[governance] WCIT melt down

[michael gurstein]

+1.

 

And by getting on the speeding IG train some other things follow along.

 

There is a need for some very serious (theoretical/academic) work on
multistakeholderism and democracy--multistakeholderism, which everyone seems
to be espousing these days necessarily redefines traditional democracy in
some quite significant and unanticipated ways and these need to be sorted
out theoretically if they are going to make any sense in practice.  

 

There is also some very serious practical work that needs to be done by CS
as a "stakeholder" -- figuring out how it can usefully function as a
stakeholder in the variety of roles and venues where it is now being
expected (even in some sense required) to participate. And how CS can do
this in the absence of any reasonable funding model is a major major
challenge--where is PER in all this BTW. There are the rules of
operation--including issues of functional inclusion/exclusion (dealing with
trolls and defining conflicts of interest for example), challenges to
broaden the socio-economic base not only of the participants but perhaps
more important around the issues from those that are of interest primarily
in the "North" to include those that have much more resonance to the broad
base of CS in the "South"--digital inclusion, broadband for all, equity of
Interent (economic) outcomes--that sort of thing.

 

And we need some sort of structuring and roadmaps for moving forward to take
up these responsibilities--frameworks for achieving normative concensus,
opportunities for face to face gatherings along with transparent means for
remote participation.

 

 

 

 

 

From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org
[mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of John Curran
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 3:34 PM
To: parminder
Cc: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
Subject: Re: [governance] WCIT melt down

 

On Dec 15, 2012, at 9:08 AM, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:





It seems that 2013 is going to an important year for global IG.... The
battle lines are more clearly drawn. I hope civil society contributes in a
positive way, in what can in a way be constructed as a 'significant
opportunity' having opened up for appropriate agenda framing and
insitutional development that is in the best global public interest.

 

One of the most important things the CS can provide is a clear, consistent 

vision of what participatory multistakeholder Internet governance should
look 

like, including a well-defined role for governments which is consistent with


their public policy role and obligations. 

 

I imagine this vision is not primarily based on a "1 government, 1 vote"
model,

but similarly it probably cannot be "all governments sit at the same table
as 

everyone else in all circumstances, and by the way, one government has a 

unique role due to historical circumstances."

 

FYI,

/John

 

Disclaimer: My views alone.  No governments were harmed in the preparation

of this email. 

 

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