[WSIS CS-Plenary] Internet governance : roles of plenary and governance lists

[Bertrand de LA CHAPELLE]

Dear all,

The WSIS Action plan requests the UN SG to set up a WG on 
Internet Governance.

Ensuring participation of civil society in this process and 
making sure it has a voice is a priority, be it only to set 
a positive pattern in the WSIS follow-up. 

This will trigger a lot of exchanges and online discussions 
within civil society that will make the plenary list 
unmanageable if it receives all postings. For that issue as 
well as for other thematic issues, the Plenary mailing list 
should be freed from the thematic debates that can be 
conducted on caucusses lists. 

For the CS Internet governance caucus, a mailing list has 
been set up for some time (see 
https://ssl.cpsr.org/mailman/listinfo/governance). It is the 
natural space to conduct discussion and debate on these 
issues and prepare the CS participation in the various 
consultation processes taking place in the coming months. I 
therefore suggest all CS discussions related to the UN SG 
Working group on Internet governance to be conducted on the 
governance mailing list.

Interested members of civil society who want to contribute 
are invited to register on that list. Those who want to 
simply follow the debate are invited to subscribe as well to 
be able to visit the archives when they want but disable 
mail delivery in the subscription options page. 

The plenary mailing list would therefore be used to : 
-	announce the launch of specific consultations
-	report regularly on progress
-	sollicit comments or support from the plenary on 
draft positions 
-	communicate interesting information gathered within 
the thematic list to a wider audience

Hope this will facilitate work.

Cheers

Bertrand