[governance] caucus contribution, consultation and MAG meeting

Kabani kabani.asif at gmail.com
Tue Jan 29 05:18:46 EST 2013


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On 28 January 2013 20:05, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:

> Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org> wrote:
>
> > Quick thoughts:
> >
> > - Call for proposals: Should be done in an open and transparent
> > fashion. I am of the opinion that the call should be done after the
> > open consultation/MAG meeting in Feb. That's been how it has been
> > done in the past, and works well.
> >
> > To not do so, would give the appearance that the MAG has already
> > decided on issues/topics and is trying to impose them. That, is not
> > acceptable.
>
> Ok, I've deleted for now the demand for an early call for proposals.
>
> > - We seem to be still stuck on the same nomenclature for overall
> > themes that were developed years ago. As I proposed at last year's
> > IGF MAG consultations, we might want to see if the frame of
> > "Stewardship" that is  used in international relations discussions
> > might be helpful
> >
> > - In the proposed schedule below I don't see where issues such as
> > Cyber Security, Openness, Surveillance, Rights & privacy would feed
> > into. Yes, they have been part of IGF's in the past, but they are
> > still key issues of concern for all stakeholders.
> >
> > - If we want experiment with different formats for discussion and
> > dialogue at the IGF, I would highly suggest we borrow approaches
> > taken at other highly successful meetings.
> >
> > Let's borrow from the success of a variety of
> > informal/ad-hoc/Discussion Presentation formats (such as TED, "Davos
> > Style" , unconfererence,  lightning talks, BOF's)  are used
> > successfully at other conferences such as the IETF, Davos, Tech at State
> > and TEDx.
> >
> > More informal styles of engagement might prove to be a bit
> > challenging to some stakeholder groups - such as governments - who
> > aren't accustomed to them. Success will require an experienced
> > moderator/facilitator.
>
> I'm not sure what to do with these thoughts - can you (or someone
> else) suggest concrete text?
>
> Greetings,
> Norbert
>
>
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