[governance] Reconstituting MAG

[Meryem Marzouki]

Le 18 févr. 08 à 19:59, Lee McKnight a écrit :

> Suresh, Parminder,
>
> I think it is a tactical error for CS to push away the international
> Internet orgs. I would like us to lay claim to them all as meant to
> serve global civil society's interests.   Of course when/if they fall
> short then there are grounds for criticism. Some might think of them
> more as industry self-regulatory bodies, but we should be trying to  
> lay
> claim to them ourselves, in my opinion. Even if there's sniping from
> both sides.

That's not the point. The point is that they're not a stakeholder,  
because they're of a different nature. As such, some (and sometimes)  
serve CS interests, others serve business interests or (some)  
governments interest.

> We all agree on the need for more CS representation in MAG 2.0 right?
> So let's leave it at that, and raise the issue of whether the tech/ 
> admin
> orgs get their own category or not as an open question.

You rather mean a closed question? Because not addressing this issue  
means that we agree with the statu quo.

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