[Icann-see] SEEDIG: Summary of the virtual meeting on the future of SEEDIG (21 July)

[Sorina Teleanu]

Dear all,

I would like to start by thanking all those who joined the virtual meeting earlier today, which was dedicated to discussions on the call for comments on the future of SEEDIG.

Please find attached a summary of the discussions held at this meeting. In short, broad support was expressed for SEEDIG 2016 to be organised as a stand-alone event, in the SEE region, but with very strong connections with the EuroDIG process. It was mentioned that it would be more valuable for SEEDIG to be seen as an independent initiative, which has support from stakeholders in the region. This would give more credibility to SEEDIG as a process addressed to the Internet governance community in SEE, thus attracting more attention and having a stronger impact within the region. It was also outlined during the discussions that, if a decision is made to have SEEDIG as a stand-alone event, significant work would need to be done on issues such as: ensuring that the results of SEEDIG feed into EuroDIG in a meaningful way, ensuring strong support for SEEDIG, finding modalities for more actively involving SEE stakeholders throughout the entire SEEDIG preparatory process, etc.

In terms of next steps, the call for comments remains open until 31 July, and all those who have not already shared their views on the future of SEEDIG are kindly invited to do so. After the deadline, a compilation of all input received will be prepared by the executive committee and shared with the mailing list, most probably together with a proposal for an approach for SEEDIG 2016 (drawing on the submitted input). Another virtual meeting will then be scheduled with the aim of making a final decision on SEEDIG 2016. The intention is to have this decision made by middle August.

Thank you!

Best regards,

Sorina
(on behalf of the executive committee)

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