[governance] Reconstituting MAG

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 08/01/2008, at 9:31 PM, Jeanette Hofmann wrote:

> We also discussed whether members should be selected by the  
> stakeholders or by the secretariat in accordance with the UN SG. I  
> agree with Ian that any balance between regions, skills and gender  
> can only be reached if the various stakeholder don't have the last  
> word but can only suggest people.

Why?  If they are required to balance regions, skills and gender  
within each stakeholder group not just in the full MAG, this does not  
make sense to me.

> I am in favor of sticking to the lowest number of groups possible  
> because each further group makes the categories the process of  
> selection and representation only more arbitrary than it is right now.

I agree though for a slightly different reason.  I see the division  
between the stakeholder groups as stemming from the different sources  
of democratic legitimacy that they bring to the table (for governments  
representation of their citizens, for the private sector the value of  
the free market, and for civil society the promotion of transnational  
substantive values that are not adequately represented by governments  
or markets).

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