[Mmwg] Re: IGF mechanism 5.0

[Milton Mueller]

>>> Taran Rampersad <cnd at knowprose.com> 1/23/2006 3:41:32 AM >>>
>As Vittorio wrote; "if the Chair doesn't satisfy everyone, people will 
>stop to participate": which is dangerous for the less powerful groups, 
>including civil society".

Can you tell me how you think Vittorio's proposal would avoid that problem? 

Oh, sorry, there is no proposal from him, is there? 

Anyway, people will not stop participating in an IGF because they are not completely satisfied with what the chair does, unless the community we are dealing with is more immature than I think it is. 

Vittorio and I were having a hypothetical debate about a situation in which the Chair actively abused his/her power. I simply pointed out that that would be self-destructive, and thus no one would be likely to do it.

>Start talking about how the community will interact with the 
>plenary and the structure will define itself; the process in this 
>case should define the product. 

Umm, that's precisely what the model I proposed would do! 

We seem to be in violent agreement. Take a look at the actual proposal, not a few superficial comments about it. I'm more than willing to listen to concrete criticisms of it.

I'm open to other proposals that work better and solve defined problems in the structures I proposed. But so far I have seen no concrete problems identified and no alternatives put forward.