<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body ><div><div></div><div>Yes Barry these are very serious concerns. Who are the stakeholders and hiw do tbey get involved? Who should accreditate them? </div><div>Lorin Ekpe</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:75%;color:#575757">Sent from Samsung Mobile</div></div></div><br><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com> <br>Date: 25/04/2015 01:56 (GMT+01:00) <br>To: Jeremy Malcolm <jmalcolm@eff.org> <br>Cc: "Bits bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" <bestbits@lists.bestbits.net> <br>Subject: Re: [bestbits] Debunking eight myths about multi-stakeholderism <br> <br><br><br>On April 24, 2015 at 15:45 jmalcolm@eff.org (Jeremy Malcolm) wrote:<br> > http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/debunking-eight-myths-about-multi-stakeholderism<br><br>That's all well and good and a nice easy read.<br><br>However it doesn't address what I think are the biggest concerns with<br>multistakeholderism which are:<br><br>o How are stakeholders defined and selected? And by whom? How do we<br> ascertain that a stakeholder is legitimate?<br><br>o How are they enfranchised? For example, one stakeholder one vote? Or<br> some sort of proportional representation? By what metric?<br><br>o How does enfranchisement work other than a hand-wave to simple<br> majority of whoever happens to be in the room? How does workflow and<br> agenda work? Consensus? Majority assent? Committee? etc.<br><br>o What is the dispute resolution process? Is there a judiciary aspect?<br><br>At some point one has to get beyond simplistic claims that it's good<br>because it's not bad and instead begin laying out structural details.<br><br>-- <br> -Barry Shein<br><br>The World | bzs@TheWorld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com<br>Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 800-THE-WRLD | Dial-Up: US, PR, Canada<br>Software Tool & Die | Public Access Internet | SINCE 1989 *oo*<br><br>____________________________________________________________<br>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br> bestbits@lists.bestbits.net.<br>To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:<br> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits</body>