• cifuturG2 inputs1 challenges

last modified July 2, 2013 by facilitfsm

CHALLENGES to be faced in the consultation/discussion in and around group G2

 

  • WHAT IS WSF PROCESS ?  seen by a caring community as IC has tried to be, WHAT ARE THE MISSIONS OF IC ?  WHAT IS THE RELATION  BETWEEN IC AND other facilitation bodies that could emerge ( see questions Q1 SCOPE and Q2 MISSIONS)
  • a reflection on 4 formal possible areas for wsfprocess and the sustaining actions  with those areas
  • outside wsf event organizing strictly speaking   (perimeter A where IC WSF was created and is fully legitimate) ,  a   wsf caring community can sustain or increase the influence /legitimacy  of IC through efficiency of its process and through intercommunication proposed with possible groups  and initiatives inside  perimeters A/ B/ D/   )


  • NAME ? FROM IC (international council) TO CC ( caring community ) to CI ( caring initiative ) ? ( see questions  4)

    • why not change name : from international council to "caring community" or caring "initiative" – caring about wsf /  communauté curatrice = prenant soin du fsm – comunidad de cuidado -  cuidando del  fsm- .

    • "caring"  motivates to "facilitate" and to "contribute" - not just to "counsel" and "decide" 
    • "community" or "initiative" means some operating rules and a membership process
  • WHAT TO DO IN SUCH A COUNCIL GROUP/ COMMUNITY/initiative  - how to act as ic  ( see questions  5 about action of ic )

  • HOW TO WORK   HOW TO HOLD CC/CI TOGETHER   WITHOUT A  formal/informal CENTRAL GROUP   (liaison group which bred conducts of delegation inside IC) ( see questions  10 on organization - and Q12 13 14 about the meetings)

      • institute –“changing  functional  & structural groups”  -
      • they are called "structural" because they hold the CI/IC  together – they form the structure of IC
      •  they are permanent  but their composition is  meant as fast changing with one cycle of activity (meeting to meeting )  and partial renewal individual and collective  rules (no more than 3 consecutive participations,  and minimum 50% renewal each time)
      • they are inclusive by duty :  it is a duty of every caring group member to be active in 1 structural group  - so no one in IC/CI can say he/she is not concerned about the various aspects of operation of IC
  •  HOW TO STIMULATE WSF process  and IC operation CONTRIBUTIONS BY MEMBERS OF IC/CI  ( see questions  11)
      • lack of active participation in meeting and between meetings , may be linked to lack of motivaiton or lack of vision of what to do
      • institute a status of "contributive member" given by peer to peer review  ( accessible to representative and independent alike  and  a yearly review  -  cifuturG2 about contribution profile - see contribution 3 part 2 - and a more detailed description of the review protocol
      • develop practice of open groups( "distance 1"),  where formal community members cooperate with other active wsf process participants
      •  explore how much time  might  community member dedicate to caring about wsf, develop clearer idea of what community members could do and commit to  do in and out of meetings
      • share the duty to operate  stuctural groups  holding the community together and avoiding information and power concentration


    • HOW TO BE INCLUSIVE  & MORE EFFICIENT in the formal community caring about wsf process ( see questions  Q6 7 8 9 )

      • institute a “dual membership” (see details)  and accommodate both organizations represetnatives  and  independent individuals- this is a way to mix culture and ways of partiicpation in wsf process , and include new energies  

      •  criteria can be explicited

      • organizations can PRESENT "independents" in the community , who  needs to be presented formally by minimum  3 organizations ( presentation review  group to be organized)

      •  2 representatives per organisation with whatever mandate

      •  3 presented persons max par organisations

      • target as many  independent individuals  as representatives  in the formal community with equal psosible participation all working groups