[governance] coordinating the IGC

[Mawaki Chango]

Hi Bill,

I see this to be even a perfect timing! the transition as being designed by Avri is
about 2 months, so the first fully fledged coordinator will be (s)elected by July,
which might perfectly be you (I do hope to see you contest as one of our next
co-coordinators). I understand that Avri is not interested in anything right now but
coordinating the transition (reason why I support her coordinating alone the
transition), my reasoning being that our first two co-coordinators (full mandate)
should not be too much involved in leading the transition. In Africa, we experienced
that kind of situation when some countries went through a democratic transition
period in the years that followed the end of the Cold War: parties had a fight to
make sure that the prime minister of the transitional govt be not a future candidate
to the next presidential elections (and not even from the ruling party). [Ok, that
was not a guaranty of successful transition :), but it made sense]. All things being
equal...

Cheers,

Mawaki

--- William Drake <drake at hei.unige.ch> wrote:

> Hi David,
> 
> In past weeks I too had a number of people suggest this publicly and privately,
> and since I'm not running for reelection from July in CPSR I might have had a
> little more time to take it on.  But upon reflection I shouldn't do it, I have
> a book project and other writing that needs to get moving.  Anyway, as I
> understand Avri's offer, she's only interested in coordinating the transitional
> period solo.  While I'd have preferred to have simply elected two people now
> with her being one of them, if that's not possible I think we should capitalize
> on her willingness to step up.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Bill
> 

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