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<DIV>I have no problem with this inclusion, Parminder – and from responses here
it seems others feel the same. </DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=parminder@itforchange.net
href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net">parminder</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 23, 2013 8:49 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=bestbits@lists.bestbits.net
href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net">mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</A>
; <A title=governance@lists.igcaucus.org
href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</A> ;
<A title=ian.peter@ianpeter.com href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com">Ian
Peter</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [bestbits] Call to Best Bits participants for
nominations to Brazil meeting committees</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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face=Verdana>Ian.<BR><BR>Even when the CS nominating committee was to consider
nominees to 1net, I remember asking that an explicit criterion of selection be
that the nominee brings in perspectives/ representation of groups typically
under-represented in global IG processes, and demonstrate existing linkages and
work in this regard . It seems that such a criterion was not included. I will
once again appeal that it be included.... Or at least I be responded to why it
is not to be included. This is a normal political criterion for representation.
It is even more so for civil society which many think it basically to bring in
interests and perspectives that are most excluded from existing power
structures. <BR><BR>Thanks, parminder<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></FONT>
<DIV class=moz-cite-prefix>On Sunday 22 December 2013 11:01 AM, Jeremy Malcolm
wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid:88A07EC6-71FC-498A-932E-80B84171C94F@ciroap.org
type="cite"><SPAN style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">This is a call for
nominations to represent civil society on planning committees in preparations
for the “Global Multistakeholder Meeting on Internet Governance”, to be held
in Sao Paulo Brazil</SPAN><A style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"
href="x-apple-data-detectors://0" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0"
x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true"
moz-do-not-send="true">on April 23</A><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">and 24 2014.</SPAN><BR>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"></SPAN> </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">• Committee No. 1:
Multistakeholder HighLevel Committee (HLC)</B></P>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">This committee will set the high
level political tone and objectives of the</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">conference. Committee members
will engage on a global level with stakeholders to</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">encourage participation in the
conference and maximize its chances of success.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">This committee will include 4 civil
society representatives.</SPAN></P>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">• <B>Committee No. 3:
Multistakeholder Executive Committee (EC)</B></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">This committee owns the full
responsibility of organizing the event, including: defining</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">conference purpose/agenda, managing
invitations, organizing input received into a coherent set of proposals for
the conferees to address, managing conference proceedings and process, and
directing all communications activities pre/during/post conference.
This committee will include 2 civil society representatives</SPAN></P>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"></SPAN> </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">The deadline for submitting expressions
of interest is <STRONG>midnight UTC</STRONG> <A
href="x-apple-data-detectors://1" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1"
x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true"
moz-do-not-send="true">7</A><B><A href="x-apple-data-detectors://1"
x-apple-data-detectors-result="1" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event"
x-apple-data-detectors="true" moz-do-not-send="true"> January
2014</A></B>.</SPAN></P>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">If you are interested, you are invited
to send a brief biography and a statement of relevant background and
experience to <A href="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org"
moz-do-not-send="true">jeremy@ciroap.org</A> or by replying to this thread. At
the closing date for nominations, those submitted to various civil society
networks will be compiled and assessed by the Civil Society Co ordination
Group.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Please indicate clearly at the
beginning of your application whether it is for the High Level Committee (HLC)
or Executive Committee (EC) or both.</SPAN></P>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"></SPAN> </P>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">CRITERIA</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">The following factors (among others)
will be used to assess the suitability of candidates</SPAN></P>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0px"><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">1. Able
to represent civil society as a whole, not just your individual civil society
organisation(s)</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0px"><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">2. Able
to work collegiately with other stakeholder groups in a multistakeholder
setting</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0px"><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">3. Able
to consult widely with civil society groups and to report back as the process
progresses</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0px"><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">4.
Ability to represent civil society at a senior level in these
discussions</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0px"><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">5. Broad
knowledge of internet governance issues and the range of civil society
perspectives on these issues</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0px"><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">6.
Capacity to participate assertively and creatively</SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0px"><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"></SPAN> </P>
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<DIV><B style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Explanation of
process</B></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">The civil society
coordinating group is a loose peak body that came together this year to
facilitate joint civil society participation in several nominating
processes. It currently comprises persons from the most active civil
society coalitions or networks in the Internet governance space, which in no
particular order are the Internet Governance Caucus, Diplo Foundation, Best
Bits, the Non Commercial Stakeholder Group of ICANN, and the Association for
Progressive Communications. The current liaisons are Virginia Paque,
Jeremy Malcolm, Robin Gross and Chat Garcia Ramilo, with Ian Peter as an
independent facilitator. Its current composition is imperfect - the
boundary between an organisation and network is grey, and so is the scope of
"Internet governance". In particular, we are reaching out to other civil
society networks to further broaden the inclusiveness of the group and have
developed a draft set of criteria to assist in this process.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Likewise, the process for
gathering and reaching consensus is also a work in progress, but progressive
improvements to the process have been put in place since the group's first
nomination. These improvements include refinement of criteria for each
member network to consider when putting forward names for consideration.
Other suggested changes to the process, such as the use of a randomly-selected
nominating committee, have not met with consensual support from within the
group and so have not been adopted for this nomination. However, the
coordinating group welcomes other suggestions for improvement of the joint
process.</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><BR></SPAN></DIV><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">-- </SPAN>
<DIV style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Jeremy Malcolm PhD LLB (Hons) B
Com</DIV>
<DIV style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Internet and Open Source lawyer,
consumer advocate, geek </DIV>
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