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<DIV><SPAN class=223191419-06022009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Robert, Denise and Ken</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=223191419-06022009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks
a lot for your valuable feedback on our draft Charter (v4.0). It is clear that
we are making progress, although there is a long way to go. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=223191419-06022009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>In
respect to some of your questions or requests for explanation, let me turn the
tables on you a bit. The presumption in many of these exchanges is that there's
something complicated or "different" about what we are proposing, and that the
"constituency-based SG model" is straightforward and poses no problems. In
many ways, however, an integrated SG structure is far simpler, and we have no
idea how a constituency model would work even if we thought it desirable to
implement it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=223191419-06022009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Let me
give you two examples. I will pose them in the form of questions because i
genuinely would like to have answers from you or any other defender of the
constituency-based SG model.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=223191419-06022009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Q1:
How does a constituency-based model produced balanced geographic representation
in Council seats? </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=223191419-06022009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Think
about this. Let's say there are 3 independent constituencies in a SG, and each
of them elects 2 Council seats without reference to the other. So Constituency A
elects (in accord with its own geog. representation rules) a person from North
American and a person from Latin America; Constituency B elects a person from
North America and a person from Latin America; and Constituency C elects a
person from North America and another from Latin America. End result: each
constituency has, on its own, produced as much geographic diversity as it
possibly could, and yet the end result could be that only two world regions are
represented on the Council. \</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=223191419-06022009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
would be very interested to see how you propose to avoid this problem while
staying in the constituency model.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>An integrated SG model, by
contrast, can impose proportions on the six seats as a whole, thereby ensuring
that most if not all regions are represented. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=223191419-06022009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Q2:
How does a constituency-based model apportion Council seats among Constituencies
when they are of different size?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=223191419-06022009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Let's
suppose there is an "old constituency" that has 50 members, and a "new"
constituency that starts and gets recognized by the Board, and has only 10
initial members (or even less). How many Council seats does each constituency
get? Do they inherently get the same number of seats simply by virtue of the
fact that they are constituencies? Or does their representation on the Council
reflect their relative size? If the latter, who decides what allocation
principle is used, when there is no pre-established SG decision-making
method? And once Council seats depend on membership size, what is to stop
one constituency from extending membership in an overly easy way, regardless of
appropriate criteria, to inflate its relative size? Will the Board monitor this?
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<DIV><SPAN class=223191419-06022009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>These
questions are not impossible to answer, but they obviously impose a very complex
layer of organization, monitoring and procedure that an integrated SG model does
not have to worry about. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=223191419-06022009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Frankly, Bob and Denise, I could produce about a dozen more
questions like this. But let's see how you do with these two first.
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<DIV><SPAN class=223191419-06022009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>My
point is to put this discussion of SG models on a more solid footing with an
equal burden of proof. If you can convince us that a constituency-based model
handles such basic and obvious issues as well as an integrated model, we'd
be more inclined to change our view. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=223191419-06022009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>--MM</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>