[IRP] #1 meeting of 2010

Wed Jan 6 11:55:44 EET 2010

Hi all,

Congratulations to the new steering committee! I am hopefully free for
the meeting tomorrow.

Emily

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 9:44 AM, M I Franklin <cos02mf at gold.ac.uk> wrote:
> 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
>>
>> Should we meet this thrusday at 18.00 CET or 9am PST? I think it would be
>> important to discuss this years work.
>>
>> 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?
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>> Subject: Re: [IRP] IRP-DC elections results
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> @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.
>>
>> (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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> (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.
>>
>> ?? ? ?I am happy to serve for two years.
>>
>> (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")
>>
>> And of course it would be good to have some more community input for the
>> Charter itself.
>>
>> To a good year for Internet Rights and Principles!
>>
>> Max
>>
>> --
>>
>> "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet."
>> ?William Gibson
>>
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>> ..
>>
>> Max Senges
>> Berlin
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> Media & Communications
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