----- Original Message ----- From: "Roland Perry" <roland@ripe.net> To: <ripe-list@ripe.net> Cc: "Patrik Fältström" <patrik@frobbit.se>; "Marin Boyle" <martin.boyle@nominet.org.uk>; "Maria Häll" <maria.hall@enterprise.ministry.se>; "tp" <ripe@dial.pipex.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 9:59 PM Subject: Re: Proposed new working group: Collaboration
Multistakeholder discussions often get off to a bad start if too much time is spent defining rigid boxes to put the stakeholders in.
I would encourage those who wish to see this WG succeed, to think about ways of expressing the idea that a major objective is demonstrating outreach from the "traditional RIPE Community" to "everyone else", but particularly Governments, Regulators and NGOs, who we are trying to bring into our community.
Right. That to me is a much clearer, and likely to be more fruitful, expression of what this proposed working group is about than the term 'Public sector'. I see quite a lot of this kind of activity and often see it designated 'outreach' which might be a name for it here. Tom Petch
-- Roland Perry Public Affairs Officer, RIPE NCC