[governance] Speakers for IGF - ideas?

[David Goldstein]

I have to say I sit more on Veni's side than Dan's here. Dan raised a lot of critical points, many which should be explored further to see if an outreach programme can reach a wider audience. But surely it's not just up to ICANN themselves to be in touch with all interest groups? I would have thought those with an interest in ICANN should also be spreading the word on what is happening.

An example here could be how Al Gore's environmental message is being spread around the world. Al's been to Britain and Australia recently and taught people how to give his presentation so they can then go and spread the gospel according to Al. I believe he's done this in the US too.

The internet makes it easy to get the word out, but it also makes it easy for people to put their name to a cause they know next-to-nothing about.

I've also worked on a number of investigations with steering groups or similar with NGOs or government. It's always been encouraged and/or assumed that these representatives are consulting with their wider constituencies.

I can't think of any inquiry or investigation that has ever gotten out to all the people affected. In Australia, I think every week there is an advertisement on page 2 or 4 of at least one national newspaper on what senate inquiries are on every week. So it's bloody easy for people to find out about what's going on. But do they? I'd expect the short answer is no.

I also subscribe to the view that a petition is next to useless. How do you know the person has even got themselves across the issue and really know what they are signing up to? As an example, how many people actually read terms and conditions before signing up to something online, or even offline. And with a petition, if the heading looks appealing, people just sign it.

As I'm writing this, I'm now wondering if one way to assist in getting the word out would be if ICANN and/or others would fund (partially or wholly) the expenses of those who are trying to spread the word and get involvement from wider constituencies.

Cheers
David
----- Original Message ----
From: veni markovski <veni at veni.com>
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
Sent: Friday, 7 September, 2007 12:42:47 PM
Subject: RE: [governance] Speakers for IGF - ideas?

Dan,
to many of your questions you will find answers in the ICANN meeting 
scripts. However, I have to disagree with you on that:

>I have my doubts.  Not to criticize anyone personally, but institutionally
>ICANN may not be getting the right people in place to do this sort of job.

If those, who are "right" never want to spend time and help ICANN 
achieve its goals, change, perform better, etc., etc., then they are 
not the "right" ones.

veni 

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