[Mmwg] Combining models

[Vittorio Bertola]

Hello,

I would like to submit an initial consideration.

People usually have one of two different macro-models in mind:

1) one in which you have a closed group (whether it would be formed by 
20 individuals or by 500 accredited organizations is a second-level 
problem) with formal admission and voting procedures, so that you can 
take decisions in a transparent way;

2) another one in which you have an open room, physical or virtual, in 
which everyone can walk in and participate, and then someone calls rough 
consensus.

Model 1 allows you to take decisions; deliberating in model 2 is 
extremely difficult and subject to capture. On the other hand, model 2 
allows for participation by everyone, including individuals, and allows 
good ideas to flow and to float.

So I think that what we need is a mix of the two: model 2 to develop 
policy proposals, and model 1 to approve them.

Which, by the way, reflects the IETF model: you have open working groups 
where a Chair calls consensus, but then you have a formally constituted 
closed body (the IESG) that formally approves or rejects the results.

What do you think of this?
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