[IRP] Minutes--IRP 6/18/09

[Bodle, Robert]

Minutes--IRP 6/18/09 

Attendees: Max, Lisa, Emily, Robert, Marco, Andrea, Rafik  (feel free to correct any errors/omissions - r)

1) IRP Workshop prior to the EuroDig 13th of September & IRP Meeting within the IGF preparation sessions
2) new Facebook Page 
3) Our workshop plans for the IGF in Egypt
4) Human readable Privacy project
5) Engaging with the UN 
6) APC charter 
7) our Mission review 
8) update on the report on values & rights approach to internet governance
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1) IRP Workshop prior to the EuroDig 13th of September & IRP Meeting within the IGF preparation sessions

IRP workshop is canceled, two meetings proposed: 1) pre-event meeting (@ community center) include dinner, 2) IGF preparation meeting (working toward IGF in Egypt) 
L -invite new members to attend both, however M ? wants to make sure work gets done at pre-event meeting.  

Revise two documents 1) internet charter, and 2) another doc (Lisa & Max). 


2) new Facebook Page 

Announcement of IRP Facebook page, intentions. Max articulated 3 information flows: 1)website, 2) mailing list 3) Facebook page.  

Suggestions for R to explore RSS apps for IRP Facebook page, crop logo, and upload videos and photos. 

M-outlines a staged approach to outreach on IRP website involving 3 levels of participation: 1) join fb page, 2) join listserv, 3) participate in coalition. Approach also geared toward different kinds of participants (organizations, individuals, companies). 

Support expressed for using Google Calendar. (Events can also be posted on FB page). Doodle used for scheduling was not supported. 


3) Our workshop plans for the IGF in Egypt

Contact/Invite people from participant profile on IRP site
Hand in updated proposal--Deadline Aug 30--detailing what IRP has been doing to get a slot at IGF. 


4) Human readable Privacy project

Lawrence Lessig endorses project!. Developing a road map to make it a reality. French, German, and Dutch Embassies invite Max to speak (after IGF)?M will invite them to join the initiative. 

Andrea - France?s Defense Ministry is developing a ?rights internet charter? TBD 


5) Engaging with the UN 

UN General Assembly in September

Andrea-three workshops and one roundtable planned.  (Send invites)

Workshops include: 1) SMS, 2) Freedom of information, 3) net censorship and filtering. 

Roundtable will be on ?multilingualism in cyberspace.? Some discussion of format, whether senior relevant players will have major announcements (closed door or open to public ? discussed). 

Some discussion of inviting Vint Cerf to IGF workshop/Eurodig (unclear) (invite from M, CC?d to Andre and Nicholas)

UNESCO in October (Rafik joins)
General conference (WSIS)

Andrea- Internet governance to be written in as an agenda item?paragraph to be written by Andrea (Andrea and M discuss other uses for document?a statement that can get endorsement). 


6) APC charter 
Emily?invitations, put discussion of agenda on list (APC Charter)

Put a wiki page together for the agenda

Invite needs to be sent out in the NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. 

M- ?please contribute to charter? ? will be ?the main outreach instrument.?


7) our Mission review -- thanks Graciela! we need more people to chip in @ http://internetrightsandprinciples.org/node/76

M ? encourages reading and working on the IRP Mission Statement and expanding participation on it:
L - will contact freedom of expression group &  Access to Knowledge Coalition
M - will contact Privacy Coalition Group
E- to contact Linguistic Diversity and Disabilities Group


8) update on the report on values & rights approach to internet governance

M- stresses importance of distinguishing between human right and principles
-reframe demands not as rights but principles 
-strategically less useful to call demands internet rights. 

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Robert Bodle, PhD
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies
College of Mount St. Joseph
Cincinnati, Ohio 45233
(513) 244-4829 (office)
robert_bodle at mail.msj.edu