[IRPCoalition] Thank you!

Wed Dec 4 13:53:19 EET 2019

Dear Minda, and all IRPC members

It was a productive, intense, and very well-catered IGF in Berlin.

I would like to thank the IGF secretariat, and local hosts for their
extraordinary organization and commitment to making the meeting work at
this large scale.

The booths were of a high standard and having one for the iRPC was very
effective and useful as there was a lot of interest from delegates. We
also able to host the work of others there as well, and talk to many
different sorts of visitors, active in the IGF and also new to this domain.

And most of all I would like to thank Minda Moreira for her amazing
leadership as (co)Chair of the IRPC this last couple of years. Not only
has she maintained and developed the outward-facing "look" of the
Charter work e.g. informational material, designing the banner, and
updating all the current booklet editions (at professional graphic
artist level) but she also put together a video to run at the booth
which lifted the level of presence and professionalism. And she runs our
website as well.

Minda was also instrumental in ensuring that the French Language booklet
was ready in time, together with Rigobert.

More importantly, is her substantive leadership at the IGF and as SC
Chair: Minda represented the coalition at the Dynamic Coalition Main
Session <https://sched.co/SU44> on Day 3 very well indeed, and in the
preparatory meetings: she fielded tough questions in that informative
session in which 16 DCs presented their work and vision. She made clear
the work done and contributions to IG agendas that the IRPC has made
under her Chairship, results achieved, and where the coalition can
contribute, unpack the 21 articles of the Charter in the next years.

This she did as well as put together the DC meeting event in the morning
of Day 2 <https://sched.co/SU3a>that brought in new participants to the
IGF along with demonstrating how and why climate crisis issues are
integral to any present and future IG consultations. Minda was also
crucial to the preparation and reportage that made Workshop 282 that
afternoon <https://sched.co/SU22>, a success as well.

It was a pleasure and privilege to work with Minda in the SC. I do hope
Minda that you will consider standing again as (co)Chair so that you can
lead us forwards in the next two years.

Thanks everyone.

best wishes

Marianne F

On 03/12/2019 20:12, Hanane Boujemi wrote:
> Dear Minda,
>
> It was great seeing in Berlin and THANK YOU for all the great work and
> achievements of IRPC under your leadership. Congratulations and I am
> looking forward the opportunity to collaborate with you again.
>
> Best regards 
>
>
> Hanane Boujemi 
>
> On Tue, 3 Dec 2019 at 18:28, Internet Rights and Principles Coalition
> <info at irpcharter.org <mailto:info at irpcharter.org>> wrote:
>
>     Dear all, 
>
>     I hope that you enjoyed the IGF last week either on site in
>     Berlin, or following remotely.
>
>     On behalf of the IRPC Steering Committee I would like to thank you
>     all for your work and for supporting the outreach efforts of the
>     Coalition. It was privilege to talk to so many Coalition members
>     and supporters, and some of you who have been involved since the
>     start of the IRPC and the first drafting of the Charter. 
>
>     The IRPC booth was a great success, and it was very inspiring to
>     see how the Charter is being used all over the world, and how it
>     continues to inspire and to resonate with so many people and so
>     many different projects: from civil society, technical community,
>     to academia, business, political parties, and other policy makers
>     around the world. 
>
>     Throughout the year we worked on several issues: refugees and
>     migrants, data governance and emerging technologies, and the
>     environment, which were discussed at local and regional meetings
>     such as the EuroDIG. Last week at the IGF2019 we held our annual
>     IRPC meeting, which included the breakout session “Internet
>     Futures and the Climate Crisis - Paths to Sustainability or
>     Extinction?” <https://sched.co/SU3a> and the launch of the French
>     edition of the Charter  translated by SC member Rigobert Kenmogne
>     and supported by the Swiss Federal Office of Communications
>     (OFCOM). We also held  Workshop #282 Data Governance by AI:
>     Putting Human Rights at Risk? <https://sched.co/SU22> in
>     partnership with Amnesty International and participated in the
>     Dynamic Coalitions' Main Session, “Joint Efforts to achieve the
>     SDGs”  <https://sched.co/SU44> Both the IRPC meeting and the
>     workshop were very well attended with many participants asking to
>     continue the discussions. On the environment session more
>     particularly, many young people are willing to join us, and to
>     work with us to put the issue in the main Internet Governance
>     agendas. Representatives of the European Parliament and national
>     governments also showed interest in advancing IRPC Charter’s
>     Article 4. “Development through the Internet and in particular
>     clause b on “Environmental Sustainability”.   
>
>     Continuing our work on a regional level, our SC member Rigobert
>     will be hosting a workshop on the Charter in a couple of weeks
>     in Yaoundé. We wish him the best, and if anyone would like to be
>     more involved or support this workshop, please feel free to let us
>     know here, or via our info at irpcharter.org <mailto:info at irpcharter.org>
>
>     Finally, as my co-chair mandate is coming to an end, I would like
>     to thank you all for all your support and for two inspiring,
>     challenging and insightful years. A lot has been achieved since
>     the Charter was first drafted and published, but still so much to
>     be done! The translations continue (the Italian should be ready by
>     mid-2020), the outreach effort is never-ending, and as the online
>     environment gets more and more complex and we work to connect the
>     next billion, this document and all the work of the Coalition
>     around it is ever more pertinent and necessary.
>
>     The SC election process is about to start, and I hope that some of
>     you will be inspired to step up to join the Steering Committee and
>     to lead the Coalition, and that this list will continue to be a
>     space for discussion and advancement of the Human Rights and
>     Principles for the Internet.
>
>     Best wishes,
>
>     Minda
>
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