Warning. ICC/BASIS and ISOC just want to snow the serious issues. A Sesame street kind of nice talk. Don't merge.<br>- - -<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Jeremy Malcolm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org">jeremy@ciroap.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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The ICC/BASIS and ISOC were invited to participate in our workshop,
"Reflection on the Indian proposal towards an IGF 2.0". Instead,
they responded by proposing competing workshops of their own and
suggesting that the three be merged.<br>
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The ICC/BASIS one is "a roundtable workshop format that includes the
full range of stakeholders to discuss a broad range of ideas and
provide an opportunity to exchange perspectives on proposed
improvements". Marilia and I both strongly felt that merging with
such a workshop would result in a loss of focus and weaker (or more
likely no) outcomes.<br>
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The ISOC workshop actually does sound more interesting (to me), but
it is very much more process-oriented rather than addressing
specific proposals for improvement. I think that the ISOC one, like
ours, would be better stand-alone.<br>
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Marilia and I, as co-organisers of the workshop for the IGC, were
invited to discuss the proposed merger with the others yesterday in
a teleconference. We expressed our views strongly, and I hope
effectively. But we came away promising to consult with this group
about whether a merger could be considered under the following
conditions:<br>
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1. Workshop would be expanded to double-length.<br>
2. IGC (naturally, I guess) will have an equal say in all
organisational decisions.<br>
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The three workshop proposals are:<br>
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<a href="http://mini.me.my/10" target="_blank">http://mini.me.my/10</a> (IGC workshop)<br>
<a href="http://mini.me.my/11" target="_blank">http://mini.me.my/11</a> (ISOC workshop)<br>
<a href="http://mini.me.my/12" target="_blank">http://mini.me.my/12</a> (ICC/BASIS workshop)<br>
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So please let us know your thoughts before the end of the week, in
order that Marilia (who will be in Geneva) can present them to the
others ahead of the pseudo-MAG meeting.<br>
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Thanks.<br>
<br>
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