[governance] IGC on Facebook?

[Tracy F. Hackshaw @ Google]

Hello all,

On another note, this discussion, or variants of same, seems to return year
after year in different guises.

I do find the general "reluctance" of the IGC list to seek to expand beyond
its core membership base ("noise???") to be quite mystifying, especially
given its mandate to, if not represent, certainly provide a forum for, the
views of Civil Society in the areas surrounding IG.

*The mission of the Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) is to provide a forum
> for discussion, advocacy, action, and for representation of civil society
> contributions in Internet governance processes. The caucus intends to
> provide an open and effective forum for civil society to share opinion,
> policy options and expertise on Internet governance issues, and to provide a
> mechanism for coordination of advocacy to enhance the utilization and
> influence of Civil Society (CS) and the IGC in relevant policy processes.
>   *


I, for one, am all for expanding the communication channels by which the IGC
seeks to effect its Mission and associated objectives, and using that
opportunity to direct the "noise" to a more focussed and ultimately engaging
experience facilitated by IGC "branded" tools.

And, at the risk of playing firestarter, +1 for a real names policy in the
IGC social toolkit as well.

Best wishes,

Tracy



On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Deirdre Williams <
williams.deirdre at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have been wondering about noise as well.
> Communication seems to me to work more efficiently, in terms of "these are
> the issues", as information emanating from a known and/or trusted
> individual. Rather than one large "IGC" campaign, individual initiatives by
> IGC members, who use Facebook and other such services, to spread information
> about the issues of Internet Governance might have more real effect. And
> this would also serve to break the language difficulties to a great extent.
> But one never knows how things will work until the experiment is complete -
> so all power to Izumi for experimenting.
> Deirdre
>
> On 7 September 2011 09:46, Louis Pouzin (well) <pouzin at well.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 14:55, Tracy F. Hackshaw @ Google <
>> tracyhackshaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Still not sure why Jeremy's suggestion is not acceptable.
>>>
>>> Agree with Jacqueline, Siva and David at the same time.
>>>
>>> And why not use not only FB, but G+, LinkedIn, Orkut, YouTube, Quora,
>>> etc etc not to discuss or "fully engage" but to EDUCATE non-IGC
>>> members about the IGC at a high level and POINT to the IGC Open
>>> Discussion Tools/Social Network/Thingamajig?
>>>
>> - - -
>>
>> My hunch is that would trigger much more noise than signal. Then who has
>> enough spare time to debunk the load of misconceptions ?
>> Good luck.
>> - - -
>>
>>
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