[bestbits] RE: [Follow up of the previous report] Summary I*coalition/dialogue debates

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 4 Nov 2013, at 7:50 pm, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:

> Further to that I have some question whether CS should be privileging the IGF as compared to other possible mechanisms in our formulation pre-Brazil as these documents do.
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> Finally, I have some question as to whether CS should be aligning itself with MS processes and MSism as the "statement" does without at least an attempt to more fully define what in fact MS/MSism is meant to mean in the context of this document

Briefly, I share both of these concerns.  There is nothing here so far to suggest that the references to the IGF, multi-stakeholder processes and even enhanced cooperation are not just the innocuous versions of those loose concepts, that pose no threat to those with vested interests in the status quo. The exclusion of governments from the dialogue also confirms that the dialogue is likely to be an echo chamber in which those who already have particular views about governments and Internet governance, reinforce those views.  In that light is participation in the dialogue a wise investment of our time, which is already so very stretched?

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