[governance] Call for Action: Your comments can Support Civil

[Adam Peake]

>  >
>>  Should not the caucus as a whole make a statement?
>
>Yes, that would be lovely. I'd be happy to develop a first draft for 
>circulation here,


would very much like to see something like this, and having read the 
proposed NCSG charter would very likely support.



>or Robin Gross may be doing the same thing so I will check with her 
>first. And it seems that if you and I can agree on someting like 
>this, the entire caucus ought to be able to as well!
>
>>  For that matter, we should also make a statement regarding the new
>>  "cybersafety" constituency proposal.
>
>I would not oppose this but I am less keen on being negative than on 
>being positive.
>
>In other words, if the integrated, more democratic NCSG charter 
>proposed by NCUC is adopted, there is nothing wrong with anti-porn, 
>pro-censorship advocates having their own caucus/constituency within 
>that framework. The difference is that they don't get guaranteed 
>Council seats and they don't get to fragment civil society into 
>warring factions competing for votes on a Council and constantly 
>badmouthing each other. Whatever positions they get, they have to 
>earn by gaining broad support among noncommercial stakeholders. Note 
>also that there are already hundreds of expressions of opposition to 
>the so-called "cybersafety" constituency proposal.


Thanks Milton, very good example of why the NCUC's approach makes sense.

Adam




>  >
>>  If we spend the bulk of our efforts on IGF matters, and zero on the
>>  current system of IG, this caucus will never have any real influence
>>  on IG.
>
>Absolutely agreed, McTim. Always puzzled by this gap....
>
>Milton Mueller
>Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
>XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology
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