From bdelachapelle at gmail.com Thu Feb 21 10:14:55 2008 From: bdelachapelle at gmail.com (Bertrand de La Chapelle) Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:14:55 +0100 Subject: [Plenary] What should we use this list for ? Message-ID: <954259bd0802210714j4a99da33r8a9f003797e2d2b7@mail.gmail.com> Dear subscribers to the Plenary list of the IGF, I joined recently after discovering the very existence of the list. It is sad the availability of this tool is not better known and that it is silent. I am wondering what the appropriate use of this list could be. Wouldn't it be for instance a natural space to discuss the preparation of the India meeting after the consultations in Geneva next week ? The Forum is a nice tool but it lacks interactivity. A list like this one would be better. A general announcement could be made by the IGF secretariat to remind people of the existence of the list and we could encourage to join people on the various lists we are subscribed to. It could provide a connection for MAG members to the general Forum community, in order for them to test ideas or get feedback. What do you think ? Best Bertrand -- ____________________ Bertrand de La Chapelle D?l?gu? Sp?cial pour la Soci?t? de l'Information / Special Envoy for the Information Society Minist?re des Affaires Etrang?res et Europ?ennes/ French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs Tel : +33 (0)6 11 88 33 32 "Le plus beau m?tier des hommes, c'est d'unir les hommes" Antoine de Saint Exup?ry ("there is no better mission for humans than uniting humans") -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Jeremy at Malcolm.id.au Thu Feb 21 19:21:58 2008 From: Jeremy at Malcolm.id.au (Jeremy Malcolm) Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:21:58 +0900 Subject: [Plenary] What should we use this list for ? In-Reply-To: <954259bd0802210714j4a99da33r8a9f003797e2d2b7@mail.gmail.com> References: <954259bd0802210714j4a99da33r8a9f003797e2d2b7@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <14501CBE-27A6-462F-9605-D1764108A95D@Malcolm.id.au> On 22/02/2008, at 12:14 AM, Bertrand de La Chapelle wrote: > A general announcement could be made by the IGF secretariat to > remind people of the existence of the list and we could encourage to > join people on the various lists we are subscribed to. It could > provide a connection for MAG members to the general Forum community, > in order for them to test ideas or get feedback. > > What do you think ? I couldn't agree more and have been saying the same for quite some time. The objective that you give for the greater promotion and use of the list is a good one, but there are others: for example, the IGF is weakest in its connection to the grassroots community of Internet users at large outside of organised interest groups. With appropriate promotion and facilitation, this mailing list could become a seed for the development of a virtual community for the IGF that includes these forgotten stakeholders, akin to those that exist around other Internet governance institutions such as the IETF. It could also provide more of an ongoing identity and presence for the IGF as a whole, that is otherwise largely invisible in between its annual meetings. -- Jeremy Malcolm LLB (Hons) B Com Internet and Open Source lawyer, IT consultant, actor host -t NAPTR 1.0.8.0.3.1.2.9.8.1.6.e164.org|awk -F! '{print $3}' From dannyyounger at yahoo.com Thu Feb 21 20:34:08 2008 From: dannyyounger at yahoo.com (Danny Younger) Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:34:08 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Plenary] What should we use this list for ? In-Reply-To: <14501CBE-27A6-462F-9605-D1764108A95D@Malcolm.id.au> Message-ID: <729346.6268.qm@web52207.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Greetings Jeremy and Bertrand, I am currently working on a project on behalf of a set of "forgotten stakeholders" -- the community of domain name registrants. Last week I put forward a proposal to the ICANN Chairman of the Board to establish a new Advisory Committee with a narrow focus on registrant issues. The proposal: http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/ga-200709/msg01080.html Peter's response: http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/ga-200709/msg01084.html My reply: http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/ga-200709/msg01094.html I am currently recruiting a team to properly develop the concept and have brought on board nine project participants thus far in the last few days (I expect to have a team of about two dozen by the end of next week -- I'll be recruiting additional members at the NTIA's JPA Mid-term Review). I anticipate that 2 dozen will be a workable number as the earlier At-Large Organizing Committee (ALOC) had 27 members in their initiative that ultimately led to the formation of the ALAC. I'll get a website and blog set up within the next two weeks but I still need to make arrangements for a listserv, conference calls and/or the use of tools such as Marratech or Eluminate. I could really use a few specialists on board with either experience in an Advisory Committee setting or with structure-building or project management experience. I will be happy to forward further details upon request. best wishes, Danny Younger --- Jeremy Malcolm wrote: > On 22/02/2008, at 12:14 AM, Bertrand de La Chapelle > wrote: > > > A general announcement could be made by the IGF > secretariat to > > remind people of the existence of the list and we > could encourage to > > join people on the various lists we are subscribed > to. It could > > provide a connection for MAG members to the > general Forum community, > > in order for them to test ideas or get feedback. > > > > What do you think ? > > > I couldn't agree more and have been saying the same > for quite some > time. The objective that you give for the greater > promotion and use > of the list is a good one, but there are others: for > example, the IGF > is weakest in its connection to the grassroots > community of Internet > users at large outside of organised interest groups. > With appropriate > promotion and facilitation, this mailing list could > become a seed for > the development of a virtual community for the IGF > that includes these > forgotten stakeholders, akin to those that exist > around other Internet > governance institutions such as the IETF. It could > also provide more > of an ongoing identity and presence for the IGF as a > whole, that is > otherwise largely invisible in between its annual > meetings. > > -- > Jeremy Malcolm LLB (Hons) B Com > Internet and Open Source lawyer, IT consultant, > actor > host -t NAPTR 1.0.8.0.3.1.2.9.8.1.6.e164.org|awk -F! > '{print $3}' > > > > _______________________________________________ > Plenary mailing list > Plenary at intgovforum.org > http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/plenary_intgovforum.org > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ