[governance] MAG consultations

[McTim]

Hullo Jeremy,

On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Jeremy Malcolm <Jeremy at malcolm.id.au> wrote:
<snip>
> Yes I agree that the synthesis papers are becoming more and more one-sided;

What side is that exactly?

> the one before this was criticised heavily by ETNO on that count.  As for
> this one, my own contribution (on the IGF's Web discussion space) is all but
> undetectable in the synthesis paper; I might as well not have made it.  It
> did include similar comments to yours as to the inanity of the second theme
> being "Using the Internet".
>
> At present, there is little we can do about this partiality.  What it points
> to is the need for the Secretariat to be made accountable to the IGF
> community, at least by means of its appointment being confirmed by the
> Advisory Group.  This is so in most other Internet governance institutions,
> whose secretariats are appointed by their representative executive bodies
> (eg. the RIRs, most ccTLD registries, the GKP, ICANN, the IETF, ISOC, the
> ITU, the W3C, etc).
>
> As widely lauded as Marcus Kummer and Nitin Desai are, the idea that the
> Secretariat is a neutral organ cannot be maintained; they and their staff do
> have agendas of their own, one of which is to maintain the status quo
> against the prospect of another stand-off between the United States and the
> rest of the world on DNS oversight, and to prevent civil society from
> rocking the boat too hard on issues such as enhanced cooperation.

How do you know this? Is this an assertion of fact or mere speculation?


>
> Specifically as to the preparation of synthesis papers and reports of
> meetings, even if the Secretariat prepares them in draft, they should be
> approved by the Advisory Group or similar multi-stakeholder committee,

That's probably true.

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
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