[governance] Merger of workshop "Reflection on the Indian proposal towards an IGF 2.0"

[Louis Pouzin (well)]

Warning. ICC/BASIS and ISOC just want to snow the serious issues. A Sesame
street kind of nice talk. Don't merge.
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On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org> wrote:

>  The ICC/BASIS and ISOC were invited to participate in our workshop,
> "Reflection on the Indian proposal towards an IGF 2.0".  Instead, they
> responded by proposing competing workshops of their own and suggesting that
> the three be merged.
>
> The ICC/BASIS one is "a roundtable workshop format that includes the full
> range of stakeholders to discuss a broad range of ideas and provide an
> opportunity to exchange perspectives on proposed improvements".  Marilia and
> I both strongly felt that merging with such a workshop would result in a
> loss of focus and weaker (or more likely no) outcomes.
>
> The ISOC workshop actually does sound more interesting (to me), but it is
> very much more process-oriented rather than addressing specific proposals
> for improvement.  I think that the ISOC one, like ours, would be better
> stand-alone.
>
> Marilia and I, as co-organisers of the workshop for the IGC, were invited
> to discuss the proposed merger with the others yesterday in a
> teleconference.  We expressed our views strongly, and I hope effectively.
> But we came away promising to consult with this group about whether a merger
> could be considered under the following conditions:
>
> 1. Workshop would be expanded to double-length.
> 2. IGC (naturally, I guess) will have an equal say in all organisational
> decisions.
>
> The three workshop proposals are:
>
> http://mini.me.my/10 (IGC workshop)
> http://mini.me.my/11 (ISOC workshop)
> http://mini.me.my/12 (ICC/BASIS workshop)
>
> So please let us know your thoughts before the end of the week, in order
> that Marilia (who will be in Geneva) can present them to the others ahead of
> the pseudo-MAG meeting.
>
> Thanks.
>
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