[governance] IGC and substantive issues (was Re: Digital restrictions...)

[Tapani Tarvainen]

I don't think Avri meant there should be no substantive
discussions on the list at all, rather just that in this
particular issue (supporting the appeal that is, not
html5/drm in general) it would be best avoided - and I agree,
for time is limited and the appeal is simple enough,
it would be more effective to support it as is now
than with long and detailed argument later.

Of course nothing stops as from doing both, and certainly
drm in general would merit a long substantive debate,
but right now I think it'd be best to seek consensus for
a simple "IGC supports this" -statement.

Remember Voltaire: "Better is enemy of the good".

-- 
Tapani Tarvainen

On Apr 29 06:49, Norbert Bollow (nb at bollow.ch) wrote:

> Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> wrote:
> 
> > Any more and we would probably be involved in substantive issues.
> 
> According to http://igcaucus.org/charter IGC has been created with this
> mission:
> 
>    The mission of the Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) is to provide a
>    forum for discussion, advocacy, action, and for representation of
>    civil society contributions in Internet governance processes. The
>    caucus intends to provide an open and effective forum for civil
>    society to share opinion, policy options and expertise on Internet
>    governance issues, and to provide a mechanism for coordination of
>    advocacy to enhance the utilization and influence of Civil Society
>    (CS) and the IGC in relevant policy processes.
> 
> Not engaging on any substantive issues would imply having zero
> influence in the relevant policy processes, so that would be contrary
> to IGC's mission.
> 
> Greetings,
> Norbert
> 
> -- 
> Recommendations for effective and contructive participation in IGC:
> 1. Respond to the content of assertions and arguments, not to the person
> 2. Be conservative in what you send, be liberal in what you accept
> 

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