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

[Ginger Paque]

I agree with your general perspective. For the Diplo call for nominations I
included:
7.      Includes perspectives/representation of groups typically
under-represented in global IG processes

gp

Ginger (Virginia) Paque
IG Programmes, DiploFoundation

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On 23 December 2013 08:15, Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> wrote:

>
> 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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