[bestbits] Further letter proposed by joint civil society committee on composition and role of 1net

[matthew shears]

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On 29/11/2013 11:10, Anja Kovacs wrote:
> While this letter has some value, I think we make a big mistake by 
> mixing up issues about 1net as such (who makes decisions) with issues 
> about the Brazil meeting, as this letter seems to do. Which are you 
> aiming for exactly?
>
> If it is questions about 1net as such that this letter seeks to 
> address, I think these can be handled in a different, and more 
> friendly way for now. Why not simply raise them in individual capacity 
> on the 1net coordination list, rather than writing something as 
> antagonistic as this at this early point in time?
>
> And if it is issues about the Brazil meeting it seeks to address, why 
> not simply inform 1net about our recent letter of affirmation of the 
> liaisons, and possibly request for a clarification as to why earlier 
> it was claimed all representation should go through 1net?
>
> Beyond the latter, we don't really need anything from 1net on this 
> issue, as we have not considered that network as our main 
> representative or go-between for questions relating to the Brazil 
> process in any case - since Bali, we have agreed that that role will 
> be played by our liaisons. I feel this letter only confuses messaging 
> on this issue.
>
> At least as it stands now, not a good idea at all to send this I feel, 
> and as long as the purpose of this letter isn't clear to me, I can't 
> edit it either.
>
> Best,
> Anja
>
>
>
> On 29 November 2013 10:29, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org 
> <mailto:jeremy at ciroap.org>> wrote:
>
>     In addition to the nomination of two additional civil society
>     representatives to the High-Level Panel in London, the other
>     members of the new joint civil society (steering|nominating|foo)
>     committee have suggested another letter needs to go out today to
>     curb the claims that the 1net dialogue has been making to having a
>     special role in relation to the Brazil summit.
>
>     Whilst I am personally a little ambivalent about the need for this
>     letter, I don't think that it would do harm to send it out (with a
>     few proposed edits that I have already made).  If you would like
>     to look and propose edits of your own, I'll try to get them
>     incorporated before the letter goes out.  We can also add it to
>     our own site for sign-on endorsements, like with the MAG and HLP
>     letters.
>
>     http://igcaucus.org:9001/p/1net-reps
>
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