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<DIV>When one represents another it is simple. It is also nearly meaningless. "a fool is still a fool, the mere fact you gather them by the multitudes only aggravates the situation " Franklin It is a protectorante role. It is an interest.</DIV>
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<DIV>What one must do here, and it is done well and sometimes not at all, is represent an Idea. Defense or proposing the interest of an individual or group is just dandy in sales and court. But any good governance requires the noblest of representation and that is on of Ideals that are shared.<BR></DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Avri Doria <avri@acm.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> IGC <governance@lists.cpsr.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tue, August 17, 2010 2:30:25 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [governance] Ism or not Ism ?<BR></FONT><BR><BR>On 17 Aug 2010, at 13:11, Paul Lehto wrote:<BR><BR>> represent" <BR><BR>or represent the interests of.<BR><BR>yes, same old chestnut over and over again and over again.<BR>what does represent really, really mean.<BR>i think it means many many things.<BR>yet another one of our overloaded words.<BR>words that we use to create gaps instead of bridges.<BR><BR>some organizations represent people by virtue of their body count <BR>1 anonymous vote in a dark closet.<BR><BR>and this is a good thing <BR>some things should be done is a dark closet<BR>where no one see your tru soul but
yourself<BR><BR>but there are many ways of genuinely representing <BR>the interests of the many aspects of people, <BR>and counting bodies in the closet is but one important way.<BR><BR>cheers.<BR><BR>a.<BR>____________________________________________________________<BR>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<BR> <A href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org" ymailto="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</A><BR>To be removed from the list, send any message to:<BR> <A href="mailto:governance-unsubscribe@lists.cpsr.org" ymailto="mailto:governance-unsubscribe@lists.cpsr.org">governance-unsubscribe@lists.cpsr.org</A><BR><BR>For all list information and functions, see:<BR> http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance<BR><BR>Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t<BR></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>