[IGFmaglist] SHOULD ALL WORKING GROUPS BE OPEN TO THE ENTIRE IG COMMUNITY IMMEDIATELY?

[Baher Esmat]

So, the meeting summary shared by Chengetai states: "groups will be open to
any interested stakeholder².  But when I saw the public call was only for
the themes group I was a little confused.

I¹m totally for opening the groups to any non-MAG members. If however, some
groups would prefer to do some planning work (processes and timelines as per
Virat¹s note) before opening up the group to the public, I don¹t object that
either. We should only be cognizant of time so that not to invite community
late in the process.

Best
Baher


On 12/11/14, 1:23 PM, "Bhatia, Virat" <virat.bhatia at intl.att.com> wrote:

>  
> Dear Members of the MAG,
> Baher has raised an important question on whether the working groups are open
> to volunteers beyond the MAG membership at this stage.
> Baher, Thanks for raising the question.  Here is my understanding.
> During the MAG meeting I had recommended that the working group (MAG members)
> who volunteer, would come together and formulate processes and timelines for
> intersessional work which would include the procedure for engaging the larger
> community.  Following this, the working of the working group would be opened
> to the larger community for wider participation. However, there were requests
> about making the entire process bottom-up, based on open consultation.
> Further, I saw there was an open call for themes which went beyond the MAG
> membership.  I assume the same is true for all working groups.
> Since you raise the question, I think we should decide whether the working
> groups (except on themes) must be opened to the entire IG  community at this
> stage? Or later, when the norms and processes have been finalized for the
> larger community¹s participation (beyond MAG). Since there is no precedent ­
> especially with regards to intersessional work, we will need to make that
> decision now. 
> Request my co-coordinators and others to weigh in on whether working groups
> should be open to all, ( beyond the MAG list) right away, or should it be done
> after initial discussion on procedures, timelines and basic structure / plan
> have been concluded, and then open the working groups to a wider participation
> in  January  / early February?
> Please share your thoughts since all coordinators of working groups will need
> similar guidance.
> Regards
> Virat Bhatia
>  
>  
> 
> From: Baher Esmat [mailto:baher.esmat at icann.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 9:24 PM
> To: Bhatia, Virat; Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org
> Subject: Re: [IGFmaglist] INVITATION TO SIGN ON TO THE DEDICATED LIST FOR THE
> WORKING GROUP ON INTERSESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
>  
> 
> Hi Virat,
> 
>  
> 
> On 12/10/14, 4:53 PM, "Bhatia, Virat" <virat.bhatia at intl.att.com> wrote:
> 
>  
>> 
>> Please invite others
>> Further, those who have already joined the list, or are interested in doing
>> so, are requested to kindly publicize this widely and invite colleagues from
>> your network(s) to join the list, if they wish to participate and contribute
>> to the discussions on intersessional work.
> 
> Is this list open for non-MAG members? I only saw the public call for
> participation in the theme / sub-themes list.
> 
>  
> 
> Best
> 
> Baher 


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