[governance] the matter of MAG rotation 2010

[Jeanette Hofmann]

> Parminder has (as usual) voiced my concerns more eloquently than I 
> earlier did.  Even while there has been a MAG meeting three times a 
> year, important decisions have still been made without reference to it. 
>  I worry that, as little authority as the MAG has been allowed as it is, 
> the Secretariat is at least likely to let it out on a longer leash than 
> the open consultation meeting.  In my personal (non-coordinator) view, 
> management of the IGF is a case where some (accountable, transparent) 
> hierarchical structure is needed.

As we perhaps all know by now, the MAG doesn't have any formal 
authority. Decisions are taken by the UNSG, and this is where, in my 
view, accountability for the IGF lies.

To open up the preparatory part of the IGF to those who organize 
workshops and are involved in main sessions is a very good thing in my 
view. I think we will have a hard time to make non-civil society people 
understand why we would opt for more rather than less hierarchy and 
closed rather than open processes.

I don't think that keeping the preparatory stage of the IGF closed has 
any direct impact on the authority or responsibility of the MAG. I find 
it unfortunate to relate these two issues.

jeanette
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