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<div>Dear all,<br>
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Thank you for meeting with us to discuss the feasibility of
expanding and enhancing the use of the multistakeholder
model. We would like to share with you a blog post about our
work:</div>
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<div>Link: <a
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over a decade, the Internet Society,
along with many in the Internet
community, have been strong advocates
of using multistakeholder approaches to
make decisions in a globally distributed
network environment. We are
encouraged that, within the Internet
ecosystem, the multistakeholder model
has grown in understanding and
acceptance over the past several years.
But we also know that the open, global
Internet faces enormous challenges and
that it is crucial that we not take this
progress for granted.</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px 0px
1em;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;border:0px;background:transparent">While
the IANA transition was, indeed, a
pivotal moment that demonstrated how
this model could work in practice, the
Internet Society believes that we
cannot simply “declare success” and turn
our attention elsewhere. This is a
crucial moment for the Internet’s growth
and development and we believe that we
must continue to work hard to expand and
enhance uses of the multistakeholder
model to address these inherently cross
border challenges. <br>
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As an organization committed to taking
on the most challenging issues facing
the Internet and doing so on a
global level, the Internet Society,
along with our network of chapters, is
deeply committed to growing the
multistakeholder model. We would like to
see multistakeholder approaches adopted
across the globe and used to address a
broad range of Internet-related issues.<br>
<br>
Thus, we have asked Larry Strickling and
Grace Abuhamad, who many of us know
well, to study the feasibility of
building a resource to expand and
enhance the use of the model and report
back to us by September 2017. In the
last few weeks, they have already
started to meet with experts and
stakeholders from around the world to
get their views as to how best to expand
the use of the model. </p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px 0px
1em;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;border:0px;background:transparent">Specifically,
we think any such resource could have
three components or work streams:</p>
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<li
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inside none"><span
style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;border:0px;background:transparent;font-weight:600">Demonstrating
the efficacy of the model</span>:
provide a neutral place and expertise
where parties could come to work
through Internet related issues in a
multistakeholder fashion.</li>
<li
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inside none"><span
style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;border:0px;background:transparent;font-weight:600">Capacity
building</span>: provide training to
equip stakeholders with the skills to
participate actively and effectively
in multistakeholder processes.</li>
<li
style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;border:0px;background:transparent;list-style:square
inside none"><span
style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;border:0px;background:transparent;font-weight:600">Research</span>: sponsor
academic research and analysis on
multistakeholder models and processes.</li>
</ul>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px 0px
1em;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;border:0px;background:transparent">From
the start, we have made it clear that
any Internet governance activity of this
sort must have a global focus and
community support. We have also
specified that this should not duplicate
the important efforts of
existing multistakeholder processes such
as ICANN, IETF, and the IGF. We are
also mindful that a number of
multistakeholder initiatives and
training programs already exist in the
ecosystem and are doing important work.
The goal of this effort would not be
to duplicate, replace or centralize
those efforts but rather to work
collaboratively to advance our mutual
goals.<br>
<br>
We want to emphasize that we are at a
very early stage and that the Internet
Society has not made any decision to
proceed. But we hope the feasibility
study will provide a concrete set of
ideas and recommendations for what might
be an effective way forward for the
community to discuss later this year.<br>
<br>
In the meantime, if you have initial
thoughts or reactions to how we might
approach this issue, we encourage you to
submit your ideas to <a
href="mailto:multistakeholder@isoc.org"
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We will make sure that they are taken
into account during the feasibility
study. We also commit to our community
that we will share the final report of
the feasibility study before taking any
action on it later this year. </p>
<ul style="margin:0px 0px
1em;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;border:0px;background:transparent;max-width:540px">
<li
style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;border:0px;background:transparent;list-style:square
inside none"><em
style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;border:0px;background:transparent">For
more background, please read <a
href="https://www.internetsociety.org/doc/internet-governance-why-multistakeholder-approach-works"
style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;border:0px;background:transparent;color:rgb(0,173,238);text-decoration-line:none"
moz-do-not-send="true">Internet
Governance - Why the
Multistakeholder Approach Works</a>.</em></li>
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