AW: [governance] VS: Next Steps

[Avri Doria]

On 21 Dec 2010, at 05:38, Kleinwächter, Wolfgang wrote:

> Before discussing in detail a Plan B or C, we should try to form a strong "Group of the 20" which would work inside the WG on IGF Improvement and would have the capacity (and legitimacy) to produce, if needed, a "minority report" if no consensus between the (majority of) governmental and (the minority of) non-governmental members of the group is achievable until May 2011. 


I actually think this begins to be the start of a possible  plan C.

The group of 20 is formed and it maintains its own coherency (Plan C - for a Coherent group of the other stakeholders) as a group while working with the governments in so far as they are allowed to do so.  My assumption being is that the more coordinated the Group of 20 is, in terms of process, at least, the better chance they have of 'fuller' forms of participation.  We have to find way to get beyond this notion that only governments can make decisions and recommendations and this group f 20 may be the ones to work on that.

So, the IGC has a list of 10 possible candidates for the 5.  Are any of these viable candidates for the academic and technical community in order to maximize the placement of those chosen. Did we do sufficient outreach in forming that group to have included people who are not IGC regulars in the group of proposed members? Who chooses the Academics and Technical Community members?  Who chooses business?  Who chooses International organizations?

Probably need for the co-cordinators, or maybe someone designated by the co-cordinators, to do outreach to the movers and shakers in the other stakeholders group to see how we form/coordinate this beast.  I think it might be interesting if the stakeholder groups could actually present the proposed Group of 20 to the Chair.


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> Hi
> 
> BTW did you notice that the adopted text says "international organisations" not "intergovernmental organisations". This differentiation goes back to the Geneva Plan of Action and the WGIG mandate in C6/13b "...involving relevant intergovernmental and international organizations and forums". "International organisations" next to "intergovernmental organisations" came into the WSIS language to accomodate both ITU (intergovernmnetal) and ICANN (international). With five seats for "international organisations" this could be - inter alia - ICANN, IETF, ISOC, NRO, Article 19. Furhtermore in the other category it says "academic and technical community" which includes not only technical experts but also academics from social science, law, economics etc, that is IAMCR, GIGANET & friends. This goes back to the WGIG report which had singled out the "academic and technical community" as a special group. Para 33 said:  " Furthermore, the WGIG recognized that the contribution to the Internet of the academic community is very valuable and constitutes one of its main sources of inspiration, innovation and creativity. Similarly, the technical community and its organizations are deeply involved in Internet operation, Internet standard-setting and Internet services development. Both of these groups make a permanent and valuable contribution to the stability, security, functioning and evolution of the Internet. They interact extensively with and within all stakeholder groups."
> 
> Before discussing in detail a Plan B or C, we should try to form a strong "Group of the 20" which would work inside the WG on IGF Improvement and would have the capacity (and legitimacy) to produce, if needed, a "minority report" if no consensus between the (majority of) governmental and (the minority of) non-governmental members of the group is achievable until May 2011. 
> 
> Wolfgang  


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