[governance] IGF workshops

[Milton L Mueller]

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> 1. The Transboundary Internet: Jurisdiction, Control and Sovereignty

I support this as a caucus proposal. I would urge the group involved to
be sure to add a speaker who is explicitly "anti-sovereign" or
"globalist" in outlook to provide balance on the panel. I am sure there
will be no shortage of people taking the other view.

> 
> 2. The Future of ICANN: After the JPA, What?

I hope others will express their support for this one. Obviously I think
its a good idea. One new development: Stefano Trumpy of Italy has agreed
to participate, and we have established a promising connection to a
major private sector registrar who will probably also participate. I
have one (count 'em) volunteer from this list. We badly need developing
country perspectives on this panel, imho.

> 3. A Rights Agenda for Internet Governance

I strongly support the idea of this workshop and believe in its
potential value. Although there were disagreements aired on the issues
it will raise, the long and substantive discussion proves that RAIG is
precisely the kind of topic that needs to be "worked out" in a
"work"shop. My main concern would be that the organizers of this panel
NOT pretend that there is a unified conception of rights underlying our
approach to the Internet, and especially that we do not pretend that
there is a unified civil society position. I would ask this organizing
group to pay careful attention to finding and including ideologically
diverse viewpoints on the panel. Understand also that the highly diverse
views will require careful time management, if one is to achieve full
engagement. 

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> 4. The role and mandate of the IGF
> 

Strongly support the idea; the level of realization here seems less
developed, no list of sponsors or invited speakers. However, the
longstanding support for this concept within IGC, going back to last
year or even before, makes it a no-brainer. I would ask the organizers
to remove the word "overreaching" from the phrase "...contain the
overreaching ambitions of those who would transform it..." near the end,
as it seems less than impartial.

Milton Mueller
Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology
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