[Mmwg] IGF mechanism version 6.0 (less is more??)

[Max Senges]

Hi, I only have some short comments 

1) I do see Bill's point about the gov's not being used to work online.
However this was my first reaction before I read luc's and his post (and it
is still my *probably unrealistic* opinion)why do working groups meet
physically? It has obvious advantages to meet physically, but given the
money and time constrains, a physical meeting excludes people and gives the
ones who show up more power. 

2) why should all working groups be required to use the same tools? As I
have mentioned earlier I believe that as technology progresses, participants
will [sooner or later] switch to more advanced collaboration technology. I
think it would be burocratic and hinder innovation and efficiency to ask
them to all use the same.

3) 
- Plenary votes on working group creation. 
- Plenary votes on WG leaders.

I think I don't get it, does this mean WG's are created only once a year at
the physical level? I would not like that idea. But anyways, I am not in
favour of having the plenary vote on WG's and WG leaders. I think the WG's
form themselves under 'to be defined' criteria (e.g. balance of
stakeholders, clearly defined IGF format terms of reference), the
secretariat publishes the application and only when there is 'protest' the
plenary votes. In any case I think the WG's should agree on their leaders
themselves.  

max

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Subject: [Mmwg] IGF mechanism version 6.0 (less is more??)

Hi Luc, et. al.,

I've stripped down your proposal to it's bare bones, and tried to
remove bits that have been objected to by folk.  Any takers?


Plenary
- Composed of entities, people, etc
- Discusses (but cannot change) a resolution supplied by working
groups and adopts them (or not) as IGF recommendations.
- Expected to conduct its business online whenever possible. Online
communications will be in English (due to the costs that translating
all email would entail).
- One yearly physical meeting
- All entities, people, etc., have equal speaking rights.
- Interpretation is available in the 6 UN languages for physical meetings.

Working groups
- Open to all (including all plenary entities).
- They do their business online and meet physically annually.
- Their job is to agree on recommendations that are reported to the
plenary, and to the Internet Community at large
- Working group Chairs call rough consensus.
- Because working groups must be global by nature, their working
language is English.
- All resolutions submitted to the plenary must be made available in
all UN languages.
- All working groups use the same online tools.


+++  Procedures

Bootstrap loader
1. Interim Chair is Nitin Desai and interim Secretariat is Markus Kummer.
2. After an open call for nominations, Chair and Secretariat are
elected for a 2-year term. Both can be reelected for any number of
terms.


Working group creation
- Proposals for working groups are submitted to Chair/Secretariat by
interested parties along with their suggestions for co-leaders.
- An open call for WG leader nominations is issued by Secretariat.
- Chair-Secretariat can veto creation of ill-defined working groups
(irrelevant to IGF mandate, unrealistic scope, and scope overlap with
existing WGs).
- Plenary votes on working group creation.
- Plenary votes on WG leaders.

Default working group
- A working group on procedural issues is created by default.
- Its leaders are the Chair and the Secretariat.
- It is responsible for:
   - changes to IGF mechanism,
   - setting the agenda,
   - outline of meeting logistics,
   - software tools to be used by IGF.

Chair
- Presides over meetings.
- Reviews and approves proceedings reports submitted by Secretariat.

Secretariat
- Prepares Proceedings report.
- Administers web site and public communications of IGF.
- Handles logistics of IGF online and physical meetings.
- Receives nominations.
- Receives applications for the creation of working groups.




--
Cheers,

McTim
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