Type of requirement

Requirement or issue to be considered

Comments by Kavoouss

Work party

Decision making

Footing /Weights for SO/ACs ?

We need to examine the required footing. I do not see that we have reach any agreement on equal footing between SO/AC Include stakeholder groups in decision making ?

Who are stakeholders ? Are we referring to SO /AC?

WP1 / WP2

Decision making

Vote based on SO/AC internal processes

We need to normalized these different internal procedure if we want to use it outside SO/AC

WP1

Decision making

Based on consensus ? Supermajority ?

As a General Rules, we need to look for consensus, in rare and exceptional cases, Voting.

Supermajority has different criteris, 2/3, 374 or 4/5    

WP1

Independence

Conditions of independence with regards to the Board (not having been part of Board, or being barred from joining for several years)

Not  having been part of Board for the last v YEARS  at the time of decision making

WP1 / WP2

Mediation

Mediation as first step of review / redress mechanism

Please specify between which entities we need mediation?

WP2

Mediation

Designation of Ombudsman to conduct mediation

Ombudsman is used in the current situation. We have not seriously discussed why we need an individual with such an authority  

WP2

Membership

Is it free of cost ?

We need to be careful not proposing any criteria which contradict the inclusiveness  

WP1

Oversight accountability

Ability for the respective groups to recall their delegate or member

Whart do we mean by recall?

Hold a meeting, hold an assembly ?

WP1

Oversight Accountability

Is it a paid or unpaid position ?

We should be careful to make every thing no profit.

Participation costs Yes , Salary , be careful of competition and unintended consequences

WP1

Scope

Type(s) of Board decisions to be submitted to prior approval, or that could be overturned

 We need to be careful, on the one hand, not to put any unnessary obstacle for day-to-day functioning, and on the otherhand, not make the Board totally authoritative. Thuis we have to establish some very general criteria for decisions to be submitted to prior approval, or that could be overturned i ,

WP1

Scope

List of rights of “members” or “delegates”

In the exercise of their duties, the members/ delgates ( elected or appointed )  shall serve, not as representing their respective  communities , affiliated entities  nor a region, but as custodians of an international public trust. In particular, each member/delegate  shall refrain from inter­vening in decisions directly concerning the member’s / delegate,s  own  entities to which she or he is affiliated

No member / derlegate  shall request or receive instructions relating to the exercise of  her/ his duties for the  for the international / global community ( ties ) from any government , civil society, private sector, technical community and Acadenmic  or an affiliated  thereof, or from any public or private organization or person. Members/ delgates  shall refrain from taking any action or from participating in any decision which may be incompatible with their status defined above.

WP1