[governance] On opening and closing statements (Bill and Paul's comments)

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 24-Aug-2010, at 12:51 AM, Bertrand de La Chapelle <bdelachapelle at gmail.com 
 > wrote:

> What Bill was alluding to is that irrespective of who speaks, the  
> message is the most important and it has : a) to fully take into  
> account the issues that are being discussed (and will be in other  
> fora like the UN GA and the CSTD), which means a strategic approach;  
> and b) that if the IGC proposes a name, there is agreement that the  
> speech is not up to the speaker to draft entirely on its own but  
> should reflect the various sensitivities present in the IGC itself.  
> This should be our understanding (and practice) of democracy.

I agree up until now, but...

> This clearly calls for draft speeches to be elaborated on the list,  
> as has successfully been done in the past, with sufficient  
> opportunities for people to input and sufficient respect to the  
> diversity of viewpoints.

This I think would be a new practice for us. Yes we have done as you  
describe with IGC statements many times, but not with opening and  
closing civil society statements, which have not been treated as IGC  
statements and have been left to the reasonable discretion of those  
nominated.

Our trust in those we shall nominate is based on the understanding  
they will not depart too radically from our general views.

Anyway I am not discounting what you say but I do not think it is, as  
your post seems to suggest, our past practice. I will consult Ginger  
for her views and also invite others to comment.

I would reply at more length, but just became a new father again some  
hours ago and am preoccupied at hospital. :-) 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.igcaucus.org/pipermail/governance/attachments/20100824/a303f98a/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

Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t