<div dir="ltr">Hi Jonathan, <div><br></div><div>Great question thank you, having only been EFA's chair since October I'm pretty new to the scene, but I am also in the Drupal community in the governance taskforce group so creating conditions that form effective governance and community action is something I prioritise. </div><div><br></div><div>As the Chair tasked with looking into kickstarting this group Sandra Davey (in consultation) made a key and strategically important decision to start with the planning workshop in July rather than going full force to hold an AuIGF recreation. That gives us the opportunity to define and identify the frameworks, but importantly to have groups working together to build trust and buy in before we meet. The grant we are seeking covers the cost of sending a number of people who we think are important to add to this conversation. In disclosure we are proposing that my attendance is also covered in this, EFA is slowly rebuilding now but we haven't been in a position to spend funds due to deficits left by the previous board. </div><div><br></div><div>I'm really looking forward to seeing what results from the July workshop. A priority that EFA has recognised is that policy development and the ability for effective voice is compromised currently as civil society organisations are overwhelmed with the volume, timing and resource requirements to develop and respond to policy. This affects Australian internet users, but it also has flow on effects when we can't be active in the wider Asia Pacific region and beyond. We just can't maintain effectiveness and voice without collaboration, and this means not only are groups reactionary, at times they are silent when they don't want to be. </div><div><br></div><div>Ultimately the intent, and the structure will be determined by the conversation and ideas that the participants on July 19 formulate together and then share for feedback with the rest of the sector. How this gets shaped is a multistakeholder process. However I for one, being time poor and a volunteer (like many of us) only want to hang my hat on something meaningful and progressive. That outcome is not guaranteed, but the approach taken to date gives us a good opportunity to get there in my opinion. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Lyndsey</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 3:46 PM, Jonathan Woithe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jwoithe@just42.net" target="_blank">jwoithe@just42.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 12:40 PM, Lyndsey Jackson wrote:<br>
> Dear Linux Grants team and Council Members,<br>
><br>
> Please accept this attached email as a grant request to support<br>
> participation in an uncoming Australian Internet Community working group<br>
> forum. I'll post the text below for ease of reading and sharing, and a<br>
> nicely formatted pdf is attached.<br>
</span>> :<br>
<br>
Thanks for this submission. Recent and ongoing events have clearly<br>
demonstrated the need for an effective and balanced voice to advocate for<br>
the needs of internet users in Australia.<br>
<br>
I am interested to know how the effectiveness of the proposed Australian<br>
Internet Community (AIC) will be guaranteed. Over recent times there have<br>
been a number of examples where detrimental policies relating to the<br>
internet have been enacted despite significant valid concerns being raised<br>
publicly by experts in the field. Is there any existing framework which AIC<br>
will be able to plug into, or will AIC have to develop those connections<br>
from scratch?<br>
<br>
Clearly it's early days for AIC, but I was wondering whether there were any<br>
ideas as to what sort of a group AIC is intended to be? Will it be actively<br>
involved in policy development so as to give an effective voice to the<br>
internet users of this country, or will it be limited to a reactionary role?<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"> jonathan<br>
</font></span></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small">Lyndsey Jackson</div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><div style="font-size:12.8px">0400 329 894</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">W: <a href="http://www.lyndseyjackson.com.au/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.lyndseyjackson.com.au</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">T: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ok_lyndsey" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">@ok_lyndsey</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">LIn: <a href="https://au.linkedin.com/in/lyndsey-jackson" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://au.linkedin.com/in/lyndsey-jackson</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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