<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 5:37 AM, Milton L Mueller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu">mueller@syr.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Well morbidity may be appropriate in discussing the trajectory of the IGF.<br>
Hey, no one has taken me up on the invitation to take the negative side on its future!!!<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Send me a ticket Milton (front of the plane please, and leave the return to NBO open ended).</div>
<div><br></div><div>I think the tack I would take is that because there is a conflict between those who want outputs and those who want to focus on capacity building, the IGF spends too much time and energy on discussing itself, and not enough time doing its main purpose, which is capacity building. If workshops actually focused on teaching folk instead of "shape of the table" issues it could be very useful indeed.</div>
<div><br></div><div><insert your para about UN bodies doing politics and publicity instead of useful things here></div></div><br>-- <br>Cheers,<br><br>McTim<br>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel<br>