Izumi - you are the greatest!<div>Thanks a million</div><div>Deirdre<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 15 May 2012 12:05, Izumi AIZU <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:iza@anr.org" target="_blank">iza@anr.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi, here is the my crude not of the Afternoon Session. It just<br>
finished two minutes ago.<br>
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Izumi<br>
Want to ask nonMAG members in the room – as to how much do you expect<br>
MAG members to intervene the quality of the workshops?<br>
liaise with less represented stakeholder, etc?<br>
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Do you like to let MAG members give more advices to the substance and<br>
organization of the workshops, ie include more from South, gender<br>
balance, etc.<br>
Explore and encourage innovative ones. Many are repetitive from previous IGFs.<br>
Keep diversity – having many is not bad – rather, good<br>
But raise quality of each workshops.<br>
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Janis Karlins<br>
How to increase the relevance of the IGF without chaging the nature of<br>
the IGF, place for dialogue?<br>
World Forum - Davos meeting and Clinton’s global dialogue – two similar events.<br>
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Council of Europe –<br>
upport Aysha’s proposal of ICC to be focal point<br>
EuroDIG be organized, with European Commission<br>
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ECA<br>
Makane Faye<br>
Support Izumi’s proposal<br>
like to go further – make sure that workshops are co-organized by<br>
other key organizers of other regions<br>
feel free to contact us – to provide resource persons<br>
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Jeff, AT&T and ICC<br>
support comment by Janis<br>
Capture National and Regional IGFs throughout the year<br>
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Tijani<br>
Quality of diversity, etc I agree<br>
best way to insure of quality<br>
if to assess the quality of speech, takes too much<br>
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Anna Neves<br>
analyze the impact of IGF in national and public policy,<br>
this impact has never been studied<br>
re: Izumi’s point – to raise quality support – to the workshop be<br>
discussed this afternoon<br>
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Anriette, APC<br>
support many comments made<br>
1) send reminder of criteria be useful<br>
send a few specific questions to workshop organizers<br>
purpose of workshops, what do you want to achieve?<br>
some proposals do not articulate these<br>
2) MAG to invite volunteers who are not MAG members to participate in<br>
the workshops under main theme<br>
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re: Izumi/Anna/ Tijani<br>
MAG – to identify – addresses topical issue, but not well-developed,<br>
reach out these organizers, don’t have be too formal<br>
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Coffee break<br>
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16:35: reopening the session<br>
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Mervi, Finland<br>
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Andorea, Russia CS<br>
on report, by scientific<br>
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Aysha<br>
to reduce/consolidate number of workshops<br>
main session, hope strong participation in Baku<br>
emphasis on capacity building<br>
some focus are on ICT, ask them to add Internet governance angle<br>
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Tijani<br>
assessment of workshops<br>
assessment of report is not good way<br>
on the attendance and interactivity of workshop<br>
indicator – can show the success of workshop<br>
Workshops must be co-organized – I don’t understand this<br>
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Robert Guerra<br>
ad hoc session, successful session – favorable<br>
innovation – how sessions are facilitated, instead of set numbers go<br>
round, proven to be quite well<br>
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Izumi<br>
Asian countries are not accustomed to free, round-table discussion<br>
style, rather more orderly style.<br>
We have different standards of measuring the quality.<br>
Could we also have evaluation from the participants?<br>
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Vladmir, Diplo<br>
We miss participants from small island countries, Pacific, Caribbean etc.<br>
we need more workshops with controversies – feeling of controversies<br>
within workshops<br>
Same panelists appearing many times<br>
Encourage people to apply, as resource persons –<br>
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Ask organizers to fill the new template to qualify for final selection.<br>
Specify speakers, clear information on what the purposes.<br>
Modality of the session etc – interactive.<br>
Five basic questions before we make final selection.<br>
Ask people to tag proposals.<br>
Different types of workshops – level of maturity of topics can dictate format<br>
- expert presentation<br>
- free roundtable<br>
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we can tag the proposals –<br>
it will enable easier reporting later<br>
how do we assess the quality? - usage, usability of workshops<br>
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Mark<br>
Fear of over-managing the IGF?<br>
I do wonder if we might be going down the road – too many criteria, etc?<br>
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Chris Dissipain<br>
Individual MAG members have done and will do – contacting WS<br>
organizers, but not MAG as a whole. MAG should not do<br>
I am concerned if MAG to attempt to influence.<br>
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Freedom House<br>
Concern to interfere the substance of workshops.<br>
on controversial subject, etc.<br>
Main message – to be helpful, but stay away from managing individual workshops.<br>
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Robert Guerra<br>
Echo Sanja’s concerns.<br>
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Izumi<br>
To clarify – with my earlier question on quality -<br>
I note the concerns of Chris, Sanja and Robert among others, not<br>
attempt to influence the substantive part of Workshop, etc. We should<br>
not judge the values etc. The final decisions should be made by the WS<br>
organizers, not by MAG etc. at all.<br>
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Felix,<br>
Clarify - suggested to make the platform, not to dictate.<br>
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Chengetai<br>
How many numbers of MAG do you want to hold?<br>
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Chris<br>
How many can we?<br>
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Chengetai<br>
All of them!<br>
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Kieren McCarthy<br>
It’s number of tracks, not number of workshops, concurrently.<br>
More than five tracks will be bad.<br>
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Avri<br>
Disagree with Kieren.<br>
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Heather Dryden, Canada, retired MAG member<br>
Do not go into details of workshops.<br>
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The Netherlands<br>
Do not try to reduce the number of workshops.<br>
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Mark Carvell, UK gov<br>
It’s not “conference” – to Kieren’s concern<br>
It’s forum, dialogue, not quite conference.<br>
We do have to cut back.<br>
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Bertrand,<br>
In favor of keeping as many Workshops as possible, provided there are<br>
appropriate along the criteria. There are many conflicting workshops,<br>
instead of forcing people to merge, identify clusters of workshops<br>
dealing with similar topics, insert the round tables, before plenary<br>
ideally.<br>
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Chair<br>
We will take all into consideration.<br>
Invite MAG members, but I want to give floor (to non MAG members)<br>
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Open Consultation Meeting adjourned.<br>
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[some applause]<br>
18:01<br>
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