[WSIS CS-Plenary] About the Internet governance caucus

[Ralf Bendrath]

MJ Ray schrieb:

> A CS actor who wants to get involved with IG caucus may visit
> the web site http://www.wsis-cs.org/ and follow the link marked
> "Civil Society Caucuses and Working groups and how to get
> involved." This leads to a page of mailing list links 
And with the caucus coordinators mentioned, including their email 
addresses. It is no problem to just drop them a mail and ask how to best 
get involved. This is true for every caucus.

 > Following the link for "More info on this list"
> brings a normal mailman listinfo page, which only links to
> the archives.
And gives you info on how to subscribe.

> Using generic
> search engines, I found the web site at http://www.net-gov.org/
I am really sorry. This website had been up for quite a while, it had just 
not been listed on www.wsis-cs.org. I have just updated that page, 
including links to some other caucuses' public list archives etc.

> Looking at random other caucuses, most have more description of
> their actions, but are often out-of-date or have very little
> advice about how they (wish to) act. 
This is probably due to the fact that most of us do this as volunteers and 
in our spare time. I am myself coordinating a caucus (privacy & security), 
and we don't even have a website yet. No bad intentions, just lack of time 
and ressources. But everybody who wants to get involved can contact me and 
Karen (the other coordinator) or joint the mailing list and is more than 
welcome and nwill get all needed information.

I hope this gives a bit better understanding of why things are sometimes 
less than perfect.

Best, Ralf