[governance] [process] the IGC charter

[William Drake]

Hi Je

On 7/14/08 12:44 PM, "Jeanette Hofmann" <jeanette at wzb.eu> wrote:

> Hi, I agree with what Bill recommends regarding the voting procedure,

It would be good to hear from others and get put this issue to rest.  I
don't believe I've heard more than one person arguing for ignoring the
charter procedure, so a priori it shouldn't be complicated.

> However, I am not in favor of Bill's idea to create a formal seperate
> space for the caucus members. This list has always been a somewhat odd
> hybrid of a general platform for disussing IG related topics and a civil
> society space for agreeing on advocacy positions. When I was co-chairing
> the caucus, I was even a bit proud of the growing subscriber list and
> the fact that we got more and more non civil society lurkers who found
> our debates relevant enough to listen on a regular basis. I wouldn't
> want to jeopardize the general platform function of this list. On the
> contrary, I would do anything possible to ensure high quality
> discussions that make it worth listening. A seperation of the two
> functions of this list seems a potential death knell to me.

This made sense to me circa early 2004, it doesn't anymore.  In fact,
multiple people are saying they don't want to read discussions of caucus.
The interest is in broader IG discussions, which would remain lively and
which caucus people would certainly continue to engage on here even if there
was a separate list to sort out statements at IGF consultations, MAG
nominations, workshops, and the like.  Anyway, this was a side comment,
probably it'd be a distraction to get into it now; I'd suggest we sort out
what's happening with the election business and return to the existential
issues afterwards. 

Cheers,

Bill


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