<div dir="ltr">Wow this seems surprising given the lack of support from the major stakeholders, I didn't expect to see them form a council without key players involved!<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/24/internet_governance_group_pushes_forward_without_internet_organizations/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/24/internet_governance_group_pushes_forward_without_internet_organizations/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Steve<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 28 December 2014 at 23:37, Fahd Batayneh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fahd.batayneh@icann.org" target="_blank">fahd.batayneh@icann.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><a href="https://www.netmundial.org/blog/secretariat/netmundial-initiative-announces-formation-its-inaugural-coordination-council-and" target="_blank">https://www.netmundial.org/blog/secretariat/netmundial-initiative-announces-formation-its-inaugural-coordination-council-and</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Fahd Batayneh<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">ICANN<u></u><u></u></p><div style="border-style:none none solid;border-bottom-color:windowtext;border-bottom-width:1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 1pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Submitted by <span>Secretariat</span> on Tue, 12/23/2014 - 16:52<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Today the NETmundial Initiative announced the members of its Inaugural Coordination Council and outlined next steps in the process. The announcement follows a series of open dialogues and consultations across all sectors of the global community that have helped inform and shape the way forward.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The open call for nominations for the inaugural Coordination Council was answered with strong voluntary community participation. A total of 46 high quality nomination submissions were made for the 20 seats available, reflecting a broad and diverse representation of stakeholders from all sectors and geographies. The final selection decisions are based on the criteria developed in consultation with respective stakeholder groups, in full transparency.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The responsibilities of the Inaugural Coordination Council will be limited to facilitating global support for the Initiative, including promoting the distributed Internet governance model, and attracting ideas, individuals, organizations, and funding in order to enable interested parties to take voluntary actions on the platform. The Council will have no mandate to intervene on any initiatives advanced through the platform. Prior to the Council’s first meeting, the Terms of Reference (ToR) for the NETmundial Initiative will be developed through an inclusive, bottom-up, and consultative process, open to the global community.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Inaugural Coordinating Council members listed below are distributed across four sectors and five geographies:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sector: Academia, Technical Community and Foundations</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Nii Narku Quaynor</span></strong>, University of Cape Coast, Ghana – Africa<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Akinori MAEMURA</span></strong>, Japan Network Information Center – Asia & Oceania<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Jean-François Abramatic</span></strong>, W3C – Europe<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Marília Maciel</span></strong>, Center for Technology and Society - Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Law – Latin America & Caribbean<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">William Drake</span></strong>, Media Change and Innovation Division, IPMZ, University of Zurich – North America<u></u><u></u></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> <u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sector: Civil Society</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Anriette Esterhuysen, </span></strong>Association for Progressive Communications, APC – Africa<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Ian Peter, </span></strong>Nomination as an individual - Asia & Oceania<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Jean-Jacques Subrenat, </span></strong>EURALO - Europe<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">João Carlos Rebello Caribé, </span></strong>Movimento Mega - Latin America & Caribbean<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Eileen Donahoe, </span></strong>Human Rights Watch - North America<u></u><u></u></li></ol><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sector: Governments and Intergovernmental Organizations</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Atef Helmy</span></strong>, Minister of Communications & Information Technology, Egypt – Africa<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Lu Wei</span></strong>, Minister for Cyberspace Affairs Administration, China – - Asia & Oceania<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Andrus Ansip</span></strong>, European Commission, Vice-President for the Digital Single Market – Europe<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Juan Cruz González Allonca</span></strong>, National Director for Personal Data Protection, Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, Argentina – Latin America & Caribbean<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Penny Pritzker</span></strong>, Secretary of Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce – North America<u></u><u></u></li></ol><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sector: Private Sector </span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Andile Ngcaba</span></strong>, Convergence Partners Investments – Africa<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Jack Ma, </span></strong>Alibaba Group – Asia & Oceania<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Christoph Steck</span></strong>, Telefonica, S.A. – Europe<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Pablo Bello Arellano</span></strong>, AHCIET (Asociación Iberoamericana de Centros de Investigación y empresas de Telecomunicaciones) – Latin America & Caribbean<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">James Poisant</span></strong>, The World Information Technology & Services Alliance <u></u><u></u></li></ol><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Organizing Partners</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Virgilio Augusto Fernandes Almeida</span></strong>, The Brazilian Internet Steering Committee<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Fadi Chehadé</span></strong>, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Richard Samans</span></strong>, World Economic Forum<u></u><u></u></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The organizing partners will leave open two additional liaison seats (one each) for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and the technical Internet community (I* group), which they are welcome to fill at any time. The NETmundial Initiative must and will actively work to strengthen the IGF and extend its valuable work at the global, regional, and national levels.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In addition, Professor Wolfgang Kleinwächter from the University of Aarhus will be appointed as Special Ambassador of the NETmundial Initiative to increase collaboration and dialogue with the global Internet community.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The NETmundial Initiative remains an iterative process that can only evolve through the broad-based involvement of stakeholders from across the world. The recent <a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/news/joint-statement-isoc-icann-meeting" target="_blank">joint statement<span> (link is external)</span></a> issued by ISOC and ICANN is welcomed. The NETmundial Initiative will embrace the suggestions in the ISOC/ICANN statement to engage the community in developing the Initiative’s ToR, and to explore with the community what they need on the NETmundial platform to advance their Internet governance activities.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The first formal meeting of the Inaugural Coordination Council will be held on March 31, 2015 (location to be finalized). The first three months of 2015 will be a period of broad engagement across the global community. The Initiative’s secretariat will work closely with members of the Inaugural Coordination Council and/or their staff to coordinate the global bottom-up consultation to finalize the Initiative’s ToR and to develop a framework for the NETmundial solutions’ platform – prior to the Council’s first meeting.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Inaugural Coordination Council will be in place for a period of 18 months to ensure the development of the Initiative during its startup phase. The NETmundial Transitional Committee – which was formed to facilitate the formation of the Inaugural Coordination Council – has completed its task and is therefore now dissolved.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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