[governance] Caucus Meeting Wednesday Night?

[Jeanette Hofmann]

Milton Mueller wrote:
> Veni Markovski wrote:
> 
>> Perhaps you can bring our views on the hot topics:
>> 
>> - Secretariat Location (Geneva?) - IGF meetings (1 per year?) -
>> Steering Group (multistakeholder, of course)
> 
> 
> If these are the "hot" topics I can only wonder what the cold ones
> are. Has there been no discussion of the equal status of
> participants, of the procedures by which working groups will be
> formed, or whether there will indeed be a working group structure?
> Was there any discussion of agenda topics?

Equal status we have in former papers that I will quote.

We have nothing re working groups I believe.
WRT agenda, my suggestion would be that we demand "thematic autonomy" 
for the forum so that it can deal with cross-cutting issues.
Does that sound ok?

jeanette
> 
> Jeanette Hofmann:
> 
>> Does anybody disagree with *Geneva as location for the secretariat?
>> 
> 
> 
> Agree with Lee M. that this is an insider fight with little
> consequence to CS; other than opposing alternatives that would make
> it difficult or hostile to us we should not get involved.
> 
> 
>> * meetings once a year?
>> 
>> Do people like the idea suggested in Malta to call the steering
>> group/ bureau rather a program committee?
> 
> 
> The difference is....nominal. Of course program committee is better
> in case someone gets drunken with the "power" of "steering" but this
> is not a very important issue either.
> 
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