[governance] EC consultation in NY: my report

[Izumi AIZU]

Just for clarification perhaps.
What I wrote is below:

"making recommendations or reports, etc.
something similar to, perhaps, WGIG kind of exercise."

I didn't say making "decisions". I mean decisions directly
related to or on international public policy issues.
WGIG came up with "reports" which included different options
for the most contentious issue, not one recommendation.

And I quite agree with Avri in
>> Whether the IGF can or should make decisions is still a tough call in
>> my opinion.

I don't think we can reach there nor try to get there if decisions mean
policy matters.

izumi

2010/12/16 Roland Perry <roland at internetpolicyagency.com>:
> In message <A0AD55CB-745C-4E50-84D9-F559DAF640EA at acm.org>, at 08:39:48 on
> Thu, 16 Dec 2010, Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> writes
>
>> Whether the IGF can or should make decisions is still a tough call in
>> my opinion.
>
> It's the cornerstone of the IGF's very existence. As Nitin has hammered home
> many times.
>
> If there's an outcome then people always have to be looking towards making
> that outcome acceptable to their stakeholder group. Just look at how long
> ICANN has been debating the 'outcome' that is "more gTLDs" for an example of
> how that changes the nature of the discussion. (That's not a criticism of
> ICANN, the ITU takes just as long).
>
> And it becomes a very different space, where the 'public' sessions tend
> towards a formality and the real work happens in "smoke-filled rooms" late
> at night the day before the event closes. That's just human nature.
>
> All of which is quite separate from a discussion of what it might be, that
> they are making decisions about. And how you decide who gets a vote (or even
> a seat) in that smoke-filled room.
> --
> Roland Perry
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