I believe Mirek´s new wording of the Mission
Statement is an improvement and I agree with it.
Sincerely,
Jiri
----- Original Message -----
To: wddm@world-wide-democracy.net
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:59
AM
Subject: [WDDM] Re: deliberation about
the WDDM mission 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
(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
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.
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. 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.
-- Doug
Everingham =======
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