[governance] Fwd: IGF 2012 - Bilateral meeting

[Milton L Mueller]

5 or 6 people, max? Ridiculous. This is an inherently bad, undemocratic method.
Governments such as the EC try to impose false notions of "representation" on civil society, by seeking a few "spokespersons" or "representatives." Their only real object is to make their job easier. We should decline to cooperate with this political version of artificial scarcity, and just insist on an open meeting. I am serious. If you are so flattered that they asked for your opinion, but go along with their attempt to reduce civil society to a few privileged voices, you are completely missing the point.


On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Izumi AIZU <iza at anr.org<mailto:iza at anr.org>> wrote:
Following the one in Nairobi last year, European commission and European Parliament
people want to hold an informal meeting with civil society members and
asked Wolfgang to coordinate.

Since this is an informal meeting with limited space, we need to find and decide who will
be there. Around  5 or 6 people, max.

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