[governance] Main sessions @ IGF

[Ralf Bendrath]

Thanks for clarifying, Adam. A few minor remarks, and two questions:

Adam Peake wrote:
> While audience participation is very much desired, 
This formulation could upset people, as they will consider themselves 
"participants", not "audience".

> Long winded 
> and out of context statements will mess things up. Some see a microphone 
> and just feel the need to speak... whatever the subject. 
Ok, so people can actually speak, good to clarify this. I was afraid when 
I read "audience". Then it is up to the moderators to harshly cut off 
people who speak too long or out of context. I don't envy them...

> Civil society 
> has a reputation from earlier consultations for being particularly 
> guilty of this (perhaps unjustly?)
Justly, but only some folks from CS (which a lot of people generalize 
from...).

> That's where things are at the moment.  We have a draft list of names 
> for each session.  The people themselves have not been told (so I can't 
> tell the list.)
So two weeks before the event you have not asked people if they can sit on 
a major panel at a UN major conference? Wow. Good luck!

Two more things I'm curious about:

1. Reports from the workshops: IIRC, in one of the older versions of the 
programme there was a "rapporteur session" on the last day. Now you only 
find a "chair's summing up" and a "taking stock" session there. As someone 
who is chairing a workshop, I'd love to know how to feed the outcomes back 
into the general discussion.

2. "Dynamic coalitions" emerging from Athens: Is there any planned 
mechanism for moving the discussions into this direction? It is one of the 
most important aspects of the IGF that can make it different from other 
conferences and ensure it becomes a process, not just an annual chatter.

Thanks,

Ralf
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