[governance] Re: [bestbits] Formation of a joint steering Committee - as received

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 29 Nov 2013, at 8:25 pm, Anja Kovacs <anja at internetdemocracy.in> wrote:

> To avoid confusion, can we maybe rename the Joint Steering Committee into the Joint Coordination Committee? Seems to fit more closely with its purpose. 


I still like nominating committee, but coordination committee is also fine.  Also we should maybe refocus it on making joint nominations, rather than writing letters.  Unlike the joint nominations, writing joint letters is not a gap that needed filling.  We can, and do, already do that without a new joint committee - indeed the Best Bits platform has already been used for exactly that sort of thing.

Clearly the two letters that I passed on this morning were a bit off.  Due to my self-imposed email exile which finished last night they were already finalised when I first saw them, and not wanting to rock the boat when there was pressure to issue them immediately, I only suggested one or two tweaks.  However I had picked up the same points as you and agree with them... we should not send them as they are.

Ian is now offline until the morning and has asked that the letters go out as-is, but clearly this isn't wise and I'm going to try to touch base with the others and suggest we hold off, at least on the letters if not on passing on the candidates' names.  If the committee does suggest letters in the future, this should be done through one of the existing networks with a proper and inclusive consultative process of an adequate duration.

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