GAC discussion.

Some of the GAC discussion following the reading of the communiqué was actually quite interesting. You could, for instance, watch a contribution from James Love (including shouting at Vint and Alejandro [or was it Amadeu?]), and Esther Dyson “disassociating” herself from this kind of behaviour. James tried to ask for a public input channel into the GAC’s discussions (Twomey seemed to refer him to individual governments’ outreach processes, if I understood him correctly). Esther asked about whether an at-large approach had been considered by the GAC. I didn’t understand all of the answer, and from Esther’s follow-up question, it wasn’t too clear to those in the room, it seems. Marilyn Cade then tried several times to get a clear statement on “private sector leadership” out of Twomey, who wasn’t overly clear once again.