[governance] Program for IGC at IGF

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

On 20 okt 2006, at 22.33, Milton Mueller wrote:

> I agree with Karen that it would be more useful to explore common  
> ground
> on possible interventions than to listen to Workshop promotions. I say
> this as someone involved in two workshops. ;-)


As i mentioned to Karen I don't know how to organize this.

And the more i think about it, the more i am nervous about it  
becoming one of the frequent IGC free for alls where nothing much  
gets done. I think it  would be great if we wee spending a day  
together and could work our way through  the differences and really  
discuss things.  but even if we dedicated the entire 90 minutes to a  
discussion on common interventions, i just don't see it getting  
anywhere.

The liability i see if we try this is that while it might be  
entertaining for some of us who enjoy revisiting the old incomplete  
arguments and frustrating for those who wish we could just come to  
some sort or agreement, which is bad enough, it would be baffling to  
anyone who was approaching civil society and the caucus, or the idea  
of the igf, for the first time.

In a way, i think it depends on why we are doing this.

Is it for orientation's sake or is to have a face to face IGC  
meeting?  i though we were trying to do an orientation sort of  
thing.  if we want to have a face to face - is 90 minutes enough?   
wouldn't we need an entire day?  at least?

a.
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