[governance] Re: [IGP-ANNOUNCE] IGP Alert: Reforming ICANN Oversight:

[Jeanette Hofmann]

Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> There isn’t any “IGF” as such – only some extraordinarily vocal sections 
> of civ soc, some sections of government (which may be a bit different, 
> in some cases, from the GAC regulars), some industry etc. 

I think this can be said about almost every organization in its 
formative state. Moreover, even established organizations can create 
such impressions.
If its mission gets extended, the IGF will most likely evolve over time. 
Couldn't formal tasks for the IGF be a way of evoking desirable change?

jeanette


  Yes there’d
> be a substantial cross section of these that are active in ICANN, but ..
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> 1.       There’s no meaningful consensus likely to be achieved, 
> especially with politically charged proposals
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> 2.       DoC isn’t going to give up oversight, no matter what kind of 
> pipe dream proposals emanate from IGF, IGP etc
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> *From:* Parminder [mailto:parminder at itforchange.net]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 06, 2008 12:03 PM
> *To:* governance at lists.cpsr.org; 'Milton L Mueller'; 'Jeremy Malcolm'
> *Subject:* RE: [governance] Re: [IGP-ANNOUNCE] IGP Alert: Reforming 
> ICANN Oversight: A Historic Opportunity
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> So which is this IGF that wont like an ICANN accountable to it.... and 
> why ?????
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> This is a set of probing questions. And if Jeremy's observation be true, 
> would it not signify a captured institution. I am not jumping to any 
> conclusions (as yet) but drawing implications from some elements of this 
> discussion, which probably will provoke more debate in this important area.
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> Parminder
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