Hi everyone,
The goal here is to not create a new bureacracy; the reason we need to know who our leadership is is because we are a WSIS civil society working group and will have to report to the civil society bureau as we come up with recommendations, statements, speaker nominations, etc, for WSIS and the two preceding prepcom meetings. As far as the bureau is concerned at the moment, I'm serving as the focal point for the group, since I organized the group. So if we don't take any action, that will remain the same, and I'm perfectly happy to report to the bureau for us on my own. But my suggestion to have a few co-chairs or vice chairs was simply to make us more geographically representative. There have been some complaints throughout the WSIS process that civil society representatives from the north have played too domineering a role, with not enough representation from the South. That's why I thought it would be good for me to share the responsibility with a co-chair from the South, or have a few vice chairs representing different regions.
I don't think we need to be thinking about creating formalized governance structures for our group; it's more like we just need to be able to say to the rest of the world who's responsible for the group. (and ideally, who's in a position to participate in the various wsis meetings over the next year.)
The #1 purpose of this group is to try to represent the interests of the telecentre movement during WSIS-related activities. On a secondary level, I think we'll want to see if we can create any longer-term goals, given that WSIS itself will only go on for another 14 months. I'd hope that we might be able to help forge a sustainable virtual network for sharing resources amongst telecentres around the world, but that's just one of the ideas we're considering....
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Enzo Puliatti wrote:
Hello my friends,
I am sorry to say it, but I have the feeling that instead of using these wonderful tools to interact obtain first hand information on successful experiences and on mistakes that should not repeated to have more impact with our work it looks to me like we are starting to build another small bureaucracy, with nominations and campaign...
Do we really need this right now?
Do we really know enough each other's to be able to make any serious choice?
Couldn't we postpone a bit all this for a later stage while we slowly get organized?
Regards,
Enzo
----- Original Message ----- *From:* Hallam Hope <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Sent:* Monday, September 27, 2004 9:24 AM *Subject:* [Telecentres] Going forward
Dear Colleagues,
I sense agreement on moving forward with (a) election of a Chair to
co-ordinate the work of the group and (b) regional vice-Chairs. With
this structure in place we would then have a group to start work on
defining a draft list of issues, which could be brought back to the
general body for inputs, and then we could move from there.
My suggestion would be to agree on an interim person who does not
necessarily have to be one of those chosen to get the process going
and completed.
We could agree, for example to a period ending October 15th.
During this time those persons interested in the Chair or who have
nominations would email those nominations to the group and the
interim co-ordinator be responsible for collating those names and on
the 15th, we would share that list and ask for votes, with a cut off
pint of the end of October.
Once we have elected a Chair, who is qualified by (a) Expertise and
knowledge and (b) has access to the funds to attend or support
representation of the group at WSIS meetings or can raise funding
for the Chair, then we agree on that person and they take charge of
the process of chosing the Vice chairs, agreeing an agenda for work etc.
I would volunteer to co-ordinate this interm process of election of
a Chair.
Yes, no??? Alternatives?
Hallam Hope
Bridgetown, Barbados
www.hallamhope.com <http://www.hallamhope.com>
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