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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Marita and all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Further to my earlier note… (at the time I got an error trying to access the agenda for the meeting and hence didn’t comment on it…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I really think that there must be an objection raised to the truly astonishing panel that they have invited to present on Internet Governance issues—a member of the ICANN Board (George Sadowsky), a former member of the ICANN Board Wolfgang Kleinwachter, a representative of the US Government and a US libertarian academic (Milton Mueller). This panel covers roughly 20% of the range of current discussion on Internet Governance issues and the most extreme right wing 20% at that. If this is meant to inform Canadian Internet users then something is truly seriously wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I think that TC should formally object to this.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> Michael Gurstein [mailto:gurstein@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> June 10, 2015 4:16 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Marita Moll'; 'TC Advisors'<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Advisors] CIRA and Internet governance<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Thanks for this kind invitation Marita and let me make a few disconnected points that I would be interested to have conveyed etc.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>1. as of the last Canadian IGF I thought I was registered with whatever registration, list, forum etc. concerning this matter from CIRA and yet this is the first that I have heard of this meeting. I don't follow the CIRA site very closely but since the IGF is not an exclusively CIRA effort--they sponsor it but presumably it is about a Canadian discussion on Internet Governance issues i.e. not an exclusively CIRA discussion, they have some responsibility to make the discussion more widely known.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>2. last year as this year I am unable because of travel to participate. This year as last year, I am unable to follow or remotely participate in the discussion. Since CIRA has a very large budget relative to its overall tasks and presumably has the technical expertise to organize a means for remote Internet based participation, the absence of this after it was noted (by myself in an email to Byron Holland directly, presumably among others) is disgraceful! And suggests that there may be other motives for not enabling this than simply inattention.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>3. the issues around Internet Governance (IG) are heating up very considerably not least because of the US government's call for a transition in the control of the Internet Naming function (IANA) from under the direct responsibility of the US NTIA. The issues involved are extremely complex--legally, technically and increasingly jurisdictionally and I would not even try to summarize these. A useful non-US centric position has just recently emerged from the Government of Brazil and my strong suggestion would be that you might want to take a close look at it and to introduce this into the discussion if it isn't already there and have CIRA and others comment on it. (see the attached) I believe this position will provide a basic fulcrum around which the future discussion will take place particularly among those not completely committed to a US government centric position.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>4. the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Social_Forum">World Social Forum</a> (WSF) will, somewhat controversially be held for the first time in the “North” in Montreal in 2016. A group affiliated with the WSF with which I am associated, <a href="http://www.internetsocialforum.net/">the Internet Social Forum</a> (ISF) will also be holding a global meeting in 2016, very likely in India to address issues of global Internet Governance particularly as they impact on matters of inclusion, social justice and human rights—subjects which are generally overlooked or poorly covered in the conventional context of Internet Governance discussions. The ISF will also likely be organizing an event in Montreal as part of the WSF. I’ve no idea how this might relate to CIRA but presumably there should be some sort of an announcement of these two events of global Internet Governance significance as part of the Canadian IGF.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Enjoy,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Mike (from Manila)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:advisors-bounces@tc.ca">advisors-bounces@tc.ca</a> [<a href="mailto:advisors-bounces@tc.ca">mailto:advisors-bounces@tc.ca</a>] On Behalf Of Marita Moll<br>Sent: June 9, 2015 10:01 PM<br>To: TC Advisors<br>Subject: [Advisors] CIRA and Internet governance</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Hello all. Tomorrow I will be attending a CIRA organized forum (under the Canadian Internet Forum series) on the topic of Internet governance <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>(<a href="http://cira.ca/cif"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://cira.ca/cif</span></a>). I don't know if it will be webcast or set up for <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>remote participation. I don't see any mention of that on the site. Last year this forum switched well between speakers and small groups so there was plenty of opportunity for input.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>But some people here are far more expert than I am on this topic so if you would like to send me your thoughts on the topic, I will keep them in mind during my participation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Marita<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Advisors mailing list<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="mailto:Advisors@tc.ca"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Advisors@tc.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://victoria.tc.ca/mailman/listinfo/advisors"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://victoria.tc.ca/mailman/listinfo/advisors</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>