[governance] Reconstituting MAG (Tech/admin language)

[Milton L Mueller]

I agree with this too, with the added proviso that we call for reducing
the size of the MAG.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Peake [mailto:ajp at glocom.ac.jp]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 6:58 AM
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; William Drake
> Subject: Re: [governance] Reconstituting MAG (Tech/admin language)
> 
> I agree with Bill.
> 
> I think we should simply be arguing CS has been under-represented for
> the past two years and we wish to see a fair rebalancing as new
> members of the MAG rotate in.
> 
> Adam
> 
> 
> 
> >Milton,
> >
> >FWIW I've always heard them referred to in IGF as TC, and of course
it
> does
> >reduce the number of seats for CS, as do other asymmetries.  It would
> >certainly be appropriate for a statement to say that there's a very
> >significant imbalance in stakeholder group representation in the
current
> mAG
> >with CS being conspicuously underrepresented relative to others, and
that
> >this should be corrected in the refresh.  Saying that gets across our
> >immediate concern clearly without having to get into questioning who
> besides
> >CS gets to be at the table in precisely what numbers and what they
should
> be
> >called.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >BD
> >
> >
> >On 2/20/08 11:10 AM, "Milton L Mueller" <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>>  -----Original Message-----
> >>>  From: Avri Doria [mailto:avri at psg.com]
> >>>
> >>>  Can you point out to me where the IGF secretariat has perceived
that
> >>>  entities (word chosen to avoid the current discussion of whether
they
> >>>  are IOs or not) such as ICANN, RIR and IETF are CS?
> >>
> >>  Formal statements? Of course not, Secretariat bureaucrats are too
> >>  careful for that. So I answer your question with another one: If
the
> >>  9-10 I* organizations are not counted as CS, what are they counted
as?
> >>  And where is it stated anywhere what they are counted as? And if
they
> >>  are considered a separate "technical community" then by definition
> >>  giving them that status as a stakeholder group on a par with CS
> reduces
> >>  the number of CS people on the MAG, does it not?
> >
> >
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