[governance] Way forward

[James Love]

I have a few questions.

1.  What does one have to do to join the caucus?

2.   Would it be better to refashion the caucus into different groups  
around shared interests, or to have every together (Now that WSIS has  
adopted this resolution)?

   Jamie

On Nov 17, 2005, at 3:51 AM, Vittorio Bertola wrote:

> Izumi AIZU ha scritto:
>
>> One of the items we need to discuss and decide today, tomorrow
>> and onwards is the "way forward", I hope that most of us will  
>> agree with.
>>
>> Now that "Internet Governance Forum" is agreed to setup sometime
>> next year, I also hope that most of us will also agree that
>> we should continue our work as (CS) Internet Governance Caucus.
>>
>
> Just a preliminary note, as I will only be able to join the Caucus
> meeting after it's already started.
>
> I think that if this caucus wants to continue, then it needs to
> formalize some processes a bit, so that they can ensure the very same
> transparency, democracy, openness and accountability that we ask to
> everyone else. It also needs to ensure that all positions are duly and
> properly taken into account and consensus is measured before being  
> called.
>
> This kind of "laundry work" has been repeatedly suggested to us in
> public by all our interlocutors - specifically governmental people
> ranging from Norway to Cuba - as a precondition for our continued
> participation in the process.
>
> If, on the other hand, a group of like-minded people wants to find  
> a way
> to push their specific ideas without being obstructed by slow  
> democratic
> processes and by dissent, then I would suggest they form a  
> coalition, a
> campaign, a group - anything but a caucus.
>
> At the same time, it is clear to me that the second form cannot
> legitimately claim to play any "civil society representation" role,
> including participation in the Forum and other structures as, say, the
> civil society equivalent of the CCBI - something that, on the other
> hand, could be legitimately done by the first form.
>
> I do not necessarily have a preference for either of the two, but I
> think it's time we clarify our minds on whether this is a neutral
> container for all civil society participants to IG processes, or an
> advocacy group for specific positions and views. You can't be both at
> the same time.
> -- 
> vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org] 
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