[governance] CSTD Q2-Format of IGF meetings

[Roland Perry]

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<AANLkTim_LwH_X5BH1XiYc+iP39HGP-yE2K=toH5AJxB8 at mail.gmail.com>, at 
11:30:11 on Tue, 25 Jan 2011, Fouad Bajwa <fouadbajwa at gmail.com> writes
>> On 24.01.2011 09:13, Roland Perry wrote:

>>>Marilia Maciel <mariliamaciel at gmail.com>  writes
>>>>
>>>> -          Two first days of the IGF dedicated to workshops and the
>>>> two last days dedicated to main sessions, best practices fora, roundtable
>>>
>>> This seems to be a major structural change. Does the "UN Framework"
>>> within which the meetings take place (and Markus has explained several
>>> times why the main sessions are the length they are etc) allow for two
>>> days without any main sessions? Although presumably there *has* to be an
>>> Opening/Welcome Ceremony on the first day, whatever else is decided.

>On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 2:47 AM, Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette at wzb.eu> wrote:
>> We could consider reducing the number of main sessions altogether. I am not
>> sure it would be a good idea to squeeze them into two days.
>>
>> jeanette
>>
>The two day proposal might not be workable but the idea to reduce the
>duration of the main sessions in a given day could be a very useful
>proposal because the participation in the main sessions also falls
>because of interest in the workshops.
>
>-- Foo

With respect, while I agree that a different structure might be better, 
I was asking if the protocol permits the running of a "UN meeting" 
without a "main session" in each [very strictly 3-hour] time slot.

In other words, while the rest of us can have workshops to any timetable 
we like, the UN-organised aspect of the IGF has to be two 3hr Main 
sessions a day.

But it's interesting how the focus of the IGF has changed from "main 
sessions with a few associated workshops", to a "workshop-driven 
conference with a few associated main sessions"; and if we can keep the 
total number of workshops under control, formalising this might be a 
useful exercise.
-- 
Roland Perry
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