[governance] Some thoughts on nomination processes

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

That criticism would actually apply if the constituents of 1net weren't actually doing highly productive and operationally relevant work in the first place.

Marginalized constituencies are sometimes marginalized because of a lack of internal capacity within their organizations to actually make meaningful contributions.  While I agree that their needs must be taken into account and represented, it does not automatically follow that their representatives always have the required skills or background to claim representation as a matter of entitlement.

And in other cases, people who claim entitlement solely as a matter of political gain for themselves or their organizations should definitely be denied any sort of representation.

Progressive versus any other (so, "regressive?") belief system does not come into this picture at all.  Policy discussions are meant to be collegial and cooperative.  Political situations are about achieving control.  Diametrically opposed objectives.

--srs (iPad)

> On 13-Jan-2014, at 16:51, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Monday 13 January 2014 04:04 AM, Peter H. Hellmonds wrote:
>> For over twenty years I've been "channel operator" on various chat channels. I always found my role to be akin to that of a janitor, someone who serves a community without demanding much in return. 
>> 
>> There was always one policy I followed when it came to selecting someone to become fellow operator: "s/he who asks for it will never get it." 
> 
>  On this criterion, most of all, 1Net should have been denied the gatekeeping role to Brazilian meeting that has been bestowed to it. It not only consistently asked for this role but virtually snatched it out of what appears to be unwilling hands. 
> 
> 1Net first made a unilateral announcement that it had this role (Adiel's email to 1Net list on Nov 18) which is strange since it is the role giver and not the role taker who usually makes such an announcement, and evidently the Brazilian organising committee had said nothing of this kind. 
> 
> That the Brazilian organising committee had given 1Net no such role was evident from the Nov 26th formal announcement of the Brazil meeting. This fact was confirmed by an email to these lists on Nov 27 by Carlos, who attended the organising committee meeting. Carlos was responding to direct question by Anriette who asked and I quote
> 
> "Does this mean that we no longer need to address our concerns about civil society participation to 1net but that rather we can engage constructively with CGI.br? 
> 
> To which Carlos responded
> 
> "Yes. We must ensure that all CS movements, groups and structures have direct access to the organizing commission, no need to use a single conduit. "
> 
> I dont know how this situation got fully reversed by end Dec when 1Net suddenly got thrusted into the gatekeeping role. One can only speculate that a lot of arm twisting and political deal making would have gone in there. 
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> But surely, you can hardly say that 1Net was the good boy who never asked for the role, as a reward for which it was given that role...
> 
>> 
>> Why? Simply because those who want the spot don't want it for the work and service to others, but because it would make them appear "more powerful", "more respectful", "more important". Times and again when the policy was not followed, experience has shown and reconfirmed that deviating from it leads to bad results. 
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> Would you now denounce 1Net on this criterion.
> 
> Or does your advice only extend to those who may represent marginalised groups, with highly under resourced organisational capacities , and not to the powerful and highly well organised ones..
> 
> parminder
>> 
>> Instead, those whom I asked to become fellow 'ops' were those who worked silently and diligently to create harmony, to develop sensical common positions, those who had service to the community at their heart and who would refuse the offer at first for fear of not being able to fulfill the position of trust to the best interest of their community. 
>> 
>> Perhaps this example could inform also those in and around this community in setting and in accepting the selection criteria and nomination processes. 
>> 
>> Of course, you are perfectly free to completely ignore this suggestion or to start a "shitstorm" over this. ;-)
>> 
>> Peter
>> 
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