[governance] How to address the cooptation problem? (was Re: Breaking my silence... )

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

But in this case - especially during rather than before netmundial, as Ian seems to say, the chair or co chairs role is purely that of a figurehead.  I don't see any rhyme or reason in pursuing this further.

--srs (iPad)

> On 21-Apr-2014, at 3:26, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
> 
> (crossposting trimmed)
> 
> Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:
> 
>> However, if you remember the circumstances, IGC had been reduced to
>> one co-ordinator who was about to retire, and this list was at its
>> divisive best on any matter, be it policy on process. I would
>> personally have supported a diplomatically worded letter if it had
>> been discussed and agreed to, and so would many others. I am sorry
>> that did not happen.
> 
> I think that the bigger question is how this type of situation can be
> dealt with in the future, should it arise again.
> 
> I mean, if the type of multistakeholderism in which stakeholder
> category representatives have some role is there to stay, and there is
> any kind of power or significance attached, of course there will again
> and again be attempts to introduce coopted persons as civil society
> spokespersons.
> 
> And if no good way of addressing this problem is found, there will
> consequently again and again be accusations, some percentage of which
> will in fact be unfounded, with some people getting caught between the
> lines of such conflicts through little fault of their own.
> 
> I don't think it realistic to expect IGC to be able to agree on
> anything in this regard, but at least we could discuss what a (not
> formally IGC based, to be implemented by some kind of alliance of the
> willing) solution might look like.
> 
> For example, I'm pretty sure that some kind of transparency principles /
> commitments will necessarily have to be part of such a solution.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Greetings,
> Norbert
> 
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