[governance] Re: [bestbits] Call to Best Bits participants for nominations to Brazil meeting committees

[David Cake]

On 23 Dec 2013, at 11:38 pm, Guru गुरु <Guru at ITforChange.net> wrote:

>> and need to be the sort of people who can be expected to work with their fellow CS representatives, and not at cross-purposes.
> 
> Avri,
> this is a very dangerous argument for pushing the continued dominance of a narrow set of perspectives on IG. What one disagrees with can be characterised as being at 'cross purposes'. Give a dog a bad name and hang it! whereas the very strength and even legitimacy of CS lies in enabling diverse and even conflicting views to emerge and to be listened to.  Every time I read about such arguments I fear that CS may be only ending up supporting 'dominant reasonable views' ('dominant reasonable views' = hegemony)

	Guru - are you arguing that we should select representative specifically regardless of whether they are able to work with their fellow CS representatives? Given the very limited number of CS representatives, it is hard to see how that is helpful. 
We should, of course, be mindful of the need to represent minority views - but not so much that it interferes with the ability of our very limited number of representatives to represent majority views, and indeed minority views other than their own. 
	I appreciate the argument to represent the views of those under-represented in IG processes - but all of CS is under represented in IG processes. 
	I do not think that asking those selected to represent the views of civil society do their best to represent the views of all of civil society is unreasonable. I'm quite surprised to find that it is. 

	Cheers
		David


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