[governance] Call for Nominations for IGC Co-coordinator

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

I agree with Parminder's point as well.

I would add that in this age when we are trying to find ways to  
enhance remote participation it seems iike physical presence at all  
meetings should be less of a requirement.  Not that I am suggesting  
that a coordinator should participate remotely or that one has to  
participate remotely to really care about remote participation, but a  
coordinator who could not travel to each and every meeting might be  
well placed to help champion the cause of remote participation and  
really test it by using it.

BTW: I also not arguing that we can forgo the attempt to find adequate  
funding for physical presence at meetings.  We all know remote  
participation isn't there yet.  But lots of people keep valiantly  
trying.

a.
.


On 14 Nov 2008, at 07:00, Anriette Esterhuysen wrote:

> I would like to respond to Parminder's point that we should reconsider
> the criterion on coordinators being to facilitate their own funding in
> IGF meetings.
>
> While it is important for coordinators, or at least one of them, to be
> at the meetings, I agree strongly with Parminder that we should not
> include ability to fund one's participation in the criteria.
>
> It is bound to limit the pool of people we can draw on and would
> therefore limit diversity.  And, we can find ways around it as  
> Parminder
> points out.
>
> Anriette
>
>>
>> My personal thoughts on the criterion of “> is able to fund their
>>> participation in IGF meetings” are as follows.
>>
>>
>>
>> I think we should try to find a way around this, because such a
>> consideration especially dissuades possible candidates from  
>> developing
>> countries, while having an impact on effective functioning of a
>> co-coordinator from any part of the world. We know that even some MAG
>> members from developing countries have not been able to participate  
>> in
>> MAG meetings in the past (which is such a mockery of a public
>> institution) though the situation seems to be improving now.
>
>
>
>
>
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