[governance] [process] the IGC charter

[Jeanette Hofmann]

Hi,

while I would argue against a split of lists between the task of the 
caucus (developing consensual positions) and the general forum or 
platform role of this list, I think it would help if we tried to shift 
the process discussions elsewhere.
Sometime back somebody suggested the list Avri initiated in 2006. If 
this this the wrong space with the wrong charter, then lets create 
another list for people who are willing to sort out the ambivalences of 
the caucus charter.

I forgot to explain in my earlier mail why I think that Bill's 
suggestion (to create a new discussion space for those working on common 
positions) is not a good idea. In my view, mailing lists benefit from an 
  "operative component". I know only few mailing lists worth reading 
that lack any practical agenda such as sharing information or working on 
collective goals. The few lists I know happen to be private.
I would predict that this list would soon resemble the former DNSO's 
general assembly list if it lost any concrete purpose.
Cynics assert that even now the difference between both lists isn't that 
noticeable. So, lets not make things worse.

jeanette

wcurrie at apc.org wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I indicated to Parminder that I support the Charter but I do agree with Bill that we should conduct the election in terms of the Charter without disenfranchising anyone.
> 
> I do think we need to find a way to both maintain the vigorous debate on the list as well as create a more effective method of finding consensus on key issues in the global policy space from a broadly civil society perspective. I sometimes wonder if it is possible to use a list to find consensus on contested positions, but as Wolfgang's history of the IGC reminds us iit has and can be done.
> 
> I would support trying to explore this issue of consensus-building after the election and I think we should choose the person who we believe  will  be the most effective in building consensus in the IGC when it is required to engage with global policy spaces, some of which as Wolfgang identified are coming up in 2009.
> 
> Willie
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