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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>1. Scope of MMWG</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Interesting opinions by Gurstein and Currie, Jacqueline,
but they concern mostly civil society's role
in the MSH approach. From what I understand of our charter, our
job is to come up with a global mechanism for all relevant parties to participate in
IGF and other WSIS-related fora and to make recommendations to the UN
secretariat.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. Timeline and deliverables</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Our charter mentions the MMWG is created for two years. When are
our recommendations due? Wouldn't it be useful to establish a timeline and a
clear definition of our deliverables that we all agree on?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>3. Mechanism</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2> What's a mechanism?
To me, it's a way of building things. A grammar and a vocabulary. It
may be helpful for us to think of our job as coming up with the rules
to build and operate a MSH decisional body rather than try to design the
body ourselves. After that the different fora (IGF et al.) could use our mechanism to build and
operate the MSH decisional body they require.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>4. Representation</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>This brings us to the challenging issue of legitimacy and representation in
the MSH process:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>a) Who must be represented? (We
already have some propositions from the list for this)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>b) Who can legitimately represent groups
who wish to be represented?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>c) Can individuals represent themselves? In the
affirmative, what is their relative importance vs. other individuals
representing thousands or millions of
individuals?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>d) Who exactly do governments represent if
the very people they are supposed to represent are represented by CS
entities?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>e) What does "equal participation" mean in
the MSH context?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>5. Post MMWG</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>What happens after we make our
recommendations? Who makes the final decision on the MSH mechanism that
will be used in IGF?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>- Luc Faubert</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>ISOC Québec</FONT></DIV>
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