[governance] RE: On the process of proposing workshop themes

[Divina MEIGS]

Dear all

I agree very much on Milton¹s rationale for putting up themes (as stated
below) because they seem essential even though one is not in the best
position to organize them.

I¹ll suggest three, picking up on my memory from past exchanges, and because
they haven¹t re-emerged:
        1) the future of labour in internet governance. That¹s a theme that
hasn¹t emerged and yet it is central to policy-making, not to mention to
labour itself. There are different scenarii around cognitive capitalism,
individual entrepreneurship, labor value vs. knowledge value... And it is
especially timely with the current crisis... But i am not an economist and i
am not a trade unionist....

        2) the internet rights or a human rights based internet issue...
That remains undecided and in spite of much discussion it seems to have
disappeared...

        3) media and information literacy/education in the information
society is one close to my heart. It is urgent to propose and develop global
policies on the theme, in connection with intellectual property rights, but
also open educational ressources on line, the future of universities,
sustainable development....

Hoping some of you will continue the thread,...

Divina Frau-Meigs

Le 24/03/09 21:44, « Milton L Mueller » <mueller at syr.edu> a écrit :

>> the proposal to call for expressions of interest on themes rather than
>> full-fledged workshop proposals at that stage (they will naturally come
>> later). It has the benefit of sensing the level of interest on various themes
>> but also allows people who do not intend to organize a workshop themselves to
>> indicate that they think a specific topic should be addressed. This is what I
>> did last year by putting an early placeholder in favor of a workshop on
>> "dimensions of cybersecurity" while indicating that I did not intend to
>> organize it myself.


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