[governance] IGC profile: some handfuls of people and a curmudgeon?

Sun Oct 3 20:11:23 EDT 2010

Dear Lee, and IGC/IGF,

Greetings! If within 7 days, no one volunteers to help me with these answers
then I will consider it closed and withdraw my "volunteering to help with
the FAQs and URLs".

I will assume that there is "disinterest" in the idea.

Warm Regards,

Sala

On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 10:32 PM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <
salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
>
>  On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Lee W McKnight <lmcknigh at syr.edu> wrote:
>
>> Sala,
>>
>> To Avri's point that it is up to folks on the list to  make it whatever
>> they want: thanks for volunteering to prep an IGC FAQ and list of URLs : )
>>
>
> Lee, I am of course happy to do this but I would need your help in
> collating the relevant information. Thank you for volunteering to help, Lee,
> I look forward to developing the list with you. For starters here are some
> initial basic possible FAQs :-
>
> 1) Who is a member of the IGC/IGF?
> 2)What is the founding document of the IGC/IGF? (What URL can this
> information be accessed from?)
> 3)How are the IGC/IGF led and what is the governing authority?
> 4)What is the vision, mission and objective of the IGC/IGF?
> 5)Are there Working Groups?
> 6)Who may be a member?
> 7)Who may not be a member?
> 8)What are the checks and balances in place to ensure good governance?
> 9)What principles does the IGC/IGF subscribe to?
> 10)How is the world represented in the IGC/IGF?
>
> All: You can send me various links (URLs) and I can compile and consolidate
> into a page and send it back to this mailing list. You can then direct me to
> sending it to whoever is responsible for uploading onto the website.
>
>
>>
>> With that 'done' I have been meaning to raise a second point which does
>> touch on Michael's curmudgeonly critique re the distance between IGC/IGF and
>> folks on the ground actually trying to do ICT4D, with or without broadband
>> to acknowledge Jean-Louis' point.
>>
>> Here's my 5 cents:
>>
>> UN - GAID is working on something they are calling the 'e-Nabler' which
>> would essentially be an online/semi-automated strategic plan development
>> tool, intended to help folks - on the ground - trying to plan - ICT
>> deployments for development.
>>
>> Frankly the thing could be a flop/waste of time; or maybe not. It is
>> intended to provide tools to help folks go from Millenium Development Goals
>> to specific actionalble implementations, which would be a good thing, if
>> done right.
>>
>> They acknowledge that they are particularly weak on - policy. We IGCers
>> seem to prefer the word 'governance.'
>>
>> So my thought: what if Wolfgang's 'messages from IGF' actually had -
>> particular receivers in mind?
>>
>> Namely, folks on the ground trying to do ICT4D.
>>
>> This would be relatively simple to implement, since the 'e-nabler' is
>> theoretically updated/refreshed regularly - say annually.  Like when there
>> are fresh 'messages.'
>>
>> So each year's IGF process could have a known target audience, which would
>> help make UN-GAID's grand plan more viable - since if there is not fresh
>> input the thing will grow stale and fall apart quickly I warned them last
>> month.
>>
>> Anyway, the e-nabler is in the early beta stage, but if this doesn't seem
>> entirely crazy as a notion to the folks bridging IGF & GAID - such as
>> Derrick, Marilyn, and a few others could talk it up a little on the gaid
>> side, and - igc can advocate and/or prepare to implement -in its workshops
>> next year - messages to gaid/to planners trying to get things done in
>> challenging circumstances.
>>
>> Of course messages could come in both directions, but seeking to build in
>> feedback loops is generally a good thing right.
>>
>> Anyway, just a thought, which if some of you like - I also volunteer Sala
>> to put into motion : )
>>
>> Lee
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro [salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com
>> ]
>> Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 2:57 PM
>> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Avri Doria
>> Subject: Re: [governance] IGC profile: some handfuls of people and a
>> curmudgeon?
>>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> Michael raised a valid point. As a relatively new kid on the block, I
>> think that there should be an information (FAQ) list of URLs to show
>> members how they
>> can involved ie. increased and widened participation. What essentially
>> is the "letter" and "spirit". Criticism must not be taken personally
>> but is a mere tool in refinement and it is a wise man or person who
>> accepts correction (ancient proverb). I love what
>> CS Lewis said in his classic, "An Experiment in Criticism", "My own
>> pair of eyes are not enough for me, let me see through other pairs of
>> eyes."
>>
>> Warm Regards from sunny Fiji,
>> Sala
>>
>>
>> On 10/2/10, Avri Doria <avri at psg.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > On 1 Oct 2010, at 12:06, Meryem Marzouki wrote:
>> >
>> >> My conclusion is that, far from being curmudgeonly as he warned this
>> >> wasn't his intention, Michael raised a very legitimate and of utmost
>> >> importance question. It probably deserves more serious thinking than
>> what
>> >> it got so far, but obviously only in case democratic participation is
>> an
>> >> issue..
>> >
>> >
>> > wow, that is loaded language.
>> >
>> > a.
>> >
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