[governance] Letter to the IGF AG

[Vittorio Bertola]

All,

building on what seems to be a general sentiment, we have just sent the 
following letter to the IGF AG.



Dear Mr. Desai, Mr. Vianna, Mr. Kummer, members of the IGF Advisory Group,

we are writing you as co-coordinators of the Civil Society Internet 
Governance Caucus, about the issue of panelist selection for the main 
sessions of the IGF.

We have been informed that there are chances to repeat what happened in 
Athens, where the panels were far too big and it was almost impossible 
to hear adequately from each panelist. This was generally criticized in 
the following consultations in Geneva, and there was clear consensus 
that in Rio the panels of the main sessions would have to be much 
smaller in size, so that sufficient time could be devoted to each 
panelist and to interventions from the floor.

We are thus surprised that anyone is even considering the idea of having 
panels of ten people or above.

We think that the Advisory Group should live up to its responsibility of 
ensuring proper organization of the Forum, and make the necessary 
decisions. Its members should adopt an open and constructive spirit to 
make the best possible choices without rendering the sessions unworkable.

The Internet Governance Caucus has been long proposing the principle of 
stakeholder-group-based representation in the management of the IGF. 
Thus we suggest that civil society members of the Advisory Group could 
examine all the recommendations that were made for civil society 
panelists, and come up with two names per main session. The same could 
be done by the other stakeholder groups, and the secretariat could have 
the chance to indicate one final panelist from international 
organizations and other entities not fitting into any particular group.

This would significantly reduce the size of the problem - bringing 
smaller groups of people to discuss on smaller groups of candidates - 
and ensure that the resulting panels are less than ten people in size.

We thank you for your attention and understanding.

Kindest regards,

Vittorio Bertola
Parminder Jeet Singh
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