[governance] IGF consultations - extending IGF's mandate

[Roland Perry]

In message <49720634.9070101 at itforchange.net>, at 21:54:20 on Sat, 17 
Jan 2009, Parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> writes
>>> Now, it is not entirely clear if 'IGF participants' are only those 
>>>who gather for the annual IGF, or the open consultations also in some 
>>>form comprises of IGF participants.
>>
>> Plus there are many who contribute to the process (either the main 
>>IGF  or the consultations) without ever attending a physical meeting. 
>>Isn't  that what we should be encouraging, anyway?
>
>The above was not about what we should promote under the notion of 'IGF 
>participants'. It is an attempt to build an understanding of what those 
>in charge of driving the process of consultations over the issue of 
>extending the mandate of the IGF are likely to consider as 'IGF 
>participants',  in fulfillment of the relevant requirement laid by the 
>World Summit on the Information Society documents.

Who do you think the UN regards as participants, and who would you like 
them to regard as participants?
-- 
Roland Perry
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