[governance] Consensus call on rights statement - yes or no vote required

[Ian Peter]

Folks, I am about to post the final version of the rights statement. Time
has run out, and we have to give a YES or NO response within 48 hours.

 

I have had to try to steer a path between those who would feel uncomfortable
with any statement that suggested exploring new and contentious rights, and
those who would want to reject any statement that did not. Milton described
the problem as insoluble - perhaps he is right. But with many of us feeling
that this rights theme must be explored, I have had to try to come up with
something acceptable to both parties.

 

I believe the only way this could be done was to substantially change the
emphasis of the statement. I have attempted to do this, and in the process
may well have upset some. My intention here is quite clear - to get a
statement acceptable to this list. To me it's important that we advance the
theme and have this emphasis at Cairo.

 

In the process we may all have to give a little. We may not agree with
everything. 

 

I've changed the order of a few things to improve acceptability, emphasis,
and expression. More than I normally would want to at this stage. But I
believe that was necessary to get a consensus statement.

 

Let me also say that this has been one of the most interesting discussions
on this list for some time, with some very valid, expert, and differing
opinions being advanced. 

 

My attempt at a statement acceptable to everyone follows in a separate
message.

 

 

Ian Peter

Ian Peter and Associates Pty Ltd

PO Box 10670 Adelaide St  Brisbane 4000

Australia

Tel (+614) 1966 7772 or (+612) 6687 0773

www.ianpeter.com

 

 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.igcaucus.org/pipermail/governance/attachments/20080912/78b61c0c/attachment.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
____________________________________________________________
You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
     governance at lists.cpsr.org
To be removed from the list, send any message to:
     governance-unsubscribe at lists.cpsr.org

For all list information and functions, see:
     http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance