<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">On 18 Mar 2014, at 07:32, parminder <<a href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net">parminder@itforchange.net</a>> wrote:<br><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span style="font-family: OpenSans; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;">(1) Do you think a standing global mechanism is required to discuss and take necessary public action regarding the 'social layer' or public policy aspect of global governance of the Internet? Explain your yes or no.</span><br style="font-family: OpenSans; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"></blockquote><div><br></div>No. As previously stated, various fora already exist and these should be leveraged; that's where the issue expertise is.</div><div><br></div><div>For more, see our submission at: <a href="http://content.netmundial.br/contribution/submission-to-the-global-stakeholder-meeting-on-the-future-of-internet-governance/248">http://content.netmundial.br/contribution/submission-to-the-global-stakeholder-meeting-on-the-future-of-internet-governance/248</a>.</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: OpenSans;">(2) In case the answer to above is yes, what should be the nature of such standing mechanism, what should be its mandate and role, how should it be constituted, and so on.</span></blockquote></div><br><div><br></div></body></html>