[governance] the forthcoming MAG meeting and open consultations

[Michael Gurstein]

From my experience online participation in meetings is good for certain
types of discussions/interactions--information exchange, one way
transmission, interchanges where there is a clear agenda and a fairly clear
set of decisions to be made.  

It is much less useful in contexts such where there is a lot of back and
forth discussion (especially if people don't know each other very well and
the subjects are not clear cut), or where there is a lot of politiking, or
where the objective is making contacts/schmoozing/informal deal making...

My guess is that for a lot of people, the IGF is or they would like it to be
of the second variety rather than the first.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: governance at lists.cpsr.org [mailto:governance at lists.cpsr.org] On Behalf
Of Katitza Rodriguez
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 4:34 PM
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Roland Perry
Subject: Re: [governance] the forthcoming MAG meeting and open consultations


I have attended all the meetings since I was elected but not the last 
one. There were no funding available. I might not go to this one either 
but will do online conference call. I am still figuring out my agenda.

On 5/3/11 1:07 AM, Roland Perry wrote:
> The number of people attending the Open Consultation has dwindled over
> the years, and the attendee list is published. While some of the MAG 
> do not attend the Open Consultation, most of the others there for Day 
> 1 will also turn up as observers at the MAG.


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