[governance] Ism or not Ism ?

[Eric Dierker]

Avri,

When one represents another it is simple. It is also nearly meaningless. "a fool 
is still a fool, the mere fact you gather them by the multitudes only aggravates 
the situation " Franklin  It is a protectorante role. It is an interest.

What one must do here, and it is done well and sometimes not at all, is 
represent an Idea.  Defense or proposing the interest of an individual or group 
is just dandy in sales and court. But any good governance requires the noblest 
of representation and that is on of Ideals that are shared.




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From: Avri Doria <avri at acm.org>
To: IGC <governance at lists.cpsr.org>
Sent: Tue, August 17, 2010 2:30:25 PM
Subject: Re: [governance] Ism or not Ism ?


On 17 Aug 2010, at 13:11, Paul Lehto wrote:

> represent" 

or represent the interests of.

yes, same old chestnut over and over again and over again.
what does represent really, really mean.
i think it means many many things.
yet another one of our overloaded words.
words that we use to create gaps instead of bridges.

some organizations represent people by virtue of their body count 
1 anonymous vote in a dark closet.

and this is a good thing 
some things should be done is a dark closet
where no one see your tru soul but yourself

but there are many ways of genuinely representing 
the interests of the many aspects of people, 
and counting bodies in the closet is but one important way.

cheers.

a.
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