[governance] Muti-stakeholder Group structure (some ideas)

[McTim]

On 5/31/07, Karl Auerbach <karl at cavebear.com> wrote:
>
>
> I tend to feel rather uncomfortable with your formulation because it
> doesn't seem to include people.



Agreed

For example, your formulation excludes me.


and me

As you know, I do not believe that any aggregation - whether we call it
> a corporation, a government, a "stakeholder", an NGO, or "civil society"
> - ought not to have automatic recognition as being anything more than a
> convenient means for people to aggregate their individual opinions and
> views.
>
> It is always useful to hear the opinions expressed via these aggregates.
>   And it is true that many, perhaps most, people will chose (usually
> through inaction) to let some aggregate express an opinion on their
> behalf.
>
> But when it comes down making choices and measuring "consensus" (or some
> other more concrete measure), in other words when it comes to counting
> noses, we ought to count real noses on real people and not some
> hypothetical and arbitrary notion that these aggregations actually speak
> with authority.



Absolutely!

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
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