<div dir="ltr">Dear Parminder, <div><br></div><div>Thank you for quick reply and feedback.</div><div><br></div><div>My understanding of the proposal for the joint letter of support is exactly what you suggest: some people and organisations sending support for some names together. Since the individuals in question initially sought support through Best Bits, it seems appropriate that sign on to the letter could be facilitated through the platform. If you feel that the letter goes beyond what is suggested above, then please feel free to suggest edits in the pad. I have done so, as I feel the text needs to be more precise as to who is endorsing the candidates. </div>
<div><br></div><div>As for your observation about Best Bits being mentioned again and again, I see it mentioned only twice in the current text (perhaps other references have been edited out). I don't see how either of those mentions are controversial -- that those who sign the letter identify themselves as participants in Best Bits and that there was a discussion of this subject on the list between the dates noted. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Looking forward to working with you all to improve these processes on an ongoing basis. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Kind regards, </div><div>Deborah </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 12:23 PM, parminder <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net" target="_blank">parminder@itforchange.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<font face="Verdana">Everything in the draft letter </font>makes it
look like a Best Bits nominations.... If it is not a Bestbits
nomination why does the name Bestbits come again and again in the
letter. why dont we just stop playing around with the process... If
some people and organisations want to send some names let them do it
together.... parminder<div><div class="h5"><br>
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<div>On Monday 25 November 2013 09:12 PM,
Jeremy Malcolm wrote:<br>
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On 21 Nov 2013, at 4:45 pm, Jeremy Malcolm <<a href="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org" target="_blank">jeremy@ciroap.org</a>>
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<div>To summarise the current status of discussions as I
perceive them:</div>
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<ul>
<li>Rather than picking and choosing between the
existing civil society representatives, we should
simply support the continuation of all civil society
representatives who have served less than a three-year
term.</li>
<li>But if one or more spots are vacant, some
affirmative support has been received for the
self-nominations of Matthew Shears, Nnenna Nwakanma,
Bertrand de la Chapelle to fill them.</li>
<li>Self-nominations from Ana Perdigao and Imran Ahmed
Shah are yet to receive affirmative support.</li>
</ul>
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<div>So, as our contribution, we could add a paragraph
simply saying the above to the joint civil society MAG
nomination letter (see below).</div>
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<div>Sorry for the delay in following up on this. Taking into
account the various process objections, we are going to fall
back to a less contentious and more familiar process, which is
that of the sign-on letter. By no means does this mean that
Best Bits should limit its actions to sign-on letters, and nor
does it imply acceptance of all the objections to the
nomination process that we proposed (some of which will be
addressed separately). But it does mean that, with only days
to go before the deadline, it makes sense to return to
something tried and tested while we work out the kinks.</div>
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<div>So a draft letter (or section of a joint letter, that could
be submitted with the IGC and Diplo) is at <a href="http://igcaucus.org:9001/p/mag-nomination" target="_blank">http://igcaucus.org:9001/p/mag-nomination</a>
for your consideration. The nominees shown in the draft
letter are those that received affirmative support on this
list during the discussion period from at least one person
other than themselves. The nominees also fulfil the criteria
that we suggested, which were:</div>
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<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>
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<div>Earlier the same new nominees shown in the letter (though
not the renewing ones, as at that time there was no clear
consensus on whether to include them) were also sent to the
IGC nomcom for consideration in their own nomination process.
To forestall further procedural debate about this, I just
forwarded the names to the IGC in an individual capacity, with
Anja also supporting; though we are steering committee
members, any individual could have done the same.</div>
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<div>The nominations are to be sent to the IGF Secretariat by 1
December, so we will close edits to the draft letter at midnight
GMT on 29 November, and open it for endorsements from 1am.
Please let us have your thoughts by then, either by editing the
pad or replying on this thread.</div>
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