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

[Norbert Bollow]

Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org> wrote:
> On 12/05/11 16:53, Norbert Bollow wrote:
> > 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.
> > Is their motivation for choosing this course of action known?
> >
> > How do their perspectives on workshop outcomes compare to the
> > desires of Marilia and yourself?
> 
> A summary was sent around privately after the teleconference, but we
> have been requested not to repost it.  Anyway, my notes of the
> teleconference include a lot of catch-phrases like "holistic dialogue",
> "all-encompassing", "general debate", "range of ideas"... as opposed to
> the much more focused agenda for our workshop.  I'm not sure how much
> more I can say about their motivations or perspectives, but it is not
> difficult to speculate.

Ok, given that there has been plenty of holistic dialogue and general
debate on the all-encompassing range of ideas already, I'd strongly
support sticking to the "much more focused agenda" that Marilia and
you have in mind. It's IMO not a bad thing to have two workshops on
the same topic if the two workshops differ significantly in how they
approach the topic, provided they're not scheduled to both take place
at the same time. IGF participants are then free to attend one or the
other or both. (I personally certainly won't be found attending the
non-focused one, but nevertheless I think that there's nothing wrong
with some groups wanting to organize another opportunity for a broad
debate for those who wish to participate in that.)

Greetings,
Norbert
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