MAG meeting summary report -Re: [governance] open consultations

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 04/03/2009, at 11:29 AM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:

> On 03/03/2009, at 6:21 PM, Parminder wrote:
>
>> 2) Another very important development is that concerned dynamic  
>> coalition are likely to be associated from the very start with the  
>> development of round tables. This first time gives DCs an  
>> (important) official role in the IGF process. Significantly, this  
>> role is in an area which may soon become the most important and  
>> looked-forward-to part of the IGF.
>
> History has shown that there is an inevitable pulling back from the  
> developments apparently made following the annual February open  
> consultation meeting, however.  This time last year it was  
> "debates".  The year before that it was "speed dialogues".  So I'm  
> not too confident that the round tables will see the light of day  
> after ICC/BASIS et al begin to sow the seeds of fear at the May  
> consultations.

I hate to say "I told you so", but (from the latest MAG meeting  
summary):

"The MAG discussed holding round tables for issues where there is a  
convergence of views on the principles and the need for action.   
However, it was felt that this format would need further discussion  
and that it would be premature to introduce round tables at this  
stage. Instead, these slots would be given to merged workshops,  
provided they were sufficiently representative in terms of regional  
and stakeholder balance."

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