[bestbits] Call to Best Bits participants for nominations to Brazil meeting committees

[Jeanette Hofmann]

Hi Avri, I couldn't agree more. Plus, there are so many underrepresented 
views in this space that I wonder if this really makes a solid selection 
criteria.

jeanette



Am 23.12.13 15:15, schrieb Avri Doria:
>
> Hi,
>
> I think that this of course makes sense as a criteria, but i caution us
> against allowing a single view, a theoretically specific view, to
> stand-in for the diversity that is the  Civil  Society viewpoint.  Many
> time I think the reference to 'under-represented' view is synonymous
> with 'the view I and a few friends have that no one else agrees with'.
>
> I.e. when picking representatives, we need to pick people who are also
> not so extreme in the singularity of their view that they cancel out the
> views of others who also minority viewpoints.  Even people with minority
> views need to take a big-tent view if they are to represent the
> diversity of CS view adequately and need to be the sort of people who
> can be expected to work with their fellow CS representatives, and not at
> cross-purposes.
>
> avri
>
> On 23-Dec-13 07:22, Ginger Paque wrote:
>> Thanks all, I agree, and will support the addition of this criterion. gp
>>
>> Ginger (Virginia) Paque
>> IG Programmes, DiploFoundation
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