<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On 02/01/2011, at 9:12 PM, Deirdre Williams wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div>"Official IGC members" are those who subscribe to the list, NOT those "who voted in the last coordinator elections". The definition in Jeremy's message seems to me to be a fundamental change in the intention of the charter.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>There are so many different levels of membership in the charter that it is indeed confusing:</div><div><br></div><div>* Those who self-identified as members and voted in the last coordinator elections, who are the only members entitled to vote on charter amendments. These are whom I was referring to above, though maybe "full" would have been a better choice of words than "official".</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>* Those who self-identified as members prior to the last coordinator election, who are (perhaps?) also still members, but can't vote on charter amendments. The charter is ambiguous about whether you have to renew your self-identification every year. In favour of this view, a member may have moved into government service since their previous self-identification. Against, even if you do work for government, you may feel that you can still self-identify as an IGC member in your personal capacity.</div><div><br></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span></span></div></div><div>* Those who participate in the mailing list, but have never self-identified as members (whom I called "lurkers"). So, I disagree with your point that there is no such thing as a non-member lurker.</div><div><br></div><div>But, I agree that it would be better to completely review the charter, if only we had a willing group of members to undertake this task.</div><div><br></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>-- </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; "><b><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Jeremy Malcolm<br>Project Coordinator</font></span></font></b><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><br></font></span></font><font color="gray"><span style="color: gray; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Consumers International</font></span></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><br>Kuala Lumpur Office for Asia Pacific and the Middle East<br>Lot 5-1 Wisma WIM, 7 Jalan Abang Haji Openg, TTDI, 60000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<br>Tel: +60 3 7726 1599</font></span></font></span></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#993366" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#CC9900" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><b><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="Section1" style="page: Section1; "><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><b><span style="color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Empowering Tomorrow’s Consumers</span></font></font></span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "> <br></span></font></font></span><span style="color: rgb(192, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">CI World Congress, 3-6 May 2011, Hong Kong</span></font></font></span></b><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Businesses, governments and civil society are invited to join consumer groups from around the world</span></font></font></span><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">for four days of debate and discussion on the issues that matter most to consumers. </span></font></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Register now!</span></font></font></b></span><span style="color: navy; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "><br></span></font></font><u><a href="http://www.consumersinternational.org/congress" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">http://www.consumersinternational.org/congress</span></font></font></a></u></span><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Twitter #CICongress</span></font></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></b></span></font></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; "><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><br></font></span></font><font color="#999999" size="1"><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Read our </font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><a href="http://www.consumersinternational.org/email-confidentiality"><font color="#999999"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">email confidentiality notice</font></span></font></a>. Don't print this email unless necessary.</font></span></font></div></span></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span></span>
</div>
<br></body></html>