[governance] Letter to the MAG on visibility of 'rights

[Roland Perry]

In message <48A25A0B.79ABAB0B at ix.netcom.com>, at 20:50:36 on Tue, 12 Aug 
2008, Jeffrey A. Williams <jwkckid1 at ix.netcom.com> writes
>If indeed that there is not going to be a unified agreed upon 
>text/draft for a Internet "Bill of Rights", than how does the IGF 
>expect to be taken seriously on such a notion?

You seem to think "the IGF" is some sort of corporate entity capable of 
assuming an identity (which can then be taken seriously or not depending 
on people's perceptions of its actions).

That's not the case - the Chair has said on many occasions that one of 
the main reasons the IGF can't "negotiate a text" or "vote" on anything 
is because it has no such identity or even a formal membership - being 
merely a group of people whoever happen to turn up for a meeting once a 
year.

Yes, there's a chair (and perhaps a co-chair, although not this year so 
far), and a secretariat, and a MAG, and meetings every three months in 
Geneva, but they are simply setting the scene for the main meeting.
-- 
Roland Perry
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