[Mmwg] Suggestion for consultation

[Jeanette Hofmann]

> Since you know the answer, I suppose this is intended as a rhetorical question. 
> WGIG was a group of 39 writing a report.  This is a consultation of hundreds
> preparing for a meeting of potentially more than a thousand.  For the WGIG
> model to scale may require in part that CS organizes itself in a manner that
> they know how to deal with so as to get the same respect that we did in WGIG. 
> If we're just going to say, well, this is how we do it, deal with it, and the
> result is perceived a free range tower of Babel, I don't think that advances
> our interests.  The exercise is supposed to promote inter-species dialogue, and
> I think that means taking into account how the other side thinks.  It's also
> not entirely clear to me what modalities we would be developing here if we
> simply mean to say to governments and business, as many of us will talk as long
> as we want about whatever we want, even if there's no clear point, like it or
> lump it.  So of course, I'm not saying we should be junior partners, nor that
> we should presume to impose restrictions on CS people not involved with us, but
> I do think it would help to think through an interface that doesn't leave the
> government folks feeling like their time's not being well spent.

I couldn't agree more, Bill. It is simply not sustainable to combine a 
"one person - one voice" mode with a one Europe-one voice" mode. Either 
we solve this problem ourselves or the governments will impose new 
rules. I also don't think it is adequate to compare summit rules of 
procedures with those of somewhat loser structured consultations. We 
shouldn't draw wrong conclusions from this consultation. It is our 
responsibility to aggregate opinions, goals and interests to some 
degree. I don't say we should give only one statement but certainly less
than we did this time.
jeanette
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