Re: [hrpc] HRPC recharter

[Eliot Lear <[e-mail]>]

Hello everyone,

The key value of an RG is whether or not it has contributions and 
discussions that lead to better understanding among the participants.  
So to that end, broadening the charter to include policies doesn't 
strike me at all as a bad thing.  What's important is that we get a good 
gang of people who are willing to contribute, even if that contribution 
results in a paper rather than a draft.

If people are concerned about advocacy, and I will admit that I have 
been in the past, I would make one change to the draft charter.

OLD:

    To propose guidelines to protect the Internet as a
    human-rights-enabling environment and a global public good in future
    protocol development.

NEW:

    To *explore* guidelines to protect the Internet as a
    human-rights-enabling environment and a global public good in future
    protocol development.

This is not to say that the group should be prohibited from proposing 
new guidelines, but exploration is what the R in RG really should be 
about, as it allows for us to engage in the complexities and conflicts 
that can occur.  It also allows us to revisit and critique what seems to 
work and where new approaches may be required.

Anyway, HTH.

Eliot