[IRP] #1 meeting of 2010

Wed Jan 6 11:44:15 EET 2010

Dear All

Happy new year! 18.00 CET is, if I'm not mistaken, 17.00 GMT, which is Ok 
for me in principle.

yours
Marianne

--On Tuesday, January 05, 2010 21:14 +0100 Max Senges 
<max at supercoolschool.com> wrote:

> Hi IRPlers
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> Should we meet this thrusday at 18.00 CET or 9am PST? I think it would be
> important to discuss this years work.
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> a) think about a last round of input for the charter
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> b) the mandate for the expert review group
> c) a procedure/schedule for choosing the chair
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> I can provide a telco where people can dial-in using a local land-line or
> we can use the conf-call system we used before?
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> best
> max
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> http://twitter.com/netrights
> http://www.facebook.com/internetrightsandprinciples
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> ________________________________________
> From: maxsenges at gmail.com [maxsenges at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Max Senges
> [max at supercoolschool.com]
> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 6:41 AM
> To: Biel Company Perez
> Cc: irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org; Bodle, Robert; Robert
> Guerra; M.I.Franklin; anja; Lauren Movius; Matthias C. Kettemann; rafik,
> dammak; Emily Laidlaw; Graciela Selaimen; rudi.vansnick; Jac sm Kee;
> Carlos, Affonso Pereira de Souza; HIBBARD Lee; Andrea Beccalli; Lisa
> Horner; Shaila Mistry; Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond; johan.hallenborg; Jaco
> Aizenman; Sylvia Caras; malte.spitz; Heike Jensen; Elfa.Gylfadottir; me
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> Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP-DC elections results
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>
> Dear Biel, dear steering committee peers, dear IRPlers
>
> @Biel: thanks for managing the election process. we all know that error
> is human and while i would have appreciated to work with Heike in the
> steering committee, I am positive that her participation (as well as that
> of the other candidates who ran) will be very valuable and valued no
> matter in whether they are in the steering committee or not.
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> @the freshly elected steering committee (SC) coleagues:
> (1) CONGRATULATIONS - This is going to be an exciting year and I am very
> much looking forward to working with you.
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> (2) we now have to proceed to elect a chair amongst the 14 SC members.
> The charter simply says elect, which in my understanding could be via
> vote or consensus. I think it would be ideal to find consensus, but let's
> open the floor for nominations and then deliberate.
>
>  ? ?I would like to nominate Lisa Horner as IRP Chair. Lisa has been
> continuously furthering the development of our coalition and in fact many
> times she was the leading force behind organizing and running meetings
> and collabowritings. Thanks for all the work you did so far, I hope you
> accept the nomination.
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> Maybe the easiest would be to have a conference call? I would be happy to
> meet next tuesday or wednesday? Given that we have two SC members from
> Asia I would suggest to stick to the 18.00 CET time, but I am of course
> flexible.
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> (3) all steering committee members will have to choose whether you want
> to serve one or two years on the steering committee - please announce
> your choice on the list. Our charter states: "IRP will elect a steering
> committee, at least two of which will serve for one year and at least two
> of which will serve for two years. [...] Nominees will select which term
> length they prefer.
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>  ? ? ?I am happy to serve for two years.
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> (4) I propose that we setup a separate steering committee mailing-list
> which all SC members give high priority when dealing with their email. We
> all know that email traffic can be overwhelming and to have a method to
> quickly discuss and decide on a time-critical matter (e.g. whether or not
> to endorse an appeal or other document) would be very helpful.
>
> @all IRPlers: thanks for voting and for your continued interest and
> participation in our cause! The number of 44 votes might sound little,
> however this is a significant organizational development from the 8 folks
> who simply volunteered in the first year of the steering committee's
> existence, and the "improvised steering committee" we setup in the wake
> of the merger last year.
>
> In closing, I would be very interested to discuss and hear your
> perception of the mandate / schedule for the Expert Review &
> Consolidation of our "Charter of Human Rights and Principles on the
> Internet" sent by Meryem and forwarded by me on Dec. 14th ?("Re:
> Proposal for IRP Charter Revision")
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> And of course it would be good to have some more community input for the
> Charter itself.
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> To a good year for Internet Rights and Principles!
>
> Max
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> --
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> "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet."
> ?William Gibson
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Dr Marianne Franklin
Reader
Convener of the Transnational Communications & Global Media Program
Media & Communications
Goldsmiths, University of London
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