[governance] Speakers for IGF - ideas?

[Adiel A. Akplogan]

>For instance, the MAG could interact with the 
>organizers of the 3 workshops on Access to 
>identify people who could speak / introduce 
>discussion in the main session devoted to 
>access. The same could be done with the other 
>sessions. More transparency in the process, more 
>involvement of those who actually cared to 
>organize workshops and better articulation 
>between the bottom-up initiated workshops and 
>the more "official" main sessions.

Practical approach and I support it as process.

- a.

>On 9/3/07, Adam Peake <<mailto:ajp at glocom.ac.jp>ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:
>Some time very soon someone will need to decide on speakers for the
>IGF main sessions.
>The IGF in Rio starts in about 10 weeks, there is no money to bring
>people (to the best of my knowledge.)  There was general sense from
>the review of the Athens IGF that panels should be smaller, 4, 5 or 6
>people, not the 12-16 we saw in Athens.
>The panels must be acceptable to all stakeholders, we should all feel
>our views have an opportunity to be represented.  Somehow these 4, 5
>or 6 people should represent stakeholder, gender, geographic
>diversity, and of course be expert on the issues.
>It would be very helpful to hear suggestions as to how to form these
>panels. Perhaps we will be able to find panelists from among the
>workshop participants? Or, can we --the caucus and others-- suggest
>individuals, expert on Critical Internet Resources, Access, Security,
>Openness and Diversity, for these panels?
>Anyone suggested should already be planning to be in Rio.
>Ideas much appreciated.
>There is not time for a neat, open, democratic process. Time ran out
>with the delay in renewing the MAG's membership.  And I don't know
>how the advisory group's discussions on speaker selection will pan
>out over the next two days.  So if we make suggestions I can't make
>any promise they'll be accepted.  But we can try, and apologies in
>advance if the suggestions can't be taken up.
>Thanks,
>Adam
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