[governance] IGC on its list

[kpeters at tldainc.org]

      If I might add one further question to the very interesting  
questions of Mr. Drake;

      To what extent does this forum restrict itself to the internet  
as it relatres to ICANN and the US DoC to resolve internet policies  
and does it in fact have the freedom to discuss the real and dynamic  
internet (for better or worse) making ICANN less and less relevant on  
the international scene? Every time I have mentioned internet activity  
outside of ICANN, this list, as it is very good at doing, completely  
ignores the subject as if not seeing it will make it not exist. Is  
this an IGF policy? Is your future tied exclusively to ICANN? Clear  
answers to these questions will tell a lot more about your future than  
answers to all the other questions combined.
      Based on past experience, I expect dumb silence to this question  
but would welcome thought out response!

-Karl E. Peters
kpeters at tldainc.org

Quoting William Drake <william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch>:

> 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
>
> ***********************************************************
> William J. Drake
> Senior Associate
> Centre for International Governance
> Graduate Institute of International and
>   Development Studies
> Geneva, Switzerland
> william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch
> www.graduateinstitute.ch/cig/drake.html
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