[governance] Re: [IRPCoalition] IGF - and the corporatisation scandal

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

Fine with me. As long as we don't accuse them right from the start

--srs (htc one x)



On 28 July 2013 7:52:02 PM Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
> Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net> wrote:
>
> > Before jumping to that conclusion, is there any indication that this
> > cash for slots idea was an initiative endorsed and operated by the
> > MAG or the secretariat, rather than by an uninformed local team?
>
> Even if it was done by an “uninformed” local team, there is an important
> question in regard to how one reacts to these actions of that local
> team.
>
> I'd suggest that it would be appropriate to ask the secretariat and
> the MAG whether they were aware of this, and if so, what steps were
> taken to inform the local team that that kind of promises in the
> context of fundraising for a diplomatic process are really not
> appropriate. Also ask what steps are being taken to prevent any
> repetition of this kind of situation. This is not a small matter.
> Possibly money was raised based on these promises, and a 'new IGF
> model' is being proposed that might just catch on: If no action is
> taken to prevent the IGF's credibility from being ruined in that way,
> that might just happen.
>
> Greetings,
> Norbert
>
> --
> Recommendations for effective and constructive 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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