[governance] IGC statement for open consultation

[Parminder]

Hi All

 

Some members of IGC will be participating in the open consultations on the
16th. As has been done customarily, we will seek to make spoken
interventions on the behalf of the IGC. Please see my email below regarding
this. 

 

By tomorrow I will put out some text about the proposed issues below, and
insert it into the written input we have already made for these
consultations This is different from the two inputs we just now finalized
for the synthesis paper. Please see
http://igf.wgig.org/Contributions-Sept_2008/IGC%27s%20input%20for%20IGF%27s%
20Sept%20consultations.pdf for this input to the consultations. The new text
proposed to be added to this will be short and straight-forward, as is more
or less already mentioned in my email below.

 

 

One thing on the agenda is the nature and role of dynamic coalitions. This
is important for civil society. Some of us may have some views on it. If so,
please share them in the next 48 hours. If we see consensus or rough
consensus of views we will present those on IGC's behalf. Even otherwise,
members attending the consultations can convey different viewpoints of IGC
members on this and other issues to the MAG. 

 

I will also try to extract text from existing statements of IGC on this and
other issues. (I am traveling at the moment, and can only try this
tomorrow.)

 

We may also take some parts of the adopted inputs for the synthesis paper
and make statements as per the context. 

 

Comments on the above issues will be most appreciated. 

 

 

Parminder 

 

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From: Parminder [mailto:parminder at itforchange.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 4:53 PM
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
Subject: [governance] IGC statement for open consultation

 

Hi All

 

A few of IGC members will be at the open consultation of MAG on the 16th.
Those who will attend may want to let the group know. We can also plan to
meet at lunch on the 16th to discuss various issues. 

 

Open consultations are occasions for spoken interventions, and we have
almost always made one or more on the behalf of the IGC.

 

We have a written contribution submitted last month as an input to the
synthesis paper for this consultation.
(http://igf.wgig.org/Contributions-Sept_2008/IGC%27s%20input%20for%20IGF%27s
%20Sept%20consultations.pdf ). This statement can for the basis of the
spoken intervention. 

 

I understand that apart from the program of Hyderabad IGF, which will be
main agenda (pl see
http://www.intgovforum.org/hyderabad_prog/ProgrammePaper.05.06.2008.pdf ) ,
two other agenda items for the consultations are of reviewing the role of
dynamic coalitions and their relationship with the IGF, and the process of
review of the IGF. 

 

1.	IGF Hyderabad program - We mentioned in the written intervention
that the process of organizing main workshops should be clarified. We can
re-state this point. The nature of debate sessions is not clear at all. We
should ask for clarity about what these sessions will look like, and who
will organize them. One IGC member has suggested to me that we should ask
MAG to invite written questions and comments for the debates session, and
these questions should inform the debate. 

 

2.	Dynamic coalition - Please let me know what kind of issues IGC
members want raised in this context. 

 

3.	 IGF review - Our above referred statement mentions a few points
regarding the IGF review. Some other points are there in the proposed input
for the synthesis paper. If this input is adopted by the IGC, we can use
some of these points. Any other points? 

 

A member has suggested to me that we make the point that MAG renewal should
happen in time every year, for MAG to be able to do its work properly, and
for new MAG members to make travel arrangement. Travel support should also
be provided to CS MAG members, and the criteria of it made known. The member
also suggested that special advisors to the MAG Chair should be rotated and
more representation given to civil society. 

 

If any member can volunteer to pull together a draft statement out of these
and/ or other points that may get contributed, it will be greatly
appreciated. We have till 13th to finalize the draft before putting it to
consensus process. 

 

 

Parminder 

 

 

 

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