[governance] IGF plus IGC + only members list.

[Jeanette Hofmann]

On 22.05.2011 17:17, parminder wrote:
>
>
> On Sunday 22 May 2011 02:02 PM, Jeanette Hofmann wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> we've had this discussion about different lists countless times
>> before. Fortunately, I think, there was never a majority for those who
>> argued in favor of differentiating between IGF as an open
>> multistakeholder platform and IGC as a civil society advocacy
>> organization.
> Jeanette,
>
> I did not understand what would you mean by non-differentiating between
> "IGF as an open multistakeholder platform and IGC as a civil society
> advocacy organization". Are the two not very different kinds of
> institutions?

They share one mailing list and I would advise against changing that.

jeanette
>
> And our charter clearly poses IGC as a civil society advocate
> organisation. That is what we are supposed to be, if we are not very
> ably that at the moment.
>
> parminder
>
>> It seems unlikely that a new discussion would lead to different
>> results. Therefore, if possible, lets not indulge in this issue again.
>>
>> My pragmatic suggestion would be to form informal and temporary
>> subgroups for issues that need non-public coordination. The membership
>> in such subgroups would be hand-picked and thus intransparent. Since
>> statements on behalf of the IGC would still need voting, I don't see a
>> problem with that.
>>
>> jeanette
>>
>>
>>
>> On 22.05.2011 10:18, Izumi AIZU wrote:
>>> As one of the co-coordinators, I would like to respond briefly to the
>>> request
>>> or suggestion Katitza made about the need for creating a new, CS-only
>>> list.
>>>
>>> As already indicated here, there are pros and cons for this.
>>> If there is enough support to go for voting, then, yes, it will be the
>>> coordinators responsibility to open for such voting.
>>>
>>> I like to see how many are explicitly in favor of creating this new
>>> list and
>>> how many are not so, but before doing so, please express your reactions
>>> first on the current list.
>>>
>>> izumi
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I also would like to call attention to the fact that this list is
>>>> open to
>>>> other stakeholders including public authorities, government officials,
>>>> technical community, and business sector representatives. Therefore,
>>>> members
>>>> need to understand that MAG members have a very difficult task to share
>>>> strategies in a public list. Any public strategy that we can share
>>>> here, can
>>>> always harm our collective efforts in spaces where disclosing your
>>>> strategy
>>>> in advance is a big problem and can harm our work.
>>>>
>>>> I would like to ask the coordinators to create a list for IGC-only
>>>> members
>>>> that is close to their members. In that way, civil society MAG
>>>> members will
>>>> be able to provide a better report after the meeting.
>>>>
>>>> All the best, Katitza
>>>>
>>>>
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