[Mmwg] Suggestion for consultation

[Vittorio Bertola]

Milton Mueller ha scritto:
> Bill and Jeanette's comments provide an excellent seed for
> conceptualizing the next task of this WG. If we can come up with
> specific proposals that would address these issues we could really
> win something, I think. I hope our actions are more timely than they
> were last time.

Let me throw one more element into the discussion: if we want to 
aggregate civil society voices, do we envisage a bottom-up type of 
aggregation, or a top-down one? I mean, do we want to create a mechanism 
through which as many people as possible agree to renounce speaking or 
appoint delegates as long as they more or less agree on the content, or 
do we want to force a "bureau-like" structure through which, no matter 
what happens, one final "civil society opinion" will be approved by a 
majority?

The first approach is more open and more flexible, but could prove 
useless: what if all the people on this list agree and speak with one 
voice, and then someone else from an NGO not on this list takes the 
floor and says the exact opposite without having coordinated with 
anyone, or perhaps even challenges the legitimacy of the previous 
speaker? (Which is what happened at the WGIG with the PCT caucus 
challenging the nomination process, and what happened yesterday in the 
meeting with the EU, and a number of other times!)
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