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Dear Mike,<br>
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please be so kind to find my comments inline:<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01/03/2020 21:20, Mike Godwin via
Chapter-delegates wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">I take Juan’s objections here—as I take Franca’s
and Solomon’s—quite seriously. I have great respect for the
use of “consensus”-focused processes in the UN and
civil-society contexts. That said, the “consensus” process is
generally accepted primarily with regard to issues around
which there is little or no controversy.</div>
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Eduardo has followed the rules of the Chapter AC. If you do not
agree with these rules, this opens another debate and I suggest that
you propose a motion to change these rules. In his proposal for a
consensus call, Chapter AC Steering Committee Chair asked for
objections. None were received during the time of the Consensus
Call.<br>
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<div dir="auto"> The evidence I’ve seen suggests that there is
strong dissent—which may of course represent less than a
majority of interests—regarding ChAC’s recommendations. In
general, the UN approach, and the civil-society approach, aims
at ensuring that all dissenting voices be heard. What seems to
me to be the case in this context is that, in the interests of
presenting an appearance of “full” and “unanimous” backing of
a recommendation, procedural aspects of the use of a consensus
process have been deployed to give the larger apprearance if
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I challenge you to show that there was "strong dissent" during the
time of the Consensus Call. I agree that we are now seeing dissent
and opposition to the motion, but it is way past the time of the
Consensus Call. The lesson to be learnt here is for Chapters
Advisory Council delegates to pay attention to what is going on and
to respond on time. Yes, there will be serious issues debated here.
Yes, there will be Consensus Calls. But the discussion has not just
come out of the woodwork unannounced. All it would have taken for a
full vote to take place instead of a consensus call, would have been
1 email asking for it during the Consensus Call period and none was
received. 1 email that would have taken at most 30 seconds to write.<br>
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<div dir="auto">This may, of course, be entirely accidental. Many
people may reasonably believe that process was not intentionally
used to eliminate the appearance of dissent or lack of
unanimity. This is what I personally choose to believe.</div>
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Please demonstrate, from the Chapter AC Bylaws, where "process was
not [intentionally] used"<br>
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<div dir="auto">But when the issues being debated are
controversial, the general rule in civil society is to use
procedural rules to be inclusive of dissent rather than seem to
be willing to erase it.</div>
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This is an unsubstantiated allegation and is not constructive.
Nowhere is there an interest in "erasing" dissent, but rules are
rules. Otherwise we end up with chaos.<br>
Kindest regards,<br>
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Olivier<br>
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