[governance] IGC on its list

[Sivasubramanian Muthusamy]

Hello Ginger,

I have a Diplo exam for the next two days, may not be able to propose a
draft, but would be eager to partidcipate with comments and suggestions if
someone proposes a draft.

Shiva.



On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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