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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Thursday 02 January 2014 02:43 PM,
Jeremy Malcolm wrote:<br>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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I am not sure what part of the process includes "gauging support on
open lists". I request clarification from Ian if this is a part of
the process or not... We need to be very particular and fastidious
about such processes. It was announced that names may be sent by 7th
to be considered by the CS coordination committee... i read nothing
about a beauty contest on open lists as being a part of the process.
For the record, I am happy to have a process of open online voting
being adopted for nominee selection, and even for such a voting to
be an open voting. What I protest about is ad hoc ism of processes,
as important as those involving nominations. If "gauging support on
open list" is not a part of the process it should explicitly be
given no weight -age. And if it is a part, it should be openly
announced, and all potential candidates given equal opportunity...
Although I find such a process quite odd, for many reasons, like,
some kinds of people are less open to sending emails about specific
supports than others, and - well, Jeremy, since you speak of a
discussion on the list - people would hardly ' discuss' people
openly... <br>
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However, I do agree that it is a very good practice to make all
nominations, with supporting material, open to the various lists,
which can be seen by all...<br>
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parminder <br>
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Thanks.<br>
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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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rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p>
<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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span
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:
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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 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; 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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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span
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
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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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<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>
<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);">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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margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span
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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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