[governance] Inquiry for a new vision into the future of IGC

[michael gurstein]

Jeremy,

I believe that many including myself saw the Coordinating Group as
exclusionary and simply an extension of the apparent exclusionary impulses
of BB.  Whatever the merits of this perception there is clearly the need for
some sort of umbrella CS group as I discussed in my earlier email and
moreover one with which the various groups uncomfortable with the CSCG
initiative would be comfortable.

For the reasons Norbert has outlined the IGC might fill the bill better than
a "new" initiative.

M

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To: Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus - IGC
Subject: Re: [governance] Inquiry for a new vision into the future of IGC

On Jun 27, 2014, at 12:09 AM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:

> There will certainly continue to be situations where the organizers of 
> some important committee have no difficulty in knowing where to go to 
> for getting representatives of the technical community which is at the 
> heart of running the Internet's core infrastructure. They also know to 
> go to ICC BASIS for business representatives.
> 
> But where do they go for getting civil society represented???
> 
> In my view, the lack of credible broadly accepted civil society 
> coordination entity cannot continue for much longer without long-term 
> damage to the influence of civil society as a whole.

This is exactly what the Civil Society Coordination Group was formed for
last year.  Besides all the usual suspects (including IGC), it was
explicitly designed to be broad enough to include other civil society
networks (including representatives who would NEVER join the IGC - CIVICUS
agreed to join, for example).  Due to the excitement over NETmundial,
further development of the Coordination Group has taken a back seat, but it
really does deserve attention again.  There was a survey about this earlier
in the year (see
http://lists.igcaucus.org/arc/governance/2014-02/msg00214.html), and Ian
Peter who chaired the group had posted about it most recently on 26 March
(http://lists.igcaucus.org/arc/governance/2014-03/msg00514.html).

It's quite important, so I suggest rather than trying to get the IGC to fill
a role for which is not suited, we look back at where the Coordination Group
was at, and get it into shape for the next time it's needed.

--
Jeremy Malcolm PhD LLB (Hons) B Com
Internet lawyer, ICT policy advocate, geek echo "9EEAi^^;6C6]>J^=^>6"|tr
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