Posted by Izumi on the IG Civil Society list--initial analysis of the IGF MAG
nominees
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From: Izumi AIZU <aizu@anr.org>
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Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 9:38 AM
Subject: [governance] Re: [Kofi Annan nominates IFGAdvisory Group
> I agree most of what Milton wrote, perhaps with more
> cautious tones than him.
>
> First, congratulations to those who are selected out of
> our nomination/recommendation, Adam, Gemma, Jeanette
> Qusai and Robin.
>
> But, what strikes me is, as Milton and many of you may feel the same way,
> dominance of government and "technical community" especially
> from ICANN stakeholders/operators, but very few from the Civil Society
> in a narrow sense.
>
>
> While there is seemingly "consensus" not to discuss ICANN related issues
> here at IGF, but rather in the closed "enhanced cooperation" process,
> then why so many ICANN related folks are here?
> This is quite strange to me. Any explanation?
>
> Where are the spam, security, multilingual experts?
>
> I mean, from the CS: privacy, human right, free speech experts.
>
> I think the Civil society memebrs there in Geneva should
> express our initial serious concerns about the composition
> and the direction of the MAG.
>
> izumi
>
> At 18:09 06/05/18 -0400, Milton Mueller wrote:
> >Carlos:
> >
> > >>> ca@rits.org.br 5/18/2006 5:11 PM >>>
> > >This is the distribution of the 45 members (not counting Nitin), as I
> >
> > >see it:
> > >
> > >19 from governments
> > >10 from business
> > >09 from the Icann system (including ISOC)
> > >07 from civil society
> >
> >Here is my perspective on the composition of the MAG:
> >http://www.icannwatch.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/18/226205&mode=thread
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