[governance] Caucus Statement: another proposal [Revision]

[McTim]

Hi Bill,

On 10/26/06, William Drake <drake at hei.unige.ch> wrote:
>
>  Hi,
>
>  On process,  Parminder suggests we follow the 'silence is assent' model,

I don't like this, unless perhaps we are all in the same meat-space.
<snip>
>  Revised text below.
>
<snip>
>  We wish to highlight our views on three issues in particular:
>
>  1.  The IGF must have the will and capacity to fulfill its agreed mandate.
>  The Tunis Agenda specifies that the IGF should, inter alia, facilitate
> discourse between bodies dealing with different cross-cutting international
> public policies and issues that do not fall within the scope of any existing
> body; interface with appropriate inter-governmental organizations and other
> institutions on matters under their purview; facilitate the exchange of
> information and best practices, and in this regard make full use of the
> expertise of the academic, scientific and technical communities; strengthen
> and enhance the engagement of stakeholders in existing and/or future
> Internet governance mechanisms, particularly those from developing
> countries; identify emerging issues, bring them to the attention of the
> relevant bodies and the general public, and, where appropriate, make
> recommendations; contribute to capacity building for Internet governance in
> developing countries; and promote and assess, on an ongoing basis, the
> embodiment of WSIS principles [e.g. transparency, multistakeholder
> participation, and a development orientation] in Internet governance
> processes. [emphasis added]
>
>  These are all critically important, value-adding functions that cannot be
> performed by any other Internet governance mechanism.

I find this objectionable in the extreme.  The IG folks I have been
involved with do most, if not all of the above.

The idea that you don't understand this is disturbing, but perhaps
it's just rhetoric on your part. in any case, I don't think it
necessary.

The rest is fairly unobjectionable.

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
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