[governance] Reconstituting MAG

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 13/02/2008, at 7:43 PM, Parminder wrote:

> On the other hand, we are the opinion that the organizations/bodies  
> that are
> in charge of Internet administration currently (ICANN, RIRs, IETF etc)
> should have a right to be represented as a distinct category, which  
> not to
> be confused with technical expertise, should be referred to as '  
> existing
> Internet administration bodies' (IABs) and a clear separate quota of  
> around
> 6 should be set for them. The rest of the number should equally be  
> divided
> among governments, civil society and the business sector. The
> representatives of IABs will have the same standing as other members  
> of the
> MAG.

Thanks for these draft statements.  I agree with Bill about avoiding  
the acronym "IAB" (how about IGB or IGI for Internet governance body/ 
institution?), and personally I would have taken a different tack,  
suggesting that Internet governance institutions should be treated the  
same as intergovernmental organisations who are allowed to appoint  
observers to the group.  I won't block consensus though if the group  
prefers your approach.

-- 
Jeremy Malcolm LLB (Hons) B Com
Internet and Open Source lawyer, IT consultant, actor
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