Which ever way NCSG goes on initial participation in the WEF-lead Netmundial Initiative, so long as the initiative continues Civil Society will have to both participate and track activities closely. Maybe the initiative will head in good directions without a lot of tender loving care (TLC) from participating Civil Society, or maybe it will tend to veer off into questionable directions, in which case Civil Society will have to devote a lot more than TLC. The least good option would be for Civil Society to decide not to join in at the start, and then simply walk away. It could decide not to join in at the design stage, but commit to close engagement within the proposed multistakeholder processes. Sam L.