[governance] IGC decision-making (was Re: Draft Civil Society Brief...)

[Louis Pouzin (well)]

Thank for Norbert for the precisions on charter rules. The election of the
next co-co could be an opportunity to update the IGC charter.

Louis
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On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 6:11 AM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:

> Louis Pouzin <pouzin at well.com> wrote:
>
> > As long as an individual veto can block any output from IGC there is
> > no way to produce meaningful declarations on a sensitive issue.
>
> Actually this situation applies only to decisions that would need to be
> taken under strong time pressure. Otherwise the IGC Charter allows to
> proceed to use a rough consensus process after the consensus process has
> failed. (The rough consensus process in the IGC Charter has a 48 hours
> rule which prevents it from being used in the context of very tight
> deadlines.)
>
> > At
> > the moment the totalitarian strategy of the US gov makes all internet
> > issues bipolar, either siding with the US gov or not, while hiding
> > behind rhetorical fig leaves.
> >
> > Another charter is needed, with perhaps 2/3 majority or more, but not
> > unanimity. Can this be achieved through the present charter,
>
> The present charter allows for changes to the charter to be adopted by
> means of the following process:
>
>
>    Amendments to the Charter
>
>    This charter can be amended at any time as proposed by no fewer than
>    ten (10) members and as approved by no less than two-thirds (2/3) of
>    the members of the IGC. The membership requirements for amending
>    the charter are based on the most currently available voters list. In
>    amending the charter, everyone who voted in the previous election
>    will be deemed a member for amending the charter.
>
>
> > or should IGC be formally dissolved and recreated ?
>
> There is no explicitly-defined process for formally dissolving IGC, but
> if there was a strong enough desire to formally dissolve IGC, the
> Charter could be amended to add procedures for such a step, which
> could then be executed.
>
> In my view, such a step should not be taken unless a clearly better
> structure has been created first and it has proved its worth.
>
> Greetings,
> Norbert
>
>
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