[Mmwg] IGF Input

[McTim]

Hello all,

been offline for a week on the Swahili Coast, but am catching up and would
like to weigh in on this one.

On 2/24/06, William Drake <drake at hei.unige.ch> wrote:
>
> Hi Luc,
>
> I don't see the problem with respect to the chair's question.  There are
> technical people in each of the three societal sectors conventionally
> recognized in the UN and beyond,
>

Are there really?  I saw very little evidence of this during the WSIS
process. I think that there are not in actual fact very many at all.  I saw
1 clueful rep from Gov't side, a few in CS, and a few from PS.

I have been advocating all along that people who operate networks/set
standards, etc., be more included if there is any chance of success of the
IGF.

and you don't have to create a new category catering to a
> particular interest group in order to ensure that some technical people get
> on a IGF boot-up team.
>

Me thinks we do.  How else will it happen?

There undoubtedly will be some, as there has been in the past.  Academics
> are in the non-profit sector, aka CS, and they too have been included from
> the start.
>

But very few academics with technical expertise.


It's clearly too late for us to include this as a MMWG submission, so I will
submit smt on my own.

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Cheers,

McTim
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