[Wg-imp] Continuation of the WG on Improvements to the IGF in 2018
Mamadou LO
alfamamadou at hotmail.com
Fri Apr 6 18:17:59 EDT 2018
Hi all
+1 Avri; Jeremy
Support a merger too
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-------- Message d'origine --------
De : Jeremy Malcolm <jmalcolm at eff.org>
Date : 06/04/2018 21:22 (GMT+00:00)
À : wg-imp at intgovforum.org
Objet : Re: [Wg-imp] Continuation of the WG on Improvements to the IGF in 2018
I would also support a merger of the groups.
On 6/4/18 2:12 pm, avri doria wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I question the continuing need for this Wg.
>
> For the most part any of its future possible actions were subsumed in
> the creation of the WG-MWP, so all that is left is the clerical task of
> cleaning up the tables and adding a few markers on the degree of
> completion. Any work about how to move forward from there is an WG-MWP
> task, if I understand that charter and the reason that group was created.
>
> Not that it matters, but I think any pending tasks for this group could
> be absorbed by the WG-MWP.
>
> avri
>
>
>
> On 04-Apr-18 14:49, Flávio Rech Wagner wrote:
>> Dear colleagues of the WG-IMP
>>
>> The MAG is now deliberating on its Working Groups for 2018.
>>
>> Our WG-IMP achieved partial results that were presented in the message
>> copied below, which we sent to the MAG by December 14, 2017. That
>> message also proposed possible next steps, in case the WG is
>> re-chartered and continued in 2018.
>>
>> I think that we all agree that this WG deserves continuation in 2018,
>> as the assessment of proposed improvements is very relevant for the
>> future of the IGF. Because of that, I suggest that we propose the
>> continuation of the WG in 2018. For this, the MAG would need to
>> approve a new charter for 2018 and choose new WG leaders.
>>
>> You find attached a first draft of a possible charter for the WG
>> continuation in 2018. I am suggesting very few adjustments to the
>> charter from 2017 (which you may also find attached), especially
>> adding a new section "Next steps", which just repeat the next steps
>> that we proposed by the end of our work in December 2017.
>>
>> I urge you to send your comments as soon as possible, as we need to
>> send a possible proposal to the MAG in the next few days, so that the
>> WG continuation may be approved during the next MAG virtual meeting,
>> in about two weeks from now.
>>
>> Please notice that none of the 2017 WG co-chairs (myself, Avri,
>> Deborah) is a MAG member in 2018, so that new WG leaders will need to
>> be appointed.
>>
>> The MAG Chair and the Secretariat will decide on the best way to
>> forward our proposal to the MAG.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Flavio
>>
>>
>>> Dear colleagues of the MAG
>>>
>>> The MAG WG on Improvements to the IGF completed a first version of a
>>> table gathering proposals of improvements to the IGF that have been
>>> proposed in previous years. You may find the table here:
>>>
>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TdxEe0Qit3qAMCaGeyOLOl4PvUIuY3Nv5hmBsq0_OfE/edit#gid=0
>>>
>>> The table contains proposals of improvements from five different sources:
>>>
>>> 1. The CSTD WG on IGF Improvements Report (2012)
>>> 2. Implementing WSIS Outcomes: A Ten-Year Review (2015)
>>> 3. Recommendations made by UNGA on renewal of the IGF mandate
>>> (December 2015)
>>> 4. Draft report from the DESA Retreat (July 2016)
>>> 5. The NETmundial Multistakeholder Statement (April 2014)
>>>
>>> These reference documents may be found here:
>>>
>>>
>>> https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B4C745NEsGNqZWhIdlh3c1R0VGc
>>>
>>> For the recommendations proposed by the "CSTD WG on IGF Improvements"
>>> (first source above), the table already contains an assessment of
>>> their achievement. This assessment was made by a previous MAG WG in
>>> 2013 and must be updated, of course.
>>>
>>> The table includes a column "Tags", which contains tags that allow a
>>> finer classification of the recommendations (tags are still missing
>>> for some recommendations). This may be useful for a better
>>> clusterization of the recommendations and for potential mergers among
>>> similar recommendations.
>>>
>>> The table has been divided into two main parts. The bottom part
>>> contains recommendations and considerations that do not necessarily
>>> correspond to "improvements".
>>>
>>> The WG suggests that the table could be extended with recommendations
>>> coming from published submissions to consultations on IGF
>>> improvements, even if they weren't adopted.
>>>
>>> Suggested next steps for the WG include:
>>>
>>> * extend the table with recommendations coming from published
>>> submissions to consultations on IGF improvements;
>>> * revise and correct the table as needed, for instance:
>>> o make adjustments to the categories and tags in columns
>>> Category and Tags;
>>> o potentially merge similar recommendations coming from
>>> different sources;
>>> o potentially remove recommendations that are not considered
>>> relevant or consensual;
>>> o move recommendations from the bottom part of the table to the
>>> top part, or vice-versa;
>>> * launch the assessment of the progress made by the IGF towards the
>>> achievement of the various recommendations;
>>> o for that purpose, discuss and approve an adequate methodology.
>>>
>>> The continuation of this work of course depends on decisions to be
>>> taken by the new MAG.
>>>
>>> We are looking forward to your comments and suggestions.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Flavio, Avri and Deborah, WG co-chairs
>>>
>>>
>> --
>> Prof. Flávio Rech Wagner Tel: +55-51-3308 9494
>> Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Fax: +55-51-3308 7308
>> Instituto de Informática E-mail: flavio at inf.ufrgs.br
>> Porto Alegre, Brasil URL: www.inf.ufrgs.br/~flavio<http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~flavio>
>>
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