[governance] Report from the IGF Open Consultations in Paris

[Deirdre Williams]

Hello,
I woke up at 4am even though there wasn't a meeting today :-(
I agree 100% with Avri, both about the welcome bottom-upness of the
proposed mechanism to find a theme, and about the inclusive atmosphere of
the MAG meeting.
Deirdre

On 2 March 2013 08:51, Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> wrote:

> 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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