[governance] MAG mandate extended, call for new members: deadline

[Carlos Afonso]

Not formal or legal accountability, but yes otherwise: "members need to 
be willing to reach out and ensure continuous flow of information to and 
from interested groups..." Far beyond just being a PoC.

--c.a.

Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> That actually doesn't translate into *accountability*.
> 
> Whoever is nominated serves as a PoC for multiple stakeholder groups he may
> be linked to is all that's said here.
> 
> 	suresh
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Parminder [mailto:parminder at itforchange.net]
>> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 8:37 AM
>> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; 'Adam Peake'
>> Subject: RE: [governance] MAG mandate extended, call for new members:
>> deadline May 21
>>
>>
>>
>> I find the following part form the UN press release significant, and
>> also
>> relevant to some of the discussion we have on CS and IGC sponsored MAG
>> members on this list.
>>
>> " 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.........."
>>
>> Earlier, if I remember right, it was only 'serve in their personal
>> capacity'. Some kind of representative aspect is now clearly built in,
>> and
>> also post- nomination accountability in form of clear proof of
>> willingness
>> to reach and out and ensure continuous flow of information to and from
>> interested groups...
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Parminder
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Adam Peake [mailto:ajp at glocom.ac.jp]
>>> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 9:44 PM
>>> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
>>> Subject: [governance] MAG mandate extended, call for new members:
>> deadline
>>> May 21
>>>
>>> Markus Kummer just sent a note to the MAG list about the group's
>>> mandate: the mandate's been extended, and the secretariat is now able
>>> to issue a formal call for new members.  The deadline will be May 21.
>>> More about this on the IGF website soon.
>>>
>>> Nitin Desai has been asked to continue as chair.
>>>
>>> Press release below. The secretary general accepted the MAG's advice
>>> from the February meeting about rotating up to one third.
>>>
>>> (as this list has a delay I expect I won't be the only one sending
>>> this info...)
>>>
>>> Adam
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2008/pi1829.doc.htm
>>>
>>> MANDATE OF ADVISORY GROUP OF INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM EXTENDED
>>>
>>> The mandate of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group of the Internet
>>> Governance Forum has been extended.  The Special Adviser for Internet
>>> Governance to the Secretary-General, Nitin Desai, has been asked to
>>> continue as the Chairman of the Advisory Group, which will meet again
>>> on 13 to 15 May in Geneva before handing over to a renewed group to
>>> prepare the next Internet Governance Forum meeting in Hyderabad,
>>> India, on 3 to 6 December.
>>>
>>> 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.  More details are available on the Internet Governance Forum
>>> website:  www.intgovforum.org.
>>>
>>> The Internet Governance Forum is an outcome of the Tunis phase of the
>>> World Summit on the Information Society, which took place in 2005.
>>> In the Tunis Agenda for the Information Society, Governments asked
>>> the Secretary-General to convene a "new forum for policy dialogue" to
>>> discuss issues related to key elements of Internet governance and set
>>> out the Forum's mandate.
>>>
>>> The Forum's first two meetings took place in Athens in November 2006
>>> and in Rio de Janeiro in November 2007.  A stock-taking session in
>>> Geneva on 26 February 2008 showed broad support for a continuation of
>>> the multi-stakeholder preparatory process.
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