[Telecentres] Going forward

[Andy Carvin]

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....

ac




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:caritel at freemotion.bb>
>     *To:* telecentres at wsis-cs.org <mailto:telecentres at wsis-cs.org>
>     *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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