[governance] Possible CS text on forum

[Lee McKnight]

Ralf,

How about cutting just the first half of the sentence, the second half
re taking advantage of other's research etc/not reinventing wheels makes
sense to me...maybe then folks won't notice the edit, especially if we
lose the brackets : ) Yeah right.

Lee

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>>> Ralf Bendrath <bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de> 10/20/2005 5:51 PM >>>
Thanks a lot, Vittorio. Very nice first draft.

One comment:
> 4. Such forum should operate through public consultations open to all

> stakeholders, similar to the open consultations of the WGIG process,
and 
> make extensive use of online instruments for remote participation. It

> should be supported by a very lightweight Secretariat and coordinated
by 
> a multi-stakeholder Executive Group, whose members would serve as
peers 
> in individual capacity. Overlap or duplication with existing 
> institutions should be avoided and the best possible use should be
made 
> of research and work carried out by others. [WGIG para 46 revised]

The last sentence ("Overlap or duplication with existing institutions 
should be avoided") is misleading. It can be easily used as an excuse
for 
the US and other to say "IPR? Nay, this overlaps with WIPO!"
Can we just delete the last sentence? (Or put it into brackets - just 
kidding). Or am I missing something here?

Ralf
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