[governance] IGC nominees for MAG

[Adam Peake]

At 5:59 PM +0000 3/16/08, Jeanette Hofmann wrote:
>Guru wrote:
>>I am not able to understand Adam's proposal that the noncom should recommend
>>all the 5 members of the MAG.
>>
>>In the case of speakers for IGF @ Rio, we heard forceful arguments -
>>including by Adam - for not nominating any of the IGF Greece speakers. The
>>logic for this being several - that new perspectives are required,
>>especially given that CS by nature is broad and diverse, and newer
>>views/interests need to be heard. While the role of IGF speakers and MAG
>>members are not identical, as Drake mentions, no rare expertise appears to
>>be required that many CS members do not have. As for experience, there is
>>really nothing that the MAG does, which cannot be learnt in  a short period.
>>
>>
>>Interestingly, some MAG members have suggested that they are in MAG more in
>>their 'personal capacity' and not so much in terms of representing any group
>>or CS.
>
>Guru, I don't recall any MAG member saying that. Who was it and when?
>jeanette


I once said:


>At 10:20 PM +0900 3/12/08, Adam Peake wrote:
>>Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 06:34:30 +0900
>>From: "Adam Peake (ajp at glocom.ac.jp)" <apeake at gmail.com>
>>To: "Vittorio Bertola" <vb at bertola.eu.org>
>>Cc: governance at lists.cpsr.org,
>>	"Meryem Marzouki" <marzouki at ras.eu.org>
>>
>>Vittorio.
>>
>>No, I don't see myself as a representative.  A connector perhaps.  But
>>I don't speak for you or anyone else.
>>
>>I think this connector role means I should try to make sure CS views
>>are heard in the advisory group. There are topics civil society
>>obviously supports and I'll try to get those into the panels
>>(panels: that's the four broad themes: Access, Security/Trust,
>>Openness and Diversity)
>>and workshops
>>(there might be about 12, we haven't discussed in detail, but guessing
>>that some workshops may focus in on some topic derived from one of the
>>main themes.)
>>I will try to push for speakers from CS on these panels and workshops,
>>and will try to find funds for some kind of fellowships.
>>
>>But I don't represent you, I don't particularly want to spend more of
>>my life trying to get a coherent and timely position from this caucus
>>:-) If you folks come up with stuff, I'll do my best to present it.
>>
>>I'm saying "I" as I've not discussed any of this with the other CS
>>people.  They might feel the same way, or might not.
>


(Though context is helpful, and detail long been passed by.)

When I've understood what the caucus' views are I've always tried to 
present them and argue for them (all CS MAG members have).  But I 
don' think any of us have said we're in the MAG in our "personal 
capacity", if personal capacity means free agents who aren't in 
anyway accountable or responsible.

I remember us asking the caucus on a couple of occasions to please 
produce statements as they supported us in the MAG.

And it's clear from the press releases appointing MAG members the 
secretary general is making appointments in individual (not personal, 
that word is not used) capacities.

Adam
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