[governance] Blogpost: Multistakeholderism vs. Democracy: My Adventures in "Stakeholderland"

[Norbert Bollow]

Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> wrote:

> Though I would start by looking at some of the principles that have
> been used by those selected as focal points over the years.  I think
> that generally the choices made by these focal points have been done
> in a principled manner, so we may already have a set of principles.
> They just aren't gathered in one place as a reference or guideline.

Good point.

In sure that the reports of the various IGC NomComs are another
worthwhile source. I don't know whether there is anything
analogous in other stakeholder categories for selecting representatives
for representation in multistakeholder WGs etc.

> So I think it is more an act of discovering and gathering than
> developing.

I'd suggest that after discovering and gathering should come analysis
and evaluation, taking into account in particular the systemic
perspective to which Baudouin has pointed us recently.

Greetings,
Norbert


Notes on abbreviations used:
IGC - Internet Governance Caucus, a civil society umbrella organization
NomCom - Nomination Commission, see http://igcaucus.org/nomcom-process

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