[governance] multistakeholding was Re: N & CoI

Parminder parminder at itforchange.net
Tue Jun 3 12:08:56 EDT 2008



>> See the singular in 'group's work'. And the term 'relevant'....
>
>

>yes.  i believe  the Advisory Group is the singular group. 

You are right, the group mean there is the MAG... Sorry, did think I was
hair splitting :). 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Avri Doria [mailto:avri at psg.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 9:34 PM
> To: Governance Caucus
> Subject: Re: [governance] multistakeholding was Re: N & CoI
> 
> hi,
> 
> hermeneutics and exegesis - my favorite indoor sport  !
> 
> 
> On 3 Jun 2008, at 17:46, Parminder wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > > > All members serve in their personal capacity, but are 
> expected to 
> > > > have extensive linkages with relevant stakeholder groups.
> >
> > > Personally I always interpreted this sentence to mean 
> that the more 
> > > linkages to various groups the person had, the better.  i.e 
> > > multistakeholding people for a multistakeholder world.
> >
> > Ok, I may be doing further hair-splitting but that doesn't 
> look like 
> > the intent of the original communication.
> >
> > "The Advisory Group will renew up to one third of its 
> members within 
> > each stakeholder group.  All relevant stakeholder groups, 
> representing 
> > Governments, private sector and civil society, including 
> the academic 
> > and technical communities will submit names to the Internet 
> Governance 
> > Forum Secretariat.  All members serve in their personal 
> capacity, but 
> > are expected to have extensive linkages with relevant stakeholder 
> > groups.  Members need to be willing to reach out and ensure 
> continuous 
> > flow of information to and from interested groups and to 
> participate 
> > actively and constructively in the Group's work."
> >
> > See the singular in 'group's work'. And the term 'relevant'....
> >
> >
> 
> yes.  i believe  the Advisory Group is the singular group.
> 
> i thin the singular/plural distinction that is most 
> explanatory in this is in the previous clause:
> 
> > Members need to be willing to reach out and ensure 
> continuous flow of 
> > information to and from interested groups
> 
> i.e. the members are expected (again just my personal probably flawed
> interpretation)  to communicate with groups (plural) thus 
> matching the idea that they may have many stakes in the fire 
> and hence contact with many stakeholding groups.
> 
> and of course the stakeholders need to be relevant and interested.
> 
> cheers
> 
> a.
> 
> 
> 
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