[governance] IGCs' input for IGF consultations

[Parminder]

Adam

> Did you also send a note about lack of the MAG's rotation?

No, I held it back because there were already two different things up for
IGC's consideration - support to letter of DC on Bill of Rights, and the
IGC's own short inout to the Septemeber consultation - both with a 15th
August deadline.

 Putting another item up at the same time for IGC's consideration I thought
would be a bit confusing (though three voices of support - Milton, Ian and
Carlos have already come), especially since this letter was not to the MAG
but directed at the UN SG and his advisorial system. And this didn’t have
the 15th deadline.

I am putting this letter up now for IGC's consideration. It is open for
comments till 11 AM GMT on Monday and then for 'yes' or 'no' comment
between 11 AM GMT Monday and 11 AM Wednesday, on which date, if it is found
to have IGC support it will be sent out. Below is the text of the letter. 

Parminder

(Begins)
20, August 2008
Dear Mr. Desai, Mr. Kummer:

We are writing to express our disappointment at the lack of news regarding
the announcement the new multi-stakeholder advisory group
(MAG) of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).

The next IGF consultation will begin in less than five weeks. It is
extremely difficult and costly to make necessary travel and accommodation
arrangements in such a short period of time.  It will be even more difficult
for new members, up to one third of the group, and particularly for those
from developing countries and from civil society.

We hope the Secretary General will take note of the problems caused by these
delays (renewal of the MAG in 2007 was equally slow and the IGF was less
effective than it might have been as a result) and ensure any future
rotation is announced in good time.

Please note MAG members serve as volunteers and in their personal capacity,
many may lack institutional support for their work on the MAG and find these
delays difficult and personally costly to manage.

Thank you,

Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus.

(Ends)





> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Peake [mailto:ajp at glocom.ac.jp]
> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 2:28 PM
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Parminder
> Subject: Re: [governance] IGCs' input for IGF consultations
> 
> Parminder, thanks.
> 
> Did you also send a note about lack of the MAG's rotation?
> 
> Adam
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 2:42 PM +0530 8/16/08, Parminder wrote:
> >The enclosed document was sent yesterday to the
> >IGF secretariat as IGC¹s input to the September
> >consultations of the IGF. Parminder
> >
> >Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:IGC's input
> >for IGF'#62B4CA.pdf (PDF /«IC») (0062B4CA)
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