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<P><FONT size=2><FONT size=3>Further to the back forth with Avri on models for
EC -- to IETF or not to IETF, to OGP or not to OGP...<BR><BR>Something a bit in
the middle might be interesting to try out on a prototyping basis at the IGF...
Say around Net Neutrality... to see what the outcome might be<BR><FONT
color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>.</FONT><BR>This below has a lot of the
bottom up features of the IETF without a lot of the unnecessary process baggage
and much of the flexibility and speed towards decision making/outcomes of the
OGP approach... (I still prefer the </FONT><A
href="http://www.opengovpartnership.org/"><FONT size=3>OGP
approach</FONT></A><FONT size=3>, with </FONT><A
href="http://wp.me/pJQl5-9f"><FONT size=3>reservations</FONT></A><FONT
size=3> but perhaps it is useful to get out of the somewhat formulaic
approaches being argued around in this space... </FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2><FONT size=3>My overall concern however, remains (with this
approach as with others) to ensure some degree of broader base of
accountability beyond the simple incantation of "multi-stakeholderism"... But
this may be a way to begin to move forward, if haltingly... in a
situation where the foirmal processes seem to be blocked by opposing positions
and where the default i.e. to do nothing is untenable since it is to opt for
trends and existing decision processes of which an increasing number
particularly (but not exclusively) in the Developing world are deeply
critical.<BR><BR></FONT></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT size=3>"The hackday approach
to prototyping social solutions is emerging all<BR>over the shop. Sometimes
they're bottom up, like the upcoming Digital<BR>Health Hack, or top down, like
the Government Digital Service's homeless<BR>hackday, or coming sideways out of
a traditional NGO, like the first<BR>RNIB Hackathon.<BR><BR>Projects arising
from such hackdays follow the path of the lean startup.<BR>They aim to get a
minimum viable something-or-other out into the world,<BR>to test it against real
needs. Like the web they're in permanent beta –<BR>never finished, always
adapting. Practitioners are, like AppsforGood,<BR>following the pedagogy of
Paulo Freire by critically engaging with<BR>transforming their
reality."<BR><BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture-professionals-network/culture-professionals-blog/2012/may/28/prototyping-replaces-policy-arts-culture"><FONT
size=3>http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture-professionals-network/culture-professionals-blog/2012/may/28/prototyping-replaces-policy-arts-culture</FONT></A><BR></P></FONT></BODY></HTML>