Hi Bill, Yes I agree, the time is too short and we must use it most wisely. Thanks On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 8:49 AM, William Drake <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Alex, > > While I understand your concern, attacking the staff and SIC to the rest of > the board strikes me as a path to self-immolation. We really need to strip > out of the discussion any personalization of the differences and focus on > questions of institutional design or there will be no way to engage them in > a collaborative review and redesign of the charter. This is not the time to > be settling scores, methinks. > > Bill > > On Oct 19, 2009, at 7:23 AM, Alex Gakuru wrote: > >> Just wondering... >> >> Could NCUC assist the Board improve its accountability, credibility, >> and its public perception by rightfully raising our constituency's >> concerns urgin the board to avoid 'seemingly staff/SIC besieged >> Board'? While we recognise and appreciate the great work by staff/SIC >> on behalf and the direction of the Board, we are conscious that the >> ultimate responsibility of decisions made lies squarely on Board >> members. >> >> For this reason, we are urge the Board to note and keep record of >> every staff/SIC member against whom repeated complaints of acting as >> 'frolic of their own' are leveled against? >> >> Alex >> >> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>> The SIC charter was 100% drafted internally by staff (presumably at >>> Roberto's direction). >>> There is not 1 word in the SIC charter that was contributed by NCUC or >>> its >>> members. >>> We cannot pretend that the SIC charter was some kind of compromise that >>> reached the middle ground of competing agendas. It was the total >>> displacement of the consensus charter with the staff/SIC written charter. >>> I do not plan to belabor this point, unless we hear these ridiculous >>> claims >>> to the contrary as was done here. >>> Thanks, >>> Robin >>> >>> >>> On Oct 18, 2009, at 3:09 PM, Milton L Mueller wrote: >>> >>> Very good reply, Bill. I like the way you got tough with him on the >>> “top-down” question. >>> Incredible that this guy can rationalize his actions as “consultative” >>> when >>> NO efforts were EVER made by SIC to contact anyone in NCUC involved in >>> developing our charter. And he still refuses to acknowledge that the >>> enormous public comment response we got – on an obscure charter issue, >>> for >>> God’s sake – actually means something. >>> >>> --MM >>> > > *********************************************************** > William J. Drake > Senior Associate > Centre for International Governance > Graduate Institute of International and > Development Studies > Geneva, Switzerland > [log in to unmask] > www.graduateinstitute.ch/cig/drake.html > *********************************************************** > > >