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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">This is a reminder to put forward your
names for selection for the Brazil meeting committees by midnight
UTC 7 January 2014, per the procedure given below.<br>
<br>
Regarding the draft selection criteria originally posted, a few
others were raised on this list, of which one had fairly wide
support, 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" (but the
comment was also made that this should not be applied to give
undue weight to minority views). The arguments for and against
this additional criterion have been well ventilated and the
coordinating group will take what it can from this discussion.<br>
<br>
Surprisingly though we haven't actually had too many actual names
put forward as nominees for the two committees (I have received a
couple privately, but it is much better that they are discussed on
the list, so that support for the names can be gauged). So please
do take the opportunity over the next few days to put your name or
someone else's forward, if you would like to give input into the
composition of the groups.<br>
<br>
Thanks.<br>
<br>
On 22/12/13 13:31, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:<br>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);
-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
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style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);
-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">and 24 2014.</span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">• Committee No. 1: Multistakeholder
HighLevel Committee (HLC)</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This committee will set the high
level political tone and objectives of the</span></p>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">conference. Committee members will
engage on a global level with stakeholders to</span></p>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">encourage participation in the
conference and maximize its chances of success.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This committee will include 4 civil
society representatives.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">• <b>Committee No.
3: Multistakeholder Executive Committee (EC)</b></span></p>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This committee owns the full
responsibility of organizing the event, including: defining</span></p>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">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; background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The deadline for submitting
expressions of interest is <strong>midnight UTC</strong> <a
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x-apple-data-detectors-result="1"> January 2014</a></b>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you are interested, you are
invited to send a brief biography and a statement of relevant
background and experience to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org">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>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">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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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">CRITERIA</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">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; background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: 0px;
margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">1.<font> </font>Able to
represent civil society as a whole, not just your individual
civil society organisation(s)</span></p>
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margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">2.<font> </font>Able to work
collegiately with other stakeholder groups in a
multistakeholder setting</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0px;
margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">3.<font> </font>Able to consult
widely with civil society groups and to report back as the
process progresses</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0px;
margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">4.<font> </font>Ability to
represent civil society at a senior level in these discussions</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: 0px;
margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">5.<font> </font>Broad knowledge
of internet governance issues and the range of civil society
perspectives on these issues</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: 0px;
margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">6.<font> </font>Capacity to
participate assertively and creatively</span></p>
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<div><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Explanation of process</b></div>
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<div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">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;
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div>
<div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">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>
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