[bestbits] Call for making the IGF permanent

[Matthew Shears]

I support Jeremy's point on two statements - particularly if the one on 
a permanent mandate is multi-stakeholder.

On 9/1/2014 12:00 PM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
> On Sep 1, 2014, at 11:38 AM, joy <joy at apc.org <mailto:joy at apc.org>> wrote:
>
>> Hi - I agree with the idea of a joint statement making the IGF permanent
>> However, I would point out that yesterday at the Best Bits meeting we 
>> agreed to make a statement saying more than just that the IGF should 
>> be made permanent - we also were to preparea a statement on other 
>> issues and a smaller group had started notes on these during the 
>> meeting on the meeting etherpad 
>> https://etherpad.mozilla.org/NnbQgXIv8Y at lines 330-339
>> These still need more work -  a small group volunteered to work on 
>> developing these into a statement that would be sent to this list for 
>> comment and a call for support (myself, Dixie, Jeremy, Carolina - 
>> maybe one or two others?)
>
> Support seemed almost unanimous for sending a statement on the 
> permanent mandate of the IGF, but I'm not sure whether people realised 
> they would be supporting a broader statement covering other points 
> (such as "concern at the number of new processes", which seems 
> contentious to me, although I personally agree with it).  Can we have 
> two separate outputs?  ie. I think there would be value in issuing a 
> consensus statement on the renewal of the IGF, and putting the other 
> paragraphs into an optional sign-on statement if they are more 
> contentious and might detract from the unanimity of the message about 
> extension of the IGF.
>
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