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

[Chaitanya Dhareshwar]

unraveled = the document being unavailable to the mag

Which is what I'm asking about actually, would they not try to get and
review the documents as part of their work, and no - no gotchas - I did
say I'm asking for my knowledge and not for blame :)

-C


On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
<suresh at hserus.net>wrote:

> Sorry, but what has unraveled - except possibly an attempt to "ah..hah,
> gotcha!!" the MAG? :)
>
> That said, speaking slots of any sort that take place in the actual
> conference halls are a risky proposition to promise in return for
> sponsorship.  There is an ever present risk that the IGF agenda gets
> piggybacked onto and becomes a soapbox for political, commercial or other
> interests.
>
> Generally, it should be quite safe to host dignitaries from the sponsors
> to speak at lunch breaks, for example - or allow them to host separate
> sessions, clearly marked "sponsor: XXXX" where those that are interested
> can carry out discussions. [eg: A google public policy outreach session,
> just for example].  Very similar to advertiser sponsored features in
> newspapers - they're supposed to be clearly marked as such, but sometimes
> aren't.
>
> --srs (iPad)
>
> On 29-Jul-2013, at 9:15, Chaitanya Dhareshwar <chaitanyabd at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Interesting to see how this is unraveling. I honestly thought I was the
> only one here who's clueless about this procedure and was feeling pretty
> foolish for not reading up/googling about it before.
> >
> > Given the IGF has been happening a while now, would the MAG not try to
> familiarize themselves with the proposal documents in full? I'm asking out
> of want, to learn - not to apportion blame.
> >
> > -C
> >
>
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