[governance] individuals

[Bret Fausett]

This was the only reason I attended the consultation in Geneva: to try to
reserve a seat at the table for individuals. In my intervention, I noted
that I was not from any government, not affiliated with any NGO and not part
of any official civil society organization. I asked that that the IGF always
welcome individuals with something to contribute. I was impressed that Disai,
Kummer and a handful of individual from governments all welcomed me and said
it was indeed their intention to keep the IGF open to individual 
participation.

         Bret

-----Original Message-----
>That's my aim as well. That's why I am overly sensitive to this matter:
>I don't want to be told again "sorry, you can't participate because
>you're not a member of an NGO"

This is the core principle I where agree with Vittorio. It is self-defeating
to set up a participation structure that is allegedly "representative," but
when real people who want to participate come forward they find themselves
blocked out by it.
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