[governance] IGF public consultation

[Milton L Mueller]

This is a great point, Jeremy. Principled, long-term recommendations, policies and demands have an important role in these processes, regardless of whether they are immediately accepted. Maybe it is a bit too optimistic to say that "everything" we call for gets taken up; the key is to win over allies in governments and /or business, who can be persuaded by, or find some kind of self-interest in, our calls. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Malcolm [mailto:Jeremy at Malcolm.id.au]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 8:53 AM
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
> Subject: Re: [governance] IGF public consultation
> 
> Anyway, what I took away from the September open consultation was how
> almost everything that civil society agitates for seems eventually to be
> taken up by other stakeholder groups, or even by the Secretariat, some
> months later.  For example:
> 

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