[governance] Message to the IGC [Call for Wider Civil Society to engage in a Coalition]

[michael gurstein]

I’ve no disagreement with what Jeremy says below but just to note that of the 5 organizations listed below only one (APC) appears to comfortably fit the definition of networks of organisations that you are presenting (I’m not familiar with the ICANN-NC group so it may be two…

 

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From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Malcolm
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 1:23 AM
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Subject: Re: [governance] Message to the IGC [Call for Wider Civil Society to engage in a Coalition]

 

On 03/12/13 11:46, Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro wrote:

This is not a new initiative but simply one which I have been pushing for since Bali which is wider inclusion of civil society organisations rather than just: 

 

1.	Association for Progressive Commuications (APC)
2.	Best Bits
3.	Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus
4.	Diplo Foundation
5.	ICANN's Non Commercial Stakeholder Group

 

Currently, the steering committee comprises of these 5 organisations but i would like to see more come to the table as we need to be inclusive and not exclusive and clique based.

 

This would simply mean ensuring that there is harmonized and seamless communication and joint synergistic efforts within civil society because it would be a farce to suggest increasing accountability and transparency from other constituencies and when within our own we are isolated.


Then that seems to be a bit orthogonal to what we've been discussing on the joint steering committee itself which is developing standards that would make sense for networks of organisations rather than individual organisations to join the committee.  Whereas your latest call is for individual organisations to put themselves forward to do so.  Hence why Ian may have been taken a bit by surprise.

It is not impossible to conceive that this is the right approach, because that is how CSISAC came together in pretty short order, from the organisations that signed the Seoul Declaration.  But  different from the approach taken so far, and probably needs more discussion first.  There's no harm in that discussion taking place here, but to manage expectations, it might have been premature to call for individual organisations to join?

Just my thoughts... 

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