<p>I do believe that the NMI initiative, might get the attention of Governments and industy from developing countries to start seeing the importance of IG issues and support also participate in their local organized IGF's.</p>
<p>Regards,<br>
Gabriel<br><br><br><br></p>
<p>G.M Ramokotjo</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 22, 2014 12:11 AM, "Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez" <<a href="mailto:carlosraulg@gmail.com">carlosraulg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word">The whole NETmundial initiative came south from the Eqautor at least…..<div><br></div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>El 21/08/2014, a las 16:09, Carlos A. Afonso <<a href="mailto:ca@cafonso.ca" target="_blank">ca@cafonso.ca</a>> escribió:</div><br><blockquote type="cite">There is not a single civil society representative from the South in the invitees list. So we will sit back and wait for the determinations of the bwanas?<br>
<br>--c.a.<br><br>On 08/21/2014 03:03 PM, Stephanie Perrin wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">I don't know Jeremy, I don't think you are being cynical enough; I agree<br>with your blog. Where oh where is civil society on the WEF website? I<br>
confess little or no expertise on the IGF, having last attended in<br>person in 2006....but how does anyone think the IGF is going to get this<br>issue back? If civil society is prepared to admit that IGF is the<br>walking dead, what does anyone realistically think government and<br>
industry are likely to say?<br>Personally, I don't think a fair bargain has been struck for the first<br>ten years of IGF. No organization can survive with almost no funds, no<br>staff, and no means off assisting its volunteers to attend and build<br>
initiatives. This is what we need to push for. That and getting the WEC<br>to restrict its activities to fundraising among its members, to fund IGF.<br>Cheers Stephanie Perrin<br>On 14-08-21 1:30 PM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite">On 21/08/2014 10:18 am, Avri Doria wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">Web site updated.<br><br><a href="http://www.weforum.org/issues/global-internet-governance" target="_blank">http://www.weforum.org/issues/global-internet-governance</a><br>
</blockquote>Before seeing this I blogged with my personal thoughts about the<br>Initiative at<br><a href="http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/the-netmundial-initiative-exposed" target="_blank">http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/the-netmundial-initiative-exposed</a>,<br>
being my usual cranky self. Having now read the website update, I<br>wouldn't change much in what I had written, but I am pleased to read<br>that "there will be a six month period of<br>consultations with a broad range of stakeholders and experts regarding<br>
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