[governance] IGC on its list

[Ginger Paque]

Hi everyone,
I second Bill in repeating my invitation to anyone who would like to 
propose a draft for an IGC statement. I agree that we have time to reach 
consensus. Bill, did you have a first draft? Anyone?

Best,
Ginger

William Drake wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Skimming and deleting over morning coffee, a random thought occurs: is 
> this still the listserv of the IGC?  It hasn't been obvious of late. 
>  It's been quite awhile since there much traffic from people who are 
> in the IGC discussing the sort of concerns for which we established 
> the list seven years ago, and it's not like there are no live issues 
> out there.  For example, do we not intend to submit a group statement 
> on the IGF review by the July 15 deadline?  We had some preliminary 
> discussion on this in May and people indicated a preference for some 
> focused dialogue leading to a statement of more than a couple 
> paragraphs outlining why the caucus favors renewal.  Given the rather 
> variable inputs the UN and the IGF secretariat (for the Sharm 
> synthesis paper) will be receiving from member governments, one would 
> think this is an important thing to do.  
>
> Comments on the review process so far are at
> http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=FormalConsult032009ListView
> (Great URL, I love the website ;-)
>
> The questions we are asked to address are:
>
> 1. To what extent has the IGF addressed the mandate set out for it in 
> the Tunis Agenda?
> 2. To what extent has the IGF embodied the WSIS principles?
> 3. What has the impact of the IGF been in direct or indirect terms? 
> Has it impacted you or your stakeholder group/institution/government? 
> Has it acted as a catalyst for change?
> 4. How effective are IGF processes in addressing the tasks set out for 
> it, including the functioning of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group 
> (MAG), Secretariat and open consultations? 
> 5. Is it desirable to continue the IGF past its initial five-year 
> mandate, and why/why not?
> 6. If the continuation of the Forum is recommended, what improvements 
> would you suggest in terms of its working methods, functioning and 
> processes?
> 7. Do you have any other comments?
>
> Surely we can manage answers to these in the next ten days, no?
>
> Best,
>
> Bill
>
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