Re: [ga] Comments on policy development recommendations

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Phillip and all assembly members,

Philip Sheppard wrote:

>   Thomas, thanks for your comments.
> With regard to the role of a general assembly in a future structure
> you rightly describe the role of the GA as either:
> 1. Serve as a channel by which individuals and parties not fitting
> into the constituency scheme can still participate in policy-making.
> 2. Provide a forum for broad inter-constituency exchange.

  Agreed here.  We also must be inclusive and completely open to any and
all
stakeholders/users so that they can participate without restriction of
any kind.
This is not present in the GA now and hasn't been for some time...

>
>
> You also call for definition of what new constituencies could be
> possible.  But if that problem is solved then role number 1 of a GA is
> redundant.

  Perhaps.

>
>
> Are not the tasks:
> 1. Define missing stakeholders and integrate them into the NC

  Right.  Not define missing stakeholders but do outreach to attract
them
to participate...

>
> 2. Have a GA of all these stakeholders as a "forum for broad
> inter-constituency exchange".

  Maybe not all.  But all that wish to participate...

>
> 3. Have in addition a means of public comment and input for any one
> who feels left out.

  This should be done on the ga@dnso.or ML...

>
>
> The GA has never worked as a "forum for broad inter-constituency
> exchange" because it tried to be "a channel by which individuals and
> parties not fitting into the constituency scheme can still participate
> in policy-making".   If we are clever, we can meet both needs in a
> more elegant way.

  It hasn't worked as a inter-constituency exchange for a number of
reasons.
Some of them are as follows:

1.) Selective censorship is practiced in the extreme.

2.) The Ga@dnso.org list rules are arcane and therefore unnecessarily
restrict
     such exchanges.

3.) Poor leadership in the Chair and Alt Chair positions that has lead
to
     inability for the GA to get actual work done on resolutions and
    motions so that the GA members can officially show their consensus
    in a proper assembly type measured way.

>
>
> Philip
>

Regards,
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