[governance] Towards a Renewed Purpose and Vision for IGC, Co-coordinators 2015/2016

[Antonio Medina Gómez]

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I'm very happy for this words and trust
Congratulations

Antonio Medina Gomez


2014-02-07 Mawaki Chango <kichango at gmail.com>:

> Dear All,
>
>  Thank you again from both of us for all the strongly positive messages
> of congratulation and support.
>
> We have noticed the baptism of fire you have reserved for us, and take it
> as your contribution to helping us get some tough skin for the ride.
>
>
> We are very grateful for the good will that has been shown in order to
> allow us to settle in with "a bit of peace on IGC". We hope especially that
> we can, all working together, maybe not only achieve "a bit of peace" but
> make it perpetual peace while still vigorously debating creative responses
> to the Internet challenges as well as innovative ideas for its best
> possible evolution.
>
>
> Our joint vision is that by the end of our term (hopefully well before)
> there is an IGC Renaissance, so to speak, with new and more cooperative
> atmosphere in the Caucus and a track record of relevant
> outputs/contributions to Internet policy processes. We are looking forward
> to the continuation of input to this list and to the co-creation of
> resources relevant to Internet governance, to Internet policy, and to any
> other Internet issues that present themselves, paying particular attention
> to the varied viewpoints of civil society.
>
>
> The value of this caucus lies in the wealth of experience and the very
> wide range of perspective and opinion held by its members. In order for
> their values to be realized, those perspectives and opinions need to be
> expressed. The way we see our function as co-coordinators is that we should
> protect and facilitate that freedom of expression, *as unobtrusively as
> possible,* indeed enable as diverse expression as possible, so that the
> perspectives and opinions can become fairly negotiated and robust inputs to
> the issues we confront together in Internet governance. In the same time
> such freedom would be self-defeating if it only leads to incapacitating us
> to forge a common purpose or at least to make collaborative, actionable and
> incremental valuable contributions to those issues and for the evolution of
> the Internet.
>
>
> As much as we co-coordinators would like to keep this space focused on
> material contribution to actual policy processes and decisions, we are not
> in the business of policing posts to this list, much less the members'
> opinions. It is the responsibility of each one of us to exercise judgment
> in order to avoid language and posts that may lead to unproductive
> engagements or even poison the atmosphere. As to any post/material whose
> relevance to IGC may not be self-evident, it is a desirable thing (albeit
> not mandatory) that the poster succinctly provides some rationale for
> helping the reader make that connection. If they don't, anyone who feels
> the need may ask for that. If such exchange were to occur, we urge all the
> parties to try and keep it in as impersonal terms as possible. If anyone
> feels strongly about making a point, let us keep it to the point,
> precisely, not take it to the person whose ideas they think they have to
> counter.
>
>
> Wishing for the above does not make it a reality, we realize that, and
> people will most probably post opinions or comments that won't make
> everyone comfortable. But this does not have to lead to a tit for tat
> reaction. If anyone feels like some material posted or opinion expressed
> advances a political agenda they are opposed to and feels compelled to
> react to that, instead of reacting to the person who posted the material,
> why not take the minimalist approach to just post in turn a material that
> present the opposite view they support?
>
>
> There are potentially many positive goals for all the energy and wealth of
> experience on this list. Let us focus our energy mainly on drafting and
> discussing outputs and making useful contributions toward addressing issues
> of Internet policy, Internet governance, Internet usage and the social as
> well as societal impact of the Internet. We wish this note to be the most
> obtrusive communication we will have to make to the list during our term.
> We remain available to work off-list and bring sides together, if need be.
> In the end, the continuous relevance of IGC is not just two
> co-coordinators' job; it is in our hands to all of us.
>
>
> Thank you for giving us a chance to help make this happen.
>
>
> Deirdre Williams and Mawaki Chango
> IGC Co-coordinators
>
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