized. I think things have improved >> each year. Improved yes - definitely. Considering the resources which were available, I am amazed at how *well* it went. The IGF is effectively running on a shoestring budget, and the volunteer group running the operations have to be commended for how good a job they did. I saw them work late at night each day, and early in the morning too. Well done to them. >> - Remote participation seemed to work well. However, workshop >> organizers weren't given much support on how to use it properly and >> technicians weren't always on hand. More information in advance would >> be useful. >> IMHO the IGF is suffering from lack of resources. We missed out on full workshop remote participation because (1) nowhere was there a document entitled "remote participation in Sharm el Sheikh - how to set it up" detailing software, processes etc., and (2) no technicians were at hand to explain how things worked. I am sorry to say that to this date, the experience I had chairing the workshop I chaired was the most DIY job I've *ever* had to do in any conference. Considering the importance and significance of the subjects discussed, this is deplorable, and the only way in the future is to have more dedicated staff to run those things. >> - Discussions, especially in plenary, seemed to be distracted by the >> issue of whether the IGF should continue, and if so, how. (does anyone >> have an update on the status of those discussions?) >> - Links between the main sessions and the workshops still weren't great. Indeed - it often looked as though there was no link whatsoever - even two separate conferences taking place side by side. Can I add that I completely agree with Lisa's other points. Warmest regards, Olivier -- Olivier MJ Cr?pin-Leblond, PhD http://www.gih.com/ocl.html From gpaque Mon Jan 11 13:38:09 2010 From: gpaque (Ginger Paque) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:08:09 -0430 Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 In-Reply-To: References: <0376F55255E23F7B1F29B9EC@[192.168.1.64]> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5C31@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Message-ID: <4B4B0DA1.4000500@gmail.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cos02mf Mon Jan 11 14:27:20 2010 From: cos02mf (M I Franklin) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:27:20 +0000 Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 In-Reply-To: <4B4B0DA1.4000500@gmail.com> References: <0376F55255E23F7B1F29B9EC@[192.168.1.64]> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5C31@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <4B4B0DA1.4000500@gmail.com> Message-ID: Thanks all Due to the limited time-window, I can only incorporate comments coming in up to midnight GMT. Will have the first version ready later in the day on Tuesday, 12/01 to allow time for other timezones. So, go for it! cheers MF --On 11 January 2010 07:08 -0430 Ginger Paque wrote: > I think this is a good approach. > > Could you please re-word slightly the note on Remote Participation? > > The Remote Participation Working Group (RPWG) proposes a short training > session for panel moderators and remote moderators before the start of > the IGF meeting. We also propose that the Workshop design include not > only a moderator, but an online moderator, so that someone on the panel > is monitoring the remote participation. This can be a panel member or > rapporteur, even the panel moderator if necessary, but a remote moderator > should be assigned to handle remote participation, and should have > orientation before the meeting starts. This is the most significant > change that needs to be added for IGF 2010. > > The RPWG is finally setting up the definitive webpage at > www.igfremote.info, as www.igfremote.org was hijacked. Information will > be more readily available this year, for Remote Hubs, and for remote > individuals and remote presenters. > > Best, Ginger > > M I Franklin wrote: > > Dear All > > Thanks Lisa for these comments. > > Anyone else have anything to add? > > Cheers > MF > > --On 08 January 2010 11:30 +0000 Lisa Horner > wrote: > > > Thanks for taking the lead with this Marianne. Some very quick notes > below...would be good to hear people's thoughts and have a discussion > about the options... > > 1) Contributions that take stock of last year's IGF in Sharm el Sheikh > > - Overall, the meeting was well organized. I think things have improved > each year. > - Remote participation seemed to work well. However, workshop > organizers weren't given much support on how to use it properly and > technicians weren't always on hand. More information in advance would > be useful. > - A wide range of stakeholders in the plenary sessions reaffirmed the > importance of upholding human rights in the internet age. The challenge > now is to focus on how that can actually be achieved in practice, and > what roles different stakeholders can/should play. > - Discussions, especially in plenary, seemed to be distracted by the > issue of whether the IGF should continue, and if so, how. (does anyone > have an update on the status of those discussions?) > - Links between the main sessions and the workshops still weren't great. > - Main sessions based around the "traditional" categories of openness, > diversity etc felt a bit stale. The new themes introduced were > refreshing. > - main sessions without a large number of panelists worked better, but > we need to find better ways of ensuring that wider plenary discussion > remains coherent, dynamic and inclusive. > > 2) Suggestions for the agenda and format of the Vilnius meeting. > > - Rather than having main sessions based around broad themes, could more > specific questions or policy dilemmas be proposed in advance, that > people can debate in advance and suggest specific solutions to? > > - Related to the previous point, having sessions that look at a "human > rights agenda" or "development agenda for IG" I think would be more > useful than broad themes such as openness and diversity. I think these > debates have been had in previous open consultations, but I haven't been > able to keep up with everything...does anyone have any insights on this? > As a coalition, we should probably discuss whether it's realistic to > propose a human rights main session...could we propose a development > main session, and then push for HRs to be a major part of that. Should > we be proposing development/HRs as an overarching theme again? > > - Again related to previous point, the coalition should propose that it > participates in the organization of the main session related to > "openness" or development/HRs/Privacy. > > - Can we suggest ways of linking the national, regional and > international IGFs better together? It would probably be useful if this > could be done in a thematic way, for example with feedback from each IGF > on "openness" being collected beforehand and reported back in the > openness session. Would require work though - no resources to do it?? > > - Can we suggest ways of linking the workshops better to the main > sessions? There was no formal feedback session last year, and workshop > organizers weren't given a formal opportunity to feedback in the main > sessions as far as I'm aware. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > [mailto:irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org] On Behalf Of > M I Franklin > Sent: 07 January 2010 18:50 > To: irp > Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 > > Dear All > > Greetings. To follow on from Max's speed-of-light sending out of the > minutes of today's IRP phone-conference, this email is a call for > contributions to a statement from the DC as part of the open > consultations > in preparation for Vilnius later this year. > > Fouad's invitation for ideas and comments for the MAG meetings is pasted > > below fyi so the DC statement also contributes to this side of the > process; > point 4 in particular. > > In short, the IRP statement can cover: > > > Time is short, so we need your comments by Monday at the latest. I will > then cobble up a first draft for one more round. The statement has to be > > ready to go by 15 January. > > All input welcome on either or both of the two aspects above. > > Thanks. > ciao > MF > > --On Thursday, January 07, 2010 6:08 +0500 Fouad Bajwa > wrote: > > > Dear Friends, > > As you are all aware about the IGF Open Consultation and MAG meetings > in February 2010, I would like to request those people that cannot > participate but would like to be heard to forward their interventions > so that we can read and extend them on the floor during the Open > Consultation. I further request statements to be brief, concise and to > the point as the floor has to be passed on to the wide participation > during the consultation. > > As for the MAG, we have a strong Civil Society MAG group including > myself. The MAG is responsible for suggesting the design/organization > of the IGF2010. IF you have concerns regarding the programming of the > IGF2010, you can forward your statements for intervention to me so > that they can be shared amongst our other team members. Once again, > the requirement for being brief, concise and to the point applies here > as well! > > Ideas for interventions can involve statements such as but not limited > > to: > > > 1. Issues surfaced during the IGF2009 in Sharam. > 2. Developing Country Participation/Inclusion Issues. > 3. Main Program / Main Theme Issues for IGF2010. > 4. Human Rights Issues/Rights on the Internet Issues. > 5. Development Agenda for Internet Governance Issues. > 6. Youth and Gender Participation Issues. > > For your convenience and live correspondence, I will be available on > Skype (ID:fouadbajwa , kindly don't forget to introduce yourself > please while adding me) throughout the three days of meetings (1 day > open consultation + 2 days MAG meetings). > > I look forward to assisting your interventions. > > -- > Regards. > -------------------------- > Fouad Bajwa > Advisor & Researcher > ICT4D & Internet Governance > Member Multistakeholder Advisory Group (IGF) > Member Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) > My Blog: Internet's Governance > http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/ > Follow my Tweets: > http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa > MAG Interview: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATVDW1tDZzA > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > > > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetri > g > > htsandprinciples.org > > > > > Dr Marianne Franklin > Reader > Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program > Media & Communications > Goldsmiths, University of London > New Cross > London SE14 6NW > United Kingdom > Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072 > Fax: #44 (0) 207 919-7616 > email: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk > http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin.php > http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/ma-transnational-communications-global-me > dia.php > > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetri > ghtsandprinciples.org > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrig > htsandprinciples.org > > > > > Dr Marianne Franklin > Reader > Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program > Media & Communications > Goldsmiths, University of London > New Cross > London SE14 6NW > United Kingdom > Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072 > Fax: #44 (0) 207 919-7616 > email: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk > http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin.php > http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/ma-transnational-communications-global-med > ia.php > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrig > htsandprinciples.org > > Dr Marianne Franklin Reader Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program Media & Communications Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross London SE14 6NW United Kingdom Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072 Fax: #44 (0) 207 919-7616 email: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin.php http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/ma-transnational-communications-global-media.php From katitza Mon Jan 11 14:59:17 2010 From: katitza (Katitza Rodriguez) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:59:17 -0500 Subject: [IRP] Body scanners can store, send images, group says References: <5773AB36-5C74-4B20-94FB-40DCC36BCAB6@epic.org> Message-ID: <42A9260F-B34D-466A-9EBD-9EEF20750C38@datos-personales.org> fyi, http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/01/11/body.scanners/ CNN.com Body scanners can store, send images, group says By Jeanne Meserve and Mike M. Ahlers (CNN) STORY HIGHLIGHTS * 2008 documents indicate machines must have image storing, sending capabilities, group says * Electronic Privacy Information Center says requirement could lead to abuse * Written guidelines appear to contradict assurances made by TSA * A TSA official says image saving can be done only in TSA test facilities Washington (CNN) -- A privacy group says the Transportation Security Administration is misleading the public with claims that full-body scanners at airports cannot store or send their graphic images. The TSA specified in 2008 documents that the machines must have image storage and sending abilities, the Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) said. In the documents, obtained by the privacy group and provided to CNN, the TSA specifies that the body scanners it purchases must have the ability to store and send images when in "test mode." That requirement leaves open the possibility the machines -- which can see beneath people's clothing -- can be abused by TSA insiders and hacked by outsiders, said EPIC Executive Director Marc Rotenberg. EPIC, a public-interest group focused on privacy and civil rights, obtained the technical specifications and vendor contracts through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. The written requirements also appear to contradict numerous assurances the TSA has given the public about the machines' privacy protections. "The machines have zero storage capability," the TSA Web site says. A TSA video assures passengers "the system has no way to save, transmit or print the image." And the TSA has distributed numerous news releases with similar language as it lobbies for public acceptance of the machines as a less intrusive alternative to pat-downs. A TSA official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official is not authorized to speak on the record said all full-body scanners have "strong privacy protections in place" and are delivered to airports "without the capability to store, print or transmit images." "There is no way for someone in the airport environment to put the machine into the test mode," the official said, adding that test mode can be enabled only in TSA test facilities. But the official declined to say whether activating test mode requires additional hardware, software or simply additional knowledge of how the machines operate. The controversy arises as the TSA is promoting the machines as a possible way to prevent assaults on U.S. airliners, such as the Christmas attempt on Northwest Flight 253. About 40 machines are already in use at 19 airports, and the TSA says it will deploy 150 more nationwide this year, while appropriating money for an additional 300 machines for 2011. "I don't think the TSA has been forthcoming with the American public about the true capability of these devices," EPIC's Rotenberg said. "They've done a bunch of very slick promotions where they show people -- including journalists -- going through the devices. And then they reassure people, based on the images that have been produced, that there's not any privacy concerns. "But if you look at the actual technical specifications and you read the vendor contracts, you come to understand that these machines are capable of doing far more than the TSA has let on," he said. The TSA should suspend further deployment of the machines until privacy and security questions are resolved, Rotenberg said. TSA officials say they have taken sufficient measures to protect privacy. The TSA officer viewing the image cannot see the actual passenger. No cameras, cell phones or other devices capable of capturing an image are allowed in the room where the image is displayed, according to the TSA. The agency adds that images are deleted from the system after the operator reviews them. And employees who misuse the machines are subject to serious discipline or removal. Further, the TSA says, the machines are not networked and cannot be hacked. EPIC said it is pursuing a lawsuit to obtain additional documents about the machines from the TSA. From isolatedn Mon Jan 11 18:55:00 2010 From: isolatedn (Sivasubramanian Muthusamy) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:25:00 +0530 Subject: [IRP] Body scanners can store, send images, group says In-Reply-To: <42A9260F-B34D-466A-9EBD-9EEF20750C38@datos-personales.org> References: <5773AB36-5C74-4B20-94FB-40DCC36BCAB6@epic.org> <42A9260F-B34D-466A-9EBD-9EEF20750C38@datos-personales.org> Message-ID: Hello While Privacy organizations are doing their part to oppose body scanners in airports, the proponents ( Government / TSA / Security Agencies ) are engaged in propaganda, that air travelers strongly approve of body scanners in airports. http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/item.aspx?type=blog&ak=14412.blog This report says that e "most [passengers are] OK" with body scanners. Privacy campaigns need to be stepped up, and all that it would take the Governments to brush aside the opposition would be a bit more of such propaganda. Sivasubramanian Muthusamy Blog: http://isocmadras.blogspot.com facebook: http://is.gd/x8Sh LinkedIn: http://is.gd/x8U6 Twitter: http://is.gd/x8Vz On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Katitza Rodriguez < katitza at datos-personales.org> wrote: > fyi, > > > http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/01/11/body.scanners/ > CNN.com > > Body scanners can store, send images, group says > By Jeanne Meserve and Mike M. Ahlers (CNN) > > STORY HIGHLIGHTS > > * 2008 documents indicate machines must have image storing, > sending capabilities, group says > > * Electronic Privacy Information Center says requirement > could lead to abuse > > * Written guidelines appear to contradict assurances made by > TSA > > * A TSA official says image saving can be done only in TSA > test facilities > > Washington (CNN) -- A privacy group says the Transportation > Security Administration is misleading the public with claims > that full-body scanners at airports cannot store or send their > graphic images. > > The TSA specified in 2008 documents that the machines must have > image storage and sending abilities, the Washington-based > Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) said. > > In the documents, obtained by the privacy group and provided to > CNN, the TSA specifies that the body scanners it purchases must > have the ability to store and send images when in "test mode." > > That requirement leaves open the possibility the machines -- > which can see beneath people's clothing -- can be abused by TSA > insiders and hacked by outsiders, said EPIC Executive Director > Marc Rotenberg. > > EPIC, a public-interest group focused on privacy and civil > rights, obtained the technical specifications and vendor > contracts through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. > > The written requirements also appear to contradict numerous > assurances the TSA has given the public about the machines' > privacy protections. > > "The machines have zero storage capability," the TSA Web site > says. > > A TSA video assures passengers "the system has no way to save, > transmit or print the image." > > And the TSA has distributed numerous news releases with similar > language as it lobbies for public acceptance of the machines as > a less intrusive alternative to pat-downs. > > A TSA official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the > official is not authorized to speak on the record said all > full-body scanners have "strong privacy protections in place" > and are delivered to airports "without the capability to store, > print or transmit images." > > "There is no way for someone in the airport environment to put > the machine into the test mode," the official said, adding that > test mode can be enabled only in TSA test facilities. But the > official declined to say whether activating test mode requires > additional hardware, software or simply additional knowledge of > how the machines operate. > > The controversy arises as the TSA is promoting the machines as a > possible way to prevent assaults on U.S. airliners, such as the > Christmas attempt on Northwest Flight 253. > > About 40 machines are already in use at 19 airports, and the TSA > says it will deploy 150 more nationwide this year, while > appropriating money for an additional 300 machines for 2011. > > "I don't think the TSA has been forthcoming with the American > public about the true capability of these devices," EPIC's > Rotenberg said. "They've done a bunch of very slick promotions > where they show people -- including journalists -- going through > the devices. And then they reassure people, based on the images > that have been produced, that there's not any privacy concerns. > > "But if you look at the actual technical specifications and you > read the vendor contracts, you come to understand that these > machines are capable of doing far more than the TSA has let on," > he said. > > The TSA should suspend further deployment of the machines until > privacy and security questions are resolved, Rotenberg said. > > TSA officials say they have taken sufficient measures to protect > privacy. > > The TSA officer viewing the image cannot see the actual > passenger. No cameras, cell phones or other devices capable of > capturing an image are allowed in the room where the image is > displayed, according to the TSA. The agency adds that images are > deleted from the system after the operator reviews them. And > employees who misuse the machines are subject to serious > discipline or removal. > > Further, the TSA says, the machines are not networked and cannot > be hacked. > > EPIC said it is pursuing a lawsuit to obtain additional > documents about the machines from the TSA. > > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rebecca.mackinnon Tue Jan 12 16:34:16 2010 From: rebecca.mackinnon (Rebecca MacKinnon) Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:34:16 -0700 Subject: [IRP] Freedom House - Feb 2010 Human Rights Summit In-Reply-To: References: <0492A81964C44A408EDD71FBDE2E601E0278B52C36@fhex2> Message-ID: <58762b1a1001120634g7b9a9a83k6990fc25bb1cb216@mail.gmail.com> Hi there. Any details about virtual participation? Not seeing any info on the FH website. Best, R On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Robert Guerra wrote: > Dear IRP colleagues, > > I would like to share with all of you news of an upcoming event that > Freedom House will be organizing next month. I will briefly mention the > event at the end of today's call. Further details are below as well as in > the attached blurb. > > I am working with my colleague Elizabeth Floyd to have the event include > virtual participation as well as have one of the working groups focus on > Internet Rights & Internet Freedom. > > regards > > Robert > -- > > R. Guerra > Project Director, Internet Freedom, Freedom House > 131 Connecticut Ave. NW Fl.6, Washington, DC 20036 > Direct: +1 202 747 7067, Main: +1 202 296 5101 > Mobile +1 202 569 1800, Fax: +1 202 293 2840 > Email: guerra at freedomhouse.org > > > > Freedom House, the Center for American Progress, and Human Rights First > will convene the 2010 Washington Human Rights Summit: Affirming Fundamental > Freedoms, in February 2010 in Washington DC. The event will bring together > the world?s leading human rights and democracy activists along with > political leaders, scholars, and journalists. Participants will examine > challenges to the promotion of rights and freedoms in different parts of the > world and set out a forward-looking vision for U.S. foreign policy, > multilateral institutions and the international community for the years > ahead. For additional information please contact Paula Schriefer < > schriefer at freedomhouse.org> and > Elizabeth Floyd > > > > > > __________________________________________________________________________________________ > Elizabeth A. Floyd | 2010 Human Rights Summit Coordinator| Democracy Web< > http://www.democracyweb.org/> Project Director| Freedom House< > http://www.freedomhouse.org/> | 1301 Connecticut Ave NW Washington DC > 20036 | Tel: 202.747.7008 | Fax: 202.293.2840 > > Supporting the right of every individual to be free. > Donate now > > > > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org > > -- IMPORTANT: My Hong Kong University e-mail (rmack at hku.hk) will soon be de-activated. Please use my gmail instead (see below). 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Any details about virtual participation? Not seeing any info on the FH website. Best, R On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Robert Guerra > wrote: Dear IRP colleagues, I would like to share with all of you news of an upcoming event that Freedom House will be organizing next month. I will briefly mention the event at the end of today's call. Further details are below as well as in the attached blurb. I am working with my colleague Elizabeth Floyd to have the event include virtual participation as well as have one of the working groups focus on Internet Rights & Internet Freedom. regards Robert -- R. Guerra Project Director, Internet Freedom, Freedom House 131 Connecticut Ave. NW Fl.6, Washington, DC 20036 Direct: +1 202 747 7067, Main: +1 202 296 5101 Mobile +1 202 569 1800, Fax: +1 202 293 2840 Email: guerra at freedomhouse.org> Freedom House, the Center for American Progress, and Human Rights First will convene the 2010 Washington Human Rights Summit: Affirming Fundamental Freedoms, in February 2010 in Washington DC. The event will bring together the world?s leading human rights and democracy activists along with political leaders, scholars, and journalists. Participants will examine challenges to the promotion of rights and freedoms in different parts of the world and set out a forward-looking vision for U.S. foreign policy, multilateral institutions and the international community for the years ahead. For additional information please contact Paula Schriefer >> and Elizabeth Floyd >> __________________________________________________________________________________________ Elizabeth A. Floyd | 2010 Human Rights Summit Coordinator| Democracy Web Project Director| Freedom House | 1301 Connecticut Ave NW Washington DC 20036 | Tel: 202.747.7008 | Fax: 202.293.2840 Supporting the right of every individual to be free. Donate now _______________________________________________ IRP mailing list IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org -- IMPORTANT: My Hong Kong University e-mail (rmack at hku.hk) will soon be de-activated. Please use my gmail instead (see below). Rebecca MacKinnon Open Society Fellow | Co-founder, GlobalVoicesOnline.org Tel: +1-617-939-3493 E-mail: rebecca.mackinnon at gmail.com Blog: http://RConversation.blogs.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/rmack Friendfeed: http://friendfeed.com/rebeccamack From rebecca.mackinnon Tue Jan 12 16:36:26 2010 From: rebecca.mackinnon (Rebecca MacKinnon) Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:36:26 -0700 Subject: [IRP] Freedom House - Feb 2010 Human Rights Summit In-Reply-To: <58762b1a1001120634g7b9a9a83k6990fc25bb1cb216@mail.gmail.com> References: <0492A81964C44A408EDD71FBDE2E601E0278B52C36@fhex2> <58762b1a1001120634g7b9a9a83k6990fc25bb1cb216@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <58762b1a1001120636i63d23a69o8d73c5b5f858124@mail.gmail.com> Sorry I replied to the wrong email. Was asking about the Freedom in the World event allegedly taking place right now, which I thought was going to be streamed. I guess not. Best, R On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 7:34 AM, Rebecca MacKinnon < rebecca.mackinnon at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi there. Any details about virtual participation? Not seeing any info on > the FH website. > Best, > R > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Robert Guerra wrote: > >> Dear IRP colleagues, >> >> I would like to share with all of you news of an upcoming event that >> Freedom House will be organizing next month. I will briefly mention the >> event at the end of today's call. Further details are below as well as in >> the attached blurb. >> >> I am working with my colleague Elizabeth Floyd to have the event include >> virtual participation as well as have one of the working groups focus on >> Internet Rights & Internet Freedom. >> >> regards >> >> Robert >> -- >> >> R. Guerra >> Project Director, Internet Freedom, Freedom House >> 131 Connecticut Ave. NW Fl.6, Washington, DC 20036 >> Direct: +1 202 747 7067, Main: +1 202 296 5101 >> Mobile +1 202 569 1800, Fax: +1 202 293 2840 >> Email: guerra at freedomhouse.org >> >> >> >> Freedom House, the Center for American Progress, and Human Rights First >> will convene the 2010 Washington Human Rights Summit: Affirming Fundamental >> Freedoms, in February 2010 in Washington DC. The event will bring together >> the world?s leading human rights and democracy activists along with >> political leaders, scholars, and journalists. Participants will examine >> challenges to the promotion of rights and freedoms in different parts of the >> world and set out a forward-looking vision for U.S. foreign policy, >> multilateral institutions and the international community for the years >> ahead. For additional information please contact Paula Schriefer < >> schriefer at freedomhouse.org> and >> Elizabeth Floyd > >> >> >> >> >> __________________________________________________________________________________________ >> Elizabeth A. Floyd | 2010 Human Rights Summit Coordinator| Democracy Web< >> http://www.democracyweb.org/> Project Director| Freedom House< >> http://www.freedomhouse.org/> | 1301 Connecticut Ave NW Washington DC >> 20036 | Tel: 202.747.7008 | Fax: 202.293.2840 >> >> Supporting the right of every individual to be free. >> Donate now >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> IRP mailing list >> IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org >> >> http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org >> >> > > > -- > IMPORTANT: My Hong Kong University e-mail (rmack at hku.hk) will soon be > de-activated. 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Any details about virtual participation? Not seeing any info on the FH website. Best, R On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Robert Guerra > wrote: Dear IRP colleagues, I would like to share with all of you news of an upcoming event that Freedom House will be organizing next month. I will briefly mention the event at the end of today's call. Further details are below as well as in the attached blurb. I am working with my colleague Elizabeth Floyd to have the event include virtual participation as well as have one of the working groups focus on Internet Rights & Internet Freedom. regards Robert -- R. Guerra Project Director, Internet Freedom, Freedom House 131 Connecticut Ave. NW Fl.6, Washington, DC 20036 Direct: +1 202 747 7067, Main: +1 202 296 5101 Mobile +1 202 569 1800, Fax: +1 202 293 2840 Email: guerra at freedomhouse.org> Freedom House, the Center for American Progress, and Human Rights First will convene the 2010 Washington Human Rights Summit: Affirming Fundamental Freedoms, in February 2010 in Washington DC. The event will bring together the world?s leading human rights and democracy activists along with political leaders, scholars, and journalists. Participants will examine challenges to the promotion of rights and freedoms in different parts of the world and set out a forward-looking vision for U.S. foreign policy, multilateral institutions and the international community for the years ahead. For additional information please contact Paula Schriefer >> and Elizabeth Floyd >> __________________________________________________________________________________________ Elizabeth A. Floyd | 2010 Human Rights Summit Coordinator| Democracy Web Project Director| Freedom House | 1301 Connecticut Ave NW Washington DC 20036 | Tel: 202.747.7008 | Fax: 202.293.2840 Supporting the right of every individual to be free. Donate now _______________________________________________ IRP mailing list IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org -- IMPORTANT: My Hong Kong University e-mail (rmack at hku.hk) will soon be de-activated. Please use my gmail instead (see below). 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Most of the people copied into that thread are on the mailing list anyway. Please just reply to the list (irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org). Only copy people in if you know they are not on the list (and encourage them to join!). Thanks, Lisa ___________________________________________________________ Lisa Horner Head of Research & Policy Global Partners and Associates 338 City Road, London, EC1V 2PY, UK Office: + 44 207 239 8251 Mobile: +44 7867 795859 lisa at global-partners.co.uk www.global-partners.co.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From graciela Tue Jan 12 22:07:24 2010 From: graciela (Graciela Selaimen) Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:07:24 -0200 Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 In-Reply-To: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5CE6@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> References: <0376F55255E23F7B1F29B9EC@[192.168.1.64]> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5C31@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5CE6@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Message-ID: <4B4CD67C.6020505@nupef.org.br> Dear Lisa and all, I'm comfortable with all the suggestions to the statement presented so far, but I feel deeply concerned with the adoption of the term "users" as a general category. Who are the everyday Internet users? I think we should stress the importance of assuring diversity of voices, of regional and linguistical representation, the participation of underepresented groups, etc, etc, but I see the proposal of bringing the "everyday internet users" to the IGF quite dangerous. Besides, I guess everyone who goes to the IGF is an everyday internet user. best, Graciela Lisa Horner escreveu: > Everyone, please send your ideas through for the Open Consultations. We > should focus on practical suggestions for the 2010 agenda. It's really > important that we get our ideas in now, before the agenda is agreed and > it's too late. We need your ideas NOW as we need to draft a statement > and get it submitted by the 15th. > > I guess if no one has anything to add, we should keep it short and > succinct, focusing on human rights rather than the process issues. > > In addition to my previous comments, I'd like to add another... > > The IGF (including regional and international) needs to find ways of > better involving everyday internet users in the discussions, and of > improving participation from developing countries. This is particularly > important if we are to uphold human rights in and through IG - users > need to know what their rights are and how to claim them, as well as > contribute to the formation of policies that affect them. > > In terms of practical suggestions of how this might happen.... > A main session on what users need from the IGF, including discussion of > how to better include users in any future incarnations of the IGF? > Session organizers agreeing to consult with users, and explaining how > they have on feedback forms/in session reports? > National IGFs formalizing participation from users, including outreach > and information campaign? > Setting up some kind of portal/interface for everyday users to explain > ideas and needs? > More focus on the discussion RE funding for a wider range of > participants. > > Any thoughts? > > Lisa > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: M I Franklin [mailto:cos02mf at gold.ac.uk] > Sent: 11 January 2010 10:29 > To: Lisa Horner; irp > Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 > > Dear All > > Thanks Lisa for these comments. > > Anyone else have anything to add? > > Cheers > MF > > --On 08 January 2010 11:30 +0000 Lisa Horner > > wrote: > > >> Thanks for taking the lead with this Marianne. Some very quick notes >> below...would be good to hear people's thoughts and have a discussion >> about the options... >> >> 1) Contributions that take stock of last year's IGF in Sharm el Sheikh >> >> - Overall, the meeting was well organized. I think things have >> > improved > >> each year. >> - Remote participation seemed to work well. However, workshop >> organizers weren't given much support on how to use it properly and >> technicians weren't always on hand. More information in advance would >> be useful. >> - A wide range of stakeholders in the plenary sessions reaffirmed the >> importance of upholding human rights in the internet age. The >> > challenge > >> now is to focus on how that can actually be achieved in practice, and >> what roles different stakeholders can/should play. >> - Discussions, especially in plenary, seemed to be distracted by the >> issue of whether the IGF should continue, and if so, how. (does anyone >> have an update on the status of those discussions?) >> - Links between the main sessions and the workshops still weren't >> > great. > >> - Main sessions based around the "traditional" categories of openness, >> diversity etc felt a bit stale. The new themes introduced were >> refreshing. >> - main sessions without a large number of panelists worked better, but >> we need to find better ways of ensuring that wider plenary discussion >> remains coherent, dynamic and inclusive. >> >> 2) Suggestions for the agenda and format of the Vilnius meeting. >> >> - Rather than having main sessions based around broad themes, could >> > more > >> specific questions or policy dilemmas be proposed in advance, that >> people can debate in advance and suggest specific solutions to? >> >> - Related to the previous point, having sessions that look at a "human >> rights agenda" or "development agenda for IG" I think would be more >> useful than broad themes such as openness and diversity. I think >> > these > >> debates have been had in previous open consultations, but I haven't >> > been > >> able to keep up with everything...does anyone have any insights on >> > this? > >> As a coalition, we should probably discuss whether it's realistic to >> propose a human rights main session...could we propose a development >> main session, and then push for HRs to be a major part of that. >> > Should > >> we be proposing development/HRs as an overarching theme again? >> >> - Again related to previous point, the coalition should propose that >> > it > >> participates in the organization of the main session related to >> "openness" or development/HRs/Privacy. >> >> - Can we suggest ways of linking the national, regional and >> international IGFs better together? It would probably be useful if >> > this > >> could be done in a thematic way, for example with feedback from each >> > IGF > >> on "openness" being collected beforehand and reported back in the >> openness session. Would require work though - no resources to do it?? >> >> - Can we suggest ways of linking the workshops better to the main >> sessions? There was no formal feedback session last year, and >> > workshop > >> organizers weren't given a formal opportunity to feedback in the main >> sessions as far as I'm aware. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org >> [mailto:irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org] On Behalf >> > Of > >> M I Franklin >> Sent: 07 January 2010 18:50 >> To: irp >> Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 >> >> Dear All >> >> Greetings. To follow on from Max's speed-of-light sending out of the >> minutes of today's IRP phone-conference, this email is a call for >> contributions to a statement from the DC as part of the open >> consultations >> in preparation for Vilnius later this year. >> >> Fouad's invitation for ideas and comments for the MAG meetings is >> > pasted > >> below fyi so the DC statement also contributes to this side of the >> process; >> point 4 in particular. >> >> In short, the IRP statement can cover: >> >> >> Time is short, so we need your comments by Monday at the latest. I >> > will > >> then cobble up a first draft for one more round. The statement has to >> > be > >> ready to go by 15 January. >> >> All input welcome on either or both of the two aspects above. >> >> Thanks. >> ciao >> MF >> >> --On Thursday, January 07, 2010 6:08 +0500 Fouad Bajwa >> wrote: >> >> >>> Dear Friends, >>> >>> As you are all aware about the IGF Open Consultation and MAG meetings >>> in February 2010, I would like to request those people that cannot >>> participate but would like to be heard to forward their interventions >>> so that we can read and extend them on the floor during the Open >>> Consultation. I further request statements to be brief, concise and >>> > to > >>> the point as the floor has to be passed on to the wide participation >>> during the consultation. >>> >>> As for the MAG, we have a strong Civil Society MAG group including >>> myself. The MAG is responsible for suggesting the design/organization >>> of the IGF2010. IF you have concerns regarding the programming of the >>> IGF2010, you can forward your statements for intervention to me so >>> that they can be shared amongst our other team members. Once again, >>> the requirement for being brief, concise and to the point applies >>> > here > >>> as well! >>> >>> Ideas for interventions can involve statements such as but not >>> > limited > >> to: >> >>> 1. Issues surfaced during the IGF2009 in Sharam. >>> 2. Developing Country Participation/Inclusion Issues. >>> 3. Main Program / Main Theme Issues for IGF2010. >>> 4. Human Rights Issues/Rights on the Internet Issues. >>> 5. Development Agenda for Internet Governance Issues. >>> 6. Youth and Gender Participation Issues. >>> >>> For your convenience and live correspondence, I will be available on >>> Skype (ID:fouadbajwa , kindly don't forget to introduce yourself >>> please while adding me) throughout the three days of meetings (1 day >>> open consultation + 2 days MAG meetings). >>> >>> I look forward to assisting your interventions. >>> >>> -- >>> Regards. >>> -------------------------- >>> Fouad Bajwa >>> Advisor & Researcher >>> ICT4D & Internet Governance >>> Member Multistakeholder Advisory Group (IGF) >>> Member Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) >>> My Blog: Internet's Governance >>> http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/ >>> Follow my Tweets: >>> http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa >>> MAG Interview: >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATVDW1tDZzA >>> _______________________________________________ >>> IRP mailing list >>> IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org >>> >>> > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetri > >> g >> >>> htsandprinciples.org >>> >> >> Dr Marianne Franklin >> Reader >> Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program >> Media & Communications >> Goldsmiths, University of London >> New Cross >> London SE14 6NW >> United Kingdom >> Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072 >> Fax: #44 (0) 207 919-7616 >> email: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk >> http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin.php >> >> > http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/ma-transnational-communications-global-me > >> dia.php >> >> _______________________________________________ >> IRP mailing list >> IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org >> >> > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetri > >> ghtsandprinciples.org >> _______________________________________________ >> IRP mailing list >> IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org >> >> > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetri > g > >> htsandprinciples.org >> > > > > Dr Marianne Franklin > Reader > Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program > Media & Communications > Goldsmiths, University of London > New Cross > London SE14 6NW > United Kingdom > Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072 > Fax: #44 (0) 207 919-7616 > email: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk > http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin.php > http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/ma-transnational-communications-global-me > dia.php > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org > > -- From donc Wed Jan 13 04:02:44 2010 From: donc (Don Cameron) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:32:44 +1030 Subject: [IRP] Google's new approach to China - freedom of speech Message-ID: <14116.1263348164@internode.on.net> http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html A NEW APPROACH TO CHINA [1] 1/12/2010 03:00:00 PM Like many other well-known organizations, we face cyber attacks of varying degrees on a regular basis. In mid-December, we detected a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property from Google. However, it soon became clear that what at first appeared to be solely a security incident--albeit a significant one--was something quite different. First, this attack was not just on Google. As part of our investigation we have discovered that at least twenty other large companies from a wide range of businesses--including the Internet, finance, technology, media and chemical sectors--have been similarly targeted. We are currently in the process of notifying those companies, and we are also working with the relevant U.S. authorities. Second, we have evidence to suggest that a primary goal of the attackers was accessing the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists. Based on our investigation to date we believe their attack did not achieve that objective. Only two Gmail accounts appear to have been accessed, and that activity was limited to account information (such as the date the account was created) and subject line, rather than the content of emails themselves. Third, as part of this investigation but independent of the attack on Google, we have discovered that the accounts of dozens of U.S.-, China- and Europe-based Gmail users who are advocates of human rights in China appear to have been routinely accessed by third parties. These accounts have not been accessed through any security breach at Google, but most likely via phishing scams or malware placed on the users' computers. We have already used information gained from this attack to make infrastructure and architectural improvements that enhance security for Google and for our users. In terms of individual users, we would advise people to deploy reputable anti-virus and anti-spyware programs on their computers, to install patches for their operating systems and to update their web browsers. Always be cautious when clicking on links appearing in instant messages and emails, or when asked to share personal information like passwords online. You can read more here [2] about our cyber-security recommendations. People wanting to learn more about these kinds of attacks can read this U.S. government report [3] (PDF), Nart Villeneuve\'s blog [4] and this [5] presentation on the GhostNet spying incident. We have taken the unusual step of sharing information about these attacks with a broad audience not just because of the security and human rights implications of what we have unearthed, but also because this information goes to the heart of a much bigger global debate about freedom of speech. In the last two decades, China's economic reform programs and its citizens' entrepreneurial flair have lifted hundreds of millions of Chinese people out of poverty. Indeed, this great nation is at the heart of much economic progress and development in the world today. We launched Google.cn in January 2006 in the belief that the benefits of increased access to information for people in China and a more open Internet outweighed our discomfort in agreeing to censor some results. At the time we made clear [6] that "we will carefully monitor conditions in China, including new laws and other restrictions on our services. If we determine that we are unable to achieve the objectives outlined we will not hesitate to reconsider our approach to China." These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered--combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web--have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China. We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all. We recognize that this may well mean having to shut down Google.cn, and potentially our offices in China. The decision to review our business operations in China has been incredibly hard, and we know that it will have potentially far-reaching consequences. We want to make clear that this move was driven by our executives in the United States, without the knowledge or involvement of our employees in China who have worked incredibly hard to make Google.cn the success it is today. We are committed to working responsibly to resolve the very difficult issues raised. 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IRP list - please don't copy lots of contacts in (Lisa Horner) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:57:16 -0000 > From: "Lisa Horner" > To: "irp" > Subject: [IRP] IRP list - please don't copy lots of contacts in > Message-ID: > <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5E1A at DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi all > > > > Please DO NOT "reply to all" when responding to the email thread with > the long list of recipients. They keep getting caught in the > administrative system as the list of recipients is too long. Most of > the people copied into that thread are on the mailing list anyway. > Please just reply to the list > (irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org). Only copy people in if you > know they are not on the list (and encourage them to join!). > > > > Thanks, > > > > Lisa > > From lisa Wed Jan 13 13:42:21 2010 From: lisa (Lisa Horner) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:42:21 -0000 Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 In-Reply-To: <4B4CD67C.6020505@nupef.org.br> References: <0376F55255E23F7B1F29B9EC@[192.168.1.64]> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5C31@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5CE6@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <4B4CD67C.6020505@nupef.org.br> Message-ID: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5E7B@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Hi I agree about being more specific about diversity and inclusion, and agree we shouldn't refer to a broad and somewhat meaningless category of "everyday users". I just think we need to get at the point that IGF type discussions are often being had between privileged stakeholders, and are in particular driven by business and government. How do we empower people who internet policy discussions actually affect to participate in policy making and influence policy decisions? Marianne- is there any update on your efforts to pull this together? Thanks, Lisa From ceo Wed Jan 13 13:46:53 2010 From: ceo (AHM Bazlur Rahman) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:46:53 +0600 Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 References: <0376F55255E23F7B1F29B9EC@[192.168.1.64]> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5C31@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5CE6@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local><4B4CD67C.6020505@nupef.org.br> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5E7B@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Message-ID: <63C3B2F8725A4A059E3AA0BB7E98F1E7@ceo> Hi Greetings from Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication(BNNRC) I do fully endorse Lisa Horner's position regarding IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010. With best regards, Bazlu _______________________ AHM. Bazlur Rahman-S21BR Chief Executive Officer Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication(BNNRC) & Member, Strategy Council UN-Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN GAID) House: 13/1, Road:2, Shaymoli, Dhaka-1207 Post Box: 5095, Dhaka 1205 Bangladesh Phone: 88-02-9130750, 88-02-9138501 01711881647 Fax: 88-02-9138501-105 E-mail: ceo at bnnrc.net, bnnrc at bd.drik.net www.bnnrc.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Horner" To: "irp" Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 5:42 PM Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 > Hi > > I agree about being more specific about diversity and inclusion, and > agree we shouldn't refer to a broad and somewhat meaningless category of > "everyday users". I just think we need to get at the point that IGF > type discussions are often being had between privileged stakeholders, > and are in particular driven by business and government. How do we > empower people who internet policy discussions actually affect to > participate in policy making and influence policy decisions? > > Marianne- is there any update on your efforts to pull this together? > > Thanks, > > Lisa > > > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org From gpaque Wed Jan 13 16:03:34 2010 From: gpaque (Ginger Paque) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:33:34 -0430 Subject: [IRP] IGC Written Contribution for IGF, deadline Jan 15 Message-ID: <4B4DD2B6.8090101@gmail.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From f.cortiana Wed Jan 13 16:05:17 2010 From: f.cortiana (Fiorello Cortiana) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:05:17 +0100 Subject: [IRP] R: Google in China In-Reply-To: <63C3B2F8725A4A059E3AA0BB7E98F1E7@ceo> References: <0376F55255E23F7B1F29B9EC@[192.168.1.64]> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5C31@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5CE6@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local><4B4CD67C.6020505@nupef.org.br><43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5E7B@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <63C3B2F8725A4A059E3AA0BB7E98F1E7@ceo> Message-ID: <95227A668FFBB141A238AE53582A8E11E2DF1F@VEXNODE2.man.provincia.mi.it> A really good example of leadership Ciao Fiorello From mps Wed Jan 13 16:47:34 2010 From: mps (Miguel Perez Subias) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:47:34 +0100 Subject: [IRP] Something important is happening in Spain In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6.1.0.6.2.20100113153505.059b0eb0@aui.es> Hello, Something important is happening in Spain. http://news.google.es/news/searchaq=f&pz=1&cf=all&ned=es&hl=es&q=red+SOStenible The spanish government, in response to the demands of the content industry, wants to change the law to close sites quicly (in four day) at the request of an administrative entity managed by this industry. As a result of this proposal to change several laws, the Spanish Internet world is revealed an reacting creating a coalition based on this letter of principles and rights to explain haw to manage rigtht and principles in a information society based on the internet: http://fcforum.net/ The central rebellion web site is: http://red-sostenible.net/ (In just a few days on facebook 200,000 subscribers and a large following information.) Can we find points of convergence with www.internetrightsandprinciples.org ??? Ideas ?? Thanks for your time MiguelPerezSubias.com President Spanish Internet Users Association - www.AUI.es --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Skype: miguel.perez.subias - Mobil: +34 609 03 22 87 -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From maxsenges Wed Jan 13 17:32:25 2010 From: maxsenges (Max Senges) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:32:25 +0100 Subject: [IRP] Something important is happening in Spain In-Reply-To: <6.1.0.6.2.20100113153505.059b0eb0@aui.es> References: <6.1.0.6.2.20100113153505.059b0eb0@aui.es> Message-ID: <4d976d8e1001130732x20256477w864b8413c0fb40ea@mail.gmail.com> Hi Miguel thanks for posting this. Jeremy Malcom has made us aware and suggested to have the IRP and FCC charter join efforts. Franziska Heine who has been quite active on FCC and myself have discussed this and if there are no objections Franziska will contribute the relevant sections of the FCC charter to our IRP charter (in a different text color) so our expert consolidation committee can consider it. best max "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." ?William Gibson ........................................................................... Max Senges Berlin www.maxsenges.com Mobile: 01622122755 On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Miguel Perez Subias wrote: > Hello, > > Something important is happening in Spain. > > http://news.google.es/news/searchaq=f&pz=1&cf=all&ned=es&hl=es&q=red+SOStenible > > The spanish government, in response to the demands of the content industry, > wants to change the law to close sites quicly (in four day) at the request > of an administrative entity managed by this industry. As a result of this > proposal to change several laws, the Spanish Internet world is revealed an > reacting creating a coalition based on this letter of principles and rights > to explain haw to manage rigtht and principles in a information society > based on the internet: > http://fcforum.net/ > > The central rebellion web site is: > http://red-sostenible.net/ > > (In just a few days on facebook 200,000 subscribers and a large following > information.) > > Can we find points of convergence with www.internetrightsandprinciples.org??? > > Ideas ?? > > Thanks for your time > > MiguelPerezSubias.com > President > Spanish Internet Users Association - www.AUI.es > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- Skype: miguel.perez.subias - Mobil: +34 609 03 22 87 -- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From maxsenges Wed Jan 13 19:57:04 2010 From: maxsenges (Max Senges) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:57:04 +0100 Subject: [IRP] edits in the privacy section Message-ID: <4d976d8e1001130957r673722bck659c3c16ea665d4@mail.gmail.com> hi everybody i have made a number of edits in the privacy section and would like to ask a fundamental question 1) I thought it would be good to raise ease of access, comprehensiveness and usability of privacy settings: "Privacy policy and settings of all services should be easy to find and the management of privacy settings should be comprehensive and optimized for usability." 2) The following sentence seems rather ambiguous to me (esp. what is meant by "hidden mechanism") and I suggest to remove or amend it: "Social media networks must disclose when hidden mechanisms are being employed to harvest email personal data bases." 3) "Service providers have a responsibility to make clear in which legal jurisdiction(s) the user's personal data is being hosted, so that the user can make informed decisions." I have raised this before and even though I see how this is an important point, I think it needs to be formulated differently/ thought through a bit more. If I create a file/data-point in the cloud say while I am in Germany, then I go on a trip and the file "moves with me" to servers in Asia... etc. etc. how can there be a final decision which jurisdiction is concerned? I mean wouldn't it make more sense to be determined in a case by case logic? 4) "Unless otherwise explicitly agreed, data should be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or for legal reasons." I would think that it's important to limit this paragraph to personal data and ask for anonymization: "Unless otherwise explicitly agreed, personal data should be deleted or anonymized when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or for legal reasons" 5) "People must be free to communicate without arbitrary surveillance or interception, or the threat of surveillance or interception. This includes the use of technologies such as deep packet inspection and the exercise of control over individuals such as in instances of domestic violence and cyberstalking." This paragraph seems to be mixing several points. The main points have been raised in other paragraphs and while I totally agree to the first sentence i think the second is controversial. E.g. deep packet inspection is a particular technology and we said we dont want to mention particular technologies. 6) "Service providers should communicate clearly with users the circumstances under which personal data will be shared with governments and/or with other private entities. Simultaneously provide options for unscribing from such networks. " I don't get the latter sentence. Unsubscribe from the Internet? i'd suggest we delete. Looking forward to your input Max -- "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." ?William Gibson ........................................................................... Max Senges Berlin www.maxsenges.com Mobile: 01622122755 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katitza Wed Jan 13 22:12:12 2010 From: katitza (Katitza Rodriguez) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:12:12 -0500 Subject: [IRP] edits in the privacy section In-Reply-To: <4d976d8e1001130957r673722bck659c3c16ea665d4@mail.gmail.com> References: <4d976d8e1001130957r673722bck659c3c16ea665d4@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <34903EE2-0AE2-4912-87C1-0524664E7F24@datos-personales.org> Dear Max: I am confuse reading the Privacy section of the charter. I would like to suggest that you use the language from the Madrid Privacy Declaration. Some of this language does not make sense. On the anonymity front, please, include the need for genuine Privacy Enhancing Techniques that minimize or eliminate the collection of personally identifiable information. We need to be sure whether those methods safeguard privacy and anonymity. Pls. read EPIC: Re- Identification: Concerning the Re-Identification of Consumer Information http://epic.org/privacy/reidentification/ Also, I do not see any mentioned to the international legal framework. The 1995 Data Protection Directive, 1980 OECD Privacy Guidelines, the Convention 108 of the Council of Europe. Those instruments places obligations on those public and private organizations who collect and process personal information and gives rights to those individual whose personal information is collected. Are you re-writing those rights? My 2 cents, All the best and Happy New Year, Katitza On Jan 13, 2010, at 12:57 PM, Max Senges wrote: > hi everybody > > i have made a number of edits in the privacy section and would like > to ask a fundamental question > > 1) I thought it would be good to raise ease of access, > comprehensiveness and usability of privacy settings: > "Privacy policy and settings of all services should be easy to find > and the management of privacy settings should be comprehensive and > optimized for usability." > > 2) The following sentence seems rather ambiguous to me (esp. what is > meant by "hidden mechanism") and I suggest to remove or amend it: > "Social media networks must disclose when hidden mechanisms are > being employed to harvest email personal data bases." > > 3) "Service providers have a responsibility to make clear in which > legal jurisdiction(s) the user's personal data is being hosted, so > that the user can make informed decisions." > I have raised this before and even though I see how this is an > important point, I think it needs to be formulated differently/ > thought through a bit more. If I create a file/data-point in the > cloud say while I am in Germany, then I go on a trip and the file > "moves with me" to servers in Asia... etc. etc. how can there be a > final decision which jurisdiction is concerned? I mean wouldn't it > make more sense to be determined in a case by case logic? > > 4) "Unless otherwise explicitly agreed, data should be deleted when > it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was > collected, or for legal reasons." I would think that it's important > to limit this paragraph to personal data and ask for anonymization: > "Unless otherwise explicitly agreed, personal data should be > deleted or anonymized when it is no longer necessary for the > purposes for which it was collected, or for legal reasons" > > 5) "People must be free to communicate without arbitrary > surveillance or interception, or the threat of surveillance or > interception. This includes the use of technologies such as deep > packet inspection and the exercise of control over individuals such > as in instances of domestic violence and cyberstalking." > This paragraph seems to be mixing several points. The main > points have been raised in other paragraphs and while I totally > agree to the first sentence i think the second is controversial. > E.g. deep packet inspection is a particular technology and we said > we dont want to mention particular technologies. > > 6) "Service providers should communicate clearly with users the > circumstances under which personal data will be shared with > governments and/or with other private entities. Simultaneously > provide options for unscribing from such networks. " I don't get the > latter sentence. Unsubscribe from the Internet? i'd suggest we delete. > > > Looking forward to your input > Max > > > > > -- > > > "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." > ?William Gibson > > ........................................................................... > > Max Senges > Berlin > > www.maxsenges.com > > Mobile: 01622122755 > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katitza Thu Jan 14 01:04:19 2010 From: katitza (Katitza Rodriguez) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:04:19 -0500 Subject: [IRP] edits in the privacy section In-Reply-To: <34903EE2-0AE2-4912-87C1-0524664E7F24@datos-personales.org> References: <4d976d8e1001130957r673722bck659c3c16ea665d4@mail.gmail.com> <34903EE2-0AE2-4912-87C1-0524664E7F24@datos-personales.org> Message-ID: <38528872-FE31-4739-95A5-D9E86AC5EB4D@datos-personales.org> Dear Lisa, Dear Meryem: Happy New Year. I want to submit some comments to the Privacy Section. Cedric Laurant and I submit some comments the other day. While editing the text, I start asking myself that the overall Privacy Section needs some thoughts. Please, noted that in comparison to other rights of the charter, in this section we have International Legal Frameworks. ie. The 1995 Data Protection Directive, 1980 OECD Privacy Guidelines, the Convention 108 of the Council of Europe. Those instruments places obligations on those public and private organizations who collect and process personal information and gives RIGHTS to those individual whose personal information is collected. The old text, wrote by APC, is based in the EU Directive. The APC text (not the IRP text) use a common language based on that framework. Is that the objective? If its yes, we need an editor. It is ok to add more concrete actions that we want to see in the text but as minimum, we should mirror the language of the Directive/Convention 108? Meryem: As you will be working in the charter, can you take on board my comments? I would appreciate. Maybe Cedric is willing to do so? all the best, Katitza P.D I am happy to reviewed/revised the clean version after those editions. On Jan 13, 2010, at 3:12 PM, Katitza Rodriguez wrote: > Dear Max: > > I am confuse reading the Privacy section of the charter. I would > like to suggest that you use the language from the Madrid Privacy > Declaration. Some of this language does not make sense. On the > anonymity front, please, include the need for genuine Privacy > Enhancing Techniques that minimize or eliminate the collection of > personally identifiable information. We need to be sure whether > those methods safeguard privacy and anonymity. Pls. read EPIC: Re- > Identification: Concerning the Re-Identification of Consumer > Information http://epic.org/privacy/reidentification/ > > Also, I do not see any mentioned to the international legal > framework. The 1995 Data Protection Directive, 1980 OECD Privacy > Guidelines, the Convention 108 of the Council of Europe. Those > instruments places obligations on those public and private > organizations who collect and process personal information and gives > rights to those individual whose personal information is collected. > > Are you re-writing those rights? > > My 2 cents, > > All the best and Happy New Year, > > Katitza > > > On Jan 13, 2010, at 12:57 PM, Max Senges wrote: > >> hi everybody >> >> i have made a number of edits in the privacy section and would like >> to ask a fundamental question >> >> 1) I thought it would be good to raise ease of access, >> comprehensiveness and usability of privacy settings: >> "Privacy policy and settings of all services should be easy to find >> and the management of privacy settings should be comprehensive and >> optimized for usability." >> >> 2) The following sentence seems rather ambiguous to me (esp. what >> is meant by "hidden mechanism") and I suggest to remove or amend it: >> "Social media networks must disclose when hidden mechanisms are >> being employed to harvest email personal data bases." >> >> 3) "Service providers have a responsibility to make clear in which >> legal jurisdiction(s) the user's personal data is being hosted, so >> that the user can make informed decisions." >> I have raised this before and even though I see how this is an >> important point, I think it needs to be formulated differently/ >> thought through a bit more. If I create a file/data-point in the >> cloud say while I am in Germany, then I go on a trip and the file >> "moves with me" to servers in Asia... etc. etc. how can there be a >> final decision which jurisdiction is concerned? I mean wouldn't it >> make more sense to be determined in a case by case logic? >> >> 4) "Unless otherwise explicitly agreed, data should be deleted when >> it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was >> collected, or for legal reasons." I would think that it's important >> to limit this paragraph to personal data and ask for anonymization: >> "Unless otherwise explicitly agreed, personal data should be >> deleted or anonymized when it is no longer necessary for the >> purposes for which it was collected, or for legal reasons" >> >> 5) "People must be free to communicate without arbitrary >> surveillance or interception, or the threat of surveillance or >> interception. This includes the use of technologies such as deep >> packet inspection and the exercise of control over individuals such >> as in instances of domestic violence and cyberstalking." >> This paragraph seems to be mixing several points. The main >> points have been raised in other paragraphs and while I totally >> agree to the first sentence i think the second is controversial. >> E.g. deep packet inspection is a particular technology and we said >> we dont want to mention particular technologies. >> >> 6) "Service providers should communicate clearly with users the >> circumstances under which personal data will be shared with >> governments and/or with other private entities. Simultaneously >> provide options for unscribing from such networks. " I don't get >> the latter sentence. Unsubscribe from the Internet? i'd suggest we >> delete. >> >> >> Looking forward to your input >> Max >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> "The future is here. 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Time is short so the plan is to have the penultimate version out tomorrow afternoon.......... yours MF ******************************************* Open Consultation IGF 2010 INTERNET RIGHTS AND PRINCIPLES DYNAMIC COALITION Statement The IRP Dynamic Coalition would like to contribute to the Open Consultation for IGF 2010 in two areas: observations for taking stock of IGF 2009 and suggestions for the format and agenda of the Vilnius meeting. The comments below are organised under [..] themes, under which we take stock of IGF 2009 and then offer practical suggestions for the format and planning of IGF 2010. 1) General Organization: Generally speaking coalition members found the meeting to be well organised, with signs of continued progress in all aspects. Coalition members who were participating in or who organised workshops would like to commend the organisers for their good work in this regard, particularly given the relatively limited budget and resources available to the IGF. Some specific concerns include: a. Discussions, especially in plenary sessions tended to become diverted into the issue of whether the IGF should continue, and if so, how. We think it is time to move on and to keep these issues from overwhelming the topics in hand. b. Continuity and more explicit links between the main sessions and the workshops could have been stronger. Clear links in the program by cross-referencing of session/workshop themes and titles is one way to create these links before the meeting. During and after the meeting, we would like to see formal feedback opportunities put in place and integrated into the stocktaking; from organizers and/or moderators of both main sessions and workshops. c. Main sessions based around the "traditional" themes of openness, diversity, and such like started to feel a bit repetitive particularly in relation to the freshness of new themes introduced onto the program. The need for continuity and depth needs to be balanced by new themes as well d. Some panels in main sessions were overloaded with panellists. This always means less time for a wider plenary discussion. Moderators of larger sessions need to find ways to ensure that discussion actually takes place and when it does it dynamic and inclusive. To this end we would suggest that there is an upper limit set on the number of panellists and/or length of formal presentations. Moreover that enough time is set aside for discussion. It is important that contributions from the floor, and remote participants get enough time to have their say and be adequately responded to by panellists and other participants. e. Rather than having main sessions based around broad themes, we think this year is the moment to broach more specific questions or policy dilemmas. These can be proposed in advance with an eye to opening up the discussion about specific solutions before the actual session. 2) Remote Participation: On the whole the facilities for remote participation seemed to work well. However, there are some specific issues that we think need to be attended to this year to ensure fuller and more diverse participation in the IGF. a. Workshop organisers were not given enough support in good time or enough information on how to use the technology provided properly. When technical hitches did occur, there were not enough technicians on hand so many moderators found themselves doing DIY instead. This is unprofessional and causes delays and loss of focus for everyone. More information in advance from IGF HQ would be useful. But also during the event, and given the importance of enabling remote participation but also having it run smoothly, the need for more dedicated staff in this respect is indispensable. b. We would also suggest, in line with suggestions from the Remote Participation Working Group (RPWG), that Workshops include both a moderator on-the-ground and an online moderator in their planning. Some-one needs to monitor remote participation, in partnership with the workshop moderator, in order to streamline, filter and facilitate remote participation in the proceedings; e.g. by gathering text-based comments, setting up a queue for spoken interventions, or having remote participants be given the floor en bloc if this is more practicable. We would also urge all moderators to understand the many remote participants are doing this at difficult times of their 24 hour day and that time-lags require careful attention be paid to timing responses and requests by moderators on the ground. c. The above points underscore our support for proposals to organise adequate guidelines as well as a brief training session/module/virtual tour for all moderators before the IGF meeting. During the meeting is not the time to experiment. 3) Emerging Key themes: A wide range of stakeholders in the plenary sessions reaffirmed the importance of upholding human rights in the internet age. However these sentiments tended to be expressed in general rather than specific terms. a. The challenge for this coming year is to focus on how upholding human rights can be achieved in practice; what roles different stakeholders can or should play in this regard, and how these play out more specifically in different Internet governance issue-areas. b. With this in mind we would like to see not only workshops but also main sessions that look more closely at what a "human rights agenda" or "development agenda: for Internet Governance might actually look like. Discussions around broad themes such as openness and diversity have already taken place. It is time to get down to specifics and we do not see why these specifics always have to be covered in workshop sessions. 4) Participation: Increasing diversity in terms of cultural, regional, and linguistic representation remains a core issue for a number of dynamic coalitions. Our comments and suggestions about continuing to improve remote participation technically and organizationally relate to these concerns. Practically there is a need to a. Setting up coherent - vertical and lateral - links between discussions and themes from national, regional and international IGFs better, during the meetings as well as in the record of these various meetings. At present the public record is piecemeal and not easily accessible. We recognise that this is process that needs dedicated time and resources to do so and urge the IGF to put aside some resources for this. b. Find more ways to open up the meetings to lay-participants. 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Name: IRP Statement Open Consultations [1].doc Type: application/msword Size: 33792 bytes Desc: not available URL: From graciela Thu Jan 14 12:26:01 2010 From: graciela (Graciela Selaimen) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:26:01 -0200 Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 In-Reply-To: References: <0376F55255E23F7B1F29B9EC@[192.168.1.64]> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5C31@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5CE6@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <4B4CD67C.6020505@nupef.org.br> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5E7B@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Message-ID: <4B4EF139.9000607@nupef.org.br> Dear all, Thanks a lot, Marianne. I totally support the statement. best Graciela M I Franklin escreveu: > Dear All > > See attached. I've pasted in this first version below for those who > prefer it (but its a long email!). > > Please keep comments brief. Any additional ideas and suggestions > welcome. Time is short so the plan is to have the penultimate version > out tomorrow afternoon.......... > > yours > MF > > ******************************************* > > Open Consultation IGF 2010 > > INTERNET RIGHTS AND PRINCIPLES DYNAMIC COALITION Statement > > The IRP Dynamic Coalition would like to contribute to the Open > Consultation for IGF 2010 in two areas: observations for taking stock > of IGF 2009 and suggestions for the format and agenda of the Vilnius > meeting. The comments below are organised under [..] themes, under > which we take stock of IGF 2009 and then offer practical suggestions > for the format and planning of IGF 2010. > > 1) General Organization: Generally speaking coalition members found > the meeting to be well organised, with signs of continued progress in > all aspects. Coalition members who were participating in or who > organised workshops would like to commend the organisers for their > good work in this regard, particularly given the relatively limited > budget and resources available to the IGF. Some specific concerns > include: > a. Discussions, especially in plenary sessions tended to become > diverted into the issue of whether the IGF should continue, and if so, > how. We think it is time to move on and to keep these issues from > overwhelming the topics in hand. > b. Continuity and more explicit links between the main sessions and > the workshops could have been stronger. Clear links in the program by > cross-referencing of session/workshop themes and titles is one way to > create these links before the meeting. During and after the meeting, > we would like to see formal feedback opportunities put in place and > integrated into the stocktaking; from organizers and/or moderators of > both main sessions and workshops. > c. Main sessions based around the "traditional" themes of openness, > diversity, and such like started to feel a bit repetitive particularly > in relation to the freshness of new themes introduced onto the > program. The need for continuity and depth needs to be balanced by new > themes as well > d. Some panels in main sessions were overloaded with panellists. > This always means less time for a wider plenary discussion. Moderators > of larger sessions need to find ways to ensure that discussion > actually takes place and when it does it dynamic and inclusive. To > this end we would suggest that there is an upper limit set on the > number of panellists and/or length of formal presentations. Moreover > that enough time is set aside for discussion. It is important that > contributions from the floor, and remote participants get enough time > to have their say and be adequately responded to by panellists and > other participants. > e. Rather than having main sessions based around broad themes, we > think this year is the moment to broach more specific questions or > policy dilemmas. These can be proposed in advance with an eye to > opening up the discussion about specific solutions before the actual > session. > > 2) Remote Participation: On the whole the facilities for remote > participation seemed to work well. However, there are some specific > issues that we think need to be attended to this year to ensure fuller > and more diverse participation in the IGF. > a. Workshop organisers were not given enough support in good time > or enough information on how to use the technology provided properly. > When technical hitches did occur, there were not enough technicians on > hand so many moderators found themselves doing DIY instead. This is > unprofessional and causes delays and loss of focus for everyone. More > information in advance from IGF HQ would be useful. But also during > the event, and given the importance of enabling remote participation > but also having it run smoothly, the need for more dedicated staff in > this respect is indispensable. > b. We would also suggest, in line with suggestions from the Remote > Participation Working Group (RPWG), that Workshops include both a > moderator on-the-ground and an online moderator in their planning. > Some-one needs to monitor remote participation, in partnership with > the workshop moderator, in order to streamline, filter and facilitate > remote participation in the proceedings; e.g. by gathering text-based > comments, setting up a queue for spoken interventions, or having > remote participants be given the floor en bloc if this is more > practicable. We would also urge all moderators to understand the many > remote participants are doing this at difficult times of their 24 hour > day and that time-lags require careful attention be paid to timing > responses and requests by moderators on the ground. > c. The above points underscore our support for proposals to > organise adequate guidelines as well as a brief training > session/module/virtual tour for all moderators before the IGF meeting. > During the meeting is not the time to experiment. > > 3) Emerging Key themes: A wide range of stakeholders in the plenary > sessions reaffirmed the importance of upholding human rights in the > internet age. However these sentiments tended to be expressed in > general rather than specific terms. > a. The challenge for this coming year is to focus on how upholding > human rights can be achieved in practice; what roles different > stakeholders can or should play in this regard, and how these play out > more specifically in different Internet governance issue-areas. > b. With this in mind we would like to see not only workshops but > also main sessions that look more closely at what a "human rights > agenda" or "development agenda: for Internet Governance might actually > look like. Discussions around broad themes such as openness and > diversity have already taken place. It is time to get down to > specifics and we do not see why these specifics always have to be > covered in workshop sessions. > > 4) Participation: Increasing diversity in terms of cultural, > regional, and linguistic representation remains a core issue for a > number of dynamic coalitions. Our comments and suggestions about > continuing to improve remote participation technically and > organizationally relate to these concerns. Practically there is a need to > a. Setting up coherent - vertical and lateral - links between > discussions and themes from national, regional and international IGFs > better, during the meetings as well as in the record of these various > meetings. At present the public record is piecemeal and not easily > accessible. We recognise that this is process that needs dedicated > time and resources to do so and urge the IGF to put aside some > resources for this. > b. Find more ways to open up the meetings to lay-participants. By > this we mean that preparatory consultations, main sessions, and > specialised workshops need to be more accessible not only to 'everyday > internet users' but also for any communities or groups from areas > where the Internet is either less extensive or who have other > communication priorities. > > ********************************************************************88 > > > > > > > > > > Dr Marianne Franklin > Reader > Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program > Media & Communications > Goldsmiths, University of London > New Cross > London SE14 6NW > United Kingdom > Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072 > Fax: #44 (0) 207 919-7616 > email: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk > http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin.php > http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/ma-transnational-communications-global-media.php > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org > -- From cos02mf Thu Jan 14 12:53:38 2010 From: cos02mf (M I Franklin) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:53:38 +0100 Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 In-Reply-To: <4B4EF139.9000607@nupef.org.br> References: <0376F55255E23F7B1F29B9EC@[192.168.1.64]> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5C31@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5CE6@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <4B4CD67C.6020505@nupef.org.br> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5E7B@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <4B4EF139.9000607@nupef.org.br> Message-ID: Thanks Graciela Just want to note to everyone that this took longer to get to you all due to an overnight hold-up on the listserv because the original email was too big. So, the next version I send out will be in the body of the email only to keep within size-limits.. Additional comments/suggestions still welcome. Will be tightening up and tidying up text later today - so delays aside, there's still time! ciao MF --On Thursday, January 14, 2010 8:26 -0200 Graciela Selaimen wrote: > Dear all, > > Thanks a lot, Marianne. > I totally support the statement. > > best > Graciela > > M I Franklin escreveu: >> Dear All >> >> See attached. I've pasted in this first version below for those who >> prefer it (but its a long email!). >> >> Please keep comments brief. Any additional ideas and suggestions >> welcome. Time is short so the plan is to have the penultimate version >> out tomorrow afternoon.......... >> >> yours >> MF >> >> ******************************************* >> >> Open Consultation IGF 2010 >> >> INTERNET RIGHTS AND PRINCIPLES DYNAMIC COALITION Statement >> >> The IRP Dynamic Coalition would like to contribute to the Open >> Consultation for IGF 2010 in two areas: observations for taking stock >> of IGF 2009 and suggestions for the format and agenda of the Vilnius >> meeting. The comments below are organised under [..] themes, under >> which we take stock of IGF 2009 and then offer practical suggestions >> for the format and planning of IGF 2010. >> >> 1) General Organization: Generally speaking coalition members found >> the meeting to be well organised, with signs of continued progress in >> all aspects. Coalition members who were participating in or who >> organised workshops would like to commend the organisers for their >> good work in this regard, particularly given the relatively limited >> budget and resources available to the IGF. Some specific concerns >> include: >> a. Discussions, especially in plenary sessions tended to become >> diverted into the issue of whether the IGF should continue, and if so, >> how. We think it is time to move on and to keep these issues from >> overwhelming the topics in hand. >> b. Continuity and more explicit links between the main sessions and >> the workshops could have been stronger. Clear links in the program by >> cross-referencing of session/workshop themes and titles is one way to >> create these links before the meeting. During and after the meeting, >> we would like to see formal feedback opportunities put in place and >> integrated into the stocktaking; from organizers and/or moderators of >> both main sessions and workshops. >> c. Main sessions based around the "traditional" themes of openness, >> diversity, and such like started to feel a bit repetitive particularly >> in relation to the freshness of new themes introduced onto the >> program. The need for continuity and depth needs to be balanced by new >> themes as well >> d. Some panels in main sessions were overloaded with panellists. >> This always means less time for a wider plenary discussion. Moderators >> of larger sessions need to find ways to ensure that discussion >> actually takes place and when it does it dynamic and inclusive. To >> this end we would suggest that there is an upper limit set on the >> number of panellists and/or length of formal presentations. Moreover >> that enough time is set aside for discussion. It is important that >> contributions from the floor, and remote participants get enough time >> to have their say and be adequately responded to by panellists and >> other participants. >> e. Rather than having main sessions based around broad themes, we >> think this year is the moment to broach more specific questions or >> policy dilemmas. These can be proposed in advance with an eye to >> opening up the discussion about specific solutions before the actual >> session. >> >> 2) Remote Participation: On the whole the facilities for remote >> participation seemed to work well. However, there are some specific >> issues that we think need to be attended to this year to ensure fuller >> and more diverse participation in the IGF. >> a. Workshop organisers were not given enough support in good time >> or enough information on how to use the technology provided properly. >> When technical hitches did occur, there were not enough technicians on >> hand so many moderators found themselves doing DIY instead. This is >> unprofessional and causes delays and loss of focus for everyone. More >> information in advance from IGF HQ would be useful. But also during >> the event, and given the importance of enabling remote participation >> but also having it run smoothly, the need for more dedicated staff in >> this respect is indispensable. >> b. We would also suggest, in line with suggestions from the Remote >> Participation Working Group (RPWG), that Workshops include both a >> moderator on-the-ground and an online moderator in their planning. >> Some-one needs to monitor remote participation, in partnership with >> the workshop moderator, in order to streamline, filter and facilitate >> remote participation in the proceedings; e.g. by gathering text-based >> comments, setting up a queue for spoken interventions, or having >> remote participants be given the floor en bloc if this is more >> practicable. We would also urge all moderators to understand the many >> remote participants are doing this at difficult times of their 24 hour >> day and that time-lags require careful attention be paid to timing >> responses and requests by moderators on the ground. >> c. The above points underscore our support for proposals to >> organise adequate guidelines as well as a brief training >> session/module/virtual tour for all moderators before the IGF meeting. >> During the meeting is not the time to experiment. >> >> 3) Emerging Key themes: A wide range of stakeholders in the plenary >> sessions reaffirmed the importance of upholding human rights in the >> internet age. However these sentiments tended to be expressed in >> general rather than specific terms. >> a. The challenge for this coming year is to focus on how upholding >> human rights can be achieved in practice; what roles different >> stakeholders can or should play in this regard, and how these play out >> more specifically in different Internet governance issue-areas. >> b. With this in mind we would like to see not only workshops but >> also main sessions that look more closely at what a "human rights >> agenda" or "development agenda: for Internet Governance might actually >> look like. Discussions around broad themes such as openness and >> diversity have already taken place. It is time to get down to >> specifics and we do not see why these specifics always have to be >> covered in workshop sessions. >> >> 4) Participation: Increasing diversity in terms of cultural, >> regional, and linguistic representation remains a core issue for a >> number of dynamic coalitions. Our comments and suggestions about >> continuing to improve remote participation technically and >> organizationally relate to these concerns. Practically there is a need to >> a. Setting up coherent - vertical and lateral - links between >> discussions and themes from national, regional and international IGFs >> better, during the meetings as well as in the record of these various >> meetings. At present the public record is piecemeal and not easily >> accessible. We recognise that this is process that needs dedicated >> time and resources to do so and urge the IGF to put aside some >> resources for this. >> b. Find more ways to open up the meetings to lay-participants. By >> this we mean that preparatory consultations, main sessions, and >> specialised workshops need to be more accessible not only to 'everyday >> internet users' but also for any communities or groups from areas >> where the Internet is either less extensive or who have other >> communication priorities. >> >> ********************************************************************88 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Dr Marianne Franklin >> Reader >> Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program >> Media & Communications >> Goldsmiths, University of London >> New Cross >> London SE14 6NW >> United Kingdom >> Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072 >> Fax: #44 (0) 207 919-7616 >> email: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk >> http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin.php >> http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/ma-transnational-communications-global-me >> dia.php >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> IRP mailing list >> IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org >> http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetri >> ghtsandprinciples.org >> > > -- Dr Marianne Franklin Reader Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program Media & Communications Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross London SE14 6NW United Kingdom Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072 Fax: #44 (0) 207 919-7616 email: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin.php http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/ma-transnational-communications-global-media.php From gpaque Thu Jan 14 13:33:13 2010 From: gpaque (Ginger Paque) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:03:13 -0430 Subject: [IRP] Text of IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010: Call for IGC consensus about support--please opine! Message-ID: <4B4F00F9.30500@gmail.com> Hello all: this is the current draft of the IRP contribution, which is up for Consensus for IGC support. There will be a "tightened" draft later, probably this afternoon, but this appears to be the essence of the statement. Please read it carefully, and advise whether the IGC should sign on in support of this statement. This is independent of any IGC statement. We need to do this quickly if we want to ask the IRP to add our signature to their written contribution. Please post. Open Consultation IGF 2010 INTERNET RIGHTS AND PRINCIPLES DYNAMIC COALITION Statement The IRP Dynamic Coalition would like to contribute to the Open Consultation for IGF 2010 in two areas: observations for taking stock of IGF 2009 and suggestions for the format and agenda of the Vilnius meeting. The comments below are organised under [..] themes, under which we take stock of IGF 2009 and then offer practical suggestions for the format and planning of IGF 2010. 1) General Organization: Generally speaking coalition members found the meeting to be well organised, with signs of continued progress in all aspects. Coalition members who were participating in or who organised workshops would like to commend the organisers for their good work in this regard, particularly given the relatively limited budget and resources available to the IGF. Some specific concerns include: a. Discussions, especially in plenary sessions tended to become diverted into the issue of whether the IGF should continue, and if so, how. We think it is time to move on and to keep these issues from overwhelming the topics in hand. b. Continuity and more explicit links between the main sessions and the workshops could have been stronger. Clear links in the program by cross-referencing of session/workshop themes and titles is one way to create these links before the meeting. During and after the meeting, we would like to see formal feedback opportunities put in place and integrated into the stocktaking; from organizers and/or moderators of both main sessions and workshops. c. Main sessions based around the "traditional" themes of openness, diversity, and such like started to feel a bit repetitive particularly in relation to the freshness of new themes introduced onto the program. The need for continuity and depth needs to be balanced by new themes as well d. Some panels in main sessions were overloaded with panellists. This always means less time for a wider plenary discussion. Moderators of larger sessions need to find ways to ensure that discussion actually takes place and when it does it dynamic and inclusive. To this end we would suggest that there is an upper limit set on the number of panellists and/or length of formal presentations. Moreover that enough time is set aside for discussion. It is important that contributions from the floor, and remote participants get enough time to have their say and be adequately responded to by panellists and other participants. e. Rather than having main sessions based around broad themes, we think this year is the moment to broach more specific questions or policy dilemmas. These can be proposed in advance with an eye to opening up the discussion about specific solutions before the actual session. 2) Remote Participation: On the whole the facilities for remote participation seemed to work well. However, there are some specific issues that we think need to be attended to this year to ensure fuller and more diverse participation in the IGF. a. Workshop organisers were not given enough support in good time or enough information on how to use the technology provided properly. When technical hitches did occur, there were not enough technicians on hand so many moderators found themselves doing DIY instead. This is unprofessional and causes delays and loss of focus for everyone. More information in advance from IGF HQ would be useful. But also during the event, and given the importance of enabling remote participation but also having it run smoothly, the need for more dedicated staff in this respect is indispensable. b. We would also suggest, in line with suggestions from the Remote Participation Working Group (RPWG), that Workshops include both a moderator on-the-ground and an online moderator in their planning. Some-one needs to monitor remote participation, in partnership with the workshop moderator, in order to streamline, filter and facilitate remote participation in the proceedings; e.g. by gathering text-based comments, setting up a queue for spoken interventions, or having remote participants be given the floor en bloc if this is more practicable. We would also urge all moderators to understand the many remote participants are doing this at difficult times of their 24 hour day and that time-lags require careful attention be paid to timing responses and requests by moderators on the ground. c. The above points underscore our support for proposals to organise adequate guidelines as well as a brief training session/module/virtual tour for all moderators before the IGF meeting. During the meeting is not the time to experiment. 3) Emerging Key themes: A wide range of stakeholders in the plenary sessions reaffirmed the importance of upholding human rights in the internet age. However these sentiments tended to be expressed in general rather than specific terms. a. The challenge for this coming year is to focus on how upholding human rights can be achieved in practice; what roles different stakeholders can or should play in this regard, and how these play out more specifically in different Internet governance issue-areas. b. With this in mind we would like to see not only workshops but also main sessions that look more closely at what a "human rights agenda" or "development agenda: for Internet Governance might actually look like. Discussions around broad themes such as openness and diversity have already taken place. It is time to get down to specifics and we do not see why these specifics always have to be covered in workshop sessions. 4) Participation: Increasing diversity in terms of cultural, regional, and linguistic representation remains a core issue for a number of dynamic coalitions. Our comments and suggestions about continuing to improve remote participation technically and organizationally relate to these concerns. Practically there is a need to a. Setting up coherent - vertical and lateral - links between discussions and themes from national, regional and international IGFs better, during the meetings as well as in the record of these various meetings. At present the public record is piecemeal and not easily accessible. We recognise that this is process that needs dedicated time and resources to do so and urge the IGF to put aside some resources for this. b. Find more ways to open up the meetings to lay-participants. By this we mean that preparatory consultations, main sessions, and specialised workshops need to be more accessible not only to 'everyday internet users' but also for any communities or groups from areas where the Internet is either less extensive or who have other communication priorities. ********************************************************************88 Dr Marianne Franklin Reader Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program Media & Communications Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross London SE14 6NW United Kingdom Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072 Fax: #44 (0) 207 919-7616 email: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin.php http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/ma-transnational-communications-global-media.php From lisa Thu Jan 14 13:33:01 2010 From: lisa (Lisa Horner) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:33:01 -0000 Subject: [IRP] edits in the privacy section In-Reply-To: <38528872-FE31-4739-95A5-D9E86AC5EB4D@datos-personales.org> References: <4d976d8e1001130957r673722bck659c3c16ea665d4@mail.gmail.com><34903EE2-0AE2-4912-87C1-0524664E7F24@datos-personales.org> <38528872-FE31-4739-95A5-D9E86AC5EB4D@datos-personales.org> Message-ID: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5F62@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Hi Thanks for your comments Katitza. As making sure that the Charter aligns with international standards is one of the tasks of the expert group, they'll take all of this on board. If people have thoughts about which standards/directives we should be working to, please do send them through to the list or make notes on the wiki. I'm not a privacy expert and so can't comment in this instance. Please note that the Charter is here: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ajcs86p9dx2s_488rpfcbcc There's been some confusion over the different versions, so please make sure you're editing the right one. I've changed the link on the homepage at www.internetrigtsandprinciples.com so that it links right through to the correct version. Thanks, Lisa From: irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org [mailto:irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org] On Behalf Of Katitza Rodriguez Sent: 13 January 2010 23:04 To: irp Cc: Cedric Laurant Subject: Re: [IRP] edits in the privacy section Dear Lisa, Dear Meryem: Happy New Year. I want to submit some comments to the Privacy Section. Cedric Laurant and I submit some comments the other day. While editing the text, I start asking myself that the overall Privacy Section needs some thoughts. Please, noted that in comparison to other rights of the charter, in this section we have International Legal Frameworks. ie. The 1995 Data Protection Directive, 1980 OECD Privacy Guidelines, the Convention 108 of the Council of Europe. Those instruments places obligations on those public and private organizations who collect and process personal information and gives RIGHTS to those individual whose personal information is collected. The old text, wrote by APC, is based in the EU Directive. The APC text (not the IRP text) use a common language based on that framework. Is that the objective? If its yes, we need an editor. It is ok to add more concrete actions that we want to see in the text but as minimum, we should mirror the language of the Directive/Convention 108? Meryem: As you will be working in the charter, can you take on board my comments? I would appreciate. Maybe Cedric is willing to do so? all the best, Katitza P.D I am happy to reviewed/revised the clean version after those editions. On Jan 13, 2010, at 3:12 PM, Katitza Rodriguez wrote: Dear Max: I am confuse reading the Privacy section of the charter. I would like to suggest that you use the language from the Madrid Privacy Declaration. Some of this language does not make sense. On the anonymity front, please, include the need for genuine Privacy Enhancing Techniques that minimize or eliminate the collection of personally identifiable information. We need to be sure whether those methods safeguard privacy and anonymity. Pls. read EPIC: Re-Identification: Concerning the Re-Identification of Consumer Information http://epic.org/privacy/reidentification/ Also, I do not see any mentioned to the international legal framework. The 1995 Data Protection Directive, 1980 OECD Privacy Guidelines, the Convention 108 of the Council of Europe. Those instruments places obligations on those public and private organizations who collect and process personal information and gives rights to those individual whose personal information is collected. Are you re-writing those rights? My 2 cents, All the best and Happy New Year, Katitza On Jan 13, 2010, at 12:57 PM, Max Senges wrote: hi everybody i have made a number of edits in the privacy section and would like to ask a fundamental question 1) I thought it would be good to raise ease of access, comprehensiveness and usability of privacy settings: "Privacy policy and settings of all services should be easy to find and the management of privacy settings should be comprehensive and optimized for usability." 2) The following sentence seems rather ambiguous to me (esp. what is meant by "hidden mechanism") and I suggest to remove or amend it: "Social media networks must disclose when hidden mechanisms are being employed to harvest email personal data bases." 3) "Service providers have a responsibility to make clear in which legal jurisdiction(s) the user's personal data is being hosted, so that the user can make informed decisions." I have raised this before and even though I see how this is an important point, I think it needs to be formulated differently/ thought through a bit more. If I create a file/data-point in the cloud say while I am in Germany, then I go on a trip and the file "moves with me" to servers in Asia... etc. etc. how can there be a final decision which jurisdiction is concerned? I mean wouldn't it make more sense to be determined in a case by case logic? 4) "Unless otherwise explicitly agreed, data should be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or for legal reasons." I would think that it's important to limit this paragraph to personal data and ask for anonymization: "Unless otherwise explicitly agreed, personal data should be deleted or anonymized when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or for legal reasons" 5) "People must be free to communicate without arbitrary surveillance or interception, or the threat of surveillance or interception. This includes the use of technologies such as deep packet inspection and the exercise of control over individuals such as in instances of domestic violence and cyberstalking." This paragraph seems to be mixing several points. The main points have been raised in other paragraphs and while I totally agree to the first sentence i think the second is controversial. E.g. deep packet inspection is a particular technology and we said we dont want to mention particular technologies. 6) "Service providers should communicate clearly with users the circumstances under which personal data will be shared with governments and/or with other private entities. Simultaneously provide options for unscribing from such networks. " I don't get the latter sentence. Unsubscribe from the Internet? i'd suggest we delete. Looking forward to your input Max -- "The future is here. Its just not widely distributed yet." William Gibson ........................................................................ ... 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URL: From lisa Thu Jan 14 14:11:45 2010 From: lisa (Lisa Horner) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:11:45 -0000 Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 In-Reply-To: References: <0376F55255E23F7B1F29B9EC@[192.168.1.64]> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5C31@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5CE6@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <4B4CD67C.6020505@nupef.org.br> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5E7B@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Message-ID: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5F6A@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Hi Marianne and all Thanks for this -I think it's great - really concise and clear. My main suggestion is to bring point 3 up to the top, and make our call for more focus on human rights and development a bit more explicit....as the Irp, that should be our main focus I think. In our call for more focus and specificity, could/should we perhaps suggest what kinds of issues we think could (realistically) be focused on? E.g. Promoting access to knowledge for the public good; The liability and responsibilities of internet service and application providers; expanding media and communications literacy for all; grassroots connectivity solutions; Privacy and expression on social networks........ Could we also say that the coalition would like to contribute productively to discussions about how better to incorporate consideration of human rights into the agenda of the IGF, and would like to feed into the planning process for relevant main sessions. Thanks and all the best, Lisa -----Original Message----- From: M I Franklin [mailto:cos02mf at gold.ac.uk] Sent: 13 January 2010 18:10 To: Lisa Horner; irp Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 Dear All See attached. I've pasted in this first version below for those who prefer it (but its a long email!). Please keep comments brief. Any additional ideas and suggestions welcome. Time is short so the plan is to have the penultimate version out tomorrow afternoon.......... yours MF ******************************************* Open Consultation IGF 2010 INTERNET RIGHTS AND PRINCIPLES DYNAMIC COALITION Statement The IRP Dynamic Coalition would like to contribute to the Open Consultation for IGF 2010 in two areas: observations for taking stock of IGF 2009 and suggestions for the format and agenda of the Vilnius meeting. The comments below are organised under [..] themes, under which we take stock of IGF 2009 and then offer practical suggestions for the format and planning of IGF 2010. 1) General Organization: Generally speaking coalition members found the meeting to be well organised, with signs of continued progress in all aspects. Coalition members who were participating in or who organised workshops would like to commend the organisers for their good work in this regard, particularly given the relatively limited budget and resources available to the IGF. Some specific concerns include: a. Discussions, especially in plenary sessions tended to become diverted into the issue of whether the IGF should continue, and if so, how. We think it is time to move on and to keep these issues from overwhelming the topics in hand. b. Continuity and more explicit links between the main sessions and the workshops could have been stronger. Clear links in the program by cross-referencing of session/workshop themes and titles is one way to create these links before the meeting. During and after the meeting, we would like to see formal feedback opportunities put in place and integrated into the stocktaking; from organizers and/or moderators of both main sessions and workshops. c. Main sessions based around the "traditional" themes of openness, diversity, and such like started to feel a bit repetitive particularly in relation to the freshness of new themes introduced onto the program. The need for continuity and depth needs to be balanced by new themes as well d. Some panels in main sessions were overloaded with panellists. This always means less time for a wider plenary discussion. Moderators of larger sessions need to find ways to ensure that discussion actually takes place and when it does it dynamic and inclusive. To this end we would suggest that there is an upper limit set on the number of panellists and/or length of formal presentations. Moreover that enough time is set aside for discussion. It is important that contributions from the floor, and remote participants get enough time to have their say and be adequately responded to by panellists and other participants. e. Rather than having main sessions based around broad themes, we think this year is the moment to broach more specific questions or policy dilemmas. These can be proposed in advance with an eye to opening up the discussion about specific solutions before the actual session. 2) Remote Participation: On the whole the facilities for remote participation seemed to work well. However, there are some specific issues that we think need to be attended to this year to ensure fuller and more diverse participation in the IGF. a. Workshop organisers were not given enough support in good time or enough information on how to use the technology provided properly. When technical hitches did occur, there were not enough technicians on hand so many moderators found themselves doing DIY instead. This is unprofessional and causes delays and loss of focus for everyone. More information in advance from IGF HQ would be useful. But also during the event, and given the importance of enabling remote participation but also having it run smoothly, the need for more dedicated staff in this respect is indispensable. b. We would also suggest, in line with suggestions from the Remote Participation Working Group (RPWG), that Workshops include both a moderator on-the-ground and an online moderator in their planning. Some-one needs to monitor remote participation, in partnership with the workshop moderator, in order to streamline, filter and facilitate remote participation in the proceedings; e.g. by gathering text-based comments, setting up a queue for spoken interventions, or having remote participants be given the floor en bloc if this is more practicable. We would also urge all moderators to understand the many remote participants are doing this at difficult times of their 24 hour day and that time-lags require careful attention be paid to timing responses and requests by moderators on the ground. c. The above points underscore our support for proposals to organise adequate guidelines as well as a brief training session/module/virtual tour for all moderators before the IGF meeting. During the meeting is not the time to experiment. 3) Emerging Key themes: A wide range of stakeholders in the plenary sessions reaffirmed the importance of upholding human rights in the internet age. However these sentiments tended to be expressed in general rather than specific terms. a. The challenge for this coming year is to focus on how upholding human rights can be achieved in practice; what roles different stakeholders can or should play in this regard, and how these play out more specifically in different Internet governance issue-areas. b. With this in mind we would like to see not only workshops but also main sessions that look more closely at what a "human rights agenda" or "development agenda: for Internet Governance might actually look like. Discussions around broad themes such as openness and diversity have already taken place. It is time to get down to specifics and we do not see why these specifics always have to be covered in workshop sessions. 4) Participation: Increasing diversity in terms of cultural, regional, and linguistic representation remains a core issue for a number of dynamic coalitions. Our comments and suggestions about continuing to improve remote participation technically and organizationally relate to these concerns. Practically there is a need to a. Setting up coherent - vertical and lateral - links between discussions and themes from national, regional and international IGFs better, during the meetings as well as in the record of these various meetings. At present the public record is piecemeal and not easily accessible. We recognise that this is process that needs dedicated time and resources to do so and urge the IGF to put aside some resources for this. b. Find more ways to open up the meetings to lay-participants. By this we mean that preparatory consultations, main sessions, and specialised workshops need to be more accessible not only to 'everyday internet users' but also for any communities or groups from areas where the Internet is either less extensive or who have other communication priorities. ********************************************************************88 Dr Marianne Franklin Reader Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program Media & Communications Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross London SE14 6NW United Kingdom Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072 Fax: #44 (0) 207 919-7616 email: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin.php http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/ma-transnational-communications-global-me dia.php From gpaque Thu Jan 14 15:16:16 2010 From: gpaque (Ginger Paque) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:46:16 -0430 Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 In-Reply-To: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5F6A@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> References: <0376F55255E23F7B1F29B9EC@[192.168.1.64]> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5C31@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5CE6@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <4B4CD67C.6020505@nupef.org.br> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5E7B@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5F6A@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Message-ID: <4B4F1920.2090505@gmail.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katitza Thu Jan 14 16:52:09 2010 From: katitza (Katitza Rodriguez) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:52:09 -0500 Subject: [IRP] edits in the privacy section In-Reply-To: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5F62@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> References: <4d976d8e1001130957r673722bck659c3c16ea665d4@mail.gmail.com><34903EE2-0AE2-4912-87C1-0524664E7F24@datos-personales.org> <38528872-FE31-4739-95A5-D9E86AC5EB4D@datos-personales.org> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5F62@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Message-ID: <74319231-BC90-4730-8241-EB7AF5AC9D80@datos-personales.org> Dear Lisa, Thank you very much for your explanation. The process is now clear. The language I added is on the link you provide here. Thanks. I tried not to use Google products (when I am "able" to do so), so I am not familiar with Googles docs (nor I will open an account and sign on). Due to the fact that the Council of Europe is a member of the Steering Committee, I proposed to focus on Convention 108 (and its protocol 2001). We can then discuss further documents/recommendations, etc. All the best, Katitza On Jan 14, 2010, at 6:33 AM, Lisa Horner wrote: > Hi > > Thanks for your comments Katitza. As making sure that the Charter > aligns with international standards is one of the tasks of the > expert group, they?ll take all of this on board. If people have > thoughts about which standards/directives we should be working to, > please do send them through to the list or make notes on the wiki. > I?m not a privacy expert and so can?t comment in this instance. > > Please note that the Charter is here: > http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ajcs86p9dx2s_488rpfcbcc > > There?s been some confusion over the different versions, so please > make sure you?re editing the right one. I?ve changed the link on > the homepage at www.internetrigtsandprinciples.com so that it links > right through to the correct version. > > Thanks, > > Lisa > > From: irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org [mailto:irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > ] On Behalf Of Katitza Rodriguez > Sent: 13 January 2010 23:04 > To: irp > Cc: Cedric Laurant > Subject: Re: [IRP] edits in the privacy section > > Dear Lisa, Dear Meryem: > > Happy New Year. I want to submit some comments to the Privacy > Section. Cedric Laurant and I submit some comments the other day. > While editing the text, I start asking myself that the overall > Privacy Section needs some thoughts. > > Please, noted that in comparison to other rights of the charter, in > this section we have International Legal Frameworks. ie. The 1995 > Data Protection Directive, 1980 OECD Privacy Guidelines, the > Convention 108 of the Council of Europe. Those instruments places > obligations on those public and private organizations who collect > and process personal information and gives RIGHTS to those > individual whose personal information is collected. > > The old text, wrote by APC, is based in the EU Directive. The APC > text (not the IRP text) use a common language based on that > framework. Is that the objective? If its yes, we need an editor. It > is ok to add more concrete actions that we want to see in the text > but as minimum, we should mirror the language of the Directive/ > Convention 108? > > Meryem: As you will be working in the charter, can you take on board > my comments? I would appreciate. Maybe Cedric is willing to do so? > > all the best, > > Katitza > P.D I am happy to reviewed/revised the clean version after those > editions. > > On Jan 13, 2010, at 3:12 PM, Katitza Rodriguez wrote: > > > Dear Max: > > I am confuse reading the Privacy section of the charter. I would > like to suggest that you use the language from the Madrid Privacy > Declaration. Some of this language does not make sense. On the > anonymity front, please, include the need for genuine Privacy > Enhancing Techniques that minimize or eliminate the collection of > personally identifiable information. We need to be sure whether > those methods safeguard privacy and anonymity. Pls. read EPIC: Re- > Identification: Concerning the Re-Identification of Consumer > Information http://epic.org/privacy/reidentification/ > > Also, I do not see any mentioned to the international legal > framework. The 1995 Data Protection Directive, 1980 OECD Privacy > Guidelines, the Convention 108 of the Council of Europe. Those > instruments places obligations on those public and private > organizations who collect and process personal information and gives > rights to those individual whose personal information is collected. > > Are you re-writing those rights? > > My 2 cents, > > All the best and Happy New Year, > > Katitza > > > On Jan 13, 2010, at 12:57 PM, Max Senges wrote: > > > hi everybody > > i have made a number of edits in the privacy section and would like > to ask a fundamental question > > 1) I thought it would be good to raise ease of access, > comprehensiveness and usability of privacy settings: > "Privacy policy and settings of all services should be easy to find > and the management of privacy settings should be comprehensive and > optimized for usability." > > 2) The following sentence seems rather ambiguous to me (esp. what is > meant by "hidden mechanism") and I suggest to remove or amend it: > "Social media networks must disclose when hidden mechanisms are > being employed to harvest email personal data bases." > > 3) "Service providers have a responsibility to make clear in which > legal jurisdiction(s) the user's personal data is being hosted, so > that the user can make informed decisions." > I have raised this before and even though I see how this is an > important point, I think it needs to be formulated differently/ > thought through a bit more. If I create a file/data-point in the > cloud say while I am in Germany, then I go on a trip and the file > "moves with me" to servers in Asia... etc. etc. how can there be a > final decision which jurisdiction is concerned? I mean wouldn't it > make more sense to be determined in a case by case logic? > > 4) "Unless otherwise explicitly agreed, data should be deleted when > it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was > collected, or for legal reasons." I would think that it's important > to limit this paragraph to personal data and ask for anonymization: > "Unless otherwise explicitly agreed, personal data should be > deleted or anonymized when it is no longer necessary for the > purposes for which it was collected, or for legal reasons" > > 5) "People must be free to communicate without arbitrary > surveillance or interception, or the threat of surveillance or > interception. This includes the use of technologies such as deep > packet inspection and the exercise of control over individuals such > as in instances of domestic violence and cyberstalking." > This paragraph seems to be mixing several points. The main > points have been raised in other paragraphs and while I totally > agree to the first sentence i think the second is controversial. > E.g. deep packet inspection is a particular technology and we said > we dont want to mention particular technologies. > > 6) "Service providers should communicate clearly with users the > circumstances under which personal data will be shared with > governments and/or with other private entities. Simultaneously > provide options for unscribing from such networks. " I don't get the > latter sentence. Unsubscribe from the Internet? i'd suggest we delete. > > > > Looking forward to your input > Max > > > > > -- > > > "The future is here. 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URL: From rafik.dammak Thu Jan 14 17:10:14 2010 From: rafik.dammak (Rafik Dammak) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:10:14 +0900 Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 In-Reply-To: References: <0376F55255E23F7B1F29B9EC@192.168.1.64> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5C31@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5CE6@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <4B4CD67C.6020505@nupef.org.br> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5E7B@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Message-ID: Hello All, just few comments about point 1.d I think that is more matter of time limitation for each panelist, we tried this approach at youth workshop and we left long time for participants to interact with panelists. my fear that limiting the number of panelists will impact people from developing countries and not the "vip" (it should be limitation for panelists to participate in many workshops) point 2.a I am not sure that DIY term (do it yourself) is know as term by everybody :) do you want to drop topics like "openness and diversity"?? I don't agree so much with this approach. Regards rafik 2010/1/14 M I Franklin > Dear All > > See attached. I've pasted in this first version below for those who prefer > it (but its a long email!). > > Please keep comments brief. Any additional ideas and suggestions welcome. > Time is short so the plan is to have the penultimate version out tomorrow > afternoon.......... > > yours > MF > > ******************************************* > > Open Consultation IGF 2010 > > INTERNET RIGHTS AND PRINCIPLES DYNAMIC COALITION Statement > > The IRP Dynamic Coalition would like to contribute to the Open Consultation > for IGF 2010 in two areas: observations for taking stock of IGF 2009 and > suggestions for the format and agenda of the Vilnius meeting. The comments > below are organised under [..] themes, under which we take stock of IGF 2009 > and then offer practical suggestions for the format and planning of IGF > 2010. > > 1) General Organization: Generally speaking coalition members found > the meeting to be well organised, with signs of continued progress in all > aspects. Coalition members who were participating in or who organised > workshops would like to commend the organisers for their good work in this > regard, particularly given the relatively limited budget and resources > available to the IGF. Some specific concerns include: > a. Discussions, especially in plenary sessions tended to become > diverted into the issue of whether the IGF should continue, and if so, how. > We think it is time to move on and to keep these issues from overwhelming > the topics in hand. > b. Continuity and more explicit links between the main sessions and > the workshops could have been stronger. Clear links in the program by > cross-referencing of session/workshop themes and titles is one way to create > these links before the meeting. During and after the meeting, we would like > to see formal feedback opportunities put in place and integrated into the > stocktaking; from organizers and/or moderators of both main sessions and > workshops. > c. Main sessions based around the "traditional" themes of openness, > diversity, and such like started to feel a bit repetitive particularly in > relation to the freshness of new themes introduced onto the program. The > need for continuity and depth needs to be balanced by new themes as well > d. Some panels in main sessions were overloaded with panellists. This > always means less time for a wider plenary discussion. Moderators of larger > sessions need to find ways to ensure that discussion actually takes place > and when it does it dynamic and inclusive. To this end we would suggest that > there is an upper limit set on the number of panellists and/or length of > formal presentations. Moreover that enough time is set aside for discussion. > It is important that contributions from the floor, and remote participants > get enough time to have their say and be adequately responded to by > panellists and other participants. > e. Rather than having main sessions based around broad themes, we > think this year is the moment to broach more specific questions or policy > dilemmas. These can be proposed in advance with an eye to opening up the > discussion about specific solutions before the actual session. > > 2) Remote Participation: On the whole the facilities for remote > participation seemed to work well. However, there are some specific issues > that we think need to be attended to this year to ensure fuller and more > diverse participation in the IGF. > a. Workshop organisers were not given enough support in good time or > enough information on how to use the technology provided properly. When > technical hitches did occur, there were not enough technicians on hand so > many moderators found themselves doing DIY instead. This is unprofessional > and causes delays and loss of focus for everyone. More information in > advance from IGF HQ would be useful. But also during the event, and given > the importance of enabling remote participation but also having it run > smoothly, the need for more dedicated staff in this respect is > indispensable. > b. We would also suggest, in line with suggestions from the Remote > Participation Working Group (RPWG), that Workshops include both a moderator > on-the-ground and an online moderator in their planning. Some-one needs to > monitor remote participation, in partnership with the workshop moderator, in > order to streamline, filter and facilitate remote participation in the > proceedings; e.g. by gathering text-based comments, setting up a queue for > spoken interventions, or having remote participants be given the floor en > bloc if this is more practicable. We would also urge all moderators to > understand the many remote participants are doing this at difficult times of > their 24 hour day and that time-lags require careful attention be paid to > timing responses and requests by moderators on the ground. > c. The above points underscore our support for proposals to organise > adequate guidelines as well as a brief training session/module/virtual tour > for all moderators before the IGF meeting. During the meeting is not the > time to experiment. > > 3) Emerging Key themes: A wide range of stakeholders in the plenary > sessions reaffirmed the importance of upholding human rights in the internet > age. However these sentiments tended to be expressed in general rather than > specific terms. > a. The challenge for this coming year is to focus on how upholding > human rights can be achieved in practice; what roles different stakeholders > can or should play in this regard, and how these play out more specifically > in different Internet governance issue-areas. > b. With this in mind we would like to see not only workshops but also > main sessions that look more closely at what a "human rights agenda" or > "development agenda: for Internet Governance might actually look like. > Discussions around broad themes such as openness and diversity have already > taken place. It is time to get down to specifics and we do not see why these > specifics always have to be covered in workshop sessions. > > 4) Participation: Increasing diversity in terms of cultural, regional, > and linguistic representation remains a core issue for a number of dynamic > coalitions. Our comments and suggestions about continuing to improve remote > participation technically and organizationally relate to these concerns. > Practically there is a need to > a. Setting up coherent - vertical and lateral - links between > discussions and themes from national, regional and international IGFs > better, during the meetings as well as in the record of these various > meetings. At present the public record is piecemeal and not easily > accessible. We recognise that this is process that needs dedicated time and > resources to do so and urge the IGF to put aside some resources for this. > b. Find more ways to open up the meetings to lay-participants. By this > we mean that preparatory consultations, main sessions, and specialised > workshops need to be more accessible not only to 'everyday internet users' > but also for any communities or groups from areas where the Internet is > either less extensive or who have other communication priorities. > > ********************************************************************88 > > > > > > > > > > > Dr Marianne Franklin > Reader > Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program > Media & Communications > Goldsmiths, University of London > New Cross > London SE14 6NW > United Kingdom > Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072 > Fax: #44 (0) 207 919-7616 > email: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk > http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin.php > > http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/ma-transnational-communications-global-media.php > > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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"Due to the fact that the Council of Europe is a member of the Steering Committee, I proposed to focus on Convention 108 (and its protocol 2001)". All the best, Katitza On Jan 14, 2010, at 9:52 AM, Katitza Rodriguez wrote: > Dear Lisa, > > Thank you very much for your explanation. The process is now clear. > The language I added is on the link you provide here. Thanks. I > tried not to use Google products (when I am "able" to do so), so I > am not familiar with Googles docs (nor I will open an account and > sign on). > > Due to the fact that the Council of Europe is a member of the > Steering Committee, I proposed to focus on Convention 108 (and its > protocol 2001). We can then discuss further documents/ > recommendations, etc. > > All the best, > > Katitza > > > > > On Jan 14, 2010, at 6:33 AM, Lisa Horner wrote: > >> Hi >> >> Thanks for your comments Katitza. As making sure that the Charter >> aligns with international standards is one of the tasks of the >> expert group, they?ll take all of this on board. If people have >> thoughts about which standards/directives we should be working to, >> please do send them through to the list or make notes on the wiki. >> I?m not a privacy expert and so can?t comment in this instance. >> >> Please note that the Charter is here: >> http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ajcs86p9dx2s_488rpfcbcc >> >> There?s been some confusion over the different versions, so please >> make sure you?re editing the right one. I?ve changed the link on >> the homepage at www.internetrigtsandprinciples.com so that it links >> right through to the correct version. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Lisa >> >> From: irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org [mailto:irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org >> ] On Behalf Of Katitza Rodriguez >> Sent: 13 January 2010 23:04 >> To: irp >> Cc: Cedric Laurant >> Subject: Re: [IRP] edits in the privacy section >> >> Dear Lisa, Dear Meryem: >> >> Happy New Year. I want to submit some comments to the Privacy >> Section. Cedric Laurant and I submit some comments the other day. >> While editing the text, I start asking myself that the overall >> Privacy Section needs some thoughts. >> >> Please, noted that in comparison to other rights of the charter, in >> this section we have International Legal Frameworks. ie. The 1995 >> Data Protection Directive, 1980 OECD Privacy Guidelines, the >> Convention 108 of the Council of Europe. Those instruments places >> obligations on those public and private organizations who collect >> and process personal information and gives RIGHTS to those >> individual whose personal information is collected. >> >> The old text, wrote by APC, is based in the EU Directive. The APC >> text (not the IRP text) use a common language based on that >> framework. Is that the objective? If its yes, we need an editor. It >> is ok to add more concrete actions that we want to see in the text >> but as minimum, we should mirror the language of the Directive/ >> Convention 108? >> >> Meryem: As you will be working in the charter, can you take on >> board my comments? I would appreciate. Maybe Cedric is willing to >> do so? >> >> all the best, >> >> Katitza >> P.D I am happy to reviewed/revised the clean version after those >> editions. >> >> On Jan 13, 2010, at 3:12 PM, Katitza Rodriguez wrote: >> >> >> Dear Max: >> >> I am confuse reading the Privacy section of the charter. I would >> like to suggest that you use the language from the Madrid Privacy >> Declaration. Some of this language does not make sense. On the >> anonymity front, please, include the need for genuine Privacy >> Enhancing Techniques that minimize or eliminate the collection of >> personally identifiable information. We need to be sure whether >> those methods safeguard privacy and anonymity. Pls. read EPIC: Re- >> Identification: Concerning the Re-Identification of Consumer >> Information http://epic.org/privacy/reidentification/ >> >> Also, I do not see any mentioned to the international legal >> framework. The 1995 Data Protection Directive, 1980 OECD Privacy >> Guidelines, the Convention 108 of the Council of Europe. Those >> instruments places obligations on those public and private >> organizations who collect and process personal information and >> gives rights to those individual whose personal information is >> collected. >> >> Are you re-writing those rights? >> >> My 2 cents, >> >> All the best and Happy New Year, >> >> Katitza >> >> >> On Jan 13, 2010, at 12:57 PM, Max Senges wrote: >> >> >> hi everybody >> >> i have made a number of edits in the privacy section and would like >> to ask a fundamental question >> >> 1) I thought it would be good to raise ease of access, >> comprehensiveness and usability of privacy settings: >> "Privacy policy and settings of all services should be easy to find >> and the management of privacy settings should be comprehensive and >> optimized for usability." >> >> 2) The following sentence seems rather ambiguous to me (esp. what >> is meant by "hidden mechanism") and I suggest to remove or amend it: >> "Social media networks must disclose when hidden mechanisms are >> being employed to harvest email personal data bases." >> >> 3) "Service providers have a responsibility to make clear in which >> legal jurisdiction(s) the user's personal data is being hosted, so >> that the user can make informed decisions." >> I have raised this before and even though I see how this is an >> important point, I think it needs to be formulated differently/ >> thought through a bit more. If I create a file/data-point in the >> cloud say while I am in Germany, then I go on a trip and the file >> "moves with me" to servers in Asia... etc. etc. how can there be a >> final decision which jurisdiction is concerned? I mean wouldn't it >> make more sense to be determined in a case by case logic? >> >> 4) "Unless otherwise explicitly agreed, data should be deleted when >> it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was >> collected, or for legal reasons." I would think that it's important >> to limit this paragraph to personal data and ask for anonymization: >> "Unless otherwise explicitly agreed, personal data should be >> deleted or anonymized when it is no longer necessary for the >> purposes for which it was collected, or for legal reasons" >> >> 5) "People must be free to communicate without arbitrary >> surveillance or interception, or the threat of surveillance or >> interception. This includes the use of technologies such as deep >> packet inspection and the exercise of control over individuals such >> as in instances of domestic violence and cyberstalking." >> This paragraph seems to be mixing several points. The main >> points have been raised in other paragraphs and while I totally >> agree to the first sentence i think the second is controversial. >> E.g. deep packet inspection is a particular technology and we said >> we dont want to mention particular technologies. >> >> 6) "Service providers should communicate clearly with users the >> circumstances under which personal data will be shared with >> governments and/or with other private entities. Simultaneously >> provide options for unscribing from such networks. " I don't get >> the latter sentence. Unsubscribe from the Internet? i'd suggest we >> delete. >> >> >> >> Looking forward to your input >> Max >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> "The future is here. Its just not widely distributed yet." >> William Gibson >> >> ........................................................................... >> >> Max Senges >> Berlin >> >> www.maxsenges.com >> >> Mobile: 01622122755 >> _______________________________________________ >> IRP mailing list >> IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org >> http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> IRP mailing list >> IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org >> http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> IRP mailing list >> IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org >> http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lisa Thu Jan 14 19:07:16 2010 From: lisa (Lisa Horner) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:07:16 -0000 Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 In-Reply-To: References: <0376F55255E23F7B1F29B9EC@192.168.1.64> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5C31@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5CE6@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <4B4CD67C.6020505@nupef.org.br> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5E7B@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Message-ID: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5FA6@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Hi I agree that we need to take care not to imply that we don?t think that issues of openness and diversity are important, but rather that we need to drill down more deeply to address specific issues within them, preferably using human rights framing. We could maybe do this by bringing 1d and 1e together, and changing the beginning of the sentence for 1e to something like, ?Whilst openness and diversity are important issues, we think this year is the moment to broach more specific questions or policy dilemmas within these broad themes?. Marianne, in response to your earlier question, I think we have until the end of tomorrow to send it, but I don?t think it matters which time zone we take that to mean! Let?s go for the US to give us more time! We send it to igf at unog.ch. Thanks, Lisa From: Rafik Dammak [mailto:rafik.dammak at gmail.com] Sent: 14 January 2010 15:10 To: M I Franklin Cc: Lisa Horner; irp Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 Hello All, just few comments about point 1.d I think that is more matter of time limitation for each panelist, we tried this approach at youth workshop and we left long time for participants to interact with panelists. my fear that limiting the number of panelists will impact people from developing countries and not the "vip" (it should be limitation for panelists to participate in many workshops) point 2.a I am not sure that DIY term (do it yourself) is know as term by everybody :) do you want to drop topics like "openness and diversity"?? I don't agree so much with this approach. Regards rafik -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From maxsenges Thu Jan 14 19:34:54 2010 From: maxsenges (Max Senges) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:34:54 +0100 Subject: [IRP] hand over & mandate for the expert committee Message-ID: <4d976d8e1001140934j748c7964xd0990f48c3c4ff3f@mail.gmail.com> Hi Rikke, Wolfgang, Meryem, hi everyone i was wondering where we stand in terms of recruiting additional experts to reach better regional representation? also i was looking for the last version of the text that outlines the mandate for our HR expert consolidation of the Charter but couldn't find it. I would suggest we copy it somewhere on our website-wiki (if its functioning) or into a publicly editable g-doc Best Max -- "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." ?William Gibson ........................................................................... Max Senges Berlin www.maxsenges.com Mobile: 01622122755 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cos02mf Thu Jan 14 19:48:34 2010 From: cos02mf (M I Franklin) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:48:34 +0100 Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 In-Reply-To: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5FA6@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> References: <0376F55255E23F7B1F29B9EC@192.168.1.64> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5C31@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5CE6@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <4B4CD67C.6020505@nupef.org.br> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5E7B@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5FA6@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Message-ID: <2626D10D36EAACFAFD17C1BA@[192.168.1.64]> Dear All Thanks for the input. Nuance and reordering along these lines and tweaking along points made earlier can be arranged. This statement is to make a practical as well as a principled (HR0 contribution to the consultations. It is self-explanatory that this coalition wants to focus on HR. Practical suggestions and a willingness to contribute to the next IGF go along with that, at least as I see it. Anyway, in order to allow time for the IGC and other IRP'ers to endorse the new version of this statement, comments and suggestions until midnight GMT. That allows time for those of you in your working day. So, stand by tomorrow for the revised version If people could endorse (those who haven't as yet) asap after that, then will send it through as late as possible tomorrow night GMT. One suggestion following on from this: as this statement is a contribution to the open consultations in practical terms as well as a change to put the IRP's main goal on record rather than a fully developed manifesto as such, perhaps we could take this statement as a springboard for more discussions within the list about concrete ways for IRP to contribute to the Vilnius meeting; workshops, main sessions, etc etc. ciao MF --On Thursday, January 14, 2010 17:07 +0000 Lisa Horner wrote: > > > Hi > > > > I agree that we need to take care not to imply that we don't think that > issues of openness and diversity are important, but rather that we need > to drill down more deeply to address specific issues within them, > preferably using human rights framing.? We could maybe do this by > bringing 1d and 1e together, and changing the beginning of the sentence > for 1e to something like, "Whilst openness and diversity are important > issues, we think this year is the moment to broach more specific > questions or policy dilemmas within these broad themes". > > > > Marianne, in response to your earlier question, I think we have until the > end of tomorrow to send it, but I don't think it matters which time > zone we take that to mean!? Let's go for the US to give us more > time!? We send it to igf at unog.ch. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Lisa > > > > From: Rafik Dammak [mailto:rafik.dammak at gmail.com] > Sent: 14 January 2010 15:10 > To: M I Franklin > Cc: Lisa Horner; irp > Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 > > > > Hello All, > > > > just few comments about > > point 1.d I think that is more matter of time limitation for each > panelist, we tried this approach at youth workshop and we left long time > for participants to interact with panelists. my fear that limiting the > number of panelists will impact people from developing countries and not > the "vip" (it should be limitation for panelists to participate in many > workshops) > > point 2.a I am not sure that DIY term (do it yourself) is know as term by > everybody :) > > do you want to drop topics like "openness and diversity"?? I don't agree > so much with this approach. > > Regards > > > > rafik > > > > Dr Marianne Franklin Reader Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program Media & Communications Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross London SE14 6NW United Kingdom Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072 Fax: #44 (0) 207 919-7616 email: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin.php http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/ma-transnational-communications-global-media.php From cos02mf Thu Jan 14 23:29:51 2010 From: cos02mf (M I Franklin) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:29:51 +0100 Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 [v2] Message-ID: <299A223F1562C2684FC130F0@[192.168.1.64]> Dear all In order to allow time for any last input, see below; new order of appearance, some rephrasing, and a couple of additional comments (See 1c; . 2 e) Last round for comments (inclusions)! yours MF ****************** Open Consultation IGF 2010 INTERNET RIGHTS AND PRINCIPLES DYNAMIC COALITION Statement The comments below from the Internet Rights and Principles Dynamic Coalition are our contribution to the Open Consultations for IGF 2010. Each of the four themes below take stock of IGF 2009 by offering practical suggestions for the format and planning of IGF 2010. 1) Emerging Key themes: A wide range of stakeholders in the plenary sessions reaffirmed the importance of upholding human rights in the internet age. However these sentiments tended to be expressed in general rather than specific terms. a. The challenge for this coming year is to focus on how upholding human rights can be achieved in practice; what roles different stakeholders can or should play in this regard, and how these play out more specifically in different Internet governance issue-areas. b. With this in mind we would like to see not only workshops but also main sessions that look more closely at what a 'human rights agenda', or 'development agenda for Internet Governance' might actually look like. Whilst openness and diversity continue to be important issues, we think this year is the moment to broach more specific questions or policy dilemmas within these broader themes c. The coalition is ready and willing to contribute to organizing and facilitating main sessions along these Human Rights related themes. 2) General Organization: Generally speaking coalition members found the meeting to be well organised, with signs of continued progress in all aspects. Coalition members who were participating in or who organised workshops would like to commend the organisers for their good work in this regard, particularly given the relatively limited budget and resources available to the IGF. Aspects that could be paid more attention this year include: a. Discussions, especially in plenary sessions tended to become diverted into the issue of whether the IGF should continue, and if so, how. This is a key issue however we think it is important to avoid having these issues sidetrack the topics on hand in main sessions and workshops this year. b. Continuity and more linking between the main sessions and the workshops could be strengthened. Clear links in the program by cross-referencing of session/workshop themes and titles is one way to create these links before the meeting. During and after the meeting, we would like to see formal feedback opportunities put in place and integrated into the stocktaking; from organizers and/or moderators of both main sessions and workshops. c. Main sessions based around 'classic' themes of openness, diversity, and such like need to be supplemented and reinvigorated by including new themes onto the program. The need for continuity and in-depth discussions of ongoing themes need to be balanced by new themes as well for this is a fast-moving area. d. Some panels in main sessions were overloaded with panellists. This always means less time for a wider plenary discussion. We realise that larger panels allow for a greater diversity in some cases. However we would urge moderators of larger sessions to ensure that there is enough time for discussion and that when discussion takes place it is dynamic and inclusive of panellists and other participants. It is important that contributors from the floor as well as from remote participants get enough time to have their say and be adequately responded to by panellists and other participants. e. In light of the above we would also like to see more innovative panel formats encouraged; modelled on town-hall meetings, brainstorming, and other sorts of small-group, or interactive forms of discussion for instance. Formal panels have their place but good work is also done in small groups/break-out sessions as well. f. Rather than having main sessions largely based around broad themes, we think this year is the moment to broach more specific questions or policy dilemmas. These can be proposed in advance with an eye to opening up the discussion about specific solutions before the actual session. 3) Remote Participation: On the whole the facilities for remote participation seemed to work well. However, there are some specific issues that we think need to be attended to this year to ensure fuller and more diverse participation in the IGF. a. Workshop organisers were not given enough support in good time or enough information on how to use the technology provided properly. When technical hitches did occur, there were not enough technicians on hand so many moderators found themselves in the role of do-it-yourself technical supporters. This causes delays, frustration and a loss of focus for everyone. More information in advance from the IGF in liaison with the Vilnius venue organisers would be useful. But also during the event, and given the importance of enabling remote participation but also having it run smoothly, the need for more dedicated staff in this respect is indispensable. b. We would also suggest, in line with suggestions from the Remote Participation Working Group (RPWG), that Workshops include both a moderator on-the-ground and an online moderator in their planning. Some-one needs to monitor remote participation, in partnership with the workshop moderator, in order to streamline, filter and facilitate remote participation in the proceedings; e.g. by gathering text-based comments, setting up a queue for spoken interventions, or having remote participants be given the floor en bloc if this is more practicable. We would also urge all moderators to understand the many remote participants are doing this at difficult times of their 24 hour day and that time-lags require careful attention be paid to timing responses and requests by moderators on the ground. c. The above points underscore our support for proposals to organise adequate guidelines as well as a brief training session/module/virtual tour for all moderators before the IGF meeting. During the meeting is not the time to experiment. 4) Participation: Increasing diversity in terms of cultural, regional, and linguistic representation remains a core issue for a number of dynamic coalitions. Our comments and suggestions about continuing to improve remote participation technically and organizationally relate to these concerns. Practically there is a need to a. Setting up coherent - vertical and lateral - links between discussions and themes from national, regional and international IGFs better, during the meetings as well as in the record of these various meetings. At present the public record is piecemeal and not easily accessible. We recognise that this is process that needs dedicated time and resources to do so and urge the IGF to put aside some resources for this. b. Find more ways to open up the meetings to lay-participants. By this we mean that preparatory consultations, main sessions, and specialised workshops need to be more accessible to 'everyday internet users', any interested communities or groups from areas where the Internet is either less extensive or who have other communication priorities. ********* Dr Marianne Franklin Reader Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program Media & Communications Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross London SE14 6NW United Kingdom Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072 Fax: #44 (0) 207 919-7616 email: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin.php http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/ma-transnational-communications-global-media.php From rafik.dammak Fri Jan 15 03:38:44 2010 From: rafik.dammak (Rafik Dammak) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:38:44 +0900 Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 [v2] In-Reply-To: <299A223F1562C2684FC130F0@192.168.1.64> References: <299A223F1562C2684FC130F0@192.168.1.64> Message-ID: Hello all, it is ok, I endorse it, Thanks Marianne! Rafik 2010/1/15 M I Franklin > Dear all > > In order to allow time for any last input, see below; new order of > appearance, some rephrasing, and a couple of additional comments (See 1c; . > 2 e) > > Last round for comments (inclusions)! > > yours > MF > > ****************** > Open Consultation IGF 2010 > > INTERNET RIGHTS AND PRINCIPLES DYNAMIC COALITION Statement > > The comments below from the Internet Rights and Principles Dynamic > Coalition are our contribution to the Open Consultations for IGF 2010. Each > of the four themes below take stock of IGF 2009 by offering practical > suggestions for the format and planning of IGF 2010. > > 1) Emerging Key themes: A wide range of stakeholders in the plenary > sessions reaffirmed the importance of upholding human rights in the internet > age. However these sentiments tended to be expressed in general rather than > specific terms. > a. The challenge for this coming year is to focus on how upholding > human rights can be achieved in practice; what roles different stakeholders > can or should play in this regard, and how these play out more specifically > in different Internet governance issue-areas. > b. With this in mind we would like to see not only workshops but also > main sessions that look more closely at what a 'human rights agenda', or > 'development agenda for Internet Governance' might actually look like. > Whilst openness and diversity continue to be important issues, we think this > year is the moment to broach more specific questions or policy dilemmas > within these broader themes > c. The coalition is ready and willing to contribute to organizing and > facilitating main sessions along these Human Rights related themes. > > 2) General Organization: Generally speaking coalition members found > the meeting to be well organised, with signs of continued progress in all > aspects. Coalition members who were participating in or who organised > workshops would like to commend the organisers for their good work in this > regard, particularly given the relatively limited budget and resources > available to the IGF. Aspects that could be paid more attention this year > include: > a. Discussions, especially in plenary sessions tended to become > diverted into the issue of whether the IGF should continue, and if so, how. > This is a key issue however we think it is important to avoid having these > issues sidetrack the topics on hand in main sessions and workshops this > year. > b. Continuity and more linking between the main sessions and the > workshops could be strengthened. Clear links in the program by > cross-referencing of session/workshop themes and titles is one way to create > these links before the meeting. During and after the meeting, we would like > to see formal feedback opportunities put in place and integrated into the > stocktaking; from organizers and/or moderators of both main sessions and > workshops. > c. Main sessions based around 'classic' themes of openness, diversity, > and such like need to be supplemented and reinvigorated by including new > themes onto the program. The need for continuity and in-depth discussions of > ongoing themes need to be balanced by new themes as well for this is a > fast-moving area. > d. Some panels in main sessions were overloaded with panellists. This > always means less time for a wider plenary discussion. We realise that > larger panels allow for a greater diversity in some cases. However we would > urge moderators of larger sessions to ensure that there is enough time for > discussion and that when discussion takes place it is dynamic and inclusive > of panellists and other participants. It is important that contributors from > the floor as well as from remote participants get enough time to have their > say and be adequately responded to by panellists and other participants. > e. In light of the above we would also like to see more innovative > panel formats encouraged; modelled on town-hall meetings, brainstorming, and > other sorts of small-group, or interactive forms of discussion for instance. > Formal panels have their place but good work is also done in small > groups/break-out sessions as well. > f. Rather than having main sessions largely based around broad themes, > we think this year is the moment to broach more specific questions or policy > dilemmas. These can be proposed in advance with an eye to opening up the > discussion about specific solutions before the actual session. > > 3) Remote Participation: On the whole the facilities for remote > participation seemed to work well. However, there are some specific issues > that we think need to be attended to this year to ensure fuller and more > diverse participation in the IGF. > a. Workshop organisers were not given enough support in good time or > enough information on how to use the technology provided properly. When > technical hitches did occur, there were not enough technicians on hand so > many moderators found themselves in the role of do-it-yourself technical > supporters. This causes delays, frustration and a loss of focus for > everyone. More information in advance from the IGF in liaison with the > Vilnius venue organisers would be useful. But also during the event, and > given the importance of enabling remote participation but also having it run > smoothly, the need for more dedicated staff in this respect is > indispensable. > b. We would also suggest, in line with suggestions from the Remote > Participation Working Group (RPWG), that Workshops include both a moderator > on-the-ground and an online moderator in their planning. Some-one needs to > monitor remote participation, in partnership with the workshop moderator, in > order to streamline, filter and facilitate remote participation in the > proceedings; e.g. by gathering text-based comments, setting up a queue for > spoken interventions, or having remote participants be given the floor en > bloc if this is more practicable. We would also urge all moderators to > understand the many remote participants are doing this at difficult times of > their 24 hour day and that time-lags require careful attention be paid to > timing responses and requests by moderators on the ground. > c. The above points underscore our support for proposals to organise > adequate guidelines as well as a brief training session/module/virtual tour > for all moderators before the IGF meeting. During the meeting is not the > time to experiment. > > 4) Participation: Increasing diversity in terms of cultural, regional, > and linguistic representation remains a core issue for a number of dynamic > coalitions. Our comments and suggestions about continuing to improve remote > participation technically and organizationally relate to these concerns. > Practically there is a need to > a. Setting up coherent - vertical and lateral - links between > discussions and themes from national, regional and international IGFs > better, during the meetings as well as in the record of these various > meetings. At present the public record is piecemeal and not easily > accessible. We recognise that this is process that needs dedicated time and > resources to do so and urge the IGF to put aside some resources for this. > b. Find more ways to open up the meetings to lay-participants. By this > we mean that preparatory consultations, main sessions, and specialised > workshops need to be more accessible to 'everyday internet users', any > interested communities or groups from areas where the Internet is either > less extensive or who have other communication priorities. > > ********* > > Dr Marianne Franklin > Reader > Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program > Media & Communications > Goldsmiths, University of London > New Cross > London SE14 6NW > United Kingdom > Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072 > Fax: #44 (0) 207 919-7616 > email: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk > http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin.php > > http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/ma-transnational-communications-global-media.php > > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mps Fri Jan 15 13:58:10 2010 From: mps (Miguel Perez Subias) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:58:10 +0100 Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 In-Reply-To: References: <0376F55255E23F7B1F29B9EC@192.168.1.64> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5C31@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5CE6@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <4B4CD67C.6020505@nupef.org.br> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5E7B@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Message-ID: <6.1.0.6.2.20100115125622.06723ce0@aui.es> Remote participation. I suggest making the process of remote participation to avoid having to know or learn new tools and for this I propose a very simple scheme consisting of video broadcast in different languages from IGF to the Internet and collect people's questions through a Twitter and/or Facebook channel through a moderator that aggregates and organizes the questions that arrive. This will avoid the learning process necessary for the use of tools that incorporate audio or video (dim-dim, WebEx, ..) which requires training and / or installation prior to use. T&R MiguelPerezSubias.com Spanish Internet Users Association - www.aui.es From loretoc Fri Jan 15 14:05:20 2010 From: loretoc (LORETO CORREDOIRA ALFONSO) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:05:20 +0100 Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 In-Reply-To: <6.1.0.6.2.20100115125622.06723ce0@aui.es> References: <0376F55255E23F7B1F29B9EC@192.168.1.64> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5C31@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5CE6@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <4B4CD67C.6020505@nupef.org.br> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F5E7B@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <6.1.0.6.2.20100115125622.06723ce0@aui.es> Message-ID: Much better ----- Mensaje original ----- De: Miguel Perez Subias Fecha: Viernes, Enero 15, 2010 12:58 Asunto: Re: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 A: irp > Remote participation. > > I suggest making the process of remote participation to avoid > having to > know or learn new tools and for this I propose a very simple > scheme > consisting of video broadcast in different languages from IGF to > the > Internet and collect people's questions through a Twitter and/or > Facebook? channel through a moderator that aggregates and > organizes the > questions that arrive. > > This will avoid the learning process necessary for the use of > tools that > incorporate audio or video (dim-dim, WebEx, ..) which requires > training and > / or installation prior to use. > > T&R > MiguelPerezSubias.com > Spanish Internet Users Association - www.aui.es > > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp- > internetrightsandprinciples.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lisa Fri Jan 15 14:21:26 2010 From: lisa (Lisa Horner) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:21:26 -0000 Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 [v2] In-Reply-To: <299A223F1562C2684FC130F0@[192.168.1.64]> References: <299A223F1562C2684FC130F0@[192.168.1.64]> Message-ID: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F6006@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Thanks for this Marianne. I think it's really good and I endorse it. RE the recent comments about remote participation, I think it's a bit late to include recommendations on the specific platforms and mechanisms that should be used in this statement. I agree that they're quite complex at the moment, and that this has hampered remote participation in the workshops. I think this comes across in the statement. I'd suggest leaving it is at the moment, and then continuing the discussion about specific platforms and tools with the remote participation DC and directly ourselves in the open consultations. All the best, Lisa -----Original Message----- From: M I Franklin [mailto:cos02mf at gold.ac.uk] Sent: 14 January 2010 21:30 To: Lisa Horner; irp Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 [v2] Dear all In order to allow time for any last input, see below; new order of appearance, some rephrasing, and a couple of additional comments (See 1c; . 2 e) Last round for comments (inclusions)! yours MF From gpaque Fri Jan 15 15:13:16 2010 From: gpaque (Ginger Paque) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:43:16 -0430 Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 [v2] In-Reply-To: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F6006@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> References: <299A223F1562C2684FC130F0@[192.168.1.64]> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F6006@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Message-ID: <4B5069EC.3050405@gmail.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From maxsenges Fri Jan 15 15:41:13 2010 From: maxsenges (Max Senges) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:41:13 +0100 Subject: [IRP] Procedure of Experts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4d976d8e1001150541q7a1e2ec9xfa24a1e55230fe7f@mail.gmail.com> Hi everybody Wolfgang (and I assume Rikke and Meryem) are ready to start their work. I think it is very important that we expand the expert group with colleagues from the south. @Wolfgang and all: how do you plan to identify and select them? Also I copied the mandate for the expert group in a publicly viewable and editable g-doc (no registration required :-) And I made a couple of updates (regarding the start on 15th of January) and a short comment: "It also seems important to stress that the Charter is meant to represent a multistakeholder group and hence language should aim to be acceptable to governments, intergovernmental institutions, private companies and civil society groups." I thought it would be helpful to remind everybody that the charter is not a civil society advocacy document. Lastly I want to reiterate the fact that this collaborative effort is entitled "Charter on Human Rights and Principles on the Internet" and that the authoring body is the Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles. While I accept the preference of the experts to experiment with a matrix structure, I would like to stress the immanent importance of ensuring that "implementation principles" have an important role in the coalitions approach and should be easily discernible. best max -- "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." ?William Gibson ........................................................................... Max Senges Berlin www.maxsenges.com Mobile: 01622122755 On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Wolfgang Benedek < wolfgang.benedek at uni-graz.at> wrote: > Dear Lisa and Max, > > I understand that from tomorrow we should start our part. > > In this context we wanted to send You what we consider the actual > understanding of the procedure of our work. If You have any comments please > share them with us before the end of the weekend. > > We intend to send this also to the experts from the South, and it should > certainly also be shared with our community. > > Best regards > > Wolfgang > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From maxsenges Fri Jan 15 15:42:09 2010 From: maxsenges (Max Senges) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:42:09 +0100 Subject: [IRP] Procedure of Experts In-Reply-To: <4d976d8e1001150541q7a1e2ec9xfa24a1e55230fe7f@mail.gmail.com> References: <4d976d8e1001150541q7a1e2ec9xfa24a1e55230fe7f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4d976d8e1001150542u46520d18t17cbff79c1a22e8f@mail.gmail.com> UUppss i guess it helps if I share the link with you :-) https://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ajcs86p9dx2s_51hhhrskht&btr best max "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." ?William Gibson ........................................................................... Max Senges Berlin www.maxsenges.com Mobile: 01622122755 2010/1/15 Max Senges > Hi everybody > > Wolfgang (and I assume Rikke and Meryem) are ready to start their work. > > I think it is very important that we expand the expert group with > colleagues from the south. > > @Wolfgang and all: how do you plan to identify and select them? > > Also I copied the mandate for the expert group in a publicly viewable and > editable g-doc (no registration required :-) > > And I made a couple of updates (regarding the start on 15th of January) and > a short comment: > > "It also seems important to stress that the Charter is meant to represent a > multistakeholder group and hence language should aim to be acceptable to > governments, intergovernmental institutions, private companies and civil > society groups." > > I thought it would be helpful to remind everybody that the charter is not a > civil society advocacy document. > > Lastly I want to reiterate the fact that this collaborative effort is > entitled "Charter on Human Rights and Principles on the Internet" and that > the authoring body is the Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles. While > I accept the preference of the experts to experiment with a matrix > structure, I would like to stress the immanent importance of ensuring that "implementation > principles" have an important role in the coalitions approach and should > be easily discernible. > > best > max > > -- > > "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." > ?William Gibson > > ........................................................................... > > Max Senges > Berlin > > www.maxsenges.com > > Mobile: 01622122755 > > > On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Wolfgang Benedek < > wolfgang.benedek at uni-graz.at> wrote: > >> Dear Lisa and Max, >> >> I understand that from tomorrow we should start our part. >> >> In this context we wanted to send You what we consider the actual >> understanding of the procedure of our work. If You have any comments please >> share them with us before the end of the weekend. >> >> We intend to send this also to the experts from the South, and it should >> certainly also be shared with our community. >> >> Best regards >> >> Wolfgang >> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ocl Fri Jan 15 16:22:29 2010 From: ocl (Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:22:29 +0100 Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 [v2] In-Reply-To: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F6006@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> References: <299A223F1562C2684FC130F0@[192.168.1.64]> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F6006@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Message-ID: <4B507A25.8020900@gih.com> I agree with Lisa. It is: (1) a bit late to mention what good tools should be used and (2) like opening a can of worms - selection of participation software involves a multitude of platforms, and many many debates have happened about that in the past, with some people favouring Open Source, other favouring a brand, etc. etc. I am happy with the statement that Marianne wrote. Thank you Marianne - great work! Warmest regards, Olivier -- Olivier MJ Cr?pin-Leblond http://www.gih.com/ocl.html Le 15/01/2010 13:21, Lisa Horner a ?crit : > Thanks for this Marianne. I think it's really good and I endorse it. > > RE the recent comments about remote participation, I think it's a bit > late to include recommendations on the specific platforms and mechanisms > that should be used in this statement. I agree that they're quite > complex at the moment, and that this has hampered remote participation > in the workshops. I think this comes across in the statement. I'd > suggest leaving it is at the moment, and then continuing the discussion > about specific platforms and tools with the remote participation DC and > directly ourselves in the open consultations. > > All the best, > Lisa > > -----Original Message----- > From: M I Franklin [mailto:cos02mf at gold.ac.uk] > Sent: 14 January 2010 21:30 > To: Lisa Horner; irp > Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 [v2] > > Dear all > > In order to allow time for any last input, see below; new order of > appearance, some rephrasing, and a couple of additional comments (See > 1c; . > 2 e) > > Last round for comments (inclusions)! > > yours > MF > > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org > > From katitza Fri Jan 15 16:53:18 2010 From: katitza (Katitza Rodriguez) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:53:18 -0500 Subject: [IRP] Procedure of Experts In-Reply-To: <4d976d8e1001150541q7a1e2ec9xfa24a1e55230fe7f@mail.gmail.com> References: <4d976d8e1001150541q7a1e2ec9xfa24a1e55230fe7f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <7E38FEAA-A239-4FB0-87D3-36C8098365E0@datos-personales.org> Greetings: On Jan 15, 2010, at 8:41 AM, Max Senges wrote: > "It also seems important to stress that the Charter is meant to > represent a multistakeholder group and hence language should aim to > be acceptable to governments, intergovernmental institutions, > private companies and civil society groups." > > I thought it would be helpful to remind everybody that the charter > is not a civil society advocacy document. I agreed. It should not also be a document that advance the business model of some companies (and hence, enhance one right) over the detriment of other rights. All the best, and happy new year. :) Katitza -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cos02mf Fri Jan 15 17:22:27 2010 From: cos02mf (M I Franklin) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:22:27 +0000 Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 [v2] In-Reply-To: <4B5069EC.3050405@gmail.com> References: <299A223F1562C2684FC130F0@[192.168.1.64]> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F6006@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> <4B5069EC.3050405@gmail.com> Message-ID: Dear All I agree with the need to keep the statement brief but also to take on board these sorts of specific suggestions for subsequent discussions. Also, why not ttry out some of these other formats for remote participation perhaps in individual workshops? With this in mind, the version you all now have is ready to be sent; proof-read and tweaked for greater 'elegance' here and there. FYI, I will be sending the final version on to the IGF and cc us all in so everyone has the same document. I will do this in about two hours time i.e. 17.00 GMT if that is Ok. So it would be good to be have more endorsements from the floor, for the record. Thanks everyone so far MF --On 15 January 2010 08:43 -0430 Ginger Paque wrote: > I agree with Lisa. These are good comments about Remote Participation, > which should be taken into consideration. I will pass them on to the > Remote Participation Working Group. However, I think that they are too > specific for the statement. > Best, Ginger > > Lisa Horner wrote: > > > Thanks for this Marianne. I think it's really good and I endorse it. > > RE the recent comments about remote participation, I think it's a bit > late to include recommendations on the specific platforms and mechanisms > that should be used in this statement. I agree that they're quite > complex at the moment, and that this has hampered remote participation > in the workshops. I think this comes across in the statement. I'd > suggest leaving it is at the moment, and then continuing the discussion > about specific platforms and tools with the remote participation DC and > directly ourselves in the open consultations. > > All the best, > Lisa > > -----Original Message----- > From: M I Franklin [mailto:cos02mf at gold.ac.uk] > Sent: 14 January 2010 21:30 > To: Lisa Horner; irp > Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 [v2] > > Dear all > > In order to allow time for any last input, see below; new order of > appearance, some rephrasing, and a couple of additional comments (See > 1c; . > 2 e) > > Last round for comments (inclusions)! > > yours > MF > > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrig > htsandprinciples.org > > > Dr Marianne Franklin Reader Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program Media & Communications Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross London SE14 6NW United Kingdom Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072 Fax: #44 (0) 207 919-7616 email: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin.php http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/ma-transnational-communications-global-media.php From Robert_Bodle Fri Jan 15 18:01:14 2010 From: Robert_Bodle (Bodle, Robert) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:01:14 -0500 Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 [v2] In-Reply-To: <299A223F1562C2684FC130F0@[192.168.1.64]> References: <299A223F1562C2684FC130F0@[192.168.1.64]> Message-ID: <454C400F0F7C9B479EF31631E311C325678B323675@MSJEMAIL01.msj.edu> Dear M.F. (M.I.), This is a comprehensive statement and I endorse it (one tweak - 4) a. "Setting" should be "Set"). Thank you for coordinating this and accommodating last minute endorsements. Robert Bodle -- Robert Bodle, PhD Assistant Professor of Communication Studies Chair, Instructional Delivery Committee Facilitator, Faculty Learning Community - Mobile Learning Division of Arts and Humanities Interactive Media Design & Computing College of Mount St. Joseph http://twitter.com/MSJCOM http://twitter.com/robertbodle ________________________________________ From: irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org [irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org] On Behalf Of M I Franklin [cos02mf at gold.ac.uk] Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 4:29 PM To: Lisa Horner; irp Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 [v2] Dear all In order to allow time for any last input, see below; new order of appearance, some rephrasing, and a couple of additional comments (See 1c; . 2 e) Last round for comments (inclusions)! yours MF ****************** Open Consultation IGF 2010 INTERNET RIGHTS AND PRINCIPLES DYNAMIC COALITION Statement The comments below from the Internet Rights and Principles Dynamic Coalition are our contribution to the Open Consultations for IGF 2010. Each of the four themes below take stock of IGF 2009 by offering practical suggestions for the format and planning of IGF 2010. 1) Emerging Key themes: A wide range of stakeholders in the plenary sessions reaffirmed the importance of upholding human rights in the internet age. However these sentiments tended to be expressed in general rather than specific terms. a. The challenge for this coming year is to focus on how upholding human rights can be achieved in practice; what roles different stakeholders can or should play in this regard, and how these play out more specifically in different Internet governance issue-areas. b. With this in mind we would like to see not only workshops but also main sessions that look more closely at what a 'human rights agenda', or 'development agenda for Internet Governance' might actually look like. Whilst openness and diversity continue to be important issues, we think this year is the moment to broach more specific questions or policy dilemmas within these broader themes c. The coalition is ready and willing to contribute to organizing and facilitating main sessions along these Human Rights related themes. 2) General Organization: Generally speaking coalition members found the meeting to be well organised, with signs of continued progress in all aspects. Coalition members who were participating in or who organised workshops would like to commend the organisers for their good work in this regard, particularly given the relatively limited budget and resources available to the IGF. Aspects that could be paid more attention this year include: a. Discussions, especially in plenary sessions tended to become diverted into the issue of whether the IGF should continue, and if so, how. This is a key issue however we think it is important to avoid having these issues sidetrack the topics on hand in main sessions and workshops this year. b. Continuity and more linking between the main sessions and the workshops could be strengthened. Clear links in the program by cross-referencing of session/workshop themes and titles is one way to create these links before the meeting. During and after the meeting, we would like to see formal feedback opportunities put in place and integrated into the stocktaking; from organizers and/or moderators of both main sessions and workshops. c. Main sessions based around 'classic' themes of openness, diversity, and such like need to be supplemented and reinvigorated by including new themes onto the program. The need for continuity and in-depth discussions of ongoing themes need to be balanced by new themes as well for this is a fast-moving area. d. Some panels in main sessions were overloaded with panellists. This always means less time for a wider plenary discussion. We realise that larger panels allow for a greater diversity in some cases. However we would urge moderators of larger sessions to ensure that there is enough time for discussion and that when discussion takes place it is dynamic and inclusive of panellists and other participants. It is important that contributors from the floor as well as from remote participants get enough time to have their say and be adequately responded to by panellists and other participants. e. In light of the above we would also like to see more innovative panel formats encouraged; modelled on town-hall meetings, brainstorming, and other sorts of small-group, or interactive forms of discussion for instance. Formal panels have their place but good work is also done in small groups/break-out sessions as well. f. Rather than having main sessions largely based around broad themes, we think this year is the moment to broach more specific questions or policy dilemmas. These can be proposed in advance with an eye to opening up the discussion about specific solutions before the actual session. 3) Remote Participation: On the whole the facilities for remote participation seemed to work well. However, there are some specific issues that we think need to be attended to this year to ensure fuller and more diverse participation in the IGF. a. Workshop organisers were not given enough support in good time or enough information on how to use the technology provided properly. When technical hitches did occur, there were not enough technicians on hand so many moderators found themselves in the role of do-it-yourself technical supporters. This causes delays, frustration and a loss of focus for everyone. More information in advance from the IGF in liaison with the Vilnius venue organisers would be useful. But also during the event, and given the importance of enabling remote participation but also having it run smoothly, the need for more dedicated staff in this respect is indispensable. b. We would also suggest, in line with suggestions from the Remote Participation Working Group (RPWG), that Workshops include both a moderator on-the-ground and an online moderator in their planning. Some-one needs to monitor remote participation, in partnership with the workshop moderator, in order to streamline, filter and facilitate remote participation in the proceedings; e.g. by gathering text-based comments, setting up a queue for spoken interventions, or having remote participants be given the floor en bloc if this is more practicable. We would also urge all moderators to understand the many remote participants are doing this at difficult times of their 24 hour day and that time-lags require careful attention be paid to timing responses and requests by moderators on the ground. c. The above points underscore our support for proposals to organise adequate guidelines as well as a brief training session/module/virtual tour for all moderators before the IGF meeting. During the meeting is not the time to experiment. 4) Participation: Increasing diversity in terms of cultural, regional, and linguistic representation remains a core issue for a number of dynamic coalitions. Our comments and suggestions about continuing to improve remote participation technically and organizationally relate to these concerns. Practically there is a need to a. Setting up coherent - vertical and lateral - links between discussions and themes from national, regional and international IGFs better, during the meetings as well as in the record of these various meetings. At present the public record is piecemeal and not easily accessible. We recognise that this is process that needs dedicated time and resources to do so and urge the IGF to put aside some resources for this. b. Find more ways to open up the meetings to lay-participants. By this we mean that preparatory consultations, main sessions, and specialised workshops need to be more accessible to 'everyday internet users', any interested communities or groups from areas where the Internet is either less extensive or who have other communication priorities. ********* Dr Marianne Franklin Reader Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program Media & Communications Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross London SE14 6NW United Kingdom Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072 Fax: #44 (0) 207 919-7616 email: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin.php http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/ma-transnational-communications-global-media.php _______________________________________________ IRP mailing list IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org From max Fri Jan 15 18:13:25 2010 From: max (Max Senges) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:13:25 +0100 Subject: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 [v2] In-Reply-To: <454C400F0F7C9B479EF31631E311C325678B323675@MSJEMAIL01.msj.edu> References: <299A223F1562C2684FC130F0@192.168.1.64> <454C400F0F7C9B479EF31631E311C325678B323675@MSJEMAIL01.msj.edu> Message-ID: <4d976d8e1001150813q63e20e12k36f1da1bbc23f9c8@mail.gmail.com> Greetings Thanks Marianne! Great work! Best Max -- "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." ?William Gibson ........................................................................... Max Senges Berlin www.maxsenges.com Mobile: 01622122755 On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Bodle, Robert wrote: > Dear M.F. (M.I.), > > This is a comprehensive statement and I endorse it (one tweak - 4) a. > "Setting" should be "Set"). > > Thank you for coordinating this and accommodating last minute endorsements. > > Robert Bodle > -- > Robert Bodle, PhD > Assistant Professor of Communication Studies > Chair, Instructional Delivery Committee > Facilitator, Faculty Learning Community - Mobile Learning > Division of Arts and Humanities > Interactive Media Design & Computing > College of Mount St. Joseph > > http://twitter.com/MSJCOM > http://twitter.com/robertbodle > ________________________________________ > From: irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org [ > irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org] On Behalf Of M I > Franklin [cos02mf at gold.ac.uk] > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 4:29 PM > To: Lisa Horner; irp > Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 [v2] > > Dear all > > In order to allow time for any last input, see below; new order of > appearance, some rephrasing, and a couple of additional comments (See 1c; . > 2 e) > > Last round for comments (inclusions)! > > yours > MF > > ****************** > Open Consultation IGF 2010 > > INTERNET RIGHTS AND PRINCIPLES DYNAMIC COALITION Statement > > The comments below from the Internet Rights and Principles Dynamic > Coalition are our contribution to the Open Consultations for IGF 2010. Each > of the four themes below take stock of IGF 2009 by offering practical > suggestions for the format and planning of IGF 2010. > > 1) Emerging Key themes: A wide range of stakeholders in the plenary > sessions reaffirmed the importance of upholding human rights in the > internet age. However these sentiments tended to be expressed in general > rather than specific terms. > a. The challenge for this coming year is to focus on how upholding > human > rights can be achieved in practice; what roles different stakeholders can > or should play in this regard, and how these play out more specifically in > different Internet governance issue-areas. > b. With this in mind we would like to see not only workshops but also > main > sessions that look more closely at what a 'human rights agenda', or > 'development agenda for Internet Governance' might actually look like. > Whilst openness and diversity continue to be important issues, we think > this year is the moment to broach more specific questions or policy > dilemmas within these broader themes > c. The coalition is ready and willing to contribute to organizing and > facilitating main sessions along these Human Rights related themes. > > 2) General Organization: Generally speaking coalition members found > the > meeting to be well organised, with signs of continued progress in all > aspects. Coalition members who were participating in or who organised > workshops would like to commend the organisers for their good work in this > regard, particularly given the relatively limited budget and resources > available to the IGF. Aspects that could be paid more attention this year > include: > a. Discussions, especially in plenary sessions tended to become > diverted > into the issue of whether the IGF should continue, and if so, how. This is > a key issue however we think it is important to avoid having these issues > sidetrack the topics on hand in main sessions and workshops this year. > b. Continuity and more linking between the main sessions and the > workshops > could be strengthened. Clear links in the program by cross-referencing of > session/workshop themes and titles is one way to create these links before > the meeting. During and after the meeting, we would like to see formal > feedback opportunities put in place and integrated into the stocktaking; > from organizers and/or moderators of both main sessions and workshops. > c. Main sessions based around 'classic' themes of openness, diversity, > and > such like need to be supplemented and reinvigorated by including new themes > onto the program. The need for continuity and in-depth discussions of > ongoing themes need to be balanced by new themes as well for this is a > fast-moving area. > d. Some panels in main sessions were overloaded with panellists. This > always means less time for a wider plenary discussion. We realise that > larger panels allow for a greater diversity in some cases. However we would > urge moderators of larger sessions to ensure that there is enough time for > discussion and that when discussion takes place it is dynamic and inclusive > of panellists and other participants. It is important that contributors > from the floor as well as from remote participants get enough time to have > their say and be adequately responded to by panellists and other > participants. > e. In light of the above we would also like to see more innovative > panel > formats encouraged; modelled on town-hall meetings, brainstorming, and > other sorts of small-group, or interactive forms of discussion for > instance. Formal panels have their place but good work is also done in > small groups/break-out sessions as well. > f. Rather than having main sessions largely based around broad themes, > we > think this year is the moment to broach more specific questions or policy > dilemmas. These can be proposed in advance with an eye to opening up the > discussion about specific solutions before the actual session. > > 3) Remote Participation: On the whole the facilities for remote > participation seemed to work well. However, there are some specific issues > that we think need to be attended to this year to ensure fuller and more > diverse participation in the IGF. > a. Workshop organisers were not given enough support in good time or > enough information on how to use the technology provided properly. When > technical hitches did occur, there were not enough technicians on hand so > many moderators found themselves in the role of do-it-yourself technical > supporters. This causes delays, frustration and a loss of focus for > everyone. More information in advance from the IGF in liaison with the > Vilnius venue organisers would be useful. But also during the event, and > given the importance of enabling remote participation but also having it > run smoothly, the need for more dedicated staff in this respect is > indispensable. > b. We would also suggest, in line with suggestions from the Remote > Participation Working Group (RPWG), that Workshops include both a moderator > on-the-ground and an online moderator in their planning. Some-one needs to > monitor remote participation, in partnership with the workshop moderator, > in order to streamline, filter and facilitate remote participation in the > proceedings; e.g. by gathering text-based comments, setting up a queue for > spoken interventions, or having remote participants be given the floor en > bloc if this is more practicable. We would also urge all moderators to > understand the many remote participants are doing this at difficult times > of their 24 hour day and that time-lags require careful attention be paid > to timing responses and requests by moderators on the ground. > c. The above points underscore our support for proposals to organise > adequate guidelines as well as a brief training session/module/virtual tour > for all moderators before the IGF meeting. During the meeting is not the > time to experiment. > > 4) Participation: Increasing diversity in terms of cultural, regional, > and > linguistic representation remains a core issue for a number of dynamic > coalitions. Our comments and suggestions about continuing to improve remote > participation technically and organizationally relate to these concerns. > Practically there is a need to > a. Setting up coherent - vertical and lateral - links between > discussions > and themes from national, regional and international IGFs better, during > the meetings as well as in the record of these various meetings. At present > the public record is piecemeal and not easily accessible. We recognise that > this is process that needs dedicated time and resources to do so and urge > the IGF to put aside some resources for this. > b. Find more ways to open up the meetings to lay-participants. By this > we > mean that preparatory consultations, main sessions, and specialised > workshops need to be more accessible to 'everyday internet users', any > interested communities or groups from areas where the Internet is either > less extensive or who have other communication priorities. > > ********* > > Dr Marianne Franklin > Reader > Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program > Media & Communications > Goldsmiths, University of London > New Cross > London SE14 6NW > United Kingdom > Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072 > Fax: #44 (0) 207 919-7616 > email: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk > http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin.php > > http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/ma-transnational-communications-global-media.php > > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cos02mf Fri Jan 15 19:12:17 2010 From: cos02mf (M I Franklin) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:12:17 +0000 Subject: [IRP] IRP Coalition Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 Message-ID: IRP'ers The original email got bounced back pending moderators' approval. See below for the final version. Have a good weekend ------------ Forwarded Message ------------ Date: 15 January 2010 17:00 +0000 From: M I Franklin To: igf at unog.ch Cc: irp Subject: IRP Coalition Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 Dear IGF Please find attached the IRP Dynamic Coalition's contribution to the IGF Open Consultation. The text is pasted below into this email as well. Kind regards Marianne Franklin, on behalf of the IRP DC ********************************************** Open Consultation IGF 2010 INTERNET RIGHTS & PRINCIPLES DYNAMIC COALITION Statement The comments below from the Internet Rights and Principles Dynamic Coalition are our contribution to the Open Consultations for IGF 2010. Under each of the four themes below we take stock of IGF 2009 by offering practical suggestions for the format and planning of IGF 2010. 1) Emerging Key themes: A wide range of stakeholders in the plenary sessions reaffirmed the importance of upholding human rights in the internet age. However these sentiments tended to be expressed in general rather than specific terms. a. The challenge for this coming year is to focus on how upholding human rights can be achieved in practice; what roles different stakeholders can or should play in this regard, and how these play out more specifically in different Internet governance issue-areas. b. With this in mind we would like to see not only workshops but also main sessions that look more closely at what a 'human rights agenda', or 'development agenda for Internet Governance' might actually look like. Whilst openness and diversity continue to be important issues, we think this year is the moment to broach more specific questions or policy dilemmas within these broader themes c. The coalition is ready and willing to contribute to organizing and facilitating main sessions along these human rights related themes. 2) General Organization: Generally speaking coalition members found the meeting to be well organized, with signs of continued progress in all aspects. Coalition members who were participating in, or who organized workshops would like to commend the organizers for their good work in this regard, particularly given the relatively limited budget and resources available to the IGF. Our members note the following aspects that need particular attention this year: a. Discussions, especially in plenary sessions, tended to become diverted into the issue of whether the IGF should continue, and if so, how. This is a key issue, however we think it is important to avoid it dominating discussion in both main sessions and workshops this year. b. Continuity between the main session themes and those covered in the workshops could be strengthened. Creating clearer links in the program, e.g. by cross-referencing session/workshop themes and titles, is one way to create more coherence in the program before the meeting. During and after the meeting, we would like to see formal feedback put in place and integrated into the stocktaking; from organizers and/or moderators of both main sessions and workshops. c. Main sessions based around 'classic' themes of openness, diversity and such like need to be supplemented and reinvigorated by including new themes onto the program. The need for continuity and depth in ongoing themes need to be balanced by new ideas and themes, for this is a fast-moving area. d. Some panels in main sessions were overloaded with panelists. This always means less time for a wider plenary discussion. We realize that larger panels allow for a greater diversity in some cases. However we would urge moderators of larger sessions to ensure that there is enough time for discussion and that when discussion takes place it is dynamic and inclusive of panelists and other participants. It is important that contributors from the floor as well as remote participants get enough time to have their say and be adequately responded to by others. e. In light of the above we would also like to see more innovative panel formats encouraged even more; e.g. town-hall meeting formats, brainstorming, other sorts of small-group and interactive forms of discussion. Formal panels have their place but good work is also done in small groups/break-out sessions as well. f. Rather than having main sessions largely based around broad themes, we think this year is the moment to broach more specific questions or policy dilemmas. These can be proposed in advance with an eye to opening up the discussion about specific solutions before the actual session. 3) Remote Participation: On the whole the facilities for remote participation seemed to work well. However, there are some specific issues that we think need particular attention this year to ensure more diverse and robust debate. a. Workshop organizers were not given enough support in good time nor enough information on how to use the technology provided. When technical hitches occurred there was not enough technical support on hand so many moderators found themselves in the role of do-it-yourself technicians. This causes delays, frustration and a loss of focus. More information in advance from the IGF in liaison with the Vilnius venue organization would be useful, but also during the event. Given the importance of enabling remote participation but also having it run smoothly, the need for more dedicated staff in this respect is indispensable. b. We would also suggest, in line with suggestions from the Remote Participation Working Group (RPWG), that Workshops include both a moderator on-the-ground and an online moderator in their planning. Someone needs to monitor remote participation, in partnership with the workshop moderator, in order to streamline, filter and facilitate remote participation in the proceedings; e.g. by gathering text-based comments, setting up a queue for spoken interventions, or having remote participants be given the floor en bloc if this is more practicable. We would also urge all moderators be made more aware of how remote participants are often doing this at difficult times of the day - or night; e.g. time-lags require careful attention be paid to not interrupting through better timing of responses or requests. c. The above points underscore our support for proposals to organize adequate guidelines as well as a brief training session/module/virtual tour for all moderators before the IGF meeting. During the meeting is not the time to experiment. 4) General Participation: Increasing diversity in terms of cultural, regional, and linguistic representation remains a core issue for a number of dynamic coalitions. Our comments and suggestions about continuing to improve remote participation technically and organizationally relate to these concerns. There is still a need to a. set up more coherent - vertical and lateral - links between discussions and themes from national, regional and international IGFs, during the meetings as well as in their respective output. At present the public record is piecemeal, not easily accessible, and inadequately hyperlinked. We recognize that this is something requiring dedicated time and human resources so we urge the IGF to put aside the necessary resources for this task. b. Find more ways to open up the meetings to lay-participants. By this we mean that preparatory consultations, main sessions, and specialized workshops need to be more accessible to 'everyday internet users', any interested communities or groups from areas where the Internet is either less extensive or with other communication priorities. ********************************** Dr Marianne Franklin Reader Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program Media & Communications Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross London SE14 6NW United Kingdom Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072 Fax: #44 (0) 207 919-7616 email: m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin.php http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/ma-transnational-communications-global-media.php From cos02mf Fri Jan 15 19:00:56 2010 From: cos02mf (M I Franklin) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:00:56 +0000 Subject: [IRP] IRP Coalition Statement to Open Consultation for IGF 2010 Message-ID: <8D95ECEE426142D9B3E36451@CO223> Dear IGF Please find attached the IRP Dynamic Coalition's contribution to the IGF Open Consultation. The text is pasted below into this email as well. Kind regards Marianne Franklin, on behalf of the IRP DC ********************************************** Open Consultation IGF 2010 INTERNET RIGHTS & PRINCIPLES DYNAMIC COALITION Statement The comments below from the Internet Rights and Principles Dynamic Coalition are our contribution to the Open Consultations for IGF 2010. Under each of the four themes below we take stock of IGF 2009 by offering practical suggestions for the format and planning of IGF 2010. 1) Emerging Key themes: A wide range of stakeholders in the plenary sessions reaffirmed the importance of upholding human rights in the internet age. However these sentiments tended to be expressed in general rather than specific terms. a. The challenge for this coming year is to focus on how upholding human rights can be achieved in practice; what roles different stakeholders can or should play in this regard, and how these play out more specifically in different Internet governance issue-areas. b. With this in mind we would like to see not only workshops but also main sessions that look more closely at what a 'human rights agenda', or 'development agenda for Internet Governance' might actually look like. Whilst openness and diversity continue to be important issues, we think this year is the moment to broach more specific questions or policy dilemmas within these broader themes c. The coalition is ready and willing to contribute to organizing and facilitating main sessions along these human rights related themes. 2) General Organization: Generally speaking coalition members found the meeting to be well organized, with signs of continued progress in all aspects. Coalition members who were participating in, or who organized workshops would like to commend the organizers for their good work in this regard, particularly given the relatively limited budget and resources available to the IGF. Our members note the following aspects that need particular attention this year: a. Discussions, especially in plenary sessions, tended to become diverted into the issue of whether the IGF should continue, and if so, how. This is a key issue, however we think it is important to avoid it dominating discussion in both main sessions and workshops this year. b. Continuity between the main session themes and those covered in the workshops could be strengthened. Creating clearer links in the program, e.g. by cross-referencing session/workshop themes and titles, is one way to create more coherence in the program before the meeting. During and after the meeting, we would like to see formal feedback put in place and integrated into the stocktaking; from organizers and/or moderators of both main sessions and workshops. c. Main sessions based around 'classic' themes of openness, diversity and such like need to be supplemented and reinvigorated by including new themes onto the program. The need for continuity and depth in ongoing themes need to be balanced by new ideas and themes, for this is a fast-moving area. d. Some panels in main sessions were overloaded with panelists. This always means less time for a wider plenary discussion. We realize that larger panels allow for a greater diversity in some cases. However we would urge moderators of larger sessions to ensure that there is enough time for discussion and that when discussion takes place it is dynamic and inclusive of panelists and other participants. It is important that contributors from the floor as well as remote participants get enough time to have their say and be adequately responded to by others. e. In light of the above we would also like to see more innovative panel formats encouraged even more; e.g. town-hall meeting formats, brainstorming, other sorts of small-group and interactive forms of discussion. Formal panels have their place but good work is also done in small groups/break-out sessions as well. f. Rather than having main sessions largely based around broad themes, we think this year is the moment to broach more specific questions or policy dilemmas. These can be proposed in advance with an eye to opening up the discussion about specific solutions before the actual session. 3) Remote Participation: On the whole the facilities for remote participation seemed to work well. However, there are some specific issues that we think need particular attention this year to ensure more diverse and robust debate. a. Workshop organizers were not given enough support in good time nor enough information on how to use the technology provided. When technical hitches occurred there was not enough technical support on hand so many moderators found themselves in the role of do-it-yourself technicians. This causes delays, frustration and a loss of focus. More information in advance from the IGF in liaison with the Vilnius venue organization would be useful, but also during the event. Given the importance of enabling remote participation but also having it run smoothly, the need for more dedicated staff in this respect is indispensable. b. We would also suggest, in line with suggestions from the Remote Participation Working Group (RPWG), that Workshops include both a moderator on-the-ground and an online moderator in their planning. Someone needs to monitor remote participation, in partnership with the workshop moderator, in order to streamline, filter and facilitate remote participation in the proceedings; e.g. by gathering text-based comments, setting up a queue for spoken interventions, or having remote participants be given the floor en bloc if this is more practicable. We would also urge all moderators be made more aware of how remote participants are often doing this at difficult times of the day - or night; e.g. time-lags require careful attention be paid to not interrupting through better timing of responses or requests. c. The above points underscore our support for proposals to organize adequate guidelines as well as a brief training session/module/virtual tour for all moderators before the IGF meeting. During the meeting is not the time to experiment. 4) General Participation: Increasing diversity in terms of cultural, regional, and linguistic representation remains a core issue for a number of dynamic coalitions. Our comments and suggestions about continuing to improve remote participation technically and organizationally relate to these concerns. There is still a need to a. set up more coherent - vertical and lateral - links between discussions and themes from national, regional and international IGFs, during the meetings as well as in their respective output. At present the public record is piecemeal, not easily accessible, and inadequately hyperlinked. We recognize that this is something requiring dedicated time and human resources so we urge the IGF to put aside the necessary resources for this task. b. Find more ways to open up the meetings to lay-participants. 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Anyway, I take it that the IRP DC wants us to try and everybody will have a possiblity to comment anyway. As can be read at the end of what I would call our mandate there are two experts from the South identified so far. It would be important to have at least one more person from Asia and suggestions are welcome. There is no question that we should aim at a language which is generally acceptable, but it is also clear that we cannot limit ourselves to what is acceptable to governments or inter-governmental organizations, because in that case we could make a reference to existing adopted texts and leave it with that. Best regards Wolfgang Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Benedek Institut f?r V?lkerrecht und Internationale Beziehungen Institute for International Law and International Relations Karl-Franzens-Universit?t Graz Universit?tsstra?e 15, A4 A-8010 Graz Tel.: +43 316 380 3411 Fax.: +43 316 380 9455 Von: Max Senges [mailto:maxsenges at gmail.com] Gesendet: Freitag, 15. J?nner 2010 14:41 An: Benedek, Wolfgang (wolfgang.benedek at uni-graz.at); irp Cc: Lisa Horner; Rikke Frank Joergensen; Meryem Marzouki Betreff: Re: Procedure of Experts Hi everybody Wolfgang (and I assume Rikke and Meryem) are ready to start their work. I think it is very important that we expand the expert group with colleagues from the south. @Wolfgang and all: how do you plan to identify and select them? Also I copied the mandate for the expert group in a publicly viewable and editable g-doc (no registration required :-) And I made a couple of updates (regarding the start on 15th of January) and a short comment: "It also seems important to stress that the Charter is meant to represent a multistakeholder group and hence language should aim to be acceptable to governments, intergovernmental institutions, private companies and civil society groups." I thought it would be helpful to remind everybody that the charter is not a civil society advocacy document. Lastly I want to reiterate the fact that this collaborative effort is entitled "Charter on Human Rights and Principles on the Internet" and that the authoring body is the Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles. While I accept the preference of the experts to experiment with a matrix structure, I would like to stress the immanent importance of ensuring that "implementation principles" have an important role in the coalitions approach and should be easily discernible. best max -- "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." -William Gibson ........................................................................... Max Senges Berlin www.maxsenges.com Mobile: 01622122755 On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Wolfgang Benedek wrote: Dear Lisa and Max, I understand that from tomorrow we should start our part. In this context we wanted to send You what we consider the actual understanding of the procedure of our work. If You have any comments please share them with us before the end of the weekend. We intend to send this also to the experts from the South, and it should certainly also be shared with our community. Best regards Wolfgang -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fouadbajwa Sun Jan 17 03:55:31 2010 From: fouadbajwa (Fouad Bajwa) Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:55:31 +0500 Subject: [IRP] IRP Digest, Vol 12, Issue 39 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <701af9f71001161755o30d2731ica430be93376689c@mail.gmail.com> Hi Everyone, I have an interesting question for everyone and then some suggestions for the statement that might play a practical impact. The statement is pretty long to be read out and tackles issues in detail and if we look at how the floor is managed during the open consultation, this statement might not be read in one go. There might be two ways to manage this, first, the statement be sent to the IGF Secretariat for record and secondly, the statement be split up to be read by our representatives as the issues come up and they eventually will be because in the past open consultations, these issues have come up and Civil Society has intervened in a very organized manner being able to deliberate in a detailed manner with arguments and counter arguments. What do you think? I am really interested in our members making all these statement components adequately delivered on the floor of the OC so that all stakeholders present also get a chance to hear them, intervene and deliberate on them and get these discussions recorded in the transcript of the session. If we look at the statements, I believe that the OC program will provide such an schedule that these issues will be all covered. It might also be appropriate to structure the components of the statement in this manner as well. For example, this is just an assumption at the moment but the first session might start on the subject of General Organization and General Participation followed by Remote Participation and then Emerging Key themes. Secondly a few suggestions though they may be late: > 1) Emerging Key themes: - Can we mention stakeholders from both developing and developed regions/countries so that wide range can be strengthened and a possible thought of who and from where can be countered? >a. The challenge for this coming year is to focus on how upholding human rights can be achieved in practice; - Is it possible to add the word encouraged in the above phrase as "on how upholding human rights can be encouraged and achieved in practice" > b. With this in mind we would like to see not only workshops but also main sessions that look more closely at what a 'human rights agenda', - Is it possible that we mention "a main session" instead of "main sessions" because I feel that this will be really achievable and once a main session on HR is achieved, we can even decide to have it in multiple phases throughout the day so efforts for one main session on HR will possibly play in our right. Also, there is a need to request a Super Workshop (a model originally suggested by Markus but for the development agenda ) that provides the opportunity to have all workshops on HR feed into this and then this feeding into a main session on Human Rights (if we can achieve this as a main session theme! We need everyone's support on this when the issue comes to the floor). Is it possible to request this Super Workshop in this statement. Also, where it says " we think this year is the moment to broach more specific questions or policy dilemmas within these broader themes", I think you have an edge here because there have been legislations in EU (reforms to the Telecom Act), UK (more strict legislation) and Australia (the issue of illegal downloads and prosecutions) last year that effect the freedoms of Internet users in those countries both negatively and in some instances positively. This gives an edge to bring into discussion to the floor since those stakeholders will also be there. What if we also add the issue of legislations also in place somehow because that strengthens this phrase that policy making is happening? > And finally c. The coalition is ready and willing to contribute to organizing and facilitating main sessions along these human rights related themes. - We should possibly add "The coalition is ready and willing to contribute to organizing and facilitating main sessions along these human rights related themes |with other stakeholders|." Why add other stakeholders because main sessions take together all three stakeholder members of the multistakeholderism and this will be an encouragement to stakeholders like Council of Europe and European Union to actively participate. Now that Google has had its share of issues in China, this is also an opportunity for companies like those to come in on these issue because their rights were also breached? >2) General Organization: - I have a clear reason to believe from my participation with all of you in all meetings during the previous year leading to the IGF 2009 that all innovations suggested by CS including the HR issues and the Development Agenda were ignored in the main session programming. These interventions were given by the CS MAG representatives but still ignored. Within this statement we should recognize the IGF as an open space and that it ignored to accept the suggested innovations (that have also been suggested in earlier years) and that these should now be adopted as open spaces for dialogue evolve according to need of stakeholders and that is what IGF's actual mandate lays out. - This is also an opportunity to propose super workshops where workshops on similar themes can report back and then feed into the main sessions. This is possible because it was suggested by the secretariat last year for the Development Agenda super workshop but we couldn't get enough support for it within us. The same can be done for the HR as mentioned earlier. - Finally, this particular statement can be improved and reduced because it feels repetitive in its parts and >4) General Participation: - I'll leave the remote participation part because our members that enable remote participation are very clear on what their needs and requests are. - In terms of general participation, we should immediately ask the IGF Secretariat to furnish the statistics on participants with clear stakeholder group distribution so that we are well aware of the total number of participation in terms of developed/developing as well as distribution of stakeholders from those regions so that we can specifically assert the need for these improvements. - The issue of youth and gender participation including regional diversity is missing, please don't miss this issue. There were more youth present from Arab world countries but lesser participation of youth from other African States, South Asian, Asia Pacific, Central Europe etc. and Women could be easily be given a head count which is still very devastating in terms of participation because that has to increased in upcoming meetings and activities. > a. set up more coherent - vertical and lateral - links between discussions..... - We have to suggest how to do it otherwise statements without solutions are usually not picked up by the participation in general as well as the Secretariat. This is a fundamental improvement that we CS groups will have to bring forth because we are not behind others and other stakeholders and we can, really, we can make possible solution suggestions and that should be clearly reflected in our statements. - There are some things that can be added but time constraints would limit further editing? Would it? -- Regards. -------------------------- Fouad Bajwa Advisor & Researcher ICT4D & Internet Governance Member Multistakeholder Advisory Group (IGF) Member Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) My Blog: Internet's Governance http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/ Follow my Tweets: http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa MAG Interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATVDW1tDZzA From maxsenges Sun Jan 17 19:27:29 2010 From: maxsenges (Max Senges) Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:27:29 +0100 Subject: [IRP] are we ready to go beyond email Message-ID: <4d976d8e1001170927r1801c768sce6616508825ab01@mail.gmail.com> Hi everybody Since I joined the internet governance caucus list years ago i feel that mailing lists are pretty bad collaboration tools, but lists are like democracy "the worst system except for all the other", right? Before I move to the invitation to innovate I need to slip in that of course wikis have proven pretty useful, but the complexity of organizing our steering committee election reminded me of how little developed our own governance practices & tools are. I'll speak on a panel about "liquid democracy" in a couple of weeks and while I had heard about the concept before I figured it's a good idea to refresh and delve a bit into the theory and experiments. And quite frankly, I was marveled with what i found. There seems to be a whole spectrum of quite mature tools and (mostly successful) real-world initiatives going in. http://www.co-ment.net/ makes collaborative commenting on a text easy, put's it in a clean leayout ==> might be interesting for comments to the consolidated charter Etherpad seems to be a supercool tool to take notes during our monthly meetings. Have a look at http://etherpad.com/MFNsBZrP6Z but the real juicy governance and collabowriting stuff is happening at platforms like adhocracy "makes democratic decisions as easy as editing a wiki, as fast as twitter and as flexible as the net itself" - If that is the case I guess it is worth a try, so i created an account for us to experiment http://rights.adhocracy.cc/instance/rights but there are several tools competing for our attention and adoption... e.g. Votorola is a "software for building consensus and reaching decisions in public." Looking forward to see IRP grow up a little more in 2010 Max -- "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." ?William Gibson ........................................................................... Max Senges Berlin www.maxsenges.com Mobile: 01622122755 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From maxsenges Sun Jan 17 20:23:30 2010 From: maxsenges (Max Senges) Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:23:30 +0100 Subject: [IRP] procedure of the Steering Committee to choose the new IRPchair In-Reply-To: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A01B300E@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> References: <4d976d8e1001081233l596ae59cqb5f208cf0f55c1d3@mail.gmail.com> <4d976d8e1001081233n28f4e0e4x92fb40760b873826@mail.gmail.com> <4d976d8e1001081403t35313af3ma8839684ad8c956f@mail.gmail.com> <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A01B300E@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Message-ID: <4d976d8e1001171023h1a715472j13073dae4f8cfb62@mail.gmail.com> Dear all Two days ago the nomination period for candidates to run for the IRP coalition chair has finished. So we have Lisa who accepted the nomination as the only candidate. I believe ten member of the 14 in the steering committee already endorsed her candidacy so I believe we can find consensus around her taking up the role? I suggest: (a) that we define the chair voting procedure better in the our coalition's charter (please excuse the improvised process we had) and (b) please if you have concerns or other comments regarding Lisa taking up the chair send them to the list until this friday, by which date i suggest we proceed to bestowing the position upon her. Best Max -- "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." ?William Gibson ........................................................................... Max Senges Berlin www.maxsenges.com Mobile: 01622122755 On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Lisa Horner wrote: > Thanks Max, that sounds good to me. I agree that it'd be good to have > more nominations if people are interested, and think self-nomination should > also be encouraged. > > All the best, > Lisa > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org on behalf of Max > Senges > Sent: Fri 08/01/2010 22:03 > To: irp > Subject: Re: [IRP] procedure of the Steering Committee to choose the new > IRPchair > > Hello everyone > > > > >> I would like to suggest a procedure as to how the steering committee > >> elects the new Chair: > >> > >> Let's keep the list open for nominations for the chair position until > next > >> Friday 15th of Jan. > >> > >> So far we have only one candidate, which would mean that the new chair > can > >> start the new role next friday. Should we have more than one candidate > we > >> can either discuss and seek to find consensus (e.g. a double > chairmanship) > >> or organize an election among steering committee members. > >> > >> I hope that's a good suggestion?! > >> > >> Best > >> Max > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." > >> -William Gibson > >> > >> > >> > ........................................................................... > >> > >> Max Senges > >> Berlin > >> > >> www.maxsenges.com > >> > >> Mobile: 01622122755 > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Graciela Selaimen < > graciela at nupef.org.br>wrote: > >> > >>> Thanks, Max. > >>> Now its clear. I think it would be useful to establish deadlines - both > >>> for proposing candidatures and for the voting period itself, so that > people > >>> don't think they're voting when they express support for a candidature. > >>> > >>> best, > >>> Graciela > >>> > >>> Max Senges escreveu: > >>> > >>>> hi graciela > >>>> > >>>> sorry about the confusion. of course you can nominate several steering > >>>> committee members as chair. so far we had only lisa nominated and as > many > >>>> steering committee members endorsed her candidature (i.e. said they > are > >>>> happy to have her lead the coalition) and because there were/are no > >>>> alternative nominations. We agreed on the monthly call that I would > reach > >>>> out to those steering committee members who had not yet spoken up on > the > >>>> list to see whether we can elect Lisa by consensus or whether there > are more > >>>> candidates which of course would/will lead to an election. > >>>> > >>>> Hope this clarifies matters. > >>>> > >>>> Kind regards, > >>>> Max > >>>> > >>>> "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." > >>>> -William Gibson > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > ........................................................................... > >>>> > >>>> Max Senges > >>>> Berlin > >>>> > >>>> www.maxsenges.com > >>>> > >>>> Mobile: 01622122755 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Graciela Selaimen < > >>>> graciela at nupef.org.br >> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Dear all, > >>>> > >>>> I'm a bit lost here, trying to understand the nomination process > >>>> and the choice proposed by Max. Can't we endorse more than one > >>>> candidature? I would endorse both candidatures - and even more, if > >>>> there are more good candidates. In my view this would make the > >>>> election of the chair more plural and democratic. > >>>> > >>>> Or is the endorsement of a candidature understood as a vote? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> best, > >>>> Graciela > >>>> > >>>> Rafik Dammak escreveu: > >>>> > >>>> Dear Max, > >>>> > >>>> 10 of the 14 have endorsed Lisa's candidature , does it mean > >>>> that I have to follow too? I am not sure that consensus mean > >>>> accepting choice made in conf call not planned weeks ago. as > >>>> coalition we should have more democratic ? and transparent > >>>> process. > >>>> the "we" who decided to not consider the nomination should > >>>> state it publicly.? > >>>> > >>>> Regards > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> 2010/1/8 Max Senges >>>> > maxsenges at gmail.com > >>>> > >>>> >>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Dear Rafik > >>>> > >>>> there are two choices for you in the moment: you can either > >>>> nominate a member of the steering committee (e.g. Robert) or > you > >>>> can endorse Lisa's nomination for chair. So far 10 of the 14 > >>>> steering committee members have endorsed Lisa's candidature. > >>>> > >>>> As for your nomination for Robert as chair please do make that > >>>> nomination publicly on the list or check back with him before > to > >>>> see whether he would be interested. We did not consider your > >>>> prior > >>>> nomination, because when you posted to the list it was time to > >>>> nominate for steering committee (which then in turn elects the > >>>> chair). We subsequently asked for chair nominations some weeks > >>>> ago. > >>>> > >>>> Best > >>>> > >>>> Max > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> "The future is here. It??Ts just not widely distributed yet." > > >>>> ??"William Gibson > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > ........................................................................... > >>>> > >>>> Max Senges > >>>> Berlin > >>>> > >>>> www.maxsenges.com > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Mobile: 01622122755 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Rafik Dammak > >>>> > > > >>>> >>>> >>> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hi Max, > >>>> > >>>> before election, I have already nominated Robert Guerra, do I > >>>> need to confirm? > >>>> I am not sure if you are suggesting only two choice, either > >>>> nominate or endorse. there is no third one?? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Regards > >>>> > >>>> Rafik > >>>> > >>>> 2010/1/8 Max Senges >>>> > > >>>> < > mailto:maxsenges at gmail.com >>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > > >>>> Hi there > >>>> > >>>> as discussed on the conf-call we urge all steering > >>>> committee members who have not done so already to either > >>>> nominate someone for the position as IRP chair or endorse > >>>> Lisa Horner as new IRP chair > >>>> > >>>> best regards, > >>>> Max > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> > > >>>> "The future is here. It??Ts just not widely distributed yet." > > >>>> ??"William Gibson > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > ........................................................................... > >>>> > >>>> Max Senges > >>>> Berlin > >>>> > >>>> www.maxsenges.com < > http://www.maxsenges.com> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Mobile: 01622122755 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> > >>>> > >>> -- > >>> > >> > >> > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From isolatedn Sun Jan 17 21:06:01 2010 From: isolatedn (Sivasubramanian Muthusamy) Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:36:01 +0530 Subject: [IRP] are we ready to go beyond email In-Reply-To: <4d976d8e1001170927r1801c768sce6616508825ab01@mail.gmail.com> References: <4d976d8e1001170927r1801c768sce6616508825ab01@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Hello Max has discovered very interesting collaborative tools that can not only be used by IRP but also by IGC. The interface here looks interesting. We can explore this further. Sivasubramanian Muthusamy http://www.isocmadras.com On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 10:57 PM, Max Senges wrote: > Hi everybody > > Since I joined the internet governance caucus list years ago i feel that > mailing lists are pretty bad collaboration tools, but lists are like > democracy "the worst system except for all the other", right? > > Before I move to the invitation to innovate I need to slip in that of > course wikis have proven pretty useful, but the complexity of organizing our > steering committee election reminded me of how little developed our own > governance practices & tools are. > > I'll speak on a panel about "liquid democracy" > in a couple of weeks and while I had heard about the concept before I > figured it's a good idea to refresh and delve a bit into the theory and > experiments. And quite frankly, I was marveled with what i found. There > seems to be a whole spectrum of quite mature tools and (mostly successful) > real-world initiatives going in. > > http://www.co-ment.net/ makes collaborative commenting on a text easy, > put's it in a clean leayout ==> might be interesting for comments to the > consolidated charter > > Etherpad seems to be a supercool tool to take notes during our monthly > meetings. Have a look at http://etherpad.com/MFNsBZrP6Z > > but the real juicy governance and collabowriting stuff is happening at > platforms like > > adhocracy "makes democratic decisions as easy as editing a wiki, as fast as > twitter and as flexible as the net itself" - If that is the case I guess it > is worth a try, so i created an account for us to experiment > http://rights.adhocracy.cc/instance/rights > > but there are several tools competing for our attention and adoption... > e.g. Votorola is a "software > for building consensus and reaching decisions in public." > > > Looking forward to see IRP grow up a little more in 2010 > > Max > > -- > > "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." > ?William Gibson > > ........................................................................... > > Max Senges > Berlin > > www.maxsenges.com > > Mobile: 01622122755 > > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rafik.dammak Sun Jan 17 22:01:46 2010 From: rafik.dammak (Rafik Dammak) Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:01:46 +0900 Subject: [IRP] IRP Digest, Vol 12, Issue 39 In-Reply-To: <701af9f71001161755o30d2731ica430be93376689c@mail.gmail.com> References: <701af9f71001161755o30d2731ica430be93376689c@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Hello, > - The issue of youth and gender participation including regional > diversity is missing, please don't miss this issue. There were more > youth present from Arab world countries but lesser participation of > youth from other African States, South Asian, Asia Pacific, Central > Europe etc. and Women could be easily be given a head count which is > still very devastating in terms of participation because that has to > increased in upcoming meetings and activities. > > more youth present from Arab world? are you sure? I didn't see so much. if you are talking about egyptians who mostly of them are volunteers, you forgot that Egypt organized the last IGF. arab league has 22 country members and many countries didn't send any youth and even more of them came through through other organizations or structures and not on behalf of their respective countries. in fact there is no so much youth participation because existing programs cannot provide more fellowships for young people to participate. there are some initiatives like netmission supported by the registry of dotasia which brought a good delegation of young participants from China and Hongkong . Regards Rafik -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fouadbajwa Sun Jan 17 22:32:51 2010 From: fouadbajwa (Fouad Bajwa) Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:32:51 +0500 Subject: [IRP] IRP Digest, Vol 12, Issue 39 In-Reply-To: References: <701af9f71001161755o30d2731ica430be93376689c@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <701af9f71001171232g1d5fc08bq5a4f10ce3a312a84@mail.gmail.com> Rafik, I shared only a concern for the statement, its not an argument/debate but something to add in the statement. Its true that I saw more young arabs and than youth from other countries. There are various programs in place that did bring some youth including the Commonwealth IGF Bursaries for 14 young people, the ISOC IGF Ambassadors, the Egyptian host had sponsored 100 youth as the host country organizer Nermine had briefed in the Open Consultations in last September in Geneva and some youth participated from the Diplo Foundation. Apart from that there were very few people from the regions that I have mentioned below. Though this is only a personal observation. I appreciate your concern. Take care and see you soon in Nairobi. -- Regards. -------------------------- Fouad Bajwa On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 1:01 AM, Rafik Dammak wrote: > Hello, > > >> >> - The issue of youth and gender participation including regional >> diversity is missing, please don't miss this issue. There were more >> youth present from Arab world countries but lesser participation of >> youth from other African States, South Asian, Asia Pacific, Central >> Europe etc. and Women could be easily be given a head count which is >> still very devastating in terms of participation because that has to >> increased in upcoming meetings and activities. >> > > more youth present from Arab world? are you sure? I didn't see so much. if > you are talking about egyptians who mostly of them are volunteers, you > forgot that Egypt organized the last IGF. arab league has 22 country members > and many countries didn't send any youth and even more of them came through > through other organizations or structures and not on behalf of their > respective countries. > in fact there is no so much youth participation because existing programs > cannot provide more fellowships for young people to participate. there are > some initiatives like netmission supported by the registry of dotasia which > brought a good delegation of young participants from China and Hongkong . > Regards > Rafik From rfj Fri Jan 15 23:03:05 2010 From: rfj (Rikke Frank Joergensen) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:03:05 +0100 Subject: [IRP] Procedure of Experts References: <4d976d8e1001150541q7a1e2ec9xfa24a1e55230fe7f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <432D5217762BB14D866359BFCB972BA408FE55E6@SRVEXC00.dupa.dk> Hi all i think its important to stress that we (wolfgang particularly) have done some outreach to identify and contact additional experts, but the main task of identifying more people from the South rest with the broader coalition, and not the expert group as such. Also, in my opinion the main focus is not to find language which is acceptable for all, but to consolidate a draft which substantively move the IRC forward. Thus to focus on the substance first and foremost. As regards guidelines, I believe that after we finish our work there will be plenty of opportunity for the coalition to work in more detail on implementation guidelines. all best rikke -----Original Message----- From: wolfgang.benedek at uni-graz.at [mailto:wolfgang.benedek at uni-graz.at] Sent: Fri 15-01-2010 20:10 To: Max Senges; irp Cc: Lisa Horner; Rikke Frank Joergensen; Meryem Marzouki Subject: AW: Procedure of Experts Thanks Max, dear Lisa, thanks for putting the text in a better format. Just realize that he first paragraph should have been rephrased. Anyway, I take it that the IRP DC wants us to try and everybody will have a possiblity to comment anyway. As can be read at the end of what I would call our mandate there are two experts from the South identified so far. It would be important to have at least one more person from Asia and suggestions are welcome. There is no question that we should aim at a language which is generally acceptable, but it is also clear that we cannot limit ourselves to what is acceptable to governments or inter-governmental organizations, because in that case we could make a reference to existing adopted texts and leave it with that. Best regards Wolfgang Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Benedek Institut f?r V?lkerrecht und Internationale Beziehungen Institute for International Law and International Relations Karl-Franzens-Universit?t Graz Universit?tsstra?e 15, A4 A-8010 Graz Tel.: +43 316 380 3411 Fax.: +43 316 380 9455 Von: Max Senges [mailto:maxsenges at gmail.com] Gesendet: Freitag, 15. J?nner 2010 14:41 An: Benedek, Wolfgang (wolfgang.benedek at uni-graz.at); irp Cc: Lisa Horner; Rikke Frank Joergensen; Meryem Marzouki Betreff: Re: Procedure of Experts Hi everybody Wolfgang (and I assume Rikke and Meryem) are ready to start their work. I think it is very important that we expand the expert group with colleagues from the south. @Wolfgang and all: how do you plan to identify and select them? Also I copied the mandate for the expert group in a publicly viewable and editable g-doc (no registration required :-) And I made a couple of updates (regarding the start on 15th of January) and a short comment: "It also seems important to stress that the Charter is meant to represent a multistakeholder group and hence language should aim to be acceptable to governments, intergovernmental institutions, private companies and civil society groups." I thought it would be helpful to remind everybody that the charter is not a civil society advocacy document. Lastly I want to reiterate the fact that this collaborative effort is entitled "Charter on Human Rights and Principles on the Internet" and that the authoring body is the Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles. While I accept the preference of the experts to experiment with a matrix structure, I would like to stress the immanent importance of ensuring that "implementation principles" have an important role in the coalitions approach and should be easily discernible. best max -- "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." -William Gibson ........................................................................... Max Senges Berlin www.maxsenges.com Mobile: 01622122755 On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Wolfgang Benedek wrote: Dear Lisa and Max, I understand that from tomorrow we should start our part. In this context we wanted to send You what we consider the actual understanding of the procedure of our work. If You have any comments please share them with us before the end of the weekend. We intend to send this also to the experts from the South, and it should certainly also be shared with our community. Best regards Wolfgang From gpaque Fri Jan 15 23:21:43 2010 From: gpaque (Ginger Paque) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:51:43 -0430 Subject: [IRP] Diplo opens Call for Applications for Capacity Development online programmes in Internet Governance and ICT Policy Message-ID: <4B50DC67.30906@gmail.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IGCBP10 Call for Applications.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 53612 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks, Lisa ___________________________________________________________ Lisa Horner Head of Research & Policy Global Partners and Associates 338 City Road, London, EC1V 2PY, UK Office: + 44 207 239 8251 Mobile: +44 7867 795859 lisa at global-partners.co.uk www.global-partners.co.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mariliamaciel Mon Jan 18 20:09:25 2010 From: mariliamaciel (Marilia Maciel) Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:09:25 -0200 Subject: [IRP] Eurodig & other regional IGFs In-Reply-To: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F610D@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> References: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F610D@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Message-ID: Dear Lisa, The Remote Participation Working Group has offered to help Eurodig organizers to make remote participation available during the meeting in April. We don?t have their response yet, but if these regional workshops will take place in parallel with Eurodig, we could try to connect them with the main IRP workshop, so they would be able to provide synchronous inputs. If the regional workshops happen on other dates, they could also to put in place RP options, to give the opportunity of receiving inputs and interacting with other regions. We offer help to move this forward, but Max (who was a member from the working group as well ;) might also have great suggestions to make on this regard. Best wishes, Mar?lia On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 3:56 PM, Lisa Horner wrote: > Hi all > > > > Just a quick note to say that I submitted a couple of proposals for a > workshop on human rights to the Eurodig via Lee. It was a bit last minute > due to the deadlines, but if we get granted a slot it would be good to > discuss with you how we can take it forward together. It would be good if > we could try to hold workshops/events on human rights at all of the regional > IGFs, and if people from the regions could volunteer to coordinate them. > Carlos expressed an interest in coordinating for Latin America. Does anyone > else have any updates on other regional IGFs? > > > > Thanks, > > Lisa > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > *Lisa Horner* > > *Head of Research & Policy **Global Partners and Associates*** > > 338 City Road, London, EC1V 2PY, UK > > Office: + 44 207 239 8251 Mobile: +44 7867 795859 > > *lisa at global-partners.co.uk** **www.global-partners.co.uk** * > > > > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org > > -- Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade FGV Direito Rio Center of Technology and Society Getulio Vargas Foundation Rio de Janeiro - Brazil -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fouadbajwa Tue Jan 19 00:55:00 2010 From: fouadbajwa (Fouad Bajwa) Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:55:00 +0500 Subject: [IRP] Eurodig & other regional IGFs In-Reply-To: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F610D@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> References: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F610D@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Message-ID: <701af9f71001181455q6cca3759x11d688b0edb99f45@mail.gmail.com> Dear Lisa, Great work and I hope that these proposals go through. It would indeed be a great opportunity to discuss the new charter and take input from other participants as well. I don't know if the EuroDIG is being planned to be held before the IGF 2010 in Vilnius, if it is, there may be a possibility that many of us will be there. If its in June, there is a possibility that there will be another IGF related meeting in Geneva and if that happens, maybe we can join you again! Last year's meeting in Geneva was very productive and looking forward to the combined effort being undertaken by the IRP! Take care! On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 10:56 PM, Lisa Horner wrote: > Hi all > > > > Just a quick note to say that I submitted a couple of proposals for a > workshop on human rights to the Eurodig via Lee.? It was a bit last minute > due to the deadlines, but if we get granted a slot it would be good to > discuss with you how we can take it forward together.? It would be good if > we could try to hold workshops/events on human rights at all of the regional > IGFs, and if people from the regions could volunteer to coordinate them. > Carlos expressed an interest in coordinating for Latin America.? Does anyone > else have any updates on other regional IGFs? > > > > Thanks, > > Lisa > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > Lisa Horner > > Head of Research & Policy? Global Partners and Associates > > 338 City Road, London, EC1V 2PY, UK > > Office: + 44 207 239 8251???? Mobile: +44 7867 795859 > > lisa at global-partners.co.uk? www.global-partners.co.uk > > > > _______________________________________________ > IRP mailing list > IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org > http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org > > -- Regards. -------------------------- Fouad Bajwa From shailam Mon Jan 18 22:05:01 2010 From: shailam (shaila mistry) Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:05:01 -0800 (PST) Subject: [IRP] IRP Chair In-Reply-To: <02B7B0535E8ACB4FACB46EDC26C94C5C027830E2D1@fhex2> References: <0492A81964C44A408EDD71FBDE2E601E0278B52C36@fhex2> , <58762b1a1001120634g7b9a9a83k6990fc25bb1cb216@mail.gmail.com> <02B7B0535E8ACB4FACB46EDC26C94C5C027830E2D1@fhex2> Message-ID: <849148.36805.qm@web55208.mail.re4.yahoo.com> Hi Max - Out going Chair and Hi Lisa ? In-coming Chair ? I agree Max, I think we have provided ample opportunity for the transparent nomination and consensus for the selection of Chair of IRP. I for one am happy that Lisa has been nominated by so many people and has accepted. I congratulate you Lisa and thank you for stepping forward to leading us. I know you will do a fine job of leading us and keeping in order our band of "enthusiastic" human rights advocates. ? Thank you Max and Lisa! ? Shaila Rao Mistry President ? ? Input Technology With?A Human Touch ? MWOSB???????? ITAR www.jaycopanels.com ?Tel: 951 738 2000 ? Legal Disclaimer: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential. It is intended to be read only by the individual or entity to whom it is addressed or by their designee. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are on notice that any distribution of this message, in any form, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete or destroy any copy of this message. ? ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Max Senges To: Lisa Horner Cc: irp Sent: Sun, January 17, 2010 10:23:30 AM Subject: Re: [IRP] procedure of the Steering Committee to choose the new IRPchair ? Dear all ? Two days ago the nomination period for candidates to run for the IRP coalition chair has finished. So we have Lisa who accepted the nomination as the only candidate. I believe ten member of the 14 in the steering committee already endorsed her candidacy so I believe we can find consensus around her taking up the role? ? I suggest: (a) that we define the chair voting procedure better in the our coalition's charter (please excuse the improvised process we had) and (b) please if you have concerns or other comments regarding Lisa taking up the chair send them to the list until this friday, by which date i suggest we proceed to bestowing the position upon her. ? Best Max -- ? "The future is here. It?s just not widely distributed yet." ?William Gibson ? ........................................................................... ? Max Senges Berlin ? www.maxsenges.com ? Mobile : 01622122755 ? ? ? On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Lisa Horner wrote: ? Thanks Max, that sounds good to me.? I agree that it'd be good to have more nominations if people are interested, and think self-nomination should also be encouraged. ? All the best, Lisa ? ? ? ? -----Original Message----- From: irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org on behalf of Max Senges Sent: Fri 08/01/2010 22:03 To: irp Subject: Re: [IRP] procedure of the Steering Committee to choose the new IRPchair ? Hello everyone ? > ? >> I would like to suggest a procedure as to how the steering committee >> elects the new Chair: >> ? >> Let's keep the list open for nominations for the chair position until next >> Friday 15th of Jan. >> ? >> So far we have only one candidate, which would mean that the new chair can >> start the new role next friday. Should we have more than one candidate we >> can either discuss and seek to find consensus (e.g. a double chairmanship) >> or organize an election among steering committee members. >> ? >> I hope that's a good suggestion?! >> ? >> Best >> Max >> ? >> ? >> ? >> ? >> ? >> "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." >> -William Gibson >> ? >> ? >> ........................................................................... >> ? >> Max Senges >> Berlin >> ? >> www.maxsenges.com >> ? >> Mobile : 01622122755 >> ? >> ? >> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Graciela Selaimen wrote: >> ? >>> Thanks, Max. >>> Now its clear. I think it would be useful to establish deadlines - both >>> for proposing candidatures and for the voting period itself, so that people >>> don't think they're voting when they express support for a candidature. >>> ? >>> best, >>> Graciela >>> ? >>> Max Senges escreveu: >>> ? >>>> hi graciela >>>> ? >>>> sorry about the confusion. of course you can nominate several steering >>>> committee members as chair. so far we had only lisa nominated and as many >>>> steering committee members endorsed her candidature (i.e. said they are >>>> happy to have her lead the coalition) and because there were/are no >>>> alternative nominations. We agreed on the monthly call that I would reach >>>> out to those steering committee members who had not yet spoken up on the >>>> list to see whether we can elect Lisa by consensus or whether there are more >>>> candidates which of course would/will lead to an election. >>>> ? >>>> Hope this clarifies matters. >>>> ? >>>> Kind regards, >>>> Max >>>> ? >>>> "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." >>>> -William Gibson >>>> ? >>>> ? >>>> ........................................................................... >>>> ? >>>> Max Senges >>>> Berlin >>>> ? >>>> www.maxsenges.com >>>> ? >>>> Mobile : 01622122755 >>>> ? >>>> ? >>>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Graciela Selaimen < >>>> graciela at nupef.org.br > wrote: >>>> ? >>>>??? Dear all, >>>> ? >>>>??? I'm a bit lost here, trying to understand the nomination process >>>>??? and the choice proposed by Max. Can't we endorse more than one >>>>??? candidature? I would endorse both candidatures - and even more, if >>>>??? there are more good candidates. In my view this would make the >>>>??? election of the chair more plural and democratic. >>>> ? >>>>??? Or is the endorsement of a candidature understood as a vote? >>>> ? >>>> ? >>>>??? best, >>>>??? Graciela >>>> ? >>>>??? Rafik Dammak escreveu: >>>> ? >>>>??????? Dear Max, >>>> ? >>>>??????? 10 of the 14 have endorsed Lisa's candidature , does it mean >>>>??????? that I have to follow too? I am not sure that consensus mean >>>>??????? accepting choice made in conf call not planned weeks ago. as >>>>??????? coalition we should have more democratic ? and transparent >>>>??????? process. >>>>??????? the "we" who decided to not consider the nomination should >>>>??????? state it publicly.? >>>> ? >>>>??????? Regards >>>> ? >>>> ? >>>> ? >>>>??????? 2010/1/8 Max Senges >>>??????? >>> ? >>>>??????? >> >>>> ? >>>> ? >>>>??????? Dear Rafik >>>> ? >>>>??????? there are two choices for you in the moment: you can either >>>>??????? nominate a member of the steering committee (e.g. Robert) or you >>>>??????? can endorse Lisa's nomination for chair. So far 10 of the 14 >>>>??????? steering committee members have endorsed Lisa's candidature. >>>> ? >>>>??????? As for your nomination for Robert as chair please do make that >>>>??????? nomination publicly on the list or check back with him before to >>>>??????? see whether he would be interested. We did not consider your >>>> prior >>>>??????? nomination, because when you posted to the list it was time to >>>>??????? nominate for steering committee (which then in turn elects the >>>>??????? chair). We subsequently asked for chair nominations some weeks >>>>??????? ago. >>>> ? >>>>??????? Best >>>> ? >>>>??????? Max >>>> ? >>>> ? >>>> ? ? >>>>??????? "The future is here. It??Ts just not widely distributed yet." ? >>>>??????? ??"William Gibson >>>> ? >>>> ? >>>>? ........................................................................... >>>> ? >>>>??????? Max Senges >>>>??????? Berlin >>>> ? >>>>??????? www.maxsenges.com >>>>??????? >>>> ? >>>> ? >>>>??????? Mobile : 01622122755 >>>> ? >>>> ? >>>>??????? On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Rafik Dammak >>>>??????? >>>>??????? >>>??????? >> wrote: >>>> ? >>>>??????? Hi Max, >>>> ? >>>>??????? before election, I have already nominated Robert Guerra, do I >>>>??????? need to confirm? >>>>??????? I am not sure if you are suggesting only two choice, either >>>>??????? nominate or endorse. there is no third one?? >>>> ? >>>> ? >>>>??????? Regards >>>> ? >>>>??????? Rafik >>>> ? >>>>??????? 2010/1/8 Max Senges >>>??????? >>>>??????? < mailto:maxsenges at gmail.com >>> >>>> ? >>>> ? >>>> ? ? >>>>??????? Hi there >>>> ? >>>>??????? as discussed on the conf-call we urge all steering >>>>??????? committee members who have not done so already to either >>>>??????? nominate someone for the position as IRP chair or endorse >>>>??????? Lisa Horner as new IRP chair >>>> ? >>>>??????? best regards, >>>>??????? Max >>>> ? >>>> ? >>>>??????? -- >>>> ? ? >>>>??????? "The future is here. It??Ts just not widely distributed yet." ? >>>>??????? ??"William Gibson >>>> ? >>>> ? >>>>? ........................................................................... >>>> ? >>>>??????? Max Senges >>>>??????? Berlin >>>> ? >>>>??????? www.maxsenges.com >>>>??????? >>>> ? >>>>??????? Mobile : 01622122755 >>>> ? >>>> ? >>>> ? >>>> ? >>>> ? ? >>>>??? -- >>>> ? >>>> ? >>> -- >>> ? >> ? >> ? > ? ? ? ? ? -----Original Message----- From: Robert Guerra [mailto:guerra at freedomhouse.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 6:37 AM To: Rebecca MacKinnon Cc: Max Senges; Elfa.Gylfadottir; Elizabeth Floyd; Andrea Beccalli; Shaila Mistry; HIBBARD Lee; Graciela Selaimen; irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org; Carlos, Affonso Pereira de Souza; malte.spitz; Biel Company Perez; johan.hallenborg Subject: RE: [IRP] Freedom House - Feb 2010 Human Rights Summit ? Address where the event will be streamed - ? http://www.ustream.tv/channel/freedom-house ? Address where the event will be archived after the fact - ? http://blip.tv/internetfreedom ________________________________________ From: Rebecca MacKinnon [rebecca.mackinnon at gmail.com] Sent: January 12, 2010 9:34 AM To: Robert Guerra Cc: Max Senges; Elfa.Gylfadottir; Elizabeth Floyd; Andrea Beccalli; Shaila Mistry; HIBBARD Lee; Graciela Selaimen; irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org; Carlos, Affonso Pereira de Souza; malte.spitz; Biel Company Perez; johan.hallenborg Subject: Re: [IRP] Freedom House - Feb 2010 Human Rights Summit ? Hi there. Any details about virtual participation? Not seeing any info on the FH website. Best, R ? On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Robert Guerra > wrote: Dear IRP colleagues, ? I would like to share with all of you news of an upcoming event that Freedom House will be organizing next month. I will briefly mention the event at the end of today's call. Further details are below as well as in the attached blurb. ? I am working with my colleague Elizabeth Floyd to have the event include virtual participation as well as have one of the working groups focus on Internet Rights & Internet Freedom. ? regards ? Robert -- ? R. Guerra Project Director, Internet Freedom, Freedom House 131 Connecticut Ave. NW Fl.6, Washington , DC 20036 Direct: +1 202 747 7067, Main : +1 202 296 5101 Mobile +1 202 569 1800,? Fax:? +1 202 293 2840 Email: guerra at freedomhouse.org> ? ? ? Freedom House, the Center for American Progress, and Human Rights First will convene the 2010 Washington Human Rights Summit: Affirming Fundamental Freedoms, in February 2010 in Washington DC . The event will bring together the world?s leading human rights and democracy activists along with political leaders, scholars, and journalists.? Participants will examine challenges to the promotion of rights and freedoms in different parts of the world and set out a forward-looking vision for U.S. foreign policy, multilateral institutions and the international community for the years ahead. For additional information please contact Paula Schriefer >> and Elizabeth Floyd? >> ? ? ? __________________________________________________________________________________________ Elizabeth A. Floyd | 2010 Human Rights Summit Coordinator| Democracy Web Project Director| Freedom House | 1301 Connecticut Ave NW Washington DC 20036 |? Tel: 202.747.7008 | Fax: 202.293.2840 ? Supporting the right of every individual to be free. Donate now ? ? ? _______________________________________________ IRP mailing list IRP at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org http://lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org/listinfo.cgi/irp-internetrightsandprinciples.org ? ? ? ? -- IMPORTANT: My Hong Kong University e-mail (rmack at hku.hk) will soon be de-activated. Please use my gmail instead (see below). ? Rebecca MacKinnon Open Society Fellow | Co-founder, GlobalVoicesOnline.org Tel: +1-617-939-3493 E-mail: rebecca.mackinnon at gmail.com Blog: http://RConversation.blogs.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/rmack Friendfeed: http://friendfeed.com/rebeccamack -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 3058 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From katitza Wed Jan 20 04:05:17 2010 From: katitza (Katitza Rodriguez) Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:05:17 -0500 Subject: [IRP] Counter-terrorism: intrusive measures in fight against terrorism should be opposed, says UN expert Message-ID: <05D6DCEC-B9D5-4D8C-BEF2-41A7E371E3DB@datos-personales.org> RT @privacyint UN report says global privacy protections needed. [PI advised Rapporteur on report.] http://bit.ly/6BeUf7 GENEVA (19 January 2010) - ?The current wave of privacy-intrusive measures in the name of countering terrorism should be countered through a global declaration on data protection and data privacy,? the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism Martin Scheinin said Tuesday, as he released his latest report which focuses on the erosion of the right to privacy in the fight against terrorism.* In his report, Scheinin critically assesses developments that have adversely affected the right to privacy in various parts of the world using the justification of combating terrorism. These include racial or ethnic profiling, creation of privacy-intrusive databases and resorting to new technology, such as body scanners, without proper human rights assessment. Based on his evaluation, the UN independent expert dismisses the perception that, in an all-encompassing process of ?balancing?, counter-terrorism always outweighs privacy. Instead, he calls for a rigorous analytical framework for securing that any restrictions on privacy rights are necessary, proportionate and adequately regulated. One of his main recommendations is that the inter-governmental Human Rights Council ?should launch a process aiming at a global declaration on data protection and data privacy.? The Special Rapporteur also encourages the Human Rights Committee, the independent expert body supervising compliance with the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to consider drawing up a general comment on the right to privacy, including the proper scope of its limitations. Scheinin will present his report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva in the second week of March. 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"that have not yet established a comprehensive framework for privacy protection and an independent data protection authority to do so as expeditiously as possible;" "that have established legal frameworks for privacy protection to ensure effective implementation and enforcement, and to cooperate at the international and regional level; The Madrid Privacy Declaration is a substantial document that reaffirms international instruments for privacy protection, identifies new challenges, and call for concrete actions. More than 300 privacy and consumer experts and organizations around the globe have signed the Declaration. ACTIONS: ENDORSE: The Madrid Privacy Declaration. Spread the word. INVITE your friends. BECOME a Fan BLOG: About "January 28: International Privacy Day. Real Problems, Real Solutions" and celebrate the anniversary of the Council of Europe Convention on Data Protection. SHARE: This page in your wall. PROMOTE: The ?Privacy - January 28? banner. POST: A Privacy Video. ORGANIZE: A campaign. WATCH: A movie. Here are a few of our favorites -"Gattaca," "Enemy of the State," "The Lives of Others," "Eagle Eye? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katitza Mon Jan 25 20:49:14 2010 From: katitza (Katitza Rodriguez) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:49:14 -0500 Subject: [IRP] International Privacy Day: Real Problems, Real Solutions Message-ID: (with links) International Privacy Day: Real Problems, Real Solutions ---------------------------------- January 28 is International Privacy Day, the day that the first international convention for privacy was signed. Many groups around the world are celebrating this day. As supporters of the Madrid Declaration, we are calling on national governments to ratified the Privacy Convention 108. As the Declaration states, we urge countries: "that have not ratified Council of Europe Convention 108 together with the Protocol of 2001 to do so as expeditiously as possible." "that have not yet established a comprehensive framework for privacy protection and an independent data protection authority to do so as expeditiously as possible;" "that have established legal frameworks for privacy protection to ensure effective implementation and enforcement, and to cooperate at the international and regional level; The Madrid Privacy Declaration is a substantial document that reaffirms international instruments for privacy protection, identifies new challenges, and call for concrete actions. More than 300 privacy and consumer experts and organizations around the globe have signed the Declaration. ACTIONS: ENDORSE: The Madrid Privacy Declaration. Spread the word. http://www.thepublicvoice.org/madrid-declaration INVITE your friends. BECOME a Fan. http://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Privacy-Day/264341804606 SHARE: This page on your wall. BLOG: About "January 28: International Privacy Day. Real Problems, Real Solutions" and celebrate the anniversary of the Council of Europe Convention on Data Protection. PROMOTE: The ?Privacy - January 28? banner. POST: A Privacy Video. ORGANIZE: A campaign. WATCH: A movie. Here are a few of our favorites -"Gattaca," "Enemy of the State," "The Lives of Others," "Eagle Eye? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: privacy-day.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 10456 bytes Desc: not available URL: From katitza Tue Jan 26 00:35:54 2010 From: katitza (Katitza Rodriguez) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:35:54 -0500 Subject: [IRP] Data Protection Guide Message-ID: <75504DF6-35D5-48DB-96E4-F857DDD58B0F@datos-personales.org> Hola, I thought this info. might be of interest of the group. What are your rights as a citizen? http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/fsj/privacy/guide/index_en.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lisa Thu Jan 28 13:24:56 2010 From: lisa (Lisa Horner) Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:24:56 -0000 Subject: [IRP] Monthly conference call and 2010 workplan Message-ID: <43E4CB4D84F7434DB4539B0744B009A02F64AB@DATASRV.GLOBAL.local> Hi all Our monthly conference call is due next Thursday 4th February.... I hope as many people as possible will join, especially steering group members. 1) Timing of the call: There's been a suggestion to provide options for time of the call to try and make sure as many people as possible can join. There's also the old time zone problem of having members from San Francisco to Hong Kong. I thought it might be a good idea to coordinate via the doodle tool which is easy to use. I've suggested a few times across the day next Thursday here: http://www.doodle.com/mzms7zvgwz6i594a. Please enter your name and mark your preferences for the call time. You can use the handy time zone menu to change the settings according to where you are so we don't get confused! I'll select a time when most people can make it. We could also talk about alternating the time of the call every month so that people in the Americas and people in Asia can participate regularly. 2) Platform for the call: We've been using Skype for the calls, but the quality of the call was terrible last time which made it difficult to communicate properly. However, I haven't managed to find a good substitute. Don sent through a suggestion for a phone conferencing system, but we would still have to pay to use it, from $40 a month subscription or 12 cents per minute. Does anyone already subscribe to a system like this that the IRP could "borrow" once a month? We could also look into funding options. Unless someone can come up with a good alternative in the next week, I suggest we use the skype conferencing for this call, and we can discuss other options over the next month. I'll send the number round with a finalised time and agenda next week. 3) Agenda: Please send your suggestions for the agenda through. My suggestions are: a) Work plan and work areas. I'd really like to discuss the various different tasks that we have over the next year, and invite people to volunteer to take responsibility for different areas. To be effective, we have to know what we're doing and coordinate. I've drafted a calendar of things I think we need to look at over the next year, and a list of tasks. Please could people have a look and edit/add/comment. You can access it here: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AbEcBWyGO2nQZGQ4YmM3Z2ZfM2ZiY2Y5cGdu&h l=en (NB - I tried to create a wiki page on our website but it wouldn't let me). We can also discuss in the conference call, and if people have any specific areas they'd like to address, please let me know in advance so I can add it to the agenda for the call. Please also feel free to volunteer for any of the areas of work! b) Update on initiatives: - Charter process - Regional IGF workshops - Any others...please let me know. c) Anything else? Please feed in your ideas and join the call so that we can get 2010 off to a really good start. All the best, Lisa ___________________________________________________________ Lisa Horner Head of Research & Policy Global Partners and Associates 338 City Road, London, EC1V 2PY, UK Office: + 44 207 239 8251 Mobile: +44 7867 795859 lisa at global-partners.co.uk www.global-partners.co.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: