"NCUC opposes constituencies"

[Milton L Mueller]

> Essentially, it seems as if both Roberto and the SIC have already
> more or less conceded our main point.

True, but the problem is that Roberto's acceptance of the flaws of the constituency-silo model doesn't necessarily mean that he accepts our proposal for the charter. The SIC charter doesn't provide for an integrated, SG-wide election but rather suggests that the Executive Committee somehow "negotiates" a solution to the distribution of seats. 

Which in some ways is worse than a simple allocation formula, because it pushes all the power and decision making authority away from the membership and up to the SG executive committee -- which the Board can stack at will -- and means that we waste even more time with internal politics. ;-(

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Non-Commercial User Constituency [mailto:NCUC-
> DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of David Cake
> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 1:50 PM
> To: NCUC-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] "NCUC opposes constituencies"
> 
> 	It sounds like in Seoul we should simply keep repeating that
> we want constituencies, we just don't want them directly linked to
> voting. Then see if anyone sticks is willing to actually speak up for
> constituencies linked to voting - and if no one is, then we don't
> need to promote our NCSG charter per se, just make it clear that the
> SIC charter is fatally flawed on that basis, and we are happy to hear
> alternatives to our own that still ensure represenation.
> 	Cheers
> 		David