<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>+1 on having focused discussions on the NetMundial outcome document.<br>Can we have thel in themes? Like begin with the principles? Human Rights and shared values?<br><br></div>What will be the output from here?<br>

<br></div>Just thinking out loud<br><br></div>Nnenna<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Ali Hussein <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" target="_blank">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Edmon </div><div><br></div><div>Agree fully.</div><div><br></div><div>Paul, kudos to you and the team for the foot forward on support to this platform.</div>

<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards<br><br><div>
<span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div>
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</font></div><div><span><br></span></div><div>&quot;I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots&quot;.  ~ Albert Einstein</div><div><span><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div>

<div><div class="h5"><div><br>On Jul 25, 2014, at 11:22 AM, &quot;Edmon Chung&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:edmon@registry.asia" target="_blank">edmon@registry.asia</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Much support and applause for Paul taking this up and further it.</span><br>

<span></span><br><span>Perhaps we can start thinking about NETmundial 2 ...?... While it should not</span><br><span>be the only end goal, I find the previous exercise fruitful especially in</span><br><span>the sense of driving active participation towards something somewhat</span><br>

<span>tangible.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Edmon</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>-----Original Message-----</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">

<span>From: <a href="mailto:discuss-bounces@1net.org" target="_blank">discuss-bounces@1net.org</a> [<a href="mailto:discuss-bounces@1net.org" target="_blank">mailto:discuss-bounces@1net.org</a>] On Behalf</span><br></blockquote>

<blockquote type="cite"><span>Of Paul Wilson</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 2:21 PM</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To: 1net Discussion List</span><br>

</blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: [discuss] Greetings from a new convener !</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Dear Colleagues,</span><br>

</blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>In case you don&#39;t know me, I&#39;m Paul Wilson, the head of APNIC, the</span><br></blockquote><span>Regional</span><br>
<blockquote type="cite">
<span>Internet address Registry for Asia pacific (<a href="http://www.apnic.net" target="_blank">www.apnic.net</a>).</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>For the past month or so I&#39;ve been in discussions with the 1net steering</span><br>

</blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>committee, and ICANN, about how I could support 1net further. Since</span><br></blockquote><span>playing a</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>role in the &quot;Montevideo Statement&quot; last year, I&#39;ve seen 1net as as</span><br>

</blockquote><span>important</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>response to our call to &quot;catalyse community action&quot; on Internet</span><br></blockquote><span>governance.</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br>

</blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I&#39;ve seen 1net grow and prove itself successful, with impressive</span><br></blockquote><span>participation and</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>some very active discussions.  But I&#39;ve also seen a lull following</span><br>

</blockquote><span>NETmundial,</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>and I do feel personally motivated to participate and help 1net to</span><br></blockquote><span>maintain its</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>momentum.</span><br>

</blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>During the latest ICANN meeting (in London), there were discussions among</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>SteerCom members, followed by these decisions:</span><br>

</blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>- The Steering Committee would be renamed as the &quot;Coordination Committee&quot;</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">

<span>(CoCom for short) to better reflect a role not to direct 1net, but to</span><br></blockquote><span>support and</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>facilitate it.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>- I would be accepted as a voluntary &quot;convener&quot; of 1net, taking on the</span><br>

</blockquote><span>role played</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>by Adiel Akplogan until recently.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>- APNIC would take on the hosting/administration of the 1net platform (and</span><br>

</blockquote><span>the</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>small costs involved).</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">

<span>My own vision for 1net is as an inclusive, neutral, global,</span><br></blockquote><span>multi-stakeholder</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>platform, for discussing Internet governance and cooperation issues,</span><br>

</blockquote><span>particularly</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>where more suitable forums do not exist.  I believe it should be a</span><br></blockquote><span>democratic, self-</span><br><blockquote type="cite">
<span>organising, bottom-up space that serves a needed purpose; and it should</span><br>
</blockquote><span>only</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>continue while that purpose remains.  For now it is not and should not be</span><br></blockquote><span>an</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>&quot;organisation&quot; in any form, and so it should remain until the 1net</span><br>

</blockquote><span>community</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>determines otherwise.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>My next hope is that the 1net community, with support of the CoCom, will</span><br>

</blockquote><span>start to</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>steer 1net in a useful direction, both in terms of the content of</span><br></blockquote><span>discussions and</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>the ongoing development of the platform.  With your active participation I</span><br>

</blockquote><span>am sure</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>that 1net can prove and maintain itself as a valid and useful space.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">

<span>I should mention that I am a member of the IGF MAG and 1net is not</span><br></blockquote><span>intended by</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>anyone to supplant the IGF in any way;  rather it is a platform that can</span><br>

</blockquote><span>support</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>and strengthen IGF, as one of its stated aims.  That of course is to be</span><br></blockquote><span>agreed with</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>others, and proven in time, but it is my personal hope.</span><br>

</blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I will leave it there, but hope to see some discussion here about these</span><br></blockquote><span>changes,</span><br><blockquote type="cite">

<span>and related matters.  I know that there are other issues about the</span><br></blockquote><span>functioning of</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>1net, and hope that these can now be discussed too, along with discussions</span><br>

</blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>about the real business of 1net, Internet Governance.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Thanks to you all, for your support of 1net so far, and in future.</span><br>

</blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>All the best</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Paul.</span><br>

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<blockquote type="cite"><span>_________________________________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Paul Wilson, Director-General, APNIC                      &lt;<a href="mailto:dg@apnic.net" target="_blank">dg@apnic.net</a>&gt;</span><br>

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</blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>See you at APNIC 38!                      <a href="http://conference.apnic.net/38" target="_blank">http://conference.apnic.net/38</a></span><br>

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