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<font face="Verdana">Jeremy<br>
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Am very behind seeing and responding to emails, but noticed this
one and wanted to make the following comment:<br>
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I dont see the need for BB to get into making recs for MAG
membership when IGC seems to do a good - and much better
insitutionalised - way of doing. If the fear is that some people
may not be on the IGC - which i not too sure of - BB can forward
nomination to the IGC process.<br>
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However, if BB just insists on having its own MAG nominaiton
process, I oppose steering committee on its own making the
selections (a post facto confirmation by the list - the process of
which I could not understand, is of no use bec no one from the
list is going to object to any name which is listed as selected by
the steering committee) .... This does not go with BB's platform
image projection.... and in any case does not look like a good
process to follow.<br>
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parminder <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Thursday 14 November 2013 01:30 PM,
Jeremy Malcolm wrote:<br>
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<div>Otherwise, Best Bits has also been developing a draft
process for nominating representatives to external groups,
which may suit those who aren't primarily associated with the
other civil society groups or networks. The process is still
open for discussion on the procedure wiki at <a
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href="http://bestbits.net/wiki/main/procedures/">http://bestbits.net/wiki/main/procedures/</a>.
The process, which is very loose compared to the IGC's more
formal procedure, simply provides as follows:
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<li>The steering committee shall call for expressions of
interest on the main list.</li>
<li>Selection criteria will be decided on a case-by-case
basis and will be shared when the steering committee
publicises the call, but at a very minimum geographical
diversity (if not balance) and gender balance should be
taken into account.</li>
<li>The steering committee will select a proposed slate of
nominees, taking into account those who expressed
interest.</li>
<li>The proposed nominees will be posted back to the main
list and approved by consensus.</li>
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<br>
Further to the above, here are some criteria based on a set
previously used by the IGC, with point six broadened slightly (not
everyone on the interim steering group has given input into these,
but nobody has objected so far either):<br>
<ul>
<li>Must be active civil society participants <br>
</li>
<li>Should be at least 2 from each of the 5 geographical regions
if possible</li>
<li>Should attempt to achieve gender balance <br>
</li>
<li>Should include as much diversity as possible; e.g. for skill
and knowledge set, age, disability, etc.</li>
<li>Should include people who have shown commitment to keeping
CS updated on developments</li>
<li>Should be people who have shown some ability in advocacy
with governments and the private sector in order to help
achieve CS positions</li>
</ul>
So far there has been one nomination received to the <a
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href="mailto:steering@lists.bestbits.net">steering@lists.bestbits.net</a>
list. If you prefer to send your nomination to the main list,
please feel free to do that instead or also.<br>
<br>
As to the suggestion that we collaborate with the IGC on a slate
of nominees, there seems to be support for this. So far the IGC
has selected its nomcom, and its slate of candidates will be
selected by next Wednesday from nominations received. There may
also be nominations coming from other organisations or networks
(APC, Diplo, IRP).<br>
<br>
Whilst it is different to actually merge the lists of nominees
from each civil society group or network, because the processes
are quite different, we can explore whether it is possible to at
least send the nominations together, while separating the lists of
nominees and explaining the different nomination processes.<br>
<br>
This would be a modest step towards the longer-term goal of a
unified civil society nominating committee.<br>
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