<div dir="ltr">Hi all<div><br></div><div>Thanks for this and I do hope this DC becomes even stronger in time. </div><div><br></div><div>If I can make a suggestion, I think that the UNCTAD E-commerce week (end of April) could be a horizon the DC could have for short to mid-term milestones. </div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Renata</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 5:53 AM, Marilia Maciel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mariliamaciel@gmail.com" target="_blank">mariliamaciel@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Many thanks, Jeremy. Sounds like a good way forward. <div>Happy new year to all. <br><div>Marilia </div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 10:31 AM, William Drake <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wjdrake@gmail.com" target="_blank">wjdrake@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hi<div><br></div><div>Thanks Jeremy, this seems sensible enough to me.</div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div><br></div><div>Bill</div><div><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="m_-6371812811482371231h5"><div>On Jan 6, 2018, at 01:49, Jeremy Malcolm <<a href="mailto:jmalcolm@eff.org" target="_blank">jmalcolm@eff.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_-6371812811482371231m_6652005469438148755Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div><div><div><div class="m_-6371812811482371231h5">
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This update goes out both to the IGF Dynamic Coalition (DC) on Trade
and the Internet, and also to the Open Digital Trade Network (ODTN);
apologies if you receive it twice. If you have recently returned
from vacation, I hope that it went well and look forward to a
productive new year of collaboration with you. For those who
attended the DC's <b>inaugural meeting</b> at the IGF, <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DxVPV54NXYlV7PJkDPMgmmv-XHKzko_mgmHFVPrkBXI/edit#" target="_blank">here
is a draft report of that meeting</a> for your review and comment.<br>
<br>
During 2016 and 2017, EFF would sent out a <b>weekly update</b> to
member of the ODTN, with hyperlinks to working items being tracked
in our online platform at <a href="https://opendigital.trade/" target="_blank">opendigital.trade</a>. Although I
have received feedback that the email update itself has been useful,
it has been increasingly obvious that the platform—which contains
productivity tools for both the ODTN and the DC (a task tracker,
wiki, calendar, document repository, contact database, and forums)
is not really being used at all.<br>
<br>
Additionally, the separation of the <b>ODTN and the DC</b><b> has
created some redundancy and confusion</b>. When we originally
resolved to form a DC, it was decided not to simply to roll the ODTN
into it, because the requirement that DCs have open membership and
public mailing lists did not work for some members. Hence we
retained the ODTN as a private and invitation-only strategy group
that would continue alongside the DC (<a href="https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/contested-meanings-inclusiveness-accountability-and-transparency-trade" target="_blank">here
is an article</a> in which I unpack this tension around publicness
and the need for two separate groups).<br>
<br>
So for 2018 and going forward we will be experimenting with some
changes. <b>The short version</b> is that if you are an ODTN
member, you would become a DC member also and be added to its
low-volume mailing list, which will receive a new newsletter in
place of the task-tracker based weekly updates. The DC will thereby
become the new umbrella structure for the ODTN's projects and any
other related projects coordinated by DC members.<br>
<br>
<b>The long version</b> is as follows:<br>
<ul>
<li><b>The weekly update emails will be replaced with a periodic
newsletter</b> which will go out to DC members, and will no
longer be based directly on activities in the task tracker of
the online platform.</li>
<li>Instead of managing a multiplicity of tasks through our online
platform, we will <b>focus on a few broader key projects</b>
under the aegis of the IGF Dynamic Coalition, each independently
led by its own coordinator. The ODTN project on transparency and
participation will become one of these, and its members will
thereby become DC members also.<br>
</li>
<li>Projects led by DC members <b>can have </b><b>closed
memberships and private mailing lists</b>, but to fulfill the
IGF's rules the coordinator will be responsible for summarizing
discussions back to the main DC mailing list and in the DC's
annual report periodically.</li>
<li>The task tracker, calendar and other <b>productivity tools
will become for the project coordinator's use only</b> (though
they can grant access to others). The opendigital.trade website
will be revamped to become more of a public-facing resource,
highlighting our outputs, projects and writings.<br>
</li>
</ul>
This is aimed at simplifying and making our collaboration more
effective in 2018, by reducing some of the the duplication of
maintaining two separate groups, while continuing to enable people
to work on specific projects with a chosen group of collaborators.
If you have any comments before the suggested changes go into
effect, please share them. Otherwise, ODTN members will be added to
the DC mailing list and will receive their first newsletter of 2018
in the next couple of weeks.<br>
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