[governance] Caucus process comment

[Vittorio Bertola]

Milton Mueller ha scritto:
> It seems to me that what the caucus should be discussing now is the
> structure, methods and nature of the proposed multistakeholder forum.
> There seems to be agreement with the WGIG report on its creation. But do
> we have, or can we develop, coherent ideas about how it operates, how it
> might be funded? Can we identify "wrong turns" in its design that would
> defeat its purpose or undermine its goals, so that we can be prepared to
> advocate against them at Prepcom 3? 

The first couple of "wrong turns" I would see (as I pointed out 
previously) are:

- this forum is melted into or associated with the broader WSIS 
follow-up / Global Alliance / UN ICT TF evolution

- this forum is not given any clear organizational structure and 
decision making process

I think we should strongly and clearly advocate against these two 
possibilities.

About ideas for its practical structure, I think that the forum should 
have a multi-stakeholder WGIG-like coordination/steering group, and the 
ability to support bottom-up working groups based on rough consensus, in 
the IETF style.
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