Doug´s suggestion is acceptable to me.
Jiri
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To: wddm@world-wide-democracy.net
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 9:03
AM
Subject: Re: [WDDM] Re: deliberation
about the WDDM mission I favor adoption of the mission statement as amended by Mirek's
suggestions below.
If the full document is to be submitted for
confirmation to all members of this group I would also appreciate a vote
on including after "planning cells" words like "and nested networks". This
refers to structures like those of Quakers, the Sociocratisch Centrum www.sociocracy.biz and many outlined
by the International Institute for Self-governance --
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~sturnbull/ (e.g. the Mondragón Cooperative
Corporation), I include "nested" as referring to liaison arrangements
between planning cells (of relevant stakeholders) at adjoining levels of
action/deliberation as well as between related interest/activity
groups.) -- Doug Everingham ====
Hi all, The truth is that we are without approved mission,
so maybe we should really start deliberation on the better wording of the
mission (and not wait for the new board). So here is my suggestion how to
change those contradictory sections identified by Dough below:
1.2
The power to formulate laws and policies must be vested directly in the
People at all levels of societal life. 1.5 and 1.7 are actually
very closely related - they refer to various tools/procedures of DD, so
I propose to merge them into a new paragraph 1.5 that would read
like this:
1.5 We advocate and will work toward the creation
of a whole spectrum of tools that will facilitate the direct participation of
every person in public affairs and governance, such as (but not limited to)
peoples initiatives, referenda, recalls, planning cells, citizens juries,
citizens forums, wisdom councils, electronic voting. The old 1.8
would become 1.7, etc. - see
http://www.world-wide-democracy.net/mission.php/color>
(as the old mission that was there was outvoted anyway, I have just took
the liberty to update it with the above tentative version; will of course
update it further as need be).
Mirek
Doug Everingham
wrote on 13/04/2007 :
Hi Mark and all,
Thanks for progress
so far.
For some reason the frst 10 lines of our message (all but the
approved Charter section) came to e with no limitation of line length --
the longest sentences took over 4 computer screen widths to read, but once
copied (as below) it conformed to the exposed text width.
I'd
appreciate (and perhaps others would too) a chance to deliberate on and recast
the outvoted mission statement draft.
-- Doug
Everingham ===
Doug Everingham wrote on 18/03/2007
:
Dear Mark,
I refrain from voting for the draft charter because
it includes at a page accessed
via www.world-wide-democracy.net /color>a
mission statement which includes apparently contradictor sections:
1.2 The power to formulate laws and policies
must be vested directly in the People without representatives at all
levels of societal life.
/bigger>and 1.5 Peoples
Initiatives, backed by sufficient number of signatures, should mandate a
binding Referendum and/or recall of unworthy representatives
(I&R+R) decided by public vote. /bigger>and 1.7 We as
'Facilitators' shall endeavor to help citizens to setup Planning Cells,
Citizen Juries, and Citizens Forums, as local bodies to supervise
municipal and local administrations and public administrations. These 'Forums'
will hear and attempt to settle issues, and if they cannot, then refer them
either to the courts or to Citizens Parliaments.
/bigger>--
Doug Everingham =======
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