<p class="MsoNormal">I believe we should, as much as possible, replace physical
planning meetings by online meetings.<br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Planning meetings are very important, as they decisively
shape the agenda on the next IGF. Several documents that evaluate the IGF (like
the note by the Secretary-general) mention that the agenda of the meeting needs
to be more social and development oriented. It is easy to understand why
developmental issues are not so mainstreamed, if you take a look at the participants
of open consultations. There is a great majority of people from developed
countries, who put forward their own legitimate concerns that may not concide with the issues faced in developing countries. The fact that all
the meetings take place in Geneva and that developing country representatives
have to deal with scarce resources are also obstacles.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">One example: last IGF, only 5% of the people who physically
attended were from South America. But 25% of the remote participants were from the
same region, showing that lack of resources is more significant than lack of
interest when it comes to participation.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Of course remote participation should continue to be improved,
both in IGF and in prep meetings. We should improve the dynamics to allow
remote participants to have more impact on discussions and equal chance to
intervene and make their voices heard. While this is not the case, I believe
that meetings that take place online are not only more eco-friendly,
they are also more efficient and they foster equality among participants. The
distance between the nodes is meaningless online.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Other suggestions can be put forward to foster online coordination throughout the year. For instance, the website could encompass a section, in which the several stakeholders could talk among themselves. There is no real space of dialogue among stakeholders. If such a space existed, we could, let´s say, be discussing possible framings of NN for the IGF with the private sector.<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";" lang="EN-GB"></span> Now we have to wait and play our cards in the Open Consultation, with few people serving as "gatekeepers" of the dialogue.<br>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Marília</p>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Lee W McKnight <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lmcknigh@syr.edu">lmcknigh@syr.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Once any group has gotten acquainted/comfortable with each other, online meetings work fine as a substitute.<br>
<br>
Having one planning meeting entirely online seems quite feasible imho and is of course more eco-friendly.<br>
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To: <a href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a><br>
Subject: Re: [governance] CSTD Q4-Working methods and preparation<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
In message<br>
<AANLkTi=<a href="mailto:UZdKTkYzWBQ5Cv6whM_78S-cwFTvNA41Uqbw7@mail.gmail.com">UZdKTkYzWBQ5Cv6whM_78S-cwFTvNA41Uqbw7@mail.gmail.com</a>>, at<br>
00:31:33 on Mon, 24 Jan 2011, Marilia Maciel <<a href="mailto:mariliamaciel@gmail.com">mariliamaciel@gmail.com</a>><br>
writes<br>
>- At least one of the open consultations should take place as<br>
>an online meeting<br>
<br>
I think you can add to the series of Open Consultations [planning<br>
sessions] with an additional online meeting, or enhance the remote<br>
participation at the current series of meetings. I don't think you could<br>
replace one of the physical meetings - for all the planning to get done<br>
on time, you need the current number.<br>
--<br>
Roland Perry<br>
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