<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">A required "all in agreement" would necessitate a statement that is so compromised as to be meaningless.<BR><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 5/3/10, Fouad Bajwa <I><fouadbajwa@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Fouad Bajwa <fouadbajwa@gmail.com><BR>Subject: Re: [governance] Suggested statement on MAG's future<BR>To: governance@lists.cpsr.org, "Ginger Paque" <gpaque@gmail.com><BR>Cc: "Jeremy Malcolm" <jeremy@ciroap.org><BR>Date: Monday, May 3, 2010, 11:08 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>I wonder where the other MAG members are. I would go with a statement<BR>agreed by all the IGC MAG Members so that we have a combined mutual<BR>stance to present and defend. This is a good starting point and I<BR>would like us to continue this discussion till either we reach a final<BR>statement or I would be willing to read the statement that is finally<BR>available after edits even though we may not have a mutually agreed<BR>wording due to the time constraint we may all face now.<BR><BR>Some repetition of text needs attention otherwise it is very close to<BR>what was earlier discussed on the list. Good attempt Jeremy!<BR><BR>On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 9:08 PM, Ginger Paque <<A href="http://us.mc839.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=gpaque@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:gpaque@gmail.com">gpaque@gmail.com</A>> wrote:<BR>> As Jeremy mentioned, as co-coordinators, we think we should facilitate IGC<BR>> statements, not dictate them.
Jeremy has drafted a statement based on<BR>> discussions, and I strongly urge you all to opine. The IGC should use its<BR>> strength wisely, but it should use it. We cannot be heard if we do not say<BR>> anything.<BR>><BR>> The OC meeting next week will focus on operational preparations for the IGF<BR>> Vilnius, but if we have consensus on a statement for consideration by the<BR>> MAG, we should make our voice heard.<BR>><BR>> Please let us know what you think. Please also continue discussions. These<BR>> help all of us define our positions, and allow MAG members to read your<BR>> ideas.<BR>><BR>> Thanks. Best, Ginger<BR>><BR>> On 5/3/2010 7:36 AM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:<BR>><BR>> Ginger and I have been silent on the drafting of a statement on the future<BR>> of the MAG for its meeting on the 12th, in the hope that such a statement<BR>> would emerge from the bottom up, but in order not to let the
opportunity<BR>> slip, allow me now to propose some text for discussion. There are six<BR>> paragraphs. If you have an issue, please state which paragraph is of<BR>> concern, and please make your suggestions as focussed as possible.<BR>> --- begins ---<BR>> The Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) supports the maintenance of<BR>> the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) of the Internet Governance Forum<BR>> (IGF), as the body that links the UN Secretariat to the stakeholder groups<BR>> that are the joint sovereigns of Internet governance. We would like to see<BR>> the democratic legitimacy and effectiveness of the MAG strengthened as it<BR>> continues into a renewed term for the IGF.<BR>> To this end, in our statement for the February open consultation and MAG<BR>> meetings, the IGC suggested that the composition of the MAG itself should be<BR>> more evenly divided between
the stakeholder groups. We also reported that<BR>> many believe that the stakeholders should have a more direct role in the<BR>> selection of MAG members, and that MAG discussions should continue to be<BR>> made more transparent.<BR>> We also consider that care must be taken in balancing the respective roles<BR>> of the Secretariat and the MAG. Whilst the United Nations Secretary-General<BR>> is the titular leader of the IGF process, this is a formal appointment only.<BR>> Rightful control of the IGF as a process or institution of Internet<BR>> governance belongs ultimately to the stakeholders themselves. Therefore,<BR>> the Secretariat's role ought to remain a purely facilitative and technical<BR>> one.<BR>> In underlining this, the appropriate role of the MAG, as the only<BR>> representative body of the stakeholders within the IGF process, becomes<BR>> clear. Namely,
it should be responsible for every decision that effects the<BR>> substantive work of the IGF. This includes agenda setting, overseeing the<BR>> preparation of briefing and synthesis documents, and reshaping the IGF's<BR>> structure and working methods (such as the establishment of thematic working<BR>> groups).<BR>> In the future, its role may go further still. Until now, the IGF has been<BR>> largely just a forum for discussion. Looking to the future, the<BR>> Secretary-General's report on the continuation of the IGF envisages that it<BR>> may come to produce some form of recommendations. If so, the MAG will have<BR>> a role in supporting that process too, likely in shaping the content of any<BR>> statements that are to be issued in conformity with the consensus of the<BR>> plenary forum.<BR>> Whatever the future may hold for the IGF, the MAG will be integral to it.<BR>> This is
why it is so important that the composition of the MAG is balanced,<BR>> that the process of selection of its members satisfies the stakeholder<BR>> groups from which they are drawn, that its operations are conducted with a<BR>> high degree of transparency in order to ensure its accountability to the<BR>> stakeholders at large, and that its legitimate role is not usurped.<BR>> --- ends ---<BR>> Perhaps time is too short for us to agree on this statement (extending the<BR>> delay, I'm writing while away without Internet access), but let's try and<BR>> see how far we get.<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
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