[governance] location

Parminder parminder at itforchange.net
Tue Feb 14 10:09:35 EST 2006


I agree with Bill that

>> that we should be supportive of a UN-coordinated process 
>building out from prior experience.>>

Parminder 
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[mailto:governance-bounces at lists.cpsr.org] On Behalf Of Veni Markovski
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Subject: Re: [governance] location

At 03:33 PM 14.2.2006 '?.'  +0100, William Drake wrote:

>right now.   With similar considerations in mind, it would not make sense
to
>put it in the other spots being loosely mentioned, e.g. Athens, Budapest,
>Addis, Nairobi, etc.   In comparison, the arguments against Geneva are not
>obvious.

The only good argument I can think of in favour of Geneva is, that 
the previous Secretariat - of the WGIG - was working fine there. 
Otherwise, travel to Geneva is also with visas. The argument against 
would be that in the case of other places, the expenses might be 
covered by the host country?

>If resources allow, there should also be geographically dispersed
>meetings, either the annuals or parallel regionals.

And this is not relevant for the work of the Secretariat. For the IGF 
or the Steering Group - yes, but the Secretariat does not need to 
meet in different places.

>More generally, given the complex way the politics are shaping up, I would
>suggest that we should be supportive of a UN-coordinated process building
>out from prior experience.  CS would lose in any other configuration.

I am not so sure that CS will lose, but otherwise I agree - the UN 
has gain some momentum for the CS. We have to use it.

veni 

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