[governance] IGC questionnaire Q1 for review

[Eric Dierker]

That is a very keen observation.
 
What a funny expression "all talk".  Do we likewise have "all reading" or "all exchanging ideas".  I suppose it has something to do with computer engineering trying to prove themselves as scientific and distancing themselves from the "art" of communication.

--- On Sun, 7/12/09, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org> wrote:


From: Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org>
Subject: Re: [governance] IGC questionnaire Q1 for review
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org, "Ginger Paque" <gpaque at gmail.com>
Date: Sunday, July 12, 2009, 1:53 PM


On 12/07/2009, at 9:06 PM, Ginger Paque wrote:

> 1. To what extent has the IGF addressed the mandate set out for it in the Tunis Agenda?
> 
> Paragraph 72 of the Tunis Agenda, (a), asks the IGF to: Discuss public policy issues related to key elements of Internet governance in order to foster the sustainability, robustness, security, stability and development of the Internet.
> 
> There can be no doubt that this discussion has taken place. So much so that the forum has been described as “all talk”—precisely what it was designed to be.

I strongly disagree and couldn't support the statement with this in it.  I know we don't want to be too negative, but this is simply not so.  Can you read paragraphs (c), (g), (i) and (k) of the mandate in particular and seriously argue that they have been fulfilled by our "all talk" IGF?

> The participation, the increasing quantity and quality of workshops, even the controversies that arise, are proof that this discussion is taking place. The continued interest in workshops is indication that this process is still dynamically growing and needs to continue.

We should add something like "There is more work to be done on addressing certain of the other paragraphs of the IGF's mandate that call for it to go beyond discussion into action - for example, in effectively interfacing with other international Internet governance institutions (para 72(b) and (c)), in assessing their compliance with the WSIS process criteria (para 72(i)), and in formulating recommendations to them in appropriate cases (para 72(g))."

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