[WSIS CS-Plenary] Challenging Sub-committee A drafting groups going into closed sessions

[William Drake]

Hi McTim,

Indeed, there has never been an understanding within the Internet Governance
Caucus that our coordinators should not express their own views, just like
any other member.  People either agree with these views or they don't, and
if there is no consensus, there is no decision.   I don't believe that Adam
or Jeanette would have agreed to take on this thankless task if swallowing
their views had been a precondition, and I don't recall anyone previously
suggesting that this should now be the arrangement.  I don't know the
details of how every other caucus and working group organizes itself
internally, but looking at the list of coordinators or focal points at
http://www.wsis-cs.org/caucuses.html it does appear that most have been
active and express their own views as well.  So a) there absolutely no
precedent or rule that the IG caucus coordinators cannot express their
views, and b) it's not obvious that any other group operates on this basis,
either.

Adam and Jeanette were elected caucus coordinators at the 2003 summit.  They
remained in these positions by acclimation when we revisited the question in
phase 2.  To my knowledge, they enjoy the strong support of everyone who has
been involved previously (which I guess makes them all "elites").

Best,

Bill


> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org]On
> Behalf Of McTim
> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 11:08 AM
> To: plenary at wsis-cs.org
> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Challenging Sub-committee A drafting
> groups going into closed sessions
>
>
> On 9/24/05, Laina Raveendran Greene
>
> <snip>
> >
> > I do think that if Jeanette has strong views on this, she
> should step down
>
> Why would we want someone without strong views as coordinator?
>
> Jeanette, you have my many thanks for your enourmously important
> contribution.
>
> Ralf, Thanks for your most reasonable .05 (euro?) cents as well.
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> McTim
> nic-hdl:      TMCG
>