<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>1&2 give us continuity and asure the best route for not rocking the boat. They are the best choices for getting along.</DIV>
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<DIV>3&4 will give the MAG more internal control and will help make the MAG look more and more like a club of appointees designed to rubber stamp what external pressures dictate.</DIV>
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<DIV>It would seem that if we stick with a cozy solution to [2 of 6] we should be consistent with this issue and let the honorees pick their own cheerleader. The definition of the role of the Chair needs clarification. Some chairs only deal with internal issues. Some chairs are required to be "Secretary of State". Usually it is ill defined. Co-chairs is good so we can delineate like many countries have a Prime Minister and a President.</DIV>
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<DIV>But certainly it is ill conceived to elect or appoint one person to build consensus and maintain order within and then to advocate and/or be an outside diplomat. When we think of women who could do that we are talking about <EM>Greats</EM> not a normal scenario.</DIV>
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<DIV>So no matter if inside or outside chooses the caretaker/warrior there must be at least two.</DIV>
<DIV>I would suggest #4 for this reason-- #2 just smacks of titles and drinking wine with pinky protruding and mockery, which will do more harm than good.<BR><BR>--- On <B>Fri, 6/11/10, Jeremy Malcolm <I><jeremy@ciroap.org></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy@ciroap.org><BR>Subject: [governance] [3 of 6] How best to nominate the MAG Chair?<BR>To: governance@lists.cpsr.org<BR>Date: Friday, June 11, 2010, 11:39 AM<BR><BR>
<DIV id=yiv716711899>There have been a few really good comments coming through on questions 1 and 2 (thank you!), but please keep them flowing. Question 3 is closely related:
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<DIV><B>How best to nominate the MAG Chair?</B><BR><BR>Here are a few examples of options we might recommend:</DIV>
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<DIV>1. A single UN-based Chair is appointed by the UN Secretary-General (as at present).</DIV>
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<DIV>2. The UNSG appoints one Chair, and a co-chair is appointed by the host country (as was tried for the Brazil IGF meeting).</DIV>
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<DIV>3. The MAG appoints its own chair (by a vote or by consensus).</DIV>
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<DIV>4. The MAG appoints two co-chairs for alternating two-year terms (much like we do in the IGC).</DIV>
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<DIV>In the case of options 3 and 4, we might also require that the chair/s, if not independent (ie. UN-based), would be from a different stakeholder group at each rotation.</DIV>
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<DIV>Are any of the above to be preferred, or can any be swiftly rejected? Are there any other options you can think of?<BR>
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