[governance] Report from the IGF Open Consultations in Paris

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

Thanks for the write-up.

Personally, I think getting the input from further consultation and workshop suggestions, and allowing the theme to emerge from the  input is a marvelous idea.  

It also allows the outgoing MAG to have suggested directions based on consultations and looking back while the incoming MAG to realize and voice the bottom-up derived themes and not be stuck with a done deal.

I would also like to point out that though the 2nd day's meeting was a MAG meting, the rest of us were able to attend and even to comment at various points.  I think this is a great improvement over the days when the MAG meetings were close enclaves.

avri


On 1 Mar 2013, at 17:32, Norbert Bollow wrote:

> On the topic of choosing the overall theme for the Bali IGF, a
> somewhat unpleasant surprise was sprung on us in the form of Markus
> starting the discussion of this topic by asking whether or not to
> leave this choice open until after the workshop proposals have come
> in. I do not object to this kind of idea being discussed at the IGF
> consultations, but I really think that this type of question should
> have been mentioned in the agenda for the consultations, so that we
> would have had a chance to discuss this in the Caucus in advance.
> (Unless the practice is continued to have a wonderfully wordsmithed
> theme which is however effectively totally ignored for all practical
> purposes related to the IGF's substantive content-- a practice which
> is IMO absolutely devoid of integrity-- it is of profound importance
> whether the overall theme is chosen to guide workshop proposers, or
> to summarize what the workshop proposers are interested in discussing
> in the absence of such guidance.)


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