[governance] IMPORTANT : Merging IGC with Best Bits

[Remmy Nweke (via governance Mailing List)]

Thanks Nadia and Arsene
Riding on Nadir's proposition I think we may call for vote on this, stating
clearly the purpose and thereafter the joint committee of not more than 5
can be set up and we progress from there.
Remmy

On Mon, 17 Dec 2018, 4:24 p.m. Nadira Alaraj <governance at lists.riseup.net
wrote:

> Dear Arsene,
> Thank you very much for bringing the issue of merging the 2 CS groups into
> one list.
> I would suggest to start by proposing a merge of the mission statements
> between the two groups.
> Then members or working group from both IGC/BB  work to develop a
> proposed draft of mission statement to the joint group.
> Circulate this draft for comments at the two mailing lists.
> Compile the comments by editing the proposed draft mission statement. Then
> circulated again.
> You will keep developing the draft and going into rounds until you get no
> comments or no objection.  Then at that time it be considered a consensus
> agreement of the new mission for the merged groups.
> This is my 2 cents of thought
> Best
> Nadira
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2018, 16:00 Arsène Tungali <governance at lists.riseup.net
> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> You have probably seen this already on a different thread but thought
>> it well to have this discussion solely on the IGC list (as I expect
>> Best Bits to do the same), that's why i started this thread hoping to
>> hear from you on this important question.
>>
>> This need for merging was raised by some IGC members during a civil
>> society call that had mostly IGC and Best Bits participants; many of
>> whom are both IGC and Best Bits (BB) members. The call happened last
>> week and Farzaneh offered to share the link to the recording.
>>
>> I will not go into much details about the rationale but would welcome
>> anyone to weigh in and share their reasoning on whether or not we
>> should merge both lists. We will need to also answer the question on
>> how (who is doing what?) will this happen? Is the IGC going to become
>> BB or the latter becoming IGC? Or are we working towards a different
>> group where members of both groups will all be added?
>>
>> This brings back to my memory the whole hassle we had to migrate
>> (SAVE?) this list and allow us to have this discussion list (which
>> hasn't been quite active for a few months but where many feel safe to
>> share IG related updates). So i hope we discuss and take into account
>> the technical cost of the merging process (should it happen).
>>
>> I am also not sure how we will gauge consensus about this question on
>> this list? Should we vote? How long do we take to decide? Should we
>> consult IGC 'founders' or former Co-coordinators separately and ask
>> them what they think?
>>
>> During the call, Bruna and I offered to have a decision by mid-January
>> and we hope this is realistic given the holiday season. We will then
>> report to the group.
>>
>> I just wanted to throw this all here and would REALLY appreciate a
>> discussion that will help us move forward and come to a conclusion.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Arsene
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