<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><br><div><div>On 9 Jan 2014, at 1:13 pm, Jeremy Malcolm <<a href="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org">jeremy@ciroap.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/01/14 11:55, Suresh
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<pre wrap="">Even without that, Parminder's explicit endorsement of multilateral proposals including the CIRP, render him unfit to properly represent the needs and interests of civil society. This is enitrely separate from personality clashes, and just as separate from his tendency to engage in political maneuvring rather than collegial engagement with other stakeholders.
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Let he who is without sin cast the first stone Suresh... you won't
deny that you too have been cautioned over your behaviour towards
other IGC members (admittedly on the list, not in person). </div></blockquote><div><br></div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>If you think both Suresh and Parminder have behaved inappropriately, then you should be against either of them being selected, surely? If you believe both are in the wrong, so we should ignore it, that sounds like a recipe for a continuing problematic culture that is explicitly tolerant of bad behaviour. </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I mean, given that even Parminder's supporters, such as Michael, are still saying that he behaves inappropriately (just claim that maybe other people are... well, not as bad, but not perfect either), there surely is a serious problem, and deflecting criticism with 'he isn't the only one' is no longer (if it ever was) appropriate. </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I would appreciate an explanation from those, like yourself and Michael, who (explicitly in Michaels case, implicitly in your case) admit that Parminder's behaviour is inappropriate, but want to support him anyway. </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Regards</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>David</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> And to
describe the CIRP as multilateral is an oversimplification, though
its original formulation did have significant problems (which should
be no surprise, it was a first draft).<br>
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