[WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: [governance] MAG dictates rules and agenda for IGF?

[Parminder]

>> difference of opinion that remains to be resolved between those who want
>>a more focused Athens meeting and those who want a more open meeting.  And
>>I don't think the discussion is over yet, so now is probably a good time
>>for discussing this with the MAG members CS has access to.

Sure, we need to discuss this. 
Openness is important but so is effectiveness. And this was the issue with
much of CS advocacy during the WSIS - issue of participation and openness -
even formulations like bottom-up with no central coordinators etc - were
pushed often without corresponding accent of substantive implications.


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-----Original Message-----
From: Avri Doria [mailto:avri at psg.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 1:13 PM
To: Carlos Afonso
Cc: WSIS Internet Governance Caucus; WSIS Plenary
Subject: Re: [governance] MAG dictates rules and agenda for IGF?

Hi

Well, I think the MAG is still only advising the Secretary General on  
what it believes should be done.  It is ultimately his decision what  
the agenda looks like and what the workshop setup will be.

There certainly seems to be a difference of opinion that remains to  
be resolved between those who want a more focused Athens meeting and  
those who want a more open meeting.  And I don't think the discussion  
is over yet, so now is probably a good time for discussing this with  
the MAG members CS has access to.

a.



On 29 maj 2006, at 17.54, Carlos Afonso wrote:

> Dear people,
>
> I did not imagine the MAG would dictate IGF norms and agenda, and  
> this was not in the rules established by the WSIS process.
>
> The MAG, an ad hoc creation of the UN Secretary General which is  
> not part of the WSIS decisions, was supposed to help the  
> secretariat regarding IGF procedures, selection process to ensure  
> pluralism and transparency, methodology -- not predetermine content  
> or agenda! This should be the task of the first IGF meeting itself  
> -- and the IGF should  have final say on procedures as well.
>
> This went way off track, in my opinion -- no surprise, with the  
> ICANN+business like-minded group dominating the MAG.
>
> Is CS agreeing to this?? Brazil will, I hope, react very strongly  
> against this, and I also hope many other countries will do the same.
>
> frt rgds
>
> --c.a.
>
> -- 
>
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