[IGFmaglist] IGF Reform Proposals

[Markus Kummer]

Dear all,

It will not be possible to hold a MAG meeting on Sunday morning, as the rooms will not be available and, also, the Secretariat fully engaged with last minute preparations.

Also, I don't think that we will be able to discuss Patrick's reform proposals at our meetings in Bali - the MAG meetings will be very short and we will have to make best possible use of them to run the meeting.

However, I am happy to organise a call to discuss the paper once the meeting is over. Only two preliminary comments: 

I am sure that we would all support an unlimited mandate for the IGF. However, this is out of scope for the MAG and, if anything, would be counterproductive.

I would also like to recall that the IGF Secretariat repeatedly urged the MAG to come up with a formula for selecting its members and time and again the MAG preferred to sticking to the current practice, leaving it what MAG Members used to term "the black box". I for one would strongly support any effort to develop a more transparent formula. This is clearly within the scope of the MAG.

Lastly, may I ask Patrick to send us the document he circulated as an attachment rather than using proprietary web services.

Best regards
Markus 



On Oct 18, 2013, at 9:18 PM, angelic40 at gmail.com wrote:

> Dear Patrick,
> 
> Yes, I am all for a discussion whether it is during one of the MAG get tot hers or just an evening over dinner or so. I will not arrive in time for a weekend session, but if I make it to Bali, I will be available starting Thursday morning.
> I agree that an online discussion/ participation should be part of it.
> 
> Looking forward to participating in this discussion
> Angelic
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On Oct 18, 2013, at 4:13 PM, Patrick Ryan <patrickryan at google.com> wrote:
> 
>> Angelic,
>> 
>> That's a really good question---we don't actually have anything set up to discuss this, although I'm hopeful that we can address it at one of the MAG meetings that has been set.  Alternatively, for those that are arriving this weekend, I would love to get together----say, on Sunday morning----to host a discussion.  I also think that it will be important to see if we can collect some of the views of colleagues that have not been able to make it to Bali for various reasons (such as the visa situation), and so I suspect that the discussion should also include some online elements (email, maybe we create another Doc that people can collaborate on) so that we can hear their views.
>> 
>> If you or anybody has any thoughts on that, I would love to hear them.
>> 
>> Patrick
>> 
>> ------
>> patrick ryan 
>> public policy & gov't relations sr. counsel, free expression and int'l relations
>> patrickryan at google.com | +1.512.751.5346
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 5:29 AM, Angelic del Castilho <angelic40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear Patrick,
>> 
>> Thank you for this information. Is there a specific date set during the IGF in Bali for discussing this document or is the discussion only through comments online for now?
>> 
>> Have a great day!
>> Angelic
>> 
>> Angelic Caroline Alihusain-del Castilho
>> POB 3036
>> Wanica
>> Suriname
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 6:01 PM, Patrick Ryan <patrickryan at google.com> wrote:
>> Dear MAG Colleagues,
>> 
>> As we head into the IGF this year, I wanted to share some thoughts on the "top five" issues for IGF reform.  The document is in a draft form and could benefit form the thoughts and input from all of us.  It's not a private document, so feel free to share.  It's not a Google position although as I've mentioned to many, many of my colleagues at Google are very keen to make sure that we engage in serious reform discussions----starting next week.
>> 
>> It's never easy to propose reform discussions of this kind (it's hard in any organization) and I genuinely hope that the suggestions here will be received by the UN and IGF colleagues in the positive spirit that they are intended.  We all believe strongly in the IGF and it's because of our belief in it that we should be talking about how to make it stronger.
>> 
>> The document is available here.  Comments are really welcome and encouraged, either by email or by using the comment function of Google Docs.
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> 
>> Patrick
>> 
>> ------
>> patrick ryan 
>> public policy & gov't relations sr. counsel, free expression and int'l relations
>> patrickryan at google.com | +1.512.751.5346
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