[governance] < 24 hours remaining to vote YES + thematic working
Matthias C. Kettemann
matthias.kettemann at uni-graz.at
Sat Jan 30 12:21:58 EST 2010
YES + thematic working group
balbornoz at flacso.org.ec schrieb:
> YES + thematic working group
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> *From: * Hartmut Glaser <glaser at nic.br>
> *Date: *Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:18:11 -0200
> *To: *<governance at lists.cpsr.org>; Jeremy Malcolm<jeremy at ciroap.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [governance] < 24 hours remaining to vote YES +
> thematic working
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> YES + thematic working groups
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> On 30/01/2010 07:32, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
>> If you have not voted on the IGC statement for the next open
>> consultation meeting, please vote now. At present the statement
>> might not pass the consensus call - not because there has been a lot
>> of opposition to it, but because the total number of responses is
>> still relatively low.
>>
>> Please also remember that we have another thread in which to discuss
>> the agenda for the Vilnius meeting: so far there has been no response
>> to Parminder's suggestion of a theme on "Network Neutrality/Open
>> Internet".
>>
>> Here once again is the statement on which we have a consensus call.
>> Everyone who has voted YES so far has been contacted off-list to
>> clarify their attitude towards thematic working groups - none have
>> yet changed their vote.
>>
>> Please vote:
>>
>> *YES + thematic working groups *to accept the statement as shown here
>> *YES* to accept the statement without the [underlined passage]
>> *NO* to reject the statement
>>
>> *Submission of the IGC in taking stock of the Sharm el Sheikh meeting
>> of the IGF*
>>
>> The Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) strongly supports the
>> continuation of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) as a
>> multi-stakeholder forum for the discussion of Internet-related public
>> policy issues. When, as we expect, the forum's mandate is extended
>> for a further term, there are a number of adjustments that we believe
>> should be taken into account, continuing the IGF's pattern of
>> incremental improvement since its inauguration in 2006.
>>
>> None of these suggestions would fundamentally alter the IGF as an
>> institution; for example, we are content that it remain formally
>> convened by the UN Secretary General, with an independent budget and
>> a Secretariat under contract with the United Nations Department of
>> Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA). We do not see any benefit to
>> the IGF in moving underneath a different UN body such as the ITU.
>>
>> One question on which the IGC is in clear agreement is that the
>> composition of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) itself
>> should be more evenly divided between the stakeholder groups. Many
>> also believe that the stakeholders should have a more direct role in
>> the selection of MAG members, and that MAG discussions should
>> continue to be made more transparent.
>>
>> One particular aspect of the IGF's operations in which the
>> participation of stakeholders could be improved is in setting the
>> substantive agenda of IGF meetings. We understand that the MAG might
>> not be rotated this year (though in our view the uncertainty about
>> the IGF's future need not preclude that). If a rotation does not
>> take place, care must be taken that this does not result in the
>> programme for the Vilnius meeting being prematurely set in stone.
>> [[The IGC is ready to make innovative contributions to enhance the
>> present "Secretariat-MAG-Open Consultation" mechanism for the
>> preparation of IGF meetings.]]
>>
>> The IGF should also consider how to improve its orientation towards
>> the development of tangible outputs, even if these would amount to
>> "messages" rather than to recommendations, declarations or statements
>> (though many of our members would also support outputs of these
>> stronger kinds). Whatever form its outputs take, efforts should be
>> taken to ensure that they are transmitted to relevant external
>> institutions through appropriate mechanisms.
>>
>> Similarly, attention must be given to the effectiveness of the IGF's
>> intersessional work program, which is currently limited to open
>> consultations, MAG meetings, dynamic coalition meetings, and loosely
>> connected national and regional meetings. In particular, there
>> should be a better mechanism than at present for these other groups
>> and meetings to present their outputs to the IGF as a whole. This
>> would require the IGF to set more stringent standards for such groups
>> and meetings, including open membership, democratic processes, and
>> perhaps multi-stakeholder composition.
>>
>> [The MAG should also organize thematic working groups to develop
>> background material, IGF discussion synthesis etc on major themes
>> selected to be taken up by the IGF.]
>>
>> We thank you for the opportunity to present you with these thoughts,
>> which reflect a "rough consensus" of our several hundred members from
>> civil society. We look forward to continuing to constructively
>> engage with and participate in the IGF over the course of its renewed
>> term.
>>
>> *About the IGC*
>>
>> The IGC is an association of individuals in civil society, with a
>> wide spread of geographic and gender representation, who are actively
>> engaged in internet governance and the IGF. Formed during the lead up
>> to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), our mission is
>> to promote global public interest objectives in Internet governance
>> policy making. It now comprises more than 400 individual subscribers
>> to its mailing list, who have subscribed to its Charter. More about
>> our coalition can be found at http://www.igcaucus.org.
>>
>> --
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