[governance] IGF Improvements report

[Milton L Mueller]

I have dug up this old message from Anriette, which I think hits the nail on the head. With her on the IGF Improvements WG I thought perhaps there was some hope for some real improvement. 
Are Anriette and others who shared the views she expresses below happy with the final report? 
What is missing? What is its greatest strength?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-
> request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of Anriette Esterhuysen
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 12:57 PM
> To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> Subject: Re: [governance] RE: IGF Establishment
> 
> 
> What was interesting about being on the Working Group on IGF
> Improvements is that at the outset (hearings and open meetings in late
> 2010) this 'IGF establishment' asserted quite vehemently that the IGF
> does not need improvement, and, in the unlikely case that it does, it
> should be left alone to self-improve.
> 
> For me probably the greatest achievements of this working group is that
> by the end of the working group process, this 'establishment' had agreed
> that there was room for improvement and contributed suggestions for how
> it can take place.
> 
> Suggestions to talk about 'outcomes' which many of us made on open
> consultations since the first IGF were always met by this
> 'establishment' as outrageous, and likely to lead to the demise of the
> IGF. Now I think they realise that absolutely no outcomes is a far
> greater risk.
> 
> I.o.w. the IGF 'establishment' has shifted quite a bit in the last
> months. Let's hope they are also willing to do so in relation to talking
> about 'EC'.
> 
> Anriette
> 
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