Great, more opportunities to waste our time.
In Yokohama, many members of the so-called
Civil Society groups asked the ICANN Board
members *not* to dilute the At-Large membership.
Person after person approached the microphone
and said the same thing, pleading with the ICANN
board members *not* to reduce the 9 At-Large
directors as specified in the White Paper down
to 5.
In the end, ICANN decided to reduce the seats
from 9 to 5 -- no comments given to the Civil
Society participants.
Same old ICANN :-(
Jay.
At 11:34 PM 8/1/00, Richard J. Sexton wrote:
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> >From: Hans Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Launch of the Civil Society Internet Forum (CSIF)
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> >I am happy to announce the launch of the Civil Society Internet Forum!
> >
> >Members of civil society organizations from around the globe met in
> >Yokohama Japan in July 2000 to launch a new framework for the creation of a
> >global Internet community.
> >
> >Concerning the coming At Large Elections of the ICANN Board, the Civil
> >Society Internet Forum will provide a global framework for promoting
> >democratic participation in elections. It will provide both global and
> >regional forums for information sharing and debate.
> >
> >The guiding values of the Civil Society Internet Forum include democratic
> >participation in decision-making and a fair balance between rights of
> >privacy, speech, consumers, and property in Internet governance.=20
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> >Please visit our web site: http://www.CivilSocietyInternetForum.org
> >
> >The full announcement and initial signatories list are below.
> >
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> >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
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> > Announcement=20
> > of the Launch of the
> > Civil Society Internet Forum (CSIF)
> >
> >=20
> >http://www.CivilSocietyInternetForum.org
> >
> >Mission
> >
> >Members of civil society organizations from around the globe met in
> >Yokohama Japan in July 2000 to launch a new framework for the creation of a
> >global Internet community.
> >
> >Participants in the meeting agreed to two basic goals of the Civil Society
> >Internet Forum in principle: 1) to make the Internet as a ground and
> >instrument for the global civil society beyond national boundaries and 2)
> >to work for the democratization of the Internet and Internet governance.
> >
> >Concerning the coming At Large Elections of the ICANN Board, the Civil
> >Society Internet Forum will provide a global framework for promoting
> >democratic participation in elections. It will provide both global and
> >regional forums for information sharing and debate.
> >
> >Values
> >
> >The guiding values of the Civil Society Internet Forum are those relevant
> >to the Internet community all over the world. Those values include
> >democratic participation in decision-making, open processes, the right to
> >communicate, and a fair balance between rights of privacy, speech,
> >consumers, and property in Internet governance.=20
> >
> >Actions
> >
> >Supporters of the Civil Society Internet Forum performed numerous
> >activities at the Yokohama meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors,
> >including:=20
> >
> >* presented a petition with over one hundred signatures to the ICANN Board
> >calling for the staff and board to work with the Civil Society Internet
> >Forum (CSIF) to facilitate broad participation in ICANN processes and to
> >include CSIF sessions in its future meeting programmes (see web page).
> >* approved in principle the "Civil Society Statement on ICANN Elections," a
> >four-page document listing principles and issues in the At Large elections
> >(see web page.)
> >* organized a series of meeting to educate and organize civil society
> >organizations and individuals.
> >
> >CSIF Supporters
> >
> >STEERING COMMITTEE (organizational affiliation for information purposes=
> > only)=20
> >-Myung Koo Kang (Korean Internet Forum) (Interim Chair)=20
> >-Wolfgang Kleinwaechter (ICANN Studienkreis, Germany)=20
> >-Kimberly Heitman (Electronic Frontiers Australia)=20
> >-Hans Klein (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, USA)=20
> >-Karen Higgs (Association for Progressive Communications, Uruguay)
> >-Pierre Ouedraogo (Institut francophone des nouvelles technologies de
> >l'information et de la formation/INTIF, Burkina Faso)=20
> >(A more permanent committee will be elected at the next CSIF meeting at the
> >Los Angeles ICANN meeting.)
> >
> >Additional signatories (organizational affiliation for information purposes
> >only):=20
> >
> >AFRICA=20
> >
> > Pierre Dandjinou (United Nations Development Program, Benin)=20
> > Dorothy Okello (Women of Uganda Net (WOUGNET), Uganda)=20
> > Moussa Fall (Enda Tiers Monde, Senegal)=20
> >
> >ASIA AND PACIFIC=20
> >
> > Toshimaru Ogura (JCA-Net, Japan)=20
> > Tony Hill (Internet Society Australia)=20
> > Nobuo Sakiyama (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility,=
> > Japan)=20
> > Hae-joang Cho=20
> > Chat Garcia Ramilo (APC WNSP, Manila, Philippines)=20
> >
> >EUROPE=20
> >
> > Chris Bailey (Association for Progressive Communications, UK)=20
> > Veni Markovski (Internet Society Bulgaria)=20
> > Karen Banks (GreenNet, UK)=20
> >
> >LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN=20
> >
> > Roberto Roggiero, INTERCOM - Ecuanex, Ecuador=20
> > Dafne Sabanes Plou (APC WNSP Latin America/Argentina)=20
> > Felipe Alfonso Rinc=F3n Ospina, Colombia=20
> >
> >NORTH AMERICA=20
> >
> > Garret Sern (Educause)=20
> > Barbara Simons (former President, Association of Computing Machinery,
> >USA)=20
> > Marc Rotenberg, (Electronic Privacy Information Center, USA)=20
> > Barry Steinhardt (American Civil Liberties Union, USA)=20
> > Chris Chiu (American Civil Liberties Union, USA)=20
> > Maureen James (Association for Progressive Communications, Canada)=20
> >
> >A full list of signatories to the Yokohama Petition for "Civil Society
> >Participation in ICANN" is available at the web site:=20
> > http://www.CivilSocietyInternetForum.org
> >
> >
> >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D End of Announcement =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
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>"The truth is always hard. The only truly punishable offense in
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>better by lying one way or the other. If you tell the truth you
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>- Prof. Angelo Codevilla, The Washington Weekly, July 17 2000
>
Respectfully,
Jay Fenello,
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