Dear All,
I have contacted Dr Vint Cerf, who is regarded as the father of the
Internet. He has been a past chairman of the board at ICANN, and is
currently working at Google, on Internet Evangelism and Policy-making.
(More about Dr Vint CERF here:
http://icannwiki.com/Vinton_Cerf)
Below are his replies and my questions !
-- Forwarded message --
multi-stakeholder models say that the stakeholders participate in the
discussions in what one would expect is a reasonably balanced fashion.
Equal opportunity to speak and to listen.
public vs private sessions depend on circumstances. One can imagine a
situation in which the forum has to deal with something that must stay
confidential for a time but transparency suggests that the topic of
discussion should be known and eventual outcomes reported.
Someone has to chair a multi-stakeholder forum but I think it would
fail the definition if, for example, only government reps could chair
or serve as secretariat.
On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 3:07 PM, Loganaden Velvindron
<loganaden_at_gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Vint,
I hope that you're well. As you were involved in the board of ICANN, I
would like to have your opinion as to what constitutes a
multi-stakeholder forum.
Also, I have the following questions:
A) Does a multi-stakeholder forum where the discussions and drafts are
confidential consitute a multi-stakeholder forum?
B) Would a multi-stakeholder forum where the majority of participants
are from the government sector (regulatory body, members of ministry
office, and various parastatal bodies) and the session chair as well
(who is a secretary from the government) also fit the definition of a
mulit-stakeholder forum ?
Kind regards,
//Logan
C-x-C-c
Received on Fri Jun 12 2015 - 20:34:56 PST