[governance] IGF and Enhanced Cooperation

[Roland Perry]

In message <20120601212854.775AE1F5A at quill.bollow.ch>, at 23:28:54 on 
Fri, 1 Jun 2012, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> writes
>> I'm not sure why we can't use the example of various ccTLDs which have
>> had very successful multi-stakeholder participation and policy making
>> for many years. Why wait till 2014 for .berlin to be a shining example,
>> when we already have .uk?
>
>Well, as I understand it at least the main point of introducing city
>TLDs is to support cities with reinventing themselves to some extent
>as entities with visible existence not only in the physical realm but
>also online.
>
>This reinventing process implies engaging a much wider variety of
>people than who would participate in ccTLD governance processes
>which as far as I know are very much focused on the technical and
>administrative dimensions

That may be the case for some ccTLDs but I don't think it's universal.

What was needed, I thought, was a model for multistakeholder 
participation, what you discuss after that can be expanded very easily 
if you already have all the stakeholders at the table.
-- 
Roland Perry

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