[WSIS CS-Plenary] VL: VS: [Mmwg] Just for fun .. huh?

Mon Mar 6 16:09:11 GMT 2006

Dear list members,

wsis, wgig and icann life is so difficult: Did you see some smile on the face of members of the board, chairs of sub-committees or holders of governmental badges? So relaxe and enjoy what is going on in the parallel world of the IGF preparations (it is from the mmwg list and I was encouraged to distribute if on a braoder scale):

BACKGROUND

During the recent IGF Consultation Prof. Milton Mueller from Syracuse University discovered the "man off the street" in Salle XXIII of the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

see. http://mm-images.blogspot.com/

He described the appearance of the "man off the street" with the IGF Badge as a "bizarre experiment". He announced, that he will keep the case "under observation" and promised to report back on a later stage.

This announcement has provoked a number of questions in the broader community with regard to a "New Observation Model", based an a "New Observation Protocol" (NOP).

Bill Drake one of the activists in the civil society movement, has identified the NOP issues as a new dangerous threat to the Global Internet Community as a whole. He has announced to launch a counter campaign under "stopnopnow.com". He also proposed to organize a first conference for strategy building with regard to the new challenge, which came for the majority of Internet stakeholders in general and even the listmembers in particular as a big surpise.

Nevertheless, Bill Drake´s initiative already generated support. In the shadow of governmental ignorance (sic!), an "Interim Ad Hoc Committee" (IAHC) has started to draft a first outline for the proposed conference which is planned now for end of February 2007, in Trinidad. Robert Guerra meanwhile was succesful, as he wrote, "to convince an anonymous funder who is willing to fund participation of up to 400 participants from Antarctica who were profiled in the March of the Penguin."

Attached is the first draft. Speakers are not yet confirmed. Please add your comments.

1st Internatioal Conference on "Global Internet for Global Observation" (GIGO I)
Trinidad, February, 29, 2007

Draft Agenda (open for Discussion)

9.00 - 9.30
Opening and Welcome Speech
Return to the Future by Challenging NOP: GIGO in the 21st Century
N.N., Ministry for Crucial Communication, Republic of Trinidad & Tobago (to be found)

9.30 - 11.00: Theoretical Dimensions
The formation of a Global Alliance for a GIGO Task Force (GAGITAFO): Design, Mandate and Modalities
Prof. Milton Mueller, GIGO Project Group

NOP Theories in the GIGO Context
Jeanette Hofmann, GIGO Research Center

Freedom for Observation (FFO) vs. Freedom from Observation (FFO): Human Rights on the Move
Rikke Joergensen, Institute against Observation Rights

Do we need Gigozens? An Asian Perspective
Izumi Aizu, GIGO Task Force Japan

>From NOP to NIP: How the "New Observation Protocol" (NOP) can be enhanced towards a "New Investigation Protocol" (NIP)
Virtual Presentation by the Unknown Researcher (bring your own PPP)

11.00 - 11.15 Coffee

11.15 - 12.30 Practical Dimensions
Vertical Issues: Country Reports by Cuba, Syria, Iran, Northern Korea
Moderator: GIGOs without Borders

Horizontal Issues: Project Reports by KGB, CIA, MFS, BND
Moderator: GIGO Watch

12.30 - 14.00
Luncheon Speech live from Geneva:
The Man off the Street: Why I had Lunch and did not return the second Day?
20 minutes reserved for Q&A

14.00 - 16.00: Governmental Dimensions:
Authorization of the Publication of NOPs and NIPs in the GIGO Root
Representative of the DoC (nominated after termination of the MoU)

Can Bird Flu Stop NOP? Five Questions, Three Answers and Seven Sub-Points
Representative of the Previous Presidency of the European Union (to be nominated after infection)

Do we need a Voluntary Digital GIGO Solidarity Fund?
Representative of the G -37 (to be nominated by the representative of the Vice-Presidency of the extended seventh Preparatory Committee for the initial launch of the VDGSF/PrepCom-VIIbis) 

16.00 - 18.00: Looking Forward
Structural challenge for Follow Up and Implementation: Bilateral Relationships in a Triangular Environment and the Execution of Multistakholderism in the Formation of Sub Working Groups of the GIGO-Task Force
Bertrand de la Chapelle, GIGO-Online

GIGO Governance: Why Stakeholders should play with Rights and Responsibilities?
Vice-Spokesperson of the International Chamber of Corporations in the GIGO World (ICC-GIGO)

GIGO, NOP & NIP: Virtual Reality or Real Virtuality? A Provocation in Blue
N.N., Videostream from the Deep Caribean Sea

Do we Need Gender Balance in the GIGO Brand?
Karen Banks, Association for Balanced Gigoism (ABG)

Cluster Building in the Process of Re-Definition: Agenda for Action
Dr. Bill Drake, Chair of the American Radical Professionals Against NOP (ARPANOP)

Proposals for the Establishment of an International Council for Advanced NOPs and NIPs (ICANN)
Veni Markowski, GIGO Bulgaria  

20.00 Get Together with Lottery (by invitation only)
1st Price: Full set of biometric data of the forthcoming Chairman of the GIGO Task Force
2nd Price: Digital Foto of the left Eye of the Moderator of the NOP Discussion list
3rd Price: Fingerprints from 10 governmental delegates attending IGF I (Make your own Choice)

THIS IS A SECURITY ANNOUNCMENT: THE WHOLE STORY IS JUST FOR FUN
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