<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div style="margin-left:40px"><i><br></i></div>Could you please to be more specific about what you call an "OpenIGF"?<br></div>You seem to plead for some brand new initiative?<br></div>
Thank you.<br></div>MG<br><div><div><div><div><div style="margin-left:40px"><i><br>How can we practically reconcile "democracy" with the concept of a discussion
with a <u>secretariat</u> and an <u>advisory</u> group? The authoritative entity
of the IGF is the IGF itself, comprising four stakeholder parties, each with
their own culture and governance, to serve the project of a people centered
Information Society. This IGF by nature and essence is what each stakeholder
class, dynamic coalition, enhanced cooperation, and person brings to it. This is
why I prefer to speak of polycracy; a democracy for all the stakeholders in a
concerting world based on multi-consensus rather than votes (ex. IETF: "We
reject kings, presidents and voting. We believe in rough consensus and running
code").</i><br><br><i>Due to a thousand years of hysteresis, we continue to pay special
attention to the UN and Govs. Remember that the WSIS is all about paying also as
much attention to CS and Corporations, along with their own cultures and
processes. The Civil Society and Private sector cultures and processes are NOT
those of the UN and Govs. We do NOT have to mimic them; otherwise, it will be a
disservice to all the stakeholders. We need to be ourselves. RFC 6852 shows how
the contribution of the professional Internet and computer areas (Private
sector) intends:</i><br><i>- to harness these increasing opportunities today for all
the peoples and for [] inclusive global communit|ies] that were unimaginable
only a few years ago.</i><br><i>- and to support their further development and progress
(cf. Tunis Agenda).</i><br><br><i>We have </i><br><i>- (1) to do the same in the Civil Society
area.</i><br><i>- (2) to contribute with the other stakeholders and their conclusions
(their responses to the Tunis agenda) to make it a joint multistakeholder's
move.</i><br><br><i>IMO, this should help the IGF to be a tool of real use and utility
for everyone. It could then probably lead to:</i><br><i>- (1) a yearly meeting that
would be called in cooperation with its Secretariat, and advised by the MAG</i><br><i>-
(2) an open contribution "Wikigf", </i><br><i>- (3) an "RFC4D editor" - comparable to
the IETF RFC editor.</i><br><i>- (4) and a common "nethiquette", as a "BCP4D" striving
to respect the WSIS people centered architectonic esthetic, of which the first
section would enlarge the meaning of the "Internet" word to the
"Multitechnology/multilinguistic Digisphere International Networks". Among
others things, such a nethiquette resulting from a de facto global
multiconsensus would document and maintain how the Wikigf and RFC4D editor would
function.</i><br><br><i>This certainly is something that a few of us could manage to
organize, as it only is a response and continuation of the work of everyone for
years.</i><br></div><br></div></div></div></div></div>