[WSIS CS-Plenary] Discussion guidelines proposal

[Sean O Siochru]

Karen

Good suggestion.  I am willing to participate.  I think the issue of how we 
turn the Virtual Plenary into an effective space is extremely important and 
can only become more important

Sean

At 15:15 13/10/2003 +0100, you wrote:

>dear all
>
>recent discussions are very important, and include how we can more 
>effectively use this and others spaces for planning, discussion and 
>concensus building.
>
>i imagine many people will want to add to this discussion, and wonder if 
>we could follow some guidelines in approaching this discussion. otherwise 
>it could become quite cumbersome - and, we may exclude many if we 
>encounter a large number of long, english meessages.
>
>** we want to ensure that as many people as possible are able to 
>participate in a discussion as important as this **
>
>some suggestions:
>
>(1) we translate sean's last message into french and spanish (and others 
>in this context if we feel it necessary)
>
>(2) we set ourselves a timeline for discussion around this particular 
>issue (say 1 week?)
>
>(3) we try to formulate messages in ways which make it easy for others to 
>respond, by asking explicit questions, giving concrete suggestions (as 
>well of course as general discussion)
>
>(4) we keep our messages as brief and to the point as possible
>
>(5) we remove unncessary 'reply-quotes' from messages to keep them shorter 
>in length and smaller in volume
>
>(6) whatever language we write in, we write in plain, user-friendly language
>
>(7) at the end of whatever time we give ourselves, we prepare a synthesis 
>of the discussion and translate it into english, french and spanish
>
>(8) through whatever means of concensus building mechansisms we explore, 
>we use that to affirm the outcomes of our discussion. This could then be 
>the basis of an input to the next face to face meeting for affirmation by 
>plenary.
>
>** what do you think?.. if we can develop some general guidelines to help 
>us with these important discussions, we can apply it more generally to use 
>of the list **
>
>karen
>
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