[governance] new paper on the Hyderabad programme [sic]
Adam Peake
ajp at glocom.ac.jp
Thu Jun 12 07:41:26 EDT 2008
At 12:41 PM -0400 6/11/08, Milton L Mueller wrote:
>Thanks, Adam,
>Very helpful. I understand the policy regarding merging with main
>sessions, and it seems fair and sensible. But we find taking practical
>followup steps somewhat confusing. I think the key question mark here is
>who we communicate with in the Secretariat, how, and when.
Details are being discussed on the MAG list now. But if you want to
volunteer, write to the secretariat <igf at unog.ch>, cc me if you like.
There haven't been many volunteers (I guess no one seems quite sure
what to do), so once the MAG's discussions are done I expect the
secretariat will send email to most workshop organizers (those that
look like they have a topic related to a main theme) asking if they
would like to join a main workshop organizing group. And anyone who
has submitted a workshop proposal, particularly the caucus, should
look at the main session workshop titles and see if they would like
to volunteer to merge their workshop.
The workshop themes are:
Access
Multilingualism
Are we losing the battle against cybercrime?
Fostering Security Privacy and Openness
Transition from IPv4 to IPv6
Arrangement for Internet Governance - Global, National/Regional
I hope two or three proposals/organizing groups will want to merge,
at least one of which will be CS, but will depend on the session (I
don't see obvious civil society proposed/oriented workshops on (1)
Are we losing the battle against cybercrime? (2) Fostering Security
Privacy and Openness.)
Then a few MAG members and the workshop organizers will start trying
to arrange a session that draws together ideas from each group. That
workshop will then have 90 minutes in the main hall (interpretation
etc) and with it's partner workshop be the basis for debate in the
afternoon. In the morning there will be panelists, discussants,
whatever the workshop organizers think best (but not the massive
panels we've had in Athens and Rio). In the afternoon, the MAG knows
it wants one person from each morning session to give a recap of
outcomes, and possibly (we don't agree) two or three people to sit on
stage and keep things moving.
Workshops will also need to think about issues like balancing gender,
region, stakeholder (point of view.) If there are people on the
stage in the afternoons, then any balancing will be across all
debates, not for each.
I am not sure it'll work, but it's come from the desire to reduce the
panelist presentation format, to involve people other than the MAG in
designing sessions, involve the workshop organizers who are the
people who really contribute to the IGF.
>Knowing the limitations on staff and resources do we try to call people
>in Geneva (time zone difference makes the window small), email them
>(just dump it in the igf at unog.ch pile?), email you and/or Avri and you
>act as intermediaries, modify our workshop proposal using the web site
>resource, hunt down Markus with bloodhounds ;-), etc?
Send the secretariat email <igf at unog.ch> cc me. Can't speak for Avri,
but can't see her doing anything other than help!
>In terms of our approach to cooperation/merger on the RIR panel, our
>main concern is that we invested substantial effort in getting some new
>private sector actors involved, and possibly also some govt actors,
>beyond the "usual suspects," and we want to make sure that effort isn't
>wasted. Main session panels look like they will be a
>bit....complicated....given the number of actors involved, but it might
>be the best option.
I think that's a concern many will have. Anyone with a well thought
out proposal will most likely have already put in a lot of work, so
not an easy decision to drop that and take a bit of a risk on getting
the same message over in the new merged workshop.
BTW - I only used the IGP RIR panel proposal as an example, the JPA
proposal could as easily fit under "Arrangement for Internet
Governance"
Thanks,
Adam
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Adam Peake [mailto:ajp at glocom.ac.jp]
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 11:07 AM
>> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
>> Subject: RE: [governance] new paper on the Hyderaband [sic] programme
>>
>> At 10:22 AM -0400 6/11/08, Milton L Mueller wrote:
>> >I share some concerns with Vittorio here about the absence of the
>words
>> >"freedom" or "rights" from the agenda, although I am less concerned
>> >about the abandonment of the "U"-word.
>> >
>> >What I would like to know is whether there is a chance to change
>> >anything in this agenda or are we just letting off steam?
>>
>>
>> is a good question. The paper is described as a rolling document
>> "and will be updated as appropriate." I do not know if we can modify
>> it now, the themes in generally similar form have been available for
>> comment since the February meeting (which also made the call for
>> workshops) but as people feel strongly I would encourage sending
>> comments as soon as possible. Send direct to the secretariat, they
>> are pretty good at making sure all comments appear in synthesis
>> papers, etc.
>>
>> I understand the agenda has already been sent to the secretary
>> general so he can prepare an invitation to all stakeholders (as seems
>> to be the process, he still needs to convene the IGF) so I think too
>> late for that. But changes will be made in September. The programme
>> has to be fleshed out, pages 10-15 of the paper describe the
>> programme to date, these of course have the be explained, they aren't
>> any use as a programme at the moment.
>>
>> As Avri wrote yesterday, workshops that are related to the main
>> session themes can volunteer to join with the MAG and other similar
>> workshop organizers to help arrange the main sessions. These will
>> have a great impact on the programme.
>>
>> For example, IGP proposed a workshop "Regional IP Address Registries:
>> The New Epicenter of Global Internet Governance?" There will be a
>> session "Arrangement for Internet Governance". IGP could volunteer
>> to merge its session with those of others who have proposed workshops
>> that are an equally good fit with the session theme to create a new
>> "main session workshop". The volunteer workshop organizers and the
>> MAG will arrange this session, and I expect (though mechanics have
>> not been worked out) they will also be involved in the main session
>> debate (debate: really is hoped that it can be a debate and not a
>> stage full of panelists.)
>>
>> There's also a session on IPv4/v6 which IGP might find more
>> attractive, but that's IGP's choice.
>>
>> If IGP chooses to help arrange the main session workshop, it will
>> loose the ability to hold an independent session on the "Regional IP
>> Address Registries: The New Epicenter of Global Internet Governance?"
>> Can't do both, there isn't time, space etc. Unfortunately, for some
>> sessions, there aren't many workshop proposals that are as good a fit
>> as the IGP example. But as proposals can be modified up to June 30,
>> there is time to do some tailoring.
>>
>> BTW -- I subscribe to the list so don't need to be cc'd!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
>>
>> >--MM
>> >
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