[governance] IGC's questions to the IGF

[McTim]

On 10/24/06, Vittorio Bertola <vb at bertola.eu.org> wrote:
> Jeremy Malcolm ha scritto:
> > Here is my attempt, based loosely on Parminder's draft but shortened and
> > simplified and rephrased in the form of a petition. Comments,
> "The first instance of the IGF has apparently been conceived on the
> model of an international conference, with pre-arranged panelists
> instructing the audience on pre-defined themes, and limited
> opportunities for participants to express their views, or to raise other
> issues. While we appreciate the effort, we would like to ensure that any
> stakeholder has sufficient opportunities to express views, raise issues
> of concern, gather interest in them, and get them addressed at the IGF
> or forwarded to the appropriate venue. In other words, we would like to
> stress the importance of replacing top-down organizational models with
> bottom-up procedures, where a sufficient number of participants can put
> issues on the agenda and start working on them."
>
> (too long?)
>
> > but rather a deliberative body whose
> > legitimacy to occupy this role stems from its special character as a
> > network of equal stakeholders.
>
> Rather than "deliberative" (that usually implies some power and scares
> anti-regulatory people), I would say something like "We see the IGF as a
> body that can promote and confirm consensus on non-binding policy
> recommendations, as per part (g) of its mandate, given the legitimacy
> stemming from the Tunis agreements and from its special character as a
> network of equal stakeholders."

better than the original IMHO

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Cheers,

McTim
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