<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I can see all the points made, but I quite liked the survey. I hope that this advice is taken and the survey resubmitted to us masses.<BR><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 12/28/09, Lee W McKnight <I><lmcknigh@syr.edu></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Lee W McKnight <lmcknigh@syr.edu><BR>Subject: RE: [governance] Online survey on reform of the IGF<BR>To: "governance@lists.cpsr.org" <governance@lists.cpsr.org>, "Fouad Bajwa" <fouadbajwa@gmail.com>, "Jeremy Malcolm" <jeremy@ciroap.org>, "Ginger Paque" <gpaque@gmail.com><BR>Date: Monday, December 28, 2009, 1:16 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>Jeremy,<BR><BR>Not to get all nerdy on you, but generally a survey like this would go through a ´pre-test´phase where little (or big) errors/ambiguities in the survey design, ie the precise wording of questions, is tested before you ask lots of people to complete it.<BR><BR>My suggestion: compile and tweak the survey in response to the early feedback, then post again.<BR><BR>Lee <BR><BR>________________________________________<BR>From: Fouad Bajwa [<A href="http://us.mc839.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=fouadbajwa@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:fouadbajwa@gmail.com">fouadbajwa@gmail.com</A>]<BR>Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 5:46 PM<BR>To: <A href="http://us.mc839.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=governance@lists.cpsr.org" ymailto="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</A>; Jeremy Malcolm; Ginger Paque<BR>Subject: Re: [governance] Online survey on reform of the IGF<BR><BR>Hi Jeremy,<BR><BR>Welcome to office :o)
Good effort with the survey but I just had a run<BR>through of the survey and I had a few thoughts or concerns as you may<BR>say to share.:<BR><BR>1. My initial suggestion is that the answers should not be restricted<BR>to a drop down list, there should be a text box to allow the surveyed<BR>to fill in their thoughts and reflections instead of being bound to a<BR>specific set of answers, freedom to express thoughts shouldn't be<BR>restricted to pre-defined answers.<BR><BR>2. Next, there are absolute un-referenced statements following a ?<BR>sign at the bottom of the answers for each question. I can't seem to<BR>find direct sources of these statements and their authenticity in<BR>general apart from the IGF structure. Is it possible to clarify these<BR>with the reference so when members answer these, they can also read<BR>the background of this statement?<BR><BR>3. Finally, some statements need to be reviewed again. The issue of<BR>MAG is one of the major
issues but a whole statement isn't<BR>representative of all the issues that IGC needs to raise with mutual<BR>consensus to the IGF secretariat.<BR><BR>Also regarding the MAG selection process, my understanding and the<BR>process that I witnessed was that the Secretariat issues a call for<BR>renewal of the MAG in accordance with the IGF mandate to all three<BR>member bodies of the multistakeholders. The multistakeholder groups<BR>than run a nomination process through their own determined procedures<BR>after which the names are forwarded to the secretariat that then<BR>forwards those names to the UN headquarters for the Secretary General<BR>to select, is this understanding correct, if yes, then the questions<BR>have to be reviewed again, if not, then the process has to be<BR>clarified and the IGC website has the outcome of the process clearly<BR>detailed with the names of the nominated.<BR><BR>Also the MAG from my perspective should represent its
nominating<BR>multistakeholder group and deliberate and intervene with the interests<BR>of that multistakeholder group. For example, the understanding that I<BR>practice as MAG member nominated and selected from IGC is that I am a<BR>representative of the IGC and I have to voice the concern and<BR>intervene on issues of importance to the IGC. In this regard, the<BR>employer or the organization behind you should be secondary and IGC<BR>should be first. Thus IGC/Civil Society MAG members intervene with IGC<BR>interests. If you agree to this, then the questions again need more<BR>improvement.<BR><BR>These are just initial thoughts and I also suggest that we should<BR>first float the idea to the IGC list and with consensus build a survey<BR>to reflect our thoughts for devising statements. In the last few<BR>weeks we had several threads on the issue of IGF improvement and IGC<BR>statements and those should be brought forward as they had a
detailed<BR>amount of input from IGC members and my initial understanding was that<BR>we would devise the IGC statement based on those discussions to which<BR>you had also extensively contributed. Please take those into account<BR>as a priority since we have spent considerable thought and time into<BR>them.<BR><BR>I hope these suggestions are helpful.<BR><BR>Best Regards and Season's Greetings<BR><BR>Fouad<BR><BR>On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Jeremy Malcolm <<A href="http://us.mc839.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jeremy@ciroap.org" ymailto="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org">jeremy@ciroap.org</A>> wrote:<BR>> Hello all, and Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it!<BR>><BR>> As foreshadowed by Ginger, I have created an online version of the survey<BR>> that I posted to the list some time ago about reforms to the IGF that we<BR>> might choose to put forward as a caucus.<BR>> You can find the online version<BR>> at <A
href="http://igf-online.net/limesurvey/index.php?sid=17855" target=_blank>http://igf-online.net/limesurvey/index.php?sid=17855</A> (I aimed to put it<BR>> up at igcaucus.org, but technical constraints prohibited it). Participation<BR>> is voluntary and anonymous.<BR>> I have simplified it from the original version that I sent by email in that<BR>> you no longer need to list "ideal" and "pragmatic" responses. Be as<BR>> pragmatic as you wish to be. Even so, for some questions, there may be more<BR>> than one answer you would be satisfied with - in that case just choose the<BR>> best answer. If no answers are satisfactory, choose "Other" and write in<BR>> your response.<BR>> Please complete your response by 10 January 2010. Following that, I will<BR>> work with Ginger to produce a draft statement based on any consensus that<BR>> emerges from the survey. I will post this to the list, and
after a<BR>> discussion period we will aim for a consensus call on it.<BR>> Many thanks in anticipation of your responses!<BR>><BR>> --<BR>><BR>> Jeremy Malcolm<BR>> Project Coordinator<BR>> Consumers International<BR>> Kuala Lumpur Office for Asia Pacific and the Middle East<BR>> Lot 5-1 Wisma WIM, 7 Jalan Abang Haji Openg, TTDI, 60000 Kuala Lumpur,<BR>> Malaysia<BR>> Tel: +60 3 7726 1599<BR>><BR>> CI is 50<BR>> Consumers International marks 50 years of the global consumer movement in<BR>> 2010.<BR>> Celebrate with us as we continue to support, promote and protect consumer<BR>> rights around the world.<BR>> <A href="http://www.consumersinternational.org/50" target=_blank>http://www.consumersinternational.org/50</A><BR>><BR>> Read our email confidentiality notice. Don't print this email unless<BR>> necessary.<BR>><BR>>
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