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[atlarge-discuss] For the record
Yesterday I sent the following to the Panel, but it has not passed Thomas'
censorship.
Dear Panel members,
First , welcome Bruce and Edmundo. I hope you will add your weight to the
Panel.
This is a critical time to be alert.
There are no written bylaws as yet. The icannatlarge is now wide open to
capture by people who will subsequently write the rules. You all have a
limited opportunity to prevent this and write the rules collectively.
A beginning has been made with the Voting procedure motion. Bravo Hans.
I am very concerned that Jamie would like to exclude the webmaster from the
Panel list at this time and limit discussion about control to a small
subgroup with unelected members.
I am concerned that that there is talk in that subgroup about the Forum
being "controversial".
This sets off alarm bells.
It is essential that all Panel members are aware of what is happening with
the website and especially with the editorial control over it.
I am again pleading with you to adopt webmaster Rules (see Charter draft in
the Forum), that will put you all firmly in charge of content and to make
sure that you will have the power to immediately get rid of a webmaster who
flouts your rules.
It is absolutely necessary to have rules in place before you appoint a
webmaster.
You must elect a Chair as soon as possible to be the point of contact and
your authority with your webmaster and you must write the limits of that
Chair's mandate first.
Otherwise you get a repeat of what happened with your last Chair.
I can be of help with my experience with the IDNO to help you drafting
democratic rules and I am asking you to give your individual vote on
inviting the webmaster on the Panel list (without voting rights, of course)
so that another , potentially less transparent list is unnecessary.
If this needs to be done formally by one of you to present the Panel with
a seconded motion first, then please follow such procedure.
[ ] invite
[ ] ban
Thomas, please do not stop this letter from appearing in the Panel list
archive.
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--Joop
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