Show me your blue finger, was; Re: [governance] Amendment to charter vote coming up!

Eric Dierker cogitoergosum at sbcglobal.net
Mon Aug 31 22:10:11 EDT 2009 

I must say, a slow reading through this list is quite impressive. Global representation is diverse and illuminating.  What is fun is to pick random or every so, and just Google. (I chose google because I was looking at generally popular and not topic specific)  There is almost a non-existance of publicly accessible broad data on this group as individuals. Obviously some exceptions, but discarding the top 5% and bottom 10% you are left with lurkers. Or perhaps passive learners or most probably people who join lists or societies because of the purpose and not what they can contribute.
With that said,
 
I most strongly urge everyone to participate in any form on this list. Voting is very very important. A show of community here may help pave the way for more funding, greater recognition and increase the efficacy of the good work here. And it makes participation more popular.
 
No matter what we show in theory or what great works are produced, the greatest gift we can give to others in governance is leadership in ndividual and imass participation. Any Governance model we suggest or demand is no where near as important as providing leadership in participation. I am not a voting member but I can clean floors, bring refreshments and write my elected officials. Even my small voice/contribution is important,,,,  and so is each one of your votes.
 
Eric Hugh Dierker

--- On Fri, 8/28/09, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:


From: Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com>
Subject: Re: [governance] Amendment to charter vote coming up!
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org, "Ginger Paque" <gpaque at gmail.com>
Date: Friday, August 28, 2009, 1:50 AM


Thank you Ginger for managing this process forward, and thank you to the team of people who went to the effort to get together names to propose this amendment – and there I think Avri Doria and Jeanette Hoffmann deserve special thanks. It’s obvious there has been a problem on this list and that the co-ordinators hands have been somewhat tied – this Charter amendment will go a long way towards assisting future coordinators to handle difficult situations as they arise.
 
I want to encourage everyone who receives a ballot in this election to make sure that they respond, whether they want to vote yes or no. A low turnout here is going to leave us with a long term problem that can’t be easily handled. While this amendment doesn’t solve all our problems, it is certainly a good step in the right direction and I believe deserves your support.
 
So please, make sure you vote.  This vote needs a strong response both in numbers of people responding and in numbers of people responding positively if the changes are to be made. So please don’t forget, make a note now to remind yourself to vote before September 15. Your 90 seconds commitment to vote in the ballot will help make this list and civil society participation in IGF more effective.

Ian Peter 



On 28/08/09 6:48 AM, "Ginger Paque" <gpaque at gmail.com> wrote:


Just a quick reminder--it is important that everyone who is entitled to vote on the upcoming charter amendment proposal do so, no matter how they vote, or even if they choose to abstain on the ballot.

The short version: 
The ballot will be a secret ballot. The ballot will be open for two weeks (until September 15th). An announcement of the results will be made as soon as possible thereafter. You should expect to receive a ballot paper before Wednesday next week (September 2nd), possibly earlier. If you believe you are entitled to vote and have not received a ballot paper by then please contact me directly.

The ballot email from Derrick will contain clear instructions on how to cast your vote.

The long version below and attached.

Regards,
Ginger

Dear IGC members,

A proposal has been made for amendment to the IGC charter (please see full details below and attached).

IGC members should currently be discussing the proposed amendment on the list in case there are any doubts or opinions they would like to express.

The Charter states that “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."  That list is at http://www.igcaucus.org/node/12/%253Cbr%2520/%253E.

Since approval of any amendment requires a two-thirds approval, please be sure to vote, whatever your decision may be. This is a good way to keep the IGC on track by exercising your right and obligation to vote.

Each person sent a ballot paper will be asked first to affirm whether they are a member of civil society. Only civil society members are entitled to vote. You will be given a choice of "yes", "no" or "abstain" to show your agreement or non-agreement with the proposed amendment. If you prefer not to vote, please use the "abstain" option – that allows us to keep you on the updated membership list as a current member.

The ballot will be a secret ballot. The ballot will be open for two weeks (until September 15th). An announcement of the results will be made as soon as possible thereafter. You should expect to receive a ballot paper before Wednesday next week (September 2nd), possibly earlier. If you believe you are entitled to vote and have not received a ballot paper by then please contact me directly.

Many thanks to Dr. Derrick Cogburn for once again accepting the task of running this electronic ballot procedure for the IGC.

Regards,

Ginger Paque
for
Ginger Paque and Ian Peter
IGC Co-coordinators




To the IGC Caucus and IGC Caucus Coordinators:

According to the IGC Charter, Amendments to the Charter are made
according to the following process:

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.

Because of the events on the list over the last month or longer, the
undersigned have decided to propose Posting Rule amendments to the 
charter (attached to this email) that will make it less problematic to 
deal with disruptive behavior on the IG Caucus list in the future.  Part 
of the problem we are trying to remedy is the fact that the sole 
responsibility rests with the coordinators without them having any clear 
guidelines or
assistance.

In proposing these amendments we looked at RFC 3683 "A Practice for
Revoking Posting Rights to IETF Mailing Lists" 
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3683.txt
  RFC 3934 and  " <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3683.txtRFC3934and> Updates to RFC 2418 Regarding the Management of IETF
Mailing Lists" http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3934.txt, as well as the
rules currently in effect for ICANN's GA List for guidance.

The proposed amendment contains the following elements:

- statement of the purpose of the IGC list
- set of guidelines for decorum on the IGC list and any other IGC
lists that may be created
- description of inappropriate postings for IGC list(s)

We are also proposing that the coordinators can create, if they desire
to do so, an advisory body to help them in determining when the
posting rules have been infringed.  The decision and responsibility of
when to take action is, however, still left with the coordinators.

If this charter amendment is accepted by a 2/3 vote of the current
members, action for suspension of removal can be initiated in the
following manner:

a. the coordinators decide on their own that action needs to be taken
b. the advisory group recommends it to coordinators and they agree
that action needs to be taken
c. a group of 20 IGC members publicly petitions the coordinators to
consider action and the coordinators agree actions should be taken

The appeals mechanism remains the same as it is in the current charter:

> ? 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.

Signed by the following members of the IGC as listed on 
http://www.igcaucus.org/


Carlos A.Afonso
Vittorio Bertola
Wilie Curie
Avri Doria (co-author)
Wiliam Drake
Bret Fausett
Robin Gross
Michael Gurstein
Jeanette Hofmann (co-author)
Wolfgang Kleinwächter
Jeremy Malcolm
Lee W. McKnight
Jacqueline A. Morris
Adam Peake
Parminder Singh
David Souter
Christopher Wilkinson





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