[governance] Re: a formal appeal request to the appeal team to reverse the recent ban on a Member

[Kerry Brown]

I support this.

Kerry Brown

On 2013-01-08 11:35 AM, "McTim" <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:

>Ian (and all),
>
>Our charter does not specify that "grounds" for an appeal need to be
>listed AFAICS, but here is one::
>
>There was no "ad hominem" attack in the email that caused the
>complainant to complain.
>
>
>Our charter says:
>
>Posting Rules for the IGC
>
>Messages to any IGC list must be in line with the mission of the IGC,
>particularly its purpose to provide an open and effective forum for
>civil society to share opinion, policy options and expertise on
>Internet governance issues, and to provide a mechanism for
>coordination of advocacy for agreed upon policies and to enhance the
>utilization and influence of Civil Society (CS) and the IGC in
>relevant policy processes of organizations or fora dealing with
>Internet Governance issues.
>Appropriate messages to an IGC list contribute to the objectives and
>tasks of the IGC, particularly:
>
>* To inform civil society and other progressive groups or actors on
>significant developments impacting on Internet governance policies.
>* To anticipate, identify and address emerging issues in the areas of
>Internet governance and help shape issues and perspectives in a manner
>that is informed by the stated vision of the IGC
>* To develop common positions on issues relating to Internet
>governance policies, and make outreach efforts both for informing and
>for creating broad-based support among other CS groups and individuals
>for such positions.
>
>The messages must observe a minimum of decorum, including:
>	refrain from personal attacks, insults or slander
>	refrain from offensive or discriminating language
>	refrain from threats , including threats of legal action, on list or
>off list
>	refrain from excessive and repetitive posting
>
>Inappropriate postings to the IGC list include
>	Unsolicited bulk e-mail
>	Discussion of subjects unrelated to the IGC mission and objectives
>	Unprofessional or discourteous commentary, regardless of the general
>subject
>	Sequences of messages by one or more participants that cause an IGC
>list to become a hostile environment
>
>
>The actions of the banned member did not breach any of the above, in
>fact, IIRC, he was trying to
>keep us on the IG track, and not to get us OT.
>
>I hope that the 4 people who supported the call for an appeal earlier
>today (and others) can support these grounds.
>
>
>-- 
>Cheers,
>
>McTim
>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
>route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 6:47 AM, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> Our charter says:
>>
>> "Duties of the appeals team.
>>
>> Any time 4 individual members of the IGC co-sign a statement on the
>> main IGC mailing list they can appeal any decision of the
>> coordinators. When a decision is appealed, the appeals team will
>> review any discussions that occurred and will request comments from
>> the IGC membership. Based on the information they collect and
>> discussion, they will decide on the merit of the appeal.
>> Decisions by the appeals team are based on a majority vote of the
>> appeal team, i.e., three (3) or ore votes, except in the case of
>> coordinator recall which requires full consensus.
>> The decision of the appeals team will be final on every decision
>>reviewed."
>>
>> I hereby call on the appeals team to activate this process on the
>> subject of the recent decision to remove SRS from the mailing list.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>>
>> McTim
>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
>> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>

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