[governance] Survey Results Out [IGC Consultations]

[Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro]

>
> Also, in almost all cases, 24 hours is considered way too short for a poll
> to be valid.  For even rough consensus call, the charter calls for a 48
> hour process:
>
> "
> When both coordinators agree that it is necessary to make a rough
> consensus call, the coordinator will announce the text of the consensus
> decision on the mailing list and allow for at least fourty eight (48) hours
> of final discussion. As discussed under the role of the appeals team, a
> rough consensus call can be appealed to the appeals team.
> "
>
> The Charter (I have only coped the relevant sections) sets out the rule on
consensus and is as follows:

*The IGC will work on the basis of consensus as much as is possible. When
complete consensus cannot be reached the coordinators will be jointly
empowered to call rough consensus. Rough consensus, for the purposes of the
IGC, is defined as the point at which an overwhelming majority of the IGC
appears to agree with a position with any dissenting minority view having
been well discussed and respected. Rough consensus can only be called after
a serious attempt has been made to accommodate minority points of view.

When both coordinators agree that it is necessary to make a rough consensus
call, the coordinator will announce the text of the consensus decision on
the mailing list and allow for at least fourty eight (48) hours of final
discussion. As discussed under the role of the appeals team, a rough
consensus call can be appealed to the appeals team.
Statements and representation at meetings

Normally, whenever there is sufficient time for a statement to be discussed
and approved by the caucus as a whole, the decision procedure outlined
above will be required.*

[The distinction here is that the 48 hour rule is only in play when there
is sufficient time. As the themes were being developed and submitted by
various quarters at the MAG Open Consultations and the meetings were
immediate, we wanted to quickly get a feel of the views of the list. Hence
the 24 hours, which is completely within this exception]


* However, there will be occasions when members of the caucus will be
attending meetings and will be presented with the opportunity to make
statements that require a very quick response. In these cases, while it is
still required that the caucus be informed of an upcoming statement and its
contents as soon as possible the following rule may be applied when
necessary:
The coordinators will act as the official representatives of the caucus and
will be responsible for approving any statement that cannot be discussed by
the caucus within the time available.*

[This seems to be our situation in this instance. However, in this
instance, we are not making any statement. We merely want to see how the
IGC felt about the themes]


*In the case of face-to-face meetings, they will also coordinate with the
members of the IGC who are present. Any statement should reflect the
assumed general thinking of the caucus, rather than just that of those
members who are physically present at the meeting.*

[The Poll was designed to scope the feeling of members who were not
physically present at the meeting. It is reasonable to assume that this is
how the list thought, even if it were only 20 who answered. In fact 20
answering in a 24 hour call from various parts of the world is significant
in my view. People who participated in poll can maybe respond to the email
and say "I took part" if that will pacify concerns. In the future, we can
work out ways of improving the way it was conducted, hence my invitation to
you to help us come up with a solution.]
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