[governance] open consultations and MAG meeting

[Roland Perry]

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<75822E125BCB994F8446858C4B19F0D7148D59D4 at SUEX07-MBX-04.ad.syr.edu>, at 
09:22:18 on Mon, 2 Mar 2009, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> writes
>
>For those of us who were not in Geneva, it would help to have a more 
>objective recounting of the debate on "internationalization" of CIR. 
>What issues and proposals were raised and what were the responses? 
>Substance please, not conclusory judgments. There is not much benefit 
>from an emotional assessment of something as "confusing" or "annoying".
>
>I can, however, see rampant confusion in these comments:
>
>> -----Original Message-----

>Since there is NO Internet governance issue that isn't already dealt 
>with in some fashion by some other existing international or national 
>entity, this is an attempt to neutralize the IGF.

It's the "or national" I have a disagreement with - because the IGF is a 
"Worldwide" organisation (to avoid potential confusion using the term 
"International"). It can therefore have a role when the only existing 
entities are national (or a small-multiple-multi-national).

>Most people who take the IGF seriously think that it should be able to 
>assess and evaluate all existing IG institutions and processes. Of 
>course this does not mean it attempts to "take over" those 
>responsibilities or to duplicate their work, it simply means that the 
>Forum is an independent deliberative capacity that can provide 
>perspective and evaluation of other IG processes.

The theme that I took away from the public meetings last week was that 
the IGF should work in those areas where an existing worldwide 
*solution* to a governance "issue" isn't already covered. As far as I 
know, for example, there isn't a worldwide anti-spam or anti-phishing 
agency, so that would be within remit to discuss and attempt to combine 
existing knowledge and skills.
-- 
Roland Perry
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