[governance] MAG meeting

[Jeanette Hofmann]

Part of the confusion has to do with the criteria of gender balance. 
Non-governmental membership was used to compensate for the lack or low 
number of women on the government side. After the rotation rule of 1/3 
per year was agreed, the black box started rotating out male MAG members 
and selecting a higher number of women as new members to avoid the 
dominance of men so typical in internet governance groups. Emily Taylor 
and I were among those who benefited from this logic.

jeanette

On 26.02.2011 11:17, Roland Perry wrote:
> In message <p06240829c98de3cbcfad@[10.58.179.68]>, at 08:16:41 on Sat,
> 26 Feb 2011, Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> writes
>
>>> almost no rotation in 2008, and a new influx of about 20 in 2009 who
>>> join 16 people appointed in 2006 and 18 from 2007.
>>
>> I think there was a goal of one third per rotation.
>
> Yes, there's a subtle difference between aiming for a 3yr tenure where
> the longest-serving 1/3 retire each year, and replacing 1/3 of the members.
>
> There's a middle course, which is to put the longest-serving 1/3 "up for
> re-selection", which could mean having a 6yr stint. And would give some
> security of tenure to newly appointed people.
>
> But as this is all happening inside a black box, we don't really know
> what the methodology is.
>
>> There's probably some record in the MAG list or record of a consultation.
>>
>> Pretty sure it was about one third each year as that would have meant
>> by the end of the five year mandate the full MAG would have swapped
>> out. It's a pretty sustainable refresh rate.
>
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