<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Could you be more specific here? It almost sounds like you are saying that appointed people for this MAG should have more <EM>power</EM>. I mean a power that is delegated by officers of the UN,,, and not the power that comes from insight, sound advice and hard work. Is it your thought that a <EM>mere</EM> voice and platform are not enough? Are you saying that MAG members should be given respect and gravamen to their positions?<BR><BR>--- On <B>Fri, 4/23/10, <SPAN>Parminder</SPAN> <I><parminder@itforchange.net></I></B> wrote:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">It is my opinion that if the IGF is at all to even attempt to address half of its mandated tasks, which it has never addressed itself to - like giving advise, recommendations, interacting with other institutions etc - the only way to do so is to strengthen the MAG, and structure it appropriately for these tasks. There is no other way - an open house like the IGF cannot do these tasks on its own. That is as clear as the daylight. MAG, or whatever name this core multistakeholder group of the IGF takes, needs to have a central role in addressing these parts of the mandate. <BR><BR>This is why I have always considered any attempt at further diluting the role and structure of the MAG as a strong move in a direction exactly opposite to where we need to go, in fulfilling the mandate of the IGF.<BR><BR>The recent statement of G 77 and China at the UN Under
Secretary General's briefing on IGF review strongly makes this point on strengthening the capacity of the IGF to perform its above mentioned mandated tasks.<BR><BR>It is easy to badmouth developing country governments with regard to their stance on many IG related issues, especially on their perceived lack of enthusiasm for giving non-governmental groups a stronger role in IG issues, but the silences of civil society groups on such very legitimate issues - whereby the IGF is not enabled to fulfil its mandate of assisting in shaping global Internet policies - is heard loud and clear. Do such silences not justify developing country's suspicion of multistakeholder processes in IG? This of course is a deliberately provocative poser. <BR><BR>Are we ready to really get down to the task of examining the strongly detrimental implications of the current vacuums in the global internet policy regimes, especially for the marginalised people,
groups and countries? What can IGF do in this regard, and what was it expected to do? What should be the role and structure of MAG to enable what the IGF should ideally be able to do, and was mandated for it to do by the WSIS?<BR><BR><BR>Parminder <BR><BR>PS: Another interesting issue to ponder upon; If developing countries want the IGF - the only really multistakeholder body in IG arena - to have a clearer role in global Internet policy arena - even if only of advising, interacting with other organisation etc , while many others (you know who) are not too enthusiastic about such a role for the IGF, who is more pro-multistakeholderism and who anti? <BR><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><FONT face=Verdana><BR>Thanks, gp<BR></FONT><BR>On 4/22/2010 12:07 AM, Parminder wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Ginger<BR><BR>BTW, the MAG meeting on the 12th will consider/ assess MAG's own role in the IGF's process. A statement for that can perhaps be attempted. parminder <BR></FONT><BR>Ginger Paque wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><FONT face=Verdana>Hi,<BR><BR>My reference to the Geneva OC is for the Open Consultation planning meetings for the IGF (Internet Governance Forum) 2010 in Vilnius. From the IGF website:<BR><BR></FONT><STRONG>The Preparatory Process</STRONG> The next meeting will be held as a planning meeting open to all interested stakeholders and will take place on <STRONG>10-11 May 2010</STRONG>. Meeting schedule: 10-13 and 15-18 hours.<BR>Registration will be opened shortly. <BR><BR>The planning meeting will be followed by a MAG meeting on <STRONG>12 May 2010</STRONG>.<BR><BR>From: <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/</A><BR><BR>Best, Ginger<BR><BR>On 4/21/2010 2:13 PM, Eric Dierker wrote:
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<DIV>Please link us up to what you are talking about and the "request" "invitation" for such a statement. <BR><BR>--- On <B>Wed, 4/21/10, Ginger Paque <I><A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E href="http://us.mc839.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=gpaque@gmail.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:gpaque@gmail.com"><gpaque@gmail.com></A></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV id=yiv792276519><FONT face=Verdana>Hi everyone,<BR><BR>I expect to be at the Geneva OC meetings May 10th and 11th, to act as onsite remote moderator (to present any substantive remote comments or questions), and to represent the IGC.<BR><BR>While discussions have moved forward on workshop proposals, I have not seen any concrete suggestions for an IGC statement. Are there points the IGC membership would like to make? Are there affiliated (IRP, Gender, etc.) groups who are making statements that the IGC should support? Supporting actions of our members is one function that we have not exercised fully imho. However to do so, we need someone from the group to ask for IGC support, and to have consensus from the list.<BR><BR>As coordinators, Jeremy and I cannot take action for the IGC unless we know what the members want done/said, so that we represent the members of the IGC. <BR><BR>Please let us know what you would like the IGC to 'do' at the upcoming
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