[kictanet] The Way Forward...my 2 bob... WAS: Re: Invitation: 2009 EA-IGF, 7-9 September 2009, Nairobi, Kenya

[McTim]

Ladies and Gents,

I have been thinking about this a great deal over the last few days.

My position remains the same, the IGF (global one) is not a
negotiating, output focused body.  HOWEVER, there is no reason the
National or Regional IGFs cannot produce outputs to help local and
regional policy makers.

As much as I applaud the fantastic organisational job done to bring
this EAIGF about, I think that IF this body wants to actually produce
a useful output for policy makers, it needs to shift format a bit.
Instead of being a "presentations with a few questions at the end"
kind of thing, I think that breaking up into subject matter working
groups (with associated mailing lists per subject) over the course of
the year will be more likely to produce useful frameworks for policy
makers.

Hope to see you later this morning,

McTim

On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Walubengo J<jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
> McTim,
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> thanx for your observations.  i think what Vincent meant was the bigger picture which is that for our issues to be 'felt' or 'heard' at a global level, it counts to speak as a Region.
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> And so according to me one major outcome from the ongoing meeting is to learn from each other and arrive at what you might call an E.African view/position on the various burning issues under CyberSecurity, Domain mngt, Infrastrucutre (e.g. undersea cable), Local Content, etc.
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> walu.
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> --- On Sun, 9/6/09, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Invitation: 2009 EA-IGF, 7-9 September 2009, Nairobi, Kenya
>> To: jwalu at yahoo.com
>> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> Date: Sunday, September 6, 2009, 9:00 PM
>> Hi Vincent,
>>
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>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Vincent Ngundi<vincent at kenic.or.ke>
>> wrote:
>> <snip>
>> > The expected outcome of this will be a framework that
>> ushers the region into
>> > the digital economy. The outcome will also be a
>> negotiating platform during
>> > the fourth United Nations Internet Governance Forum
>> (UN IGF) taking place in
>> > Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, in November 2009,
>>
>> Can you clarify this please? AFAIK, the IGF is NOT a
>> negotiating body.
>>
>> Our output could be an "input" for discussion, but there is
>> no process
>> or way to negotiate anything at the IGF (which has, after
>> all, no
>> "authority" to compel anyone to behave in a certain way).
>>
>> See you at the jacaranda tomorrow!
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>>
>> McTim
>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where
>> it is. A
>> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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