Dear Co-Chairs Leon and Mathieu, Indeed when reading this in perspective, your colleague previously stated that the Charter does not foresee minority statements and now your colleague states that the Charter does not apply (probably he has read the Charter now, where it CLEARLY states that each position must be declared Full Consensus or Consensus, and for each report where there is less than Full Consensus, minority viewpoints must be included, if any) defies comprehension. THE. CHARTER. DOES. APPLY. AT. ANY. STAGE! To state that the Consensus Level has not been established, is peculiar, since Full Consensus is defined in the Charter, and we do NOT have it. One can not present an Interim Report for Public Comment without stating the Consensus Level. I renew my objection and the chair and vice-chairs of the ccNSO Council read in copy, because if (in the eyes of a Co-Chair) the Charter does not apply, ccNSO as chartering organization needs to know. Never mind that it will cast reflection on the Interim Report and the CCWG Accountability. Nor the motivation. Not that I did not predict something like this right from the start, by the way. Bart, please forward to the Council List, as I can not post to it. greetings, el On 2015-04-21 09:33, Thomas Rickert wrote:
Dear Kavouss and Eberhard, the e-mails that have been exchanged on this all need to be read in context. In summary:
- There will be the opportunity to file minority statements when the CCWG publishes consensus recommendations it has worked on.
- The CCWG is now in a phase where interim findings will be presented to the community for input. These are not consensus recommendations. The chairs have not determined the consensus level in the group.
- In the absence of a consensus determination, the rules of the Charter are not applicable at this stage.
I hope this clarifies the situation.
Thomas
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On 20 Apr 2015, at 15:54, Thomas Rickert <rickert@anwaelte.de <mailto:rickert@anwaelte.de>> wrote:
Dear Eberhard, it is not foreseen in our charter to have minority views for other scenarios than the consensus recommendations. I suggest you use the public comment period to voice your concerns or indicate your preference where our report is providing options as I am sure many of the colleagues in the CCWG and their respective groups will do.
Thomas
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