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On 31/05/11 15:01, Ian Peter wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:CA0ACF65.19571%25ian.peter@ianpeter.com"
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<title>Organising for multiple forums</title>
<font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">So I do think we need to put some
effort into changing our organisation to give it the
capability to represent civil society on internet governance
matters in multiple forums and through multiple voices.<br>
<br>
I do not believe that we could undertake this necessary task
without at least a part time employee and some minimal travel
for funding. In order to receive such funding, we may also
need to have a more formal structure or at least an
affiliation with a more formally constructed body able to
provide the administrative functions on our behalf.<br>
</span></font></blockquote>
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This has been raised before (including by me [0]), and there has
always been a reluctance to change. This doesn't mean that I think
there is no point in discussing it again; on the contrary. I only
haven't been pushing the discussion so far because I am "on the way
out" as IGC coordinator, and I think the heavy lifting will have to
be done by Izumi and the next coordinator.<br>
<br>
But if the IGC does decide to proceed along these lines, I may be
able to help right away. I put in a funding application on behalf
of Consumers International to Ford Foundation, which was successful,
for a project titled "Consumer Representation in the Information
Society". I'm attaching the relevant pages of the proposal. It is
possible that some of the funding could go towards contracting the
next co-coordinator of the IGC on a very part-time basis.<br>
<br>
But if I have learned anything about the IGC, it's that you can't
assume that changes of any sort will go down well with everyone, so
I'm going to sit back at this point and see what the reaction is.<br>
<br>
[0] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/arc/governance/2009-12/msg00124.html">http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/arc/governance/2009-12/msg00124.html</a><br>
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