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The two month consultation period on our background document on
trade and the Internet ended yesterday, and we have incorporated all
of the suggested amendments that were suggested in Google Docs, and
proof read the document. A final version is <a
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href="https://opendigital.trade/documents/58">available in PDF
format here</a> (or as a <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zxlSbR_JO6rra7jmDupU315UkJc6ThJN-3Hx0iGCv7Y/edit">Google
Doc here</a>), and I'll have the IGF Secretariat upload it to the
official IGF website also.<br>
<br>
With that said, the IGF Secretariat has just decided that the
Dynamic Coalition output papers (in our case, just an excerpt from
the paper, due to its length) will be left online for further
comments up until the date of the meeting itself. So, if you have
further very small textual amendments or corrections, please let me
know so that I can reflect them in the version of the paper that I
print out and bring to the meeting.<br>
<br>
I think everyone understands this already, but just to be clear, the
background paper is not a normative document and does not contain
any recommendations or messages from the Dynamic Coalition; it's
simply an informational resource for capacity building, which can
also provide a shared knowledgebase for our ongoing work and
communications.<br>
<br>
This differs from the second of our two output documents, the <a
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href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Cu2p-gUdAUbPJrHysjWAFQ0SM-CKWabf22D6PGXAgxo/edit">Resolution
on Transparency</a>, which we intend <i>will</i> become a
normative document from the Dynamic Coalition's inaugural meeting
after we present it for adoption by acclamation in Geneva. It too
has recently been finalized, but minor wording corrections may still
be possible before the meeting, so please give it one final review
and let me know if there is anything amiss.<br>
<br>
Many thanks and I look forward to seeing many of you in Geneva soon.<br>
<br>
PS. If you would like to speak at the DC meeting, you can still <a
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href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DxVPV54NXYlV7PJkDPMgmmv-XHKzko_mgmHFVPrkBXI/edit#">add
your name to the draft agenda</a>.<br>
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On 4/10/17 2:01 pm, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:8fd5dc83-43b5-ae6f-1cc0-a5cc32607827@eff.org">
<pre wrap="">Hello all,
Further to the brief exchange with Bill earlier today, we are now
finally sharing with you a link to a background paper on trade and the
Internet, that we hope will be a useful resource for this Dynamic
Coalition going forward. This was one of the outputs that we resolved
to produce during the year, in the leadup to our inaugural meeting in
Geneva.
It's a collaborative document and it's labelled version "0.0", but
because it's difficult to start off with a blank slate, you'll find that
it's already pretty comprehensive, and I'd like to thank my colleague
Jyoti for her extensive work on it.
Importantly, unlike the resolution about transparency, it's not intended
to be a position paper but an informational resource. This means that
it doesn't contain any recommendations (except for references to
recommendations made elsewhere), and we are not seeking to reach a
consensus about it. But with that said, if there are any parts of it
that you think are wrong or missing, your help in identifying these is
needed.
The link to the draft is here (please use this rather than the link
shared by the Secretariat, which is to an earlier version):
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zxlSbR_JO6rra7jmDupU315UkJc6ThJN-3Hx0iGCv7Y/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zxlSbR_JO6rra7jmDupU315UkJc6ThJN-3Hx0iGCv7Y/edit?usp=sharing</a>
The above link allows you to comment only (to avoid driveby edits by
anyone who visits the link), but if you want to be able to edit
directly, please let me know and I can add your name to the list of
editors. The document will be open for edits for two months until 4
December, at which time we will finalize it, so that it can be presented
at our inaugural meeting and become a resource for us to draw upon going
forward.
Thanks and I look forward to reading your comments.
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Jeremy Malcolm
Senior Global Policy Analyst
Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161
:: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World ::
Public key: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.eff.org/files/2016/11/27/key_jmalcolm.txt">https://www.eff.org/files/2016/11/27/key_jmalcolm.txt</a>
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