[governance] Suggested statement on MAG's future

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 04/05/2010, at 3:36 PM, McTim wrote:

> I don't see "stakeholder groups" as joint sovereigns of IG.

Per my last message, this is just a paraaphrase of the Tunis Agenda.

>>  We would like to see the democratic legitimacy
> 
> Is the MAG supposed to be a democratic body?
> ...
> Is it a representative body?  I thought that MAG members acted in
> personal capacities, no?

"Democratic" should be understood more broadly than "directly representative".

> of the stakeholders within the IGF process, becomes
>> clear.  Namely, it should be responsible for every decision that effects the
>> substantive work of the IGF.
> 
> Individual stakeholders, working in cooperation should be responsible
> for decision making.
> 
> Is there substantive work of the IGF?

Coordinating the individual stakeholders' responses in a particular issue area can be taken as its substantive work at present, but the IGF as an institution may also have an independent work programme in future in delivering recommendations or messages or whatever they may be... this is not an to argue about whether it should or shouldn't do so, but if it does, there will be a role for the MAG there.

I will post another draft of the statement incorporating Yrjö's text, and anything else that I can glean from responses to the list, in a while.

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