[governance] IGC profile: some handfuls of people and a
Adam Peake
ajp at glocom.ac.jp
Mon Oct 4 01:40:58 EDT 2010
Sala, Hi.
Have you had a look through the IGC website? I
think a few of your questions are answered there
<http://www.igcaucus.org/>
Putting that information into a single FAQ would be very helpful.
Best,
Adam
At 12:11 PM +1200 10/4/10, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro wrote:
>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
><<mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com>salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>
>
>
>On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Lee W McKnight
><<mailto:lmcknigh at syr.edu>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
>[<mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com>salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com]
>Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 2:57 PM
>To: <mailto:governance at lists.cpsr.org>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 <<mailto:avri at psg.com>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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