[governance] Substantive discourse processes for the Brazil MSM (was Re: Meeting ... between the LOG and 1Net)

Jefsey jefsey at jefsey.com
Wed Jan 29 18:38:23 EST 2014


At 14:54 26/01/2014, Richard Hill wrote:
>I will be pleased to co-sign it.

If not too late, you can add me on behalf of INTLNET, 
http://intlnet.org, JFC Morfin, Executive Director.
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>Best,
>Richard
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Norbert Bollow [mailto:nb at bollow.ch]
> > Sent: dimanche, 26. janvier 2014 09:30
> > To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; Richard Hill
> > Cc: Daniel IGA MWESIGWA; Birgitta Jónsdóttir
> > Subject: Re: [governance] Substantive discourse processes for the Brazil
> > MSM (was Re: Meeting ... between the LOG and 1Net)
> >
> >
> > Many thanks to Richard for his comments on the questions that I had
> > raised.
> >
> > I've added two notes at the end which are inspired by Richard's
> > response (see below).
> >
> > I had hoped that there would be significant discussion, and on the
> > basis of that, a consensus process on this submission. It is not a
> > problem from my perspective however to provide this input as an
> > individual submission. Alternatively, if someone is interested in
> > co-signing this, please let me know by tonight 23.00 UTC.
> >
> > Greetings,
> > Norbert
> >
> > --snip-------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Submission on substantive discourse processes
> >
> > This document aims to propose a set of broadly acceptable processes
> > for handling substantive inputs to the Global Multistakeholder
> > Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance.
> >
> > According to the website http://brmeeting.br/ the meeting will "focus
> > on crafting Internet governance principles and proposing a roadmap for
> > the further evolution of the Internet governance ecosystem.”
> >
> > Since the time for substantive preparatory processes is so short, it
> > may be appropriate to further focus the planned meeting on gathering
> > requirements and concerns in regard to Internet governance principles
> > and the further evolution of the Internet governance ecosystem, from
> > various perspectives, and to build a shared understanding of what the
> > various perspectives on this are.
> >
> > If this objective is adopted, appropriate processes for handling
> > substantive inputs could include the following:
> >
> >  *  Communicate (as early as possible) an invitation to provide input
> >     documents on gathering requirements and concerns, from various
> >     perspectives.
> >
> >  *  Assemble a working group tasked with compiling these substantive
> >     inputs into a comprehensive report.
> >
> >  *  After March 1, the deadline for submitting substantive
> >     contributions. The working group will draft a report on
> >     requirements and concerns, noting which points require further
> >     clarification.
> >
> >  *  Each contributor is given the opportunity to double-check that
> >     their contribution is reflected appropriately.
> >
> >  *  Requests for changes / corrections which contributors have
> >     submitted are processed.
> >
> >  *  The working group for the substantive report tries to identify
> >     what are the open points that need to be resolved before the report
> >     can be adopted as describing a shared understanding of what the
> >     various perspectives on this are.
> >
> >  *  At the beginning of the MSM itself, the list of "open points that
> >     need to be resolved" can be added to by any participant.
> >
> >  *  The rest of the first day of the MSM is used for breakout sessions
> >     attempting to achieve consensus resolutions for the various open
> >     points.
> >
> >  *  The second day is used for plenary sessions in which resolution
> >     proposals are presented and hopefully consensus is achieved.
> >
> > Notes:
> >
> > 1. In terms of style requirements on the submissions, a necessary
> > and maybe sufficient rule is that ad hominem attacks, insults, etc.
> > must not be allowed.
> >
> > 2. The fundamental model for developing the output document would be
> > the "single text" approach: there is one document, and anybody is
> > free to propose changes to it.  The changes are discussed and agreed
> > or not. The starting point for this process is an empty document.
> >
> >
> > Respectfully submitted
> > with all the best wishes
> >
> > Norbert Bollow, Swiss Open Systems User Group
> >
> >
>
>
>
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