[governance] Re: [Igcharter] getting underway
Jeffrey A. Williams
jwkckid1 at ix.netcom.com
Fri Sep 26 04:13:53 EDT 2008
McTim and all,
Thank you. BTW, just received and reported two more
attempted phishing fraudulent spam Email from Gmail/google
accounts. so you'll pardon me for my less than jubilant reception
of the questionably glowing opinion of yours of Google...
McTim wrote:
> Ian,
>
> As much as some disbelieve it, Google really IS your pal in this kind
> of situation :-)
>
>
> This is Google's cache of
> http://www.igcaucus.org/IGC-charter_final-061014.html. It is a
> snapshot of the page as it appeared on 24 Aug 2008 02:39:02 GMT. The
> current page could have changed in the meantime. Learn more
>
> Text-only version
> These search terms are highlighted: igccharter
>
> Approved Charter
>
> 14 October 2006
>
>
>
> §
> IGCcharter
>
> The Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) was originally created
> by individual and organizational civil society actors who came
> together in the context of the World Summit on the Information Society
> (WSIS) topromote global public interest objectives in Internet
> governance policy making.
>
> Vision
>
> The policies that shape the Internet impact not only the development
> of the technologies themselves, but also the realization of
> internationally agreed human rights, social equity and
> interdependence, cultural concerns, and both social and economic
> development. Our vision is that Internet governance should be
> inclusive, people centered and development oriented. Our contributions
> to the various forums relevant to Internet governance, will strive to
> ensure an information society which better enables equal opportunity
> and freedom for all.
>
> Mission
>
> The mission of the Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) is to provide a
> forum for discussion, advocacy, action, and for representation of
> civil society contributions in Internet governance processes. The
> caucus intends to provide an open and effective forum for civil
> society to share opinion, policy options and expertise on Internet
> governance issues, and to provide a mechanism for coordination of
> advocacy to enhance the utilization and influence of Civil Society
> (CS) and the IGC in relevant policy processes.
>
> Objectives and Tasks
>
> The objectives and tasks of the IGC are to:
>
> Inform civil society and other progressive groups/actors on
> significant developments impacting on Internet governance
> policies.
>
> Provide a context for open on line and, wherever and whenever
> possible, face-to-face debate on the range of issues related to
> Internet governance policies from a civil society perspective.
>
> Develop an on-going and outcome oriented structure. Create
> informal relationships with various CS groups and individuals
> with a direct interest in Internet governance policies, including
> those involved in human rights, ICT4D, intellectual property,
> international trade and global electronic commerce, access to
> knowledge, and security.
>
> Provide outreach to other CS groups who have an interest or a
> stake in some aspect of Internet governance polices.
>
> Act as the representative of itself, and other CS constituencies
> with similar interests, generally or on specific issues, at
> various forums involved with Internet governance policies.
>
> For the sake of the above, as well as for more general purposes,
> develop common positions on issues relating to Internet
> governance policies, and make outreach efforts both for informing
> and for creating broad-based support among other CS groups and
> individuals for such positions.
>
> Anticipate, identify and address emerging issues in the areas of
> Internet governance and help shape issues and perspectives in a
> manner that is informed by the stated vision of the IGC.
>
> Collaborate with other stakeholders in the implementation of
> agreed projects and policies towards better Internet governance.
>
> Membership
>
> The members of the IGC are individuals, acting in personal capacity,
> who subscribe to the charter of the caucus. All members are equal and
> have the same rights and duties.
>
> Organizational Roles
>
> The IGC will have two coordinators, and an appeals team. Each of these
> is discussed separately.
>
> - Any member of the caucus can be nominated or self-nominate for
> participation in any of the defined organizational roles.
>
> - While there are no defined term limits, it is recommended that those
> taking organizational roles absent themselves for at least one year
> from any organizational role after serving in that role for one, or at
> most two, terms.
>
> Coordinators
>
> The IGC will select two (2) coordinators, each for a two (2) year
> term. One coordinator will be elected in the even years, (e.g. 2006,
> 2008) and one will be elected in the odd years (e.g., 2007, 2009).
>
> Duties of Coordinators
>
> The first and most important duty of the coordinator(s) is to
> facilitate the discussions and enable the members of the caucus to
> reach consensus whenever possible.
>
> In cases where the IGC cannot reach full consensus, the two
> coordinators together can make a decision on rough consensus subject
> to an appeal as described below.
>
> The coordinators are also responsible for defining and assigning any
> other tasks that need to be carried out in support of the caucus such
> as list management, web site management or support of other tools.
> These decisions will require the advice of the membership and can be
> appealed to the appeals team.
>
> Selection of Coordinators
>
> The selection will be done by on-line voting using the voting process
> according to the following formula:
>
> election of the coordinator will be held, whenever possible by
> midsummer (the summer solstice). If events prevent an election by
> midsummer, it will be held as soon after midsummer as possible.
>
> the coordinator(s) who are not up for election or not standing
> for election will be responsible for running the election,
> subject to appeal by the appeal team.
>
> Note: as a boot strap procedure for 2006, the interim coordinator will
> serve until the end of the first election period, during which two
> coordinators will be selected - one for one (1) year and one for two
> (2) years.
>
> Recall of coordinators
>
> In response to an appeal, as described in the appeals section, the
> appeals team can decide to hold a recall vote for a coordinator. In
> order to cause the recall vote, there needs to be full consensus among
> the appeal team members.
>
> The recall vote itself requires a 2/3 majority of voters to succeed.
>
> Replacement of a coordinator.
>
> If a coordinator leaves the role due to personal reasons or recall,
> the role will be refilled as quickly as possible. The role will be
> refilled for the balance of the term unless the refill occurs during
> the year in which the role was to be vacated. In this case the
> coordinator position will be for the balance of the replacement terms
> plus a two (2) year regular term.
>
> For example, if the 'even year' coordinator for 2006, leaves the role
> during an odd year, 2007, the rest of the term will be filled with a
> replacement, and a new selection will be made on schedule in 2008. If
> on the other hand the coordinator leaves the role early in 2008, then
> the replacement would complete the original term and serve the
> 2008-2010 term.
>
> Appeals team
>
> An appeals team of five (5) IGC members will be formed. The appeals
> board will be selected yearly by a randomly selected nominating
> committee as defined in http://www.igcaucus.org/nomcom-process.html.
>
> Coordinators are not qualified to be members of the appeals team.
>
> Duties of the appeals team.
>
> Any time 4 individual members of the IGC co-sign a statement on the
> main IGC mailing list they can appeal any decision of the
> coordinators. When a decision is appealed, the appeals team will
> review any discussions that occurred and will request comments from
> the IGC membership. Based on the information they collect and
> discussion, they will decide on the merit of the appeal.
>
> Decisions by the appeals team are based on a majority vote of the
> appeal team, i.e., three (3) or ore votes, except in the case of
> coordinator recall which requires full consensus.
>
> The decision of the appeals team will be final on every decision
> reviewed.
>
> Working methods
>
> The IGC will use its mailing list - governance at lists.cpsr.org, as
> the priority working space.
>
> Work shall also be done with the website : www.igcaucus.org
>
> The caucus shall have face to face or online virtual meetings
> when possible
>
> Any such meetings will be announced in GMT/UTC time with
> reference to one of the online tools for time translation
> (e.g. http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock )
>
> IGC members may also hold such meetings on the site of other
> events.
>
> Meetings will be chaired by the IGC coordinators or delegated
> substitutes
>
> Mailing lists and other communication methods will be archived.
>
> Mailing lists will be run according to netiquette guidelines. One
> guideline reference for IGC netiquette is RFC1855. One useful
> guideline for all list participants is:
>
> Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive. You
> should not send heated message("flames") even if you are provoked. On
> the other hand, you shouldn't be surprised if you get flamed and it's
> prudent not to respond to flames..
>
> Some of the specific guidelines that will be enforced include those
> relating to:
>
> No personal insults
>
> No spam
> Failure to abide by netiquette guidelines may result in
> suspension or removal from the IGC list according to the
> following process:
> The coordinators will first warn a subscriber privately of
> the problem
>
> If the problem persists the coordinators will notify the
> subscriber publicly on the list of impending suspension from
> the list. Suspension will include only posting rights.
>
> If the problem persists the subscriber's posting rights will
> be suspended for one (1) month.
>
> Once the subscriber's posting rights are restored, any
> further problem will result in another public warning.
>
> If the problem continues to persist after suspension and a
> second public warning, the coordinators will be permitted to
> either suspend the posting rights for three (3) months or to
> remove the subscriber from the list.
>
> Any decision for suspension can be appealed. Any decision to
> remove someone from the list will call for an automatic
> appeal by the appeals team.
> All nominations to external bodies, e.g., the IGF multistakholder
> advisory group, will be made using a randomly selected nomcom
> process as defined in
> http://www.igcaucus.org/nomcom-process.html.
>
> Decisions
>
> The IGC will work on the basis of consensus as much as is possible.
> When complete consensus cannot be reached the coordinators will be
> jointly empowered to call rough consensus. Rough consensus, for the
> purposes of the IGC, is defined as the point at which an overwhelming
> majority of the IGC appears to agree with a position with any
> dissenting minority view having been well discussed and respected.
> Rough consensus can only be called after a serious attempt has been
> made to accommodate minority points of view.
>
> When both coordinators agree that it is necessary to make a rough
> consensus call, the coordinator will announce the text of the
> consensus decision on the mailing list and allow for at least fourty
> eight (48) hours of final discussion. As discussed under the role of
> the appeals team, a rough consensus call can be appealed to the
> appeals team.
>
> Statements and representation at meetings
>
> Normally, whenever there is sufficient time for a statement to be
> discussed and approved by the caucus as a whole, the decision
> procedure outlined above will be required. However, there will be
> occasions when members of the caucus will be attending meetings and
> will be presented with the opportunity to make statements that require
> a very quick response. In these cases, while it is still required that
> the caucus be informed of an upcoming statement and its contents as
> soon as possible the following rule may be applied when necessary:
>
> The coordinators will act as the official representatives of the
> caucus and will be responsible for approving any statement that
> cannot be discussed by the caucus within the time available.
>
> In the case of face-to-face meetings, they will also coordinate
> with the members of the IGC who are present. Any statement should
> reflect the assumed general thinking of the caucus, rather than
> just that of those members who are physically present at the
> meeting.
>
> If neither of the IGC coordinators can be physically present in
> face-to-face meetings, they will delegate coordination to another
> participant of such events. This delegation should, if possible,
> be made before the meeting and with the advice of the caucus.
>
> Statements and positions on behalf of the caucus will be prepared
> and coordinated by the coordinators, or their delegate as
> appropriate.
>
> Such statements will reflect the vision, objectives and basic
> principles of Civil Society in general, and the IGC in
> particular. Such statements will try to interpret, in good faith,
> the assumed general thinking of the caucus, based on past
> discussions and documents, and should not contradict the
> positions taken by the caucus in the past.
>
> Such statements will be sent to the IGC as soon as possible,
> preferably before being presented, but if that is impossible,
> then as soon after their presentation as possible.
>
> Ad hoc sub-groups
>
> It may, from time to time, be useful to create specific groups for the
> exploration of specific issues, as for example:
>
> interest groups: in conjunction with or in preparation for IGF
> thematic sessions
>
> editing groups: to prepare draft statements or recommendations to
> be reviewed by the IGC as a whole
>
> coordination groups: to coordinate various issues or activities
> requiring such coordinated efforts.
>
> These groups would, for the most part, be spontaneously self formed in
> response to a perceived need and be disband as the need was satisfied.
> In general these would be informal and would make recommendations to
> the caucus as a whole.
>
> The rationale for the sub-groups is to allow IGC members with
> particular interests and expertise to collaborate and add depth to the
> IGC's interventions. While the formation of sub-groups is possible,
> they should not become bureaucratic entities in or of themselves and
> should be disbanded when they have served their purpose or if they are
> resulting in inefficient or exclusionary practice.
>
> Voting Process
>
> Each person who is subscribed to the list at least two (2) months
> before the election will be given a voter account.
>
> As part of the voting process the voter must personally ascertain that
> they are a member of the IGC based on membership criteria described
> elsewhere in this charter and posted as part of the voting information
> (i.e. a voter must affirm membership on the voter form in order to
> vote). The decision to self-identify as a member of the IGC is a
> personal decision based on the criteria defined. A list of the
> self-defined member-voters will be published after the election with
> the results of the election.
>
> Elections will be run by the coordinators and will be subject to the
> appeals process.
>
> All voting will be open, though at the discretion of the coordinators,
> with or without a specific request from member(s), any vote can be
> made into a secret vote. The reasons for making it a secret vote will
> be stated, and are subject to appeal.
>
> Amendments to the Charter
>
> This charter can be amended at any time as proposed by no fewer than
> ten (10) members and as approved by no less than two-thirds (2/3) of
> the members of the IGC. The membership requirements for amending the
> charter are based on the most currently available voters list. In
> amending the charter, everyone who voted in the previous election will
> be deemed a member for amending the charter.
>
> Acceptance of the Charter
>
> After discussion and editing, the charter will be presented for a
> vote. All individuals subscribed to the IGC mail list will be given
> voter accounts. In order to qualify to vote on the charter, the
> prospective voter will first need to affirm that they qualify as a
> member of the group as described elsewhere in the charter. A list of
> those who self-affirm membership, but not their votes, will be
> published after the vote.
>
> Once a voter has self-affirmed membership, they will be qualified to
> vote for or against the Charter. In order to become the effective
> working Charter of the IGC, a total of fifty (50) votes must be
> received with no fewer than two-thirds (2/3) of members favoring the
> Charter.
>
> Any options that may remain in the draft charter after thirty (30)
> days, will also be voted on as part of the charter acceptance process.
> In the case that there are options, the vote will be organized to
> first ask for acceptance, as described above, of the basic charter
> with options left unresolved. The same ballot will also include a vote
> on the options. For each case where there are options, the option that
> receives the most votes will be selected.
>
> â¸
>
> This charter was approved in a two (2 ) week vote ending on 2 October
> 2006. Sixty-seven (67) voters participated in the vote, giving the
> charter a 95% approval. Details on the vote can be found at:
> http://www.igcaucus.org/charter-vote-061002.html
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 6:08 AM, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com>
> wrote:
>
> Folks sorry for the short delay here â and welcome on
> board!
>
> My intention as regards a way of doing this review was to
> break the charter into a number of quite large chunks, each
> with its own email heading and post them. We could then
> consider any changes suggested within each section and
> discuss. That might be a good way to keep control over
> suggested changes.
>
> However I need a copy of the charter to get this started,
> and the igcaucus website appears to have been down for the
> last 48 hours or so. Once it is up again (I've advised Avri)
> we should be getting underway.
>
> Tjhank you all for volunteering to help here.
>
> Ian Peter
>
> PO Box 429
>
> Bangalow NSW 2479
>
> Australia
>
> Tel (+614) 1966 7772 or (+612) 6687 0773
>
> www.ianpeter.com
>
>
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> --
> Cheers,
>
> McTim
> mctim.blogspot.com
>
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