[governance] Conflicts in Internet Governance

[David Cake]

On 15/04/2013, at 12:59 AM, Roland Perry <roland at internetpolicyagency.com> wrote:

> In message <A0615421071EDD4A9F851117D67D538A82398DB3 at EXCH01.KDBSystems.local>, at 15:58:23 on Sun, 14 Apr 2013, Kerry Brown <kerry at kdbsystems.com> writes
>> This causes a lot of problems because when people talk about Internet governance they rarely have the same definition of the Internet. This
>> guarantees there will be conflicts. Managing those conflicts is what the multi-stakeholder model is all about.
> 
> Just to be clear, I don't think multistakeholder meetings *with a negotiated outcome* should be a learning experience *about the topic of Internet governance* for any of the negotiators. It should be a place where differences of informed opinion are resolved, with participants clear about what the issues are, even if they don't agree what approach to take.

	A learning experience should never be the goal of such meetings, but it will be an inevitable side effect. Internet governance is evolving quickly enough that there is always something for us to learn.
	Regards
		David
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