[governance] Linking process to themes

[Milton Mueller]

>>> "William Drake" <drake at hei.unige.ch> 3/24/2006 1:54:54 AM >>>
>So process and substance demands are intrinsically linked.  
>If we're going to send them multiple topical suggestions and 
>say these are all important to us, I think we should also a) call
> for at least one and maybe two days in Athens being devoted 
>to parallel workshops, any outputs of which could then
>be brought into the plenary sessions; and b) an agreement that, 
>per MMWG, topical working groups can be formed bottom-up, 
>formally linked to the IGF, work virtually, and present any 
>outputs and recommendations at Rio.  Where
>there's consensus, the Athens workshops could serve as the 
>boot-up moment for the creation of such groups.

Drake's comments are very important and on point, I endorse them and hope that everyone here follows this path. 

Dr. Milton Mueller
Syracuse University School of Information Studies
http://www.digital-convergence.org
http://www.internetgovernance.org



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