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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Oh really, perhaps you could outline for us a useful methodology for empirically and objectively assessing these…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> bestbits-request@lists.bestbits.net [mailto:bestbits-request@lists.bestbits.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>William Drake<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 24, 2013 9:29 PM<br><b>To:</b> Guru </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Mangal","serif"'>गुरु</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br><b>Cc:</b> Best Bits<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [bestbits] Call to Best Bits participants for nominations to Brazil meeting committees<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>[MG>] snipped…<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>In contrast, the ability to work well with other stakeholders, represent one’s SG professionally, and reflect the range of views in one’s SG are a bit more empirically assessable.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bill<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>On the contrary, I would think the basic legitimacy / unique aspect for CS participation is to ensure inclusion of marginalised / under represented groups.<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>regards,<br>Guru<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>jeanette<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Am 23.12.13 15:15, schrieb Avri Doria:<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Hi,<br><br>I think that this of course makes sense as a criteria, but i caution us<br>against allowing a single view, a theoretically specific view, to<br>stand-in for the diversity that is the Civil Society viewpoint. Many<br>time I think the reference to 'under-represented' view is synonymous<br>with 'the view I and a few friends have that no one else agrees with'.<br><br>I.e. when picking representatives, we need to pick people who are also<br>not so extreme in the singularity of their view that they cancel out the<br>views of others who also minority viewpoints. Even people with minority<br>views need to take a big-tent view if they are to represent the<br>diversity of CS view adequately and need to be the sort of people who<br>can be expected to work with their fellow CS representatives, and not at<br>cross-purposes.<br><br>avri<br><br>On 23-Dec-13 07:22, Ginger Paque wrote:<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Thanks all, I agree, and will support the addition of this criterion. gp<br><br>Ginger (Virginia) Paque<br>IG Programmes, DiploFoundation<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>____________________________________________________________<br>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br> <a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>.<br>To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:<br> <a href="http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits">http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Palatino","serif";color:black'><br>*******************************************************************<br>William J. Drake<br>International Fellow & Lecturer<br> Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ<br> University of Zurich, Switzerland<br>Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency, <br> ICANN, <a href="http://www.ncuc.org">www.ncuc.org</a><br><a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch">william.drake@uzh.ch</a> (direct), <a href="mailto:wjdrake@gmail.com">wjdrake@gmail.com</a> (lists),<br> <a href="http://www.williamdrake.org">www.williamdrake.org</a><br>********************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>