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<font face="Verdana">in addition to the below issues, we still do
not know what the form of the high level meeting is. Is it a real
round table kind of forum where people get an opportunity to wiegh
in substantially or just a 'mix and make connections' thing which
corporates types may still love to do but not many civil society
kinds may to be too eager about. <br>
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Also, is their any drafting process for the likely statement to
come out of the HLM. That is crucial.<br>
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And, the IGF or non IGF status of the meeting? <br>
<br>
I had asked for these clarifications on the IGC list from a civil
society member of the MAG, and await them.<br>
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My understanding is that initially is was a kind of a 'formal
thing without real substance', which was to attract high level
participation from governments, esp ministrial level. Kind of
peoople who do not come over just to sit in the audience at the
IGF. And when ministers come, their retinue of senior officials
also come along, and that was supposed to fill in a (really)
missing gap at the IG, especially in terms of governmental
participation from developing countires. I will be cautious to see
this meeting take a character and big role for itself, which could
compromise the relatively participative nature of the IGF.
Especially of concern is the declaration that comes from this
meeting, which at present is the only real 'consumable' doc coming
out the IGF environment. So, maybe civil socity may want to think
around these issues as well. <br>
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parminder <br>
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<pre wrap="">How about setting up a joint NomCom by inviting members of all the
various civil society organizations and networks to volunteer for
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<pre wrap="">It is a very good plan for the future, but not something that could
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Actually you're quite right, I'm mixing up the deadline for the
CSTD enhanced cooperation questionnaire (which is in two weeks)
with the (yet unspecified, but Izumi is finding out) deadline for
nominating panelists to the High Level Meeting. So maybe we have
longer, but surely not much longer.<br>
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Establishing (or re-establishing - we had one in WSIS) a
high-level mechanism for civil society groups to jointly nominate
candidates for positions is very important, I couldn't agree with
you more. But it's also ambitious.<br>
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Noting that thanks to your leadership the IGC has a workshop
relevant to this topic planned for Bali ("MS selection processes:
accountability and transparency"), it would be better, I feel, to
come up with a proposal and present it at that workshop. I
wouldn't want to rush it on account of what is probably a
minimally important pre-event in Bali.<br>
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However, if you disagree then by all means put your idea to the
IGC then I can put it to the Best Bits interim steering group and
we can reach out to the other relevant groups and networks too.
If it were me though, I would rather wait.<br>
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