[governance] Caucus Statement: another proposal

[Jeanette Hofmann]

William Drake wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> There's not a lot of point in going around and around on this anymore, since
> it seems clear we can't agree a joint position statement (best of luck to
> our future coordinators ;-).  But just for my own understanding of what
> people are saying, could this be explained please:
> 
>> From: Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette at wz-berlin.de>
> 
>> Vittorio, I would agree with that approach. What I object to is to read
>> a statement that sounds as if we are appealing to some higher authority.
> 
>> From: Milton Mueller <mueller at syr.edu>
> 
>> This is not WSIS, this is not an intervention into an intergovernmental
>> negotiation, and therefore the "appeal to authority" aspect is
>> misplaced. I think we need a far more positive and constructive sense of
> 
> I don't get the "appealing to authority" interpretation anymore than I did
> the "protesting" interpretation.  

Hi Bill, lets imagine you would talk to your giganet colleagues and you 
wanted to convince them of something, would you then write for example 
"resources should be allocated to support this objective"? No, you 
wouldn't write that since you know there is nobody in Giganet who 
allocates any recourses. This is meant as a mere illustration of my point.
jeanette


The statement simply says 1) we think the
> IGF should follow its mandate,  annual conferences alone can't achieve that,
> so we would welcome an opportunity for open dialogue on how it can be done;
> 2) the AG and conference should be open and transparent; and 3) the IGF
> should facilitate the formation of dynamic blah blah blahs.  In what sense
> are these positions groveling appeals to authority?  Which passages do this?
> I see them as flat statements of preference.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
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