<div dir="ltr">Thank you both for sharing your views with simplicity and clarity, which is very helpful.<div><br></div><div>Safe space, Decorum and Fair hearing, Trust, Timely decision-making... Each one of those notions does seem to capture one aspect or another of the challenge IGC has been facing. I think further elaboration and work will need to be done in order for a framework for Decorum, Fair hearing as well as Timely decision-making to become effective. It seems to me that those things must precede and enable the recovery of trust. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Any suggestions as to how to spell out or how to operationalize those precedents are also welcome at any in this discussion. I will be sorting out all ideas and suggestions into applicable categories.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks again and keep them coming.</div><div><br></div><div>Mawaki</div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0px"><span style="border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0px"><span style="border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0px"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 7:09 AM, Norbert Bollow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nb@bollow.ch" target="_blank">nb@bollow.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="">Mawaki Chango <<a href="mailto:kichango@gmail.com">kichango@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Particularly, please share your thoughts as to whether, in this<br>
> context of IG or Information Society more broadly, civil society<br>
> needs an analogue to what ICC BASIS<br>
> (<a href="http://www.iccwbo.org/advocacy-codes-and-rules/basis/" target="_blank">http://www.iccwbo.org/advocacy-codes-and-rules/basis/</a>) is doing for<br>
> business, and if so, what this would need to be like.<br>
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</div>In order to answer the question whether civil society NEEDs a<br>
coordination function (analogous to how business, or some subset of<br>
business, uses ICC BASIS as its coordination function) we must consider<br>
what will happen if we continue to not have a credible broadly accepted<br>
coordination function.<br>
<br>
There will certainly continue to be situations where the organizers of<br>
some important committee have no difficulty in knowing where to go to<br>
for getting representatives of the technical community which is at the<br>
heart of running the Internet's core infrastructure. They also know to<br>
go to ICC BASIS for business representatives.<br>
<br>
But where do they go for getting civil society represented???<br>
<br>
In my view, the lack of credible broadly accepted civil society<br>
coordination entity cannot continue for much longer without long-term<br>
damage to the influence of civil society as a whole.<br>
<br>
So, in my opinion, yes, we absolutely NEED a credible broadly accepted<br>
civil society coordination entity.<br>
<br>
What does it need to be like?<br>
<br>
I would say that most importantly it must be fair to all the different<br>
viewpoints and perspectives that exist in civil society.<br>
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The must be a reasonable process that allows decisions to me made in a<br>
timely manner.<br>
<br>
And there must be a credible appeals procedure.<br>
<br>
If IGC is to meet this need, I would suggest that some reform is needed<br>
to enable it for reasonable and reasonably fast decision-making in<br>
regard to all the decisions that need to be made in the context of a<br>
civil society coordination function, while assuring that the personal<br>
biases of the coordinators (let's face it, everyone is biased in some<br>
way or other) don't translate into too much of a corresponding bias of<br>
the coordinating function.<br>
<br>
A major plus of IGC is that it already has a credible “appeals team”<br>
structure.<br>
<br>
Greetings,<br>
Norbert<br>
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