Fwd: Statement for the Open Consultations
Marilia Maciel
From: Marilia Maciel <marili...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 5:16 PM
Subject: Statement for the Open Consultations
To: i...@unog.ch
Cc: sar...@unog.ch
My name is Marília Maciel and I am a member of the IGF Remote Participation Working Group.
We would like to ask you, if possible, to arrange for our brief statement to be read on the Open Consultations.
I thank you very much in advance,
Marília Maciel
From The IGF Remote Participation Working Group
To the IGF Secretariat
STATEMENT FOR THE OPEN CONSULTATIONS
Since the beginning of 2008 a group of Interested IGF participants from many civil society organizations has come together and has been voluntarily working to propose concrete mechanisms that could enhance remote participation in the IGF Hyderabad.
This group proposed the creation of IGF hubs. These hubs would hold local or regional meetings, which would exhibit the webcast of the IGF as well as hold panels and roundtables, to discuss the themes of the IGF from a local perspective. This forum should serve as a stimulus or a starting point for the debate of local and regional issues and implications for the development and participation of a network of interested people.
Until now, the following organizations have volunteered to organize local hubs:
Brazil:
Organization: City of Knowledge (University of São Paulo)
Egypt:
Organization: National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority
India (Delhi and Mumbai):
Organizers: Rajesh Aggarwal and Nikhil Aggarwal
Mauritius:
Organization: Internet Child Safety Foundation
We urge the Secretariat to acknowledge and support this and other initiatives to involve groups of stakeholders who do not have the resources to attend the IGF in Hyderabad. In particular, technical support information and collaboration are needed immediately to avoid severely handicapping this and other efforts.
The Working Group asks the MAG to give attention to this project in the meetings that will take place on 17 and 18 of September and to discuss the details required to move the project forward. It is of ultimate importance to provide the necessary information to the people involved and to formally include the Hyderabad Organization on this discussion.
We also invite suggestions, collaboration and affiliations for other regional hubs to include more under-represented and under-involved stakeholders.
The Internet Governance community can find more information in the page www.igfremote.com which will soon change to www.igfremote.org, which is currently in development.
Any interested party who want to organize a hub can get in touch with Mari...@diplomacy.edu or Virg...@diplomacy.edu
raquelgatto
Does anybody got the chance to see the webcast? It's the second or third try i give today and i am unable to access the webpage (video or audio - english or french). Is it only my computer?
Thanks
Raquel
> Dear all,
>
> Our Statement has been sent. Thanks for your feedback!
> I will be out most of the day tomorrow. If anyone has the chance to follow
> the OC, please keep us informed.
>
> Best!
>
> Marília
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Marilia Maciel <marili...@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 5:16 PM
> Subject: Statement for the Open Consultations
> To: i...@unog.ch
> Cc: sar...@unog.ch
>
>
> Dear sir or madam,
>
> My name is Marília Maciel and I am a member of the IGF Remote Participation
> Working Group.
>
> We would like to ask you, if possible, to arrange for our brief statement to
> be read on the Open Consultations.
>
> I enclose attached the official Hub proposal, which have been already sent
> to the Secretariat, in case any more clarifications are needed.
>
> I thank you very much in advance,
>
> Marília Maciel
>
>
>
>
> *To the IGF Secretariat*
>
> * *
>
> *STATEMENT FOR THE OPEN CONSULTATIONS*
>
>
> Since the beginning of 2008 a group of Interested IGF participants from many
> civil society organizations has come together and has been voluntarily
> working to propose concrete mechanisms that could enhance remote
> participation in the IGF Hyderabad.
>
> This group proposed the creation of IGF hubs. These hubs would hold local or
> regional meetings, which would exhibit the webcast of the IGF as well as
> hold panels and roundtables, to discuss the themes of the IGF from a local
> perspective. This forum should serve as a stimulus or a starting point for
> the debate of local and regional issues and implications for the development
> and participation of a network of interested people.
>
> Until now, the following organizations have volunteered to organize local
> hubs:
>
> Organization: City of Knowledge (University of São Paulo)
>
> Organization: National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority
>
> Organizers: Rajesh Aggarwal and Nikhil Aggarwal
>
Luca Barbato
> Hello friends,
>
> Does anybody got the chance to see the webcast?
> It's the second or third try i give today and i am unable to access the webpage
> (video or audio - english or french). Is it only my computer?
You aren't giving us much information about what you have in your
computer (operating system, vlc version, browser)
Downloadable videos available at
http://lscube.top-ix.org/video/igf/20080916/
I hope it helps.
lu