[governance] Themes for the coming IGFs

[Jeanette Hofmann]

Hi Natasha,

Natasha Primo wrote:
>
>> Not my impression. I found the debate rather unstructured and shifting 
>> randomly between topics. One of the few substantial contributions came 
>> from Casper Bowden who spoke against the popular dichotomy between 
>> privacy and security.
> 
> And again it points to idea that using broadcasters - though they do 
> come free of charge - may not be the best approach to stimulate relevant 
> and structured debate.

I fully agree. While professional broadcasters are good at keeping the 
crowd entertained, the usually lack the sense for the political assues 
at hand. Moreover, they don't want to achieve anything. The discussion 
on security seemed to me a debate for the sake of debating. And the two 
co-moderators were placed in a way that they could not interact with the 
broadcaster and even less intervene in the debate. From my own 
experience I would say that it is good to have two moderators if they 
cooperate (instead of monopolising the show).
I also think we should try to do without journalists as moderators for 
the next year and see how this works out.

jeanette
> 
> On Day 1 the co-moderators ended up facilitating the session because the 
> broadcaster/chief moderator was un(der)-prepared, and on Day 2 it was 
> unstructured and the co-moderators were stuck on a podium.  In a 3rd 
> iteration of the format - no WBA broadcaster and both moderators on the 
> same level as the rest of the participants - Jeanette and Chris Disbain 
> pulled off a more structured and substantive dialogue  ... not that the 
> technical community didn't manage to contradict one another :-)
> 
> Natasha
> 
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> Natasha Primo
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