[governance] Shah' stmt at the close of today

Thu Dec 16 00:02:02 EST 2010

Dear Izumi-San,

The UK representative commeded Marcus K and the multistakeholdership aspects
of the IGF and how it has grown over the past 5 years. This is about 30
minutes into the Webcast.

Kind Regards,

Sala

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Izumi AIZU <aizu at anr.org> wrote:

> I could only watch the very end of formal statements, Iran, and then
> first few for the "free" discussion, Chair's lengthy remarks and Saudi
> Arabia's intervention.
>
> Could you pull out some points which are of good reference for us, IGC,
> to make interventions for tomorrows CSTD IGF consultation meeting
> in Geneva, here?
>
> I think we need to make the case for Multistakeholder approach,
> the benefits, to show the CSTD consultation participants, as Bill
> pointed out, more specific than current statement we agreed.
>
> Thanks,
>
> izumi
>
> 2010/12/16 Drake William <william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch>:
>  > Hi
> >
> > I agree, when there's an agenda and purported mandate like this, arguing
> on other grounds is unlikely to get very far.
> >
> > BTW I should clarify that my comment below pertained only to the
> afternoon session, I didn't see the morning session with ISOC ICANN CONGO
> etc as it's not online.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
> > On Dec 15, 2010, at 6:13 PM, Roland Perry wrote:
> >
> >> In message <50C825B1-7A36-41DD-906C-5FFC8A7DF5A7 at graduateinstitute.ch>,
> at 11:02:27 on Wed, 15 Dec 2010, Drake William <
> william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch> writes
> >>> The government representatives were all on topic.  With a few
> exceptions, the nongovernmental representatives were typically off topic,
> long self indulgent speeches about their own activities, views on the state
> of the world, etc.
> >>
> >> The chair was looking for proposals on what to do - to get Enhanced
> CoOperation off the ground.
> >>
> >> He wasn't very impressed by people who said "you've missed the point,
> IGF is working fine" or "everything's OK, nothing new needed".
> >>
> >> Despite the popular view that "doing nothing" might indeed be the best
> option, the chair pointed out that he had a resolution in front of him
> saying that "something must be done". Which, in politics, often becomes
> "this is something - we must do it".
> >>
> >>> It's hard to see how that helped make the case for the superiority and
> necessity of a multistakeholder process.
> >>
> >> And the rather shaky start to his consultation in Sharm, as well as the
> "poster incident", probably didn't endear the less formal IGF process to
> those more used to New York protocols.
> >>
> >>> Reminiscent of some similar WSIS episodes, and arguably underscores
> that Geneva is a better setting for us than NYC.
> >>
> >> I did get the impression that many speakers were "our man in New York",
> whereas in Geneva we seem to see faces more familiar with the long term
> process. Again, with a few notable exceptions (in both directions, when the
> CSTD is involved).
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