----- Forwarded message from Randy Bush ----- From: Randy Bush Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 19:37:14 -0800 To: Chris Disspain Cc: ccNSO Members ccNSO Council Subject: Re: [cctld-discuss] [NIDA] Welcome to new members and Question onAccountabilityFrameworks
re eberhard's comment: a friend in nigeria used the term "consultative forum" and i asked for an explanation. the answer is illuminating and reflects on this forum in an amazingly apt way. >> "consultative forum?" we don't have the term. the mind shudders. :-) > we do, in the swamps :-). > a term we use when we get bored with "stakeholders' forum", but they mean > the same thing in the swamps. i.e. a "consultative forum" is one that is > convened without announcing info on the agenda, venue, dates and times - > except to a few- until the last minute. this determines who does the > consultation, and with who. the communique, of course, since the forum is > declared by the title to be consultative, would be expected to be binding > on all. randy ----- End forwarded message ----- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Untuk unsubscribe: kirim e-mail ke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dengan Subject: unsubscribe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------