[IGFmaglist] Chair's Note

[Flávio Rech Wagner]

Dear Janis

It has been a real pleasure to work with you and with the other MAG 
members. As a newcomer to the MAG, I learned a lot and could see how 
vibrantly the multistakeholder community engages and works towards the 
success of IGF.

Congratulations for your incredible work and leadership in conducting us 
to an outstanding IGF, which certainly established a new milestone for 
the the Internet Governance community.

We are all very confident that the IGF mandate will be extended, and the 
success of IGF 2015 will certainly be a major argument for supporting 
this decision during the UN GA deliberations.

I am very happy that you will indicate your availability for a new term 
as MAG chair. Your nomination would be a very solid basis for the 
success of IGF 2016 and beyond.

Best regards

Flavio



> Dear MAG members,
>
> At the moment of concluding my mandate as a MAG Chair I would like to 
> thank you for hard and dedicated work in preparing the 2015 IGF in 
> Joao Pessoa. Without your energy and time commitment the program of 
> the conference wouldn’t be so rich, interesting and balanced.
>
> This was the year of experimentation. Continuation of the Best 
> practice work stream, introduction of inter-sessional activities 
> around the unifying theme of access and linking global IGF with 
> national and regional initiatives as well as bringing to light the 
> dynamic coalitions certainly were right decisions.
>
> I am particularly grateful to those MAG members who volunteered to 
> shepherd these activities throughout the year as well as those who 
> coordinated the preparations and moderated Main Sessions or 
> contributed in any other way to the success of the meeting. It was 
> additional time commitment on top of teamwork of the MAG during three 
> f2f meetings and numerous phone calls.
>
> I would also like to thank the IGF Secretariat for the support to the 
> MAG and effective implementation of MAG decisions. Gratitude also goes 
> to UNDESA for the support to IGF.
>
> In preparation of the next IGF (provided that the mandate will be 
> extended) the MAG needs to discuss if any changes should be introduced 
> in the methodology of preparation of the IGF, including putting a cap 
> on the number of main sessions, needs to formulate principles that 
> would guide the work of dynamic coalitions, and maybe introduce the 
> Digital Native (youth) stream (on its own rights) in the IGF. This 
> year’s youth participation was successful innovation that may be worth 
> continuing in the future.
>
> As my mandate as a MAG Chair expired with the 2015 IGF meeting you 
> will hear from me another time on 16 December about the result of the 
> WSIS+10 review by the UN GA and its decision on the extension of the 
> IGF. All other necessary communication will be done by the IGF 
> Secretariat.
>
> I will write to the UN USG Mr Wu my positive assessment of the outcome 
> of the 2015 IGF meeting as well as encourage UN DESA to take necessary 
> steps towards partial renewal of the MAG and appointment of its Chair. 
> I will indicate my availability to continue perform this function 
> should the UN SG decides so. Otherwise, I will provide all assistance 
> to the next MAG Chair.
>
> Remaining yours
>
> JK
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Prof. Flávio Rech Wagner		   Tel: +55-51-3308 9494
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul  Fax: +55-51-3308 7308
Instituto de Informática		   E-mail: flavio at inf.ufrgs.br
Porto Alegre, Brasil			   URL: www.inf.ufrgs.br/~flavio

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