[governance] Next steps and communication methods

[Milton Mueller]

Danny Butt:
>I've tried to articulate some general principles that I think would  
>make the work of the IGC more effective: 1) some issue-based  
>specialisation or multivocality; 

If this means forming separate working groups on specific policy issues, etc., this concept has been part of the proposals of MMWG and IGP as to how we would like the whole Forum to work. And I think it is more productive for caucus members to do their issue-based specialization in the Forum rather than as part of the caucus per se. But that's debatable. So here -- as in so many of the false debates that have been taking place on this list -- the problem is not agreement on what to do, but the _doing_ of it.

>2) ways to incorporate the work of  
>collectives as well as individuals (more on that in another message);  

To repeat, I feel like this is a non-issue. We already do try to incorporate the work of organizations. NGOs are part of this caucus and some of us arew working hard to get them involved in the Forum; e.g., those of us involved in developing themes worked with numerous organizations to get support, and will continue to do so. 

>3) most importantly, some allowance for tension and lack of complete  
>consensus. 

There has been some disagreement on this, but I have been completely comfortable with this principle for a long time. I wonder, however, whether you are aware of the tension between 3) and 2). 




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