There are two aspects to the coordination group task, and it helps to keep them separate. The group is to coordinate submissions from stakeholders, and that includes group members making sure that the stakeholders they represent (as well as other stakeholders) make submissions and are kept abreast of the work of the coordination group. The role of constituencies here is to feed suggestions to the group and monitor its progress. Just as Milton is carrying out the responsibility of keeping the non-commercial constituencies informed, and prompting them to respond by being engaged, the GAC members of the coordination group have the same responsibility toward the GAC constituency. This is not a numbers game. The other aspect of the coordination group's task is to draft a proposal that is close to what the British call a "Green Paper", a document that has both recommended elements of a transition proposal, and identifies areas yet to be sorted out. It would be a mistake for either the coordination group, or the stakeholder constituencies, to assume that the initial outcome from the group would be a consensus document being offered for a yea/nay response from both the multistakeholder community and the U.S. Government. To take that path would probably take longer to reach a good consensus proposal than following a schedule using the Green Paper/White Paper (proposal doc) strategy. Sam L. On 13/07/2014 10:44 AM, Avri Doria wrote: > Hi, > > > On 13-Jul-14 10:13, Norbert Klein wrote: >> >More important is that the NTIA transition mandate says clearly that >> >governments and inter-government organizations cannot have a role in the >> >outcome. The GAC should be reminded about this. > I do not read it that way. > It can't be a intergovernmental solution. > > I take that to allow for a multistakeholder solution that includes > governmental actors in some form or configuration. I.e governments > should be able to have a role just as the other stakeholders are allowed > to have a role. > > avri -- ------------------------------------------------ "It is a disgrace to be rich and honoured in an unjust state" -Confucius ------------------------------------------------ Dr Sam Lanfranco (Prof Emeritus & Senior Scholar) Econ, York U., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - M3J 1P3 email: [log in to unmask] Skype: slanfranco blog: http://samlanfranco.blogspot.com Phone: +1 613-476-0429 cell: +1 416-816-2852