<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Dear Parminder and all,<br><br></div>I'd like to add to Jeremy's message that this is not about process entrenchment - it is about getting something on the rails. As Best Bits is an action-oriented network, it makes sense for us to nominate people who support, nurture and provide feedback back into that work. At least as far as I am concerned, trying this out this year immediately made clear some of the things that will possibly need to be done differently in the future. For example, we might want to add a criterion that candidates should have been involved in Best Bits in some capacity or the other (even just by contributing on email lists), so that the reasons why Best Bits specifically should support their candidature is more evident upfront. <br>
<br></div>In fact, if supporting, nurturing and feeding back into Best Bits work is a crucial criterion to be nominated with the support from Best Bits, I think we should definitely add the name of Bill Drake to the above list, and support his renewal. Not only is Bill always ready to share information about the MAG and IGF (and many other fora he is involved in) online, he also is always ready to meet, update and provide info for those who travel to Geneva personally and don't know the ins and outs of processes there themselves. For these reasons, I would like to propose that we add his name to the above list as well.<br>
<br>Best,<br>Anja <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 November 2013 12:45, Jeremy Malcolm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org" target="_blank">jeremy@ciroap.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="im">On 20 Nov 2013, at 1:25 pm, parminder <<a href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net" target="_blank">parminder@itforchange.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><span style="font-family:Verdana">As said before, I do not agree to steering committee choosing MAG
nominees, or other kinds of reps, or next steering committee's
membership, and so on.... These are serious. important issues
which should have a clear, transparent, accountable and thus
legitimate process around it. And I dont see that in place.</span></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>We have not chosen the MAG nominees, we have simply collected the nominations, suggested criteria that could be used to evaluate them, and forwarded them back to the main list with a recommendation. Although your objection was noted, most others were comfortable with this process and since we do not have voting or membership as such, we decided to go ahead. If appropriate your objection could probably be noted in some way in the letter that goes to the MAG.</div>
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