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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">"3) At the bestbits
meeting, pre-IGF, there was broad support to have a more limited list,
without private sector and government, for the purpose of developing
strategies."</blockquote></blockquote><br>
I suggest we carefully consider what we want to achieve. Actually most
probably two things:<br><br>
<b>1. to carry in common non-biased CS interest analysis.</b> <br><br>
In order to define a common doctrine responding to a common esthetic (a
societal ideality). IMHO we want to ban no-one from this endeavor, but we
want to ban confusing influences. This means precaution. The principle of
precaution states that when an idea is proposed the author must
demonstrate that it benefits the CS, along what has been previously
agreed as leading to the CS ideal. This precaution method and the body of
what has been accepted build an ethic, everyone can know and follow. To
discuss and document publicly that ethic can only help in permiting our
friends to be more cohesive and the other groups to better understand us
and our positions toward the win-win-win-win (4 MS groups) consensus we
want.<br><br>
<b>2. to conduct specific projects. <br><br>
</b>Example: the two I propose (IUCG@IETF for a CS technical involvement
in RFCs, and the BraMSsummit.org wiki to use a good neutral common
information service to make sure of the openess and completeness of the
May meeting preparation and debate). <br><br>
In such cases, the strategy and part of the management of the project
should have a "closed"(*) list. The first list should advise
its members on the projects and in turn the projects should keep the
first list informed.<br><br>
This is - at our scale - the multi-stakeholder mechanism established by
the WSIS. The first list is an open coalition, the second list is a
specific enhanced cooperation.<br><br>
<b>Remark:</b> <br><br>
No one will prevent think-tanks, lobbying and blogs. To the countrary
they can help (cf.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobbying_in_the_United_States) if they their
agenda is clearly disclosed, if they respect our common ethic (see above)
and the law, and if everyone knows who they are. They should be opposed
when they are secret and become cabals.<br><br>
jfc<br><br>
(*) I doubt there currently is such a thing. This was "e-Snowden
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