[governance] Reconstituting MAG - FINAL(?) the missing section

[Jeanette Hofmann]

Yes, that is much better. It is not clear to everyone yet that 
governments have turned into mere stakeholders :-)

jeanette

Ian Peter wrote:
> EEK - a couple of offline comments make it clear to me that para 2 will not
> ride because of confusion around the word stakeholder.
> 
> In which case I would revert to "We think that as per Tunis Agenda’s
> multi-stakeholder approach, governments, civil society and the business
> sector should be represented equally." for the second paragraph. I think we
> have lost McTim while he gets some sleep, but he prefers that to my previous
> wording and I hope will find it acceptable.
> 
> We now have
> 
> The rules for membership of the MAG, including in terms of representation of
> different stakeholders, should be clearly established, and made open along
> with due justifications. Full civil society representation is necessary to
> ensure legitimacy for this new experiment in global governance.
> 
> [We think that as per Tunis Agenda’s multi-stakeholder approach,
> governments, civil society and the business sector should be represented
> equally]
> 
> We also agree that the organizations having an important role in Internet
> administration and the development of Internet-related technical standards
> should continue to be represented in the MAG.
> However, their representation should not be at the expense of broader civil
> society participation.
> 
> Ian Peter
> Ian Peter and Associates Pty Ltd
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>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Peter [mailto:ian.peter at ianpeter.com] 
> Sent: 23 February 2008 07:45
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; 'McTim'
> Cc: 'Adam Peake'; 'Parminder'
> Subject: RE: [governance] Reconstituting MAG - FINAL(?) the missing section
> 
> Here is what McTim and I have agreed on as a formulation.(which is a pretty
> good start!!) Can we get a few yeahs? 
> 
> The rules for membership of the MAG, including in terms of representation of
> different stakeholders, should be clearly established, and made open along
> with due justifications. Full civil society representation is necessary to
> ensure legitimacy for this new experiment in global governance.
> 
> We think that as per Tunis Agenda's multi-stakeholder approach, membership
> should be divided equally among Stakeholders.
> 
> We also agree that the organizations having an important role in Internet
> administration and the development of Internet-related technical standards
> should continue to be represented in the MAG.
> However, their representation should not be at the expense of broader civil
> society participation.
> 
> Ian Peter
> Ian Peter and Associates Pty Ltd
> PO Box 10670 Adelaide St  Brisbane 4000
> Australia
> Tel (+614) 1966 7772 or (+612) 6687 0773
> www.ianpeter.com
> www.internetmark2.org
> www.nethistory.info
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: McTim [mailto:dogwallah at gmail.com] 
> Sent: 23 February 2008 07:30
> To: Ian Peter
> Cc: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Adam Peake; Parminder
> Subject: Re: [governance] Reconstituting MAG - the missing section
> 
> 2008/2/22 Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com>:
>> Or maybe this fits better for second sentence and is agreeable? - MtTim if
>>  you like it better I'll include it now in a redraft
> 
> I like it better than last iteration, but was just about to suggest this:
> 
> We think that as per Tunis Agenda's multi-stakeholder approach,
> membership should be divided equally among Stakeholders (or SH
> groups).
> 
> Can you live with that?
> 
> So now it would read:
> 
> The rules for membership of the MAG, including in terms of
> representation of different stakeholders, should be clearly
> established, and made open along with due justifications. Full civil
> society representation is necessary to ensure legitimacy for this new
> experiment in global governance.
> 
> We think that as per Tunis Agenda's multi-stakeholder approach,
> membership should be divided equally among Stakeholders. [or SH groups
> if you prefer]
> 
> We also agree that the organizations having an important role in
> Internet administration and the development of Internet-related
> technical standards should continue to be represented in the MAG.
> However, their representation should not be at the expense of broader
> civil society participation.
> 
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