[governance] [3 of 6] How best to nominate the MAG Chair?

[Eric Dierker]

This notion that we are no longer looking for enablement and empowerment through common vote and democratically inclined notions is very practical.  It does take away the everpresent problem of mandates and agendas. But.....
It handles in a very engineering way the diminution of people. It assumes that all are capable of leading as well as the next. If chairing is only a +_- equation without personality requirements then why have one, just design a program. If it makes no difference who - then who cares? For inside to inside this may be a dilema without consequence.  As for a representative Chair -- whoa Nelly!  People - especially people who have for whatever reason risen to a point that others care about their decisions - require, expect and in fact deserve a modicum of social grace with those they interact with. So assume the MAG has a Brazilian who is there just because he is technically brilliant and does awesome analysis. But the guy got booted out of Nerd Club because he was too Nerdy for them.  Do we want that guy advocating our position on how technology can help stem AIDS and advance Womens' issues in the Sudan??? Or pounding his shoe on the table regarding
 censorship and denial of A2K??
I think the notion of a Chair deserves some respect. I think "by lot" diminishes that respect and the MAG as a whole.  But admittedly my concept requires the wasted time of human frailty.

--- On Fri, 6/11/10, jefsey <jefsey at jefsey.com> wrote:

From: jefsey <jefsey at jefsey.com>
Subject: Re: [governance] [3 of 6] How best to nominate the MAG Chair?
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org, "Jeremy Malcolm" <jeremy at ciroap.org>, governance at lists.cpsr.org
Date: Friday, June 11, 2010, 9:38 PM


 
At 13:39 11/06/2010, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:

There have been a few really
good comments coming through on questions 1 and 2 (thank you!), but
please keep them flowing.  Question 3 is closely related:


How best to nominate the MAG Chair?


Here are a few examples of options we might recommend:


1. A single UN-based Chair is appointed by the UN Secretary-General (as
at present).


2. The UNSG appoints one Chair, and a co-chair is appointed by the host
country (as was tried for the Brazil IGF meeting).


3. The MAG appoints its own chair (by a vote or by consensus).


4. The MAG appoints two co-chairs for alternating two-year terms (much
like we do in the IGC).


In the case of options 3 and 4, we might also require that the chair/s,
if not independent (ie. UN-based), would be from a different stakeholder
group at each rotation.


Are any of the above to be preferred, or can any be swiftly
rejected?  Are there any other options you can think
of?

If you are serious about the question of nominating someone to represent
three billions of people make a monthly rotational chairmanship
attributed by drawing lots. This way he will not represent the people
themselves (how do you want to do that?), but the position will
structurally exemplify their diversity and the individual autonomy of the
constituant.


Democracy is over. We are now entered in Polycracy where representation
is not by selection or election (vote of one priviligied person, or by
every person), but exemplification. The less previsible one for the less
previsible time is the best way to be sure that no personal agenda will
be supported, and that the consensuses being reached by this Chairmanship
will be external as well as internal, i.e. stronger and better. Also, you
cannot bribe the dices.


JFC

 


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