[governance] < 24 hours remaining to vote YES + thematic working

Sat Jan 30 12:37:46 EST 2010

Hi,

YES + thematic working group

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2010/1/31 Matthias C. Kettemann <matthias.kettemann at uni-graz.at>

>  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> <glaser at nic.br>
> *Date: *Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:18:11 -0200
> *To: *<governance at lists.cpsr.org> <governance at lists.cpsr.org>; Jeremy
> Malcolm<jeremy at ciroap.org> <jeremy at ciroap.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [governance] < 24 hours remaining to vote YES + thematic
> working
>
>
>  YES + thematic working groups
>
> =========================================
>
> 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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