[governance] IGC statement to IGF MAG

[Ken Lohento]

Hi

Regarding main themes looking like umbrella: maybe it's the best thing 
we could have : I remember even here we could not agree on what specific 
themes could be considered as priority topics, prior to the definition 
of the first IGF meeting programme. So...

Regards

Ken Lohento

> Parminder wrote:
>>> There is hardly anything
>>> that cannot be discussed under these umbrellas.
>>
>> Yes, true. That exactly is the problem with these themes. If you were to
>> organize an event aiming at meaningful deliberation, with some 
>> outputs, will
>> you choose some umbrella topics under which ' There is hardly anything
>>> that cannot be discussed' . I wont.
>
> My understanding of the function of the main themes is a different 
> one. They help structuring the meeting in the way as an academic 
> conference or a journal would have certain ordering categories. They 
> loosely predefine the area of discussion and thus provide some 
> structural continuity but they don't prescribe specific topics. The 
> actual substance has to be agreed upon each year.
>>
>>
>>> We should treat them as
>>> containers we can fill!
>>
>> Treating 2 hour sessions as containers anyone can fill with anything is
>> disastrous. And we saw that at Athens. 
>
> I didn't find Athens disastrous, and I didn't say that anyone can fill 
> those containers with anything. I repeat what I said: the main themes 
> are the wrong target. We need to argue for the entire mission of the IGF.
>
> jeanette

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