[ga] Re: [Ecommerce] Tunis Parallel Event: WGIG Book Release, Wed. 16th

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill and all interested stakeholders whom are concerned,

Thank you bill for posting this.  I read with interest and passed
along your conclusions section of this book for our members
review. See: http://www.wgig.org/conclusion_book.htm

The conclusions section seemed to me to be long on generalities
and very short of specifics of internet governance issues except
for a suggested/proposed process.  Internet Governance issues
are dependent on specifics regarding technical as well as administration
specifics or issues.  Although your conclusions did provide where
and at what such specifics need to be directed, no specifics were
outlined or otherwise delineated.  Hence little can be reasonably
accomplished unless or until WGIG is willing to step up to providing
same.

William Drake wrote:

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> A parallel event to be held during the World Summit on the Information Society at Tunis
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> Presented by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility ( www.cpsr.org), in cooperation with
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> the Secretariat of the UN Working Group on Internet Governance (www.wgig.org )
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> Reforming Internet Governance:
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> Perspectives from the UN Working Group on Internet Governance---
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> Book Release Event
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> Wednesday. November 16, 11:00-13:00, Hammamet room, the Kram Exhibition Centre
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> At the December 2003 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva, governments adopted a Plan of Action that, inter alia, called on the Secretary-General of the United Nations to set up a Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG). The WGIG?s mandate was to analyze the governance of Internet and make proposals for action, as appropriate; develop a working definition of Internet governance; identify the public policy issues involved; and advance a common understanding of the respective roles and responsibilities of the various stakeholders. In November 2004, Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed forty individuals from government, the private sector, and civil society to the WGIG. After seven months of work, the WGIG?s Report and a longer Background Report were released in July 2005. The two reports surveyed the landscape of public and private sector Internet governance mechanisms; advanced recommendations for improved governance in a range of key issue-areas; offered
> alternative models for the future oversight of the Internet?s core resources and logical infrastructure; and proposed the establishment of a global, multistakeholder forum to facilitate continuing, inclusive dialogue on Internet governance. The reports elicited much debate around the world and served as key inputs in the second phase of the WSIS process, which culminates with the November 2005 Summit in Tunis. The issues they addressed will remain of central importance in the post-WSIS global debate on Internet governance.
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> With the continuing debate in mind, after the release of the two reports, a group of former participants in the WGIG process decided to collaborate on the production of a book on the WGIG experience  and Internet governance issues.  Edited by William J. Drake, the book includes contributions by the WGIG?s Chairperson and Executive Secretary, twenty one members of the WGIG, and four members of its Secretariat.  Writing in their personal capacities, the authors offer reflections on the value of the multistakeholder cooperation in the WGIG and beyond, and on some of the key substantive issues and institutional reform proposals currently under consideration by the international community.  The volume is being published in the United Nations Information and Communications Technologies Task Force?s book series and will be released at this parallel event in Tunis.  The book will subsequently be available on the WGIG and UNICT Task Force websites, which are www.wgig.org and
> www.unicttaskforce.org, respectively.  The book?s Introduction and Conclusion are now online at http://www.wgig.org/book-Launch.html
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> Overview of the Event
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> Opening Remarks:
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> Markus Kummer, Executive Coordinator of the Secretariat supporting the Working Group on Internet Governance
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> Moderator:
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> Nitin Desai, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General of the United Nations for the World Summit on the Information Society, and former Chairperson of the Working Group on Internet Governance
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> Panel Participants :
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> Peng Hwa Ang, Director of the Singapore Internet Research Centre and Dean of the School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, on, ?Self Regulation After WGIG?
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> Vittorio Bertola, Chairman of ICANN's At Large Advisory Committee, on, ?Oversight and Multiple Root Server Systems?
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> Avri Doria, independent researcher, on, ?WSIS, WGIG, Technology and Technologists?
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> William J. Drake, President, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, on, ?Why the WGIG Process Mattered?
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> Baher Esmat, Telecom  Planning  Manager  at  Egypt's  Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, and Juan Fernández,  Senior Advisor in the Ministry of Informatics and Communication of Cuba and Coordinator of the Cuban Commission for Electronic Commerce, on, ?International Internet Connections Costs?
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> Willy Jensen, Director General of the Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority, on, ?Striking the Appropriate Balance Between all Stakeholders?
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> Wolfgang Kleinwächter, professor of international communication policy and regulation, University of Aarhus, Denmark, on, ?DeMystification of the Internet Root: Do we Need Governmental Oversight? ?
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> Alejandro Pisanty, Head of Academic Computing Services for the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and Vice-Chair of the Board of ICANN, on, ?Internet Names and Numbers in WGIG and WSIS: Perils and Pitfalls?
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> Others possible, TBC
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> Reforming Internet Governance:
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> Perspectives from the UN Working Group on Internet Governance
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> Table of Contents of the Book
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> Preface
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> Nitin Desai
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> Introduction
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> Markus Kummer
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> The Dynamics of Multistakeholder Collaboration: WGIG and Beyond
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> A Brief History of WGIG
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> Donald Maclean
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> A Reflection from the WGIG Frontline
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> Frank March
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> The WGIG Process: Lessons Learned and Thoughts for the Future
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> Tarek Cheniti
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> Internet Governance: Striking the Appropriate Balance Between all Stakeholders
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> Willy Jensen
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> WSIS, WGIG, Technology and Technologists
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> Avri Doria
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> The Current Landscape of Internet Governance: Selected Issues
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> Internet Names and Numbers in WGIG and WSIS: Perils and Pitfalls
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> Alejandro Pisanty
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> Multilingualism and the Domain Name System
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> Kangsik Cheon
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> International Internet Connections Costs
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> Baher Esmat & Juan Fernandez
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> Intellectual Property, e-Commerce, Competition Policy and Internet Governance
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> C. Trevor Clarke
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> Internet Governance and International Law
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> Jovan Kurbalija
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> Internet Governance: Strengths and Weaknesses from a Business Perspective
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> Ayesha Hassan
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> Self Regulation After WGIG
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> Peng Hwa Ang
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> The Development Dimension
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> Driving the Public Policy Debate: Internet Governance and Development
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> Howard Williams
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> Encouraging Internet Public Policy Development and Capacity Building in Developing Countries: Lessons from the FLOSS Community
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> Chengetai Masango
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> The Case for National Internet Governance Mechanisms
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> Waudo Siganga
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> Challenges for Africa
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> Olivier Nana Nzépa
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> Challenges for the Caribbean
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> Jacqueline Morris
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> Options for Institutional Change
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> The Need for International Internet Governance Oversight
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> Abdullah a. Aldarrab
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> Internationalized Oversight of Internet Resource Management
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> QIHENG HU
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> A Scenario for a New Internet Governance
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> Carlos Afonso
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> DeMystification of the Internet Root: Do we Need Governmental Oversight?
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> Wolfgang Kleinwächter
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> Oversight and Multiple Root Server Systems
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> Vittorio Bertola
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> Proposal for the Establishment of an Internet Governance Forum
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> Charles Sha?ban
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> Conclusion
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> Why the WGIG Process Mattered
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> William J. Drake
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