[discuss] Greetings from a new convener !

Fri Jul 25 09:35:48 UTC 2014

+1 on having focused discussions on the NetMundial outcome document.
Can we have thel in themes? Like begin with the principles? Human Rights
and shared values?

What will be the output from here?

Just thinking out loud

Nnenna

On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:

> Edmon
>
> Agree fully.
>
> Paul, kudos to you and the team for the foot forward on support to this
> platform.
>
> Personally, I would like to see the action points agreed upon in Brazil
> start bearing fruit to ensuring a neutral and vibrant internet endure and
> prosper.
>
> Regards
>
> *Ali Hussein*
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> On Jul 25, 2014, at 11:22 AM, "Edmon Chung" <edmon at registry.asia> wrote:
>
> Much support and applause for Paul taking this up and further it.
>
> Perhaps we can start thinking about NETmundial 2 ...?... While it should
> not
> be the only end goal, I find the previous exercise fruitful especially in
> the sense of driving active participation towards something somewhat
> tangible.
>
> Edmon
>
>
>
>
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> Of Paul Wilson
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> Subject: [discuss] Greetings from a new convener !
>
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
>
> In case you don't know me, I'm Paul Wilson, the head of APNIC, the
>
> Regional
>
> Internet address Registry for Asia pacific (www.apnic.net).
>
>
> For the past month or so I've been in discussions with the 1net steering
>
> committee, and ICANN, about how I could support 1net further. Since
>
> playing a
>
> role in the "Montevideo Statement" last year, I've seen 1net as as
>
> important
>
> response to our call to "catalyse community action" on Internet
>
> governance.
>
>
> I've seen 1net grow and prove itself successful, with impressive
>
> participation and
>
> some very active discussions.  But I've also seen a lull following
>
> NETmundial,
>
> and I do feel personally motivated to participate and help 1net to
>
> maintain its
>
> momentum.
>
>
> During the latest ICANN meeting (in London), there were discussions among
>
> SteerCom members, followed by these decisions:
>
>
> - The Steering Committee would be renamed as the "Coordination Committee"
>
> (CoCom for short) to better reflect a role not to direct 1net, but to
>
> support and
>
> facilitate it.
>
> - I would be accepted as a voluntary "convener" of 1net, taking on the
>
> role played
>
> by Adiel Akplogan until recently.
>
> - APNIC would take on the hosting/administration of the 1net platform (and
>
> the
>
> small costs involved).
>
>
>
> My own vision for 1net is as an inclusive, neutral, global,
>
> multi-stakeholder
>
> platform, for discussing Internet governance and cooperation issues,
>
> particularly
>
> where more suitable forums do not exist.  I believe it should be a
>
> democratic, self-
>
> organising, bottom-up space that serves a needed purpose; and it should
>
> only
>
> continue while that purpose remains.  For now it is not and should not be
>
> an
>
> "organisation" in any form, and so it should remain until the 1net
>
> community
>
> determines otherwise.
>
>
> My next hope is that the 1net community, with support of the CoCom, will
>
> start to
>
> steer 1net in a useful direction, both in terms of the content of
>
> discussions and
>
> the ongoing development of the platform.  With your active participation I
>
> am sure
>
> that 1net can prove and maintain itself as a valid and useful space.
>
>
> I should mention that I am a member of the IGF MAG and 1net is not
>
> intended by
>
> anyone to supplant the IGF in any way;  rather it is a platform that can
>
> support
>
> and strengthen IGF, as one of its stated aims.  That of course is to be
>
> agreed with
>
> others, and proven in time, but it is my personal hope.
>
>
> I will leave it there, but hope to see some discussion here about these
>
> changes,
>
> and related matters.  I know that there are other issues about the
>
> functioning of
>
> 1net, and hope that these can now be discussed too, along with discussions
>
> about the real business of 1net, Internet Governance.
>
>
> Thanks to you all, for your support of 1net so far, and in future.
>
>
> All the best
>
>
> Paul.
>
>
>
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________
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> _______
>
> Paul Wilson, Director-General, APNIC                      <dg at apnic.net>
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> http://www.apnic.net                                     +61 7 3858 3100
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