[governance] WSIS principles and conferences

[Jeanette Hofmann]

Carlos Afonso wrote:
> Frankly, I think we are off to a bad start if people nominate themselves 
> to any nominating committee... whatever their qualifications. This must 
> be done in a different way. I know it would be simpler to just have a 
> flock of people desiring to nominate other people and from this build 
> the nomcom, but I do not trust the results.

Carlos, I agree. That is why I think we need a pool of candidates for 
nomcom. What is your proposal?
jeanette
> 
> BTW, "all the people in this list wanting to be in the Advisory 
> Committee" does not include me -- this view of the process is also a bad 
> start. It is not a question of personal desires but of indication by 
> constituencies. Any of us can continue to help in this process whether 
> we are in or out -- supposing we will have a process to choose reps from 
> the different interest groups which will be accepted by the SG.
> 
> 
> --c.a.
> 
> David Goldstein escreveu:
>> Hi all
>>
>> Given there are others on this list who are in a
>> better position to be on an Advisory Group, I am happy
>> to nominate myself to be on the Nominating Committee
>> should others on the list desire.
>>
>> Cheers
>> David
>> --- Milton Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Congratulations, Danny. I was feeling pretty sure
>>> that Avri's proposed method would fail
>>> because...well, because all of the active people on
>>> this list want to be on the Advisory Group (yes,
>>> that includes me), so I thought no one would
>>> volunteer for the Nominating Committee. But you
>>> proved me wrong. So that's one down, 4 to go. ;-)
>>>
>>> I also am concerned about the fact that we have no
>>> coordinators and no established procedure for making
>>> decisions, and now we are faced with a need for
>>> fairly quick action. 
>>>
>>> We have no real means of authoritatively choosing a
>>> Nominating Committee, except via some form of
>>> consensus or passive acquiescence on the list. But
>>> if we can choose 5 nomcom members that way, why
>>> can't we select 10 IGF-MAG nominees that way also,
>>> and eliminate a (potentially time consuming) step? 
>>>
>>> --MM
>>>
>>>>>> Danny Butt <db at dannybutt.net> 3/17/2006 7:29:41
>>> PM >>>
>>> Could someone clarify the likely role of the IGF
>>> advisory group?
>>>
>>> If the advisory group will be establishing a process
>>> for the forum,  
>>> then our initial role in that should probably be
>>> finding CS members  
>>> with process expertise to put forward. I think that
>>> WGIG members  
>>> might be precisely the most useful people for that
>>> advisory process.  
>>> This might be different than the kind of
>>> representation we would want  
>>> for this caucus as a mechanism for CS participation
>>> in the IGF itself  
>>> - where particular areas of domain expertise would
>>> be useful, and  
>>> where broader outreach will be valuable.
>>>
>>> I support Avri's suggestion of a nominating
>>> committee that excludes  
>>> IGF-MAG participants, and also the use of the
>>> process in RFC3797.
>>>
>>> We currently have no way of gauging consensus, but
>>> if the nomcom idea  
>>> is agreed to, I am happy to volunteer for the
>>> nominating committee.
>>>
>>> I can also work on a charter for the group, but I
>>> think this is going  
>>> to take a bit longer, can it can come after we get
>>> through the IGF- 
>>> MAG process? But I agree with Bill that there is a
>>> good opportunity  
>>> here and it should be taken.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Danny
>>>
>>>
>>> On 18/03/2006, at 6:12 AM, Vittorio Bertola wrote:
>>>
>>>> Personally, I will be happy to work on a charter
>>> for the group, with
>>>> whoever else wants to join. We haven't decided
>>> what we want the  
>>>> group to
>>>> be - procedure only or also substance related, for
>>> example - but I  
>>>> guess
>>>> we can follow the proactivity rule: those who
>>> really care will work  
>>>> out
>>>> the details, and others will follow as long as
>>> they make good choices.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Danny Butt
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