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On 5/23/07 8:05 AM, "Parminder" <parminder@itforchange.net> wrote:<BR>
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If there is a good amount of consensus among those present, with a shared acceptance that this draft reflects positions that are generally understood to have been accepted/ endorsed by the caucus, it will form a spoken input into the consultation on the behalf of the IG caucus.<BR>
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Just to clarify, the text was approved for a read out by the 17 people attending the caucus meeting this morning, in accordance with the Charter procedures Avri reminded us of the other day, below. <BR>
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Bill<BR>
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>> Normally, whenever there is sufficient time for a statement to be <BR>
>> discussed and approved by the caucus as a whole, the decision <BR>
>> procedure outlined above will be required. However, there will be <BR>
>> occasions when members of the caucus will be attending meetings and <BR>
>> will be presented with the opportunity to make statements that <BR>
>> require a very quick response. In these cases, while it is still <BR>
>> required that the caucus be informed of an upcoming statement and its <BR>
>> contents as soon as possible the following rule may be applied when <BR>
>> necessary:<BR>
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>> 1.<BR>
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>> The coordinators will act as the official representatives of <BR>
>> the caucus and will be responsible for approving any statement that <BR>
>> cannot be discussed by the caucus within the time available.<BR>
>> 2.<BR>
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>> In the case of face-to-face meetings, they will also coordinate <BR>
>> with the members of the IGC who are present. Any statement should <BR>
>> reflect the assumed general thinking of the caucus, rather than just <BR>
>> that of those members who are physically present at the meeting.<BR>
>> 3.<BR>
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>> If neither of the IGC coordinators can be physically present in <BR>
>> face-to-face meetings, they will delegate coordination to another <BR>
>> participant of such events. This delegation should, if possible, be <BR>
>> made before the meeting and with the advice of the caucus.<BR>
>> 4.<BR>
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>> Statements and positions on behalf of the caucus will be <BR>
>> prepared and coordinated by the coordinators, or their delegate as <BR>
>> appropriate.<BR>
>> 5.<BR>
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>> Such statements will reflect the vision, objectives and basic <BR>
>> principles of Civil Society in general, and the IGC in particular. <BR>
>> Such statements will try to interpret, in good faith, the assumed <BR>
>> general thinking of the caucus, based on past discussions and <BR>
>> documents, and should not contradict the positions taken by the <BR>
>> caucus in the past.<BR>
>> 6.<BR>
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>> Such statements will be sent to the IGC as soon as possible, <BR>
>> preferably before being presented, but if that is impossible, then as <BR>
>> soon after their presentation as possible.<BR>
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