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<DIV>Just some background here -</DIV>
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<DIV>When I first heard rumours that this might happen – about a month ago from
memory – I wrote to Adiel from 1net, Carlos Afonso, and Hartmut Glaser asking
them what the process for appointment of Co-chairs was and whether they were
involved. All three wrote back that they were not involved and it was a personal
choice for Prof Almeida.</DIV>
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<DIV>I then wrote to Prof Almeida in a personal capacity, informing him that
civil society had a representative process that could be utilised if he would
like advice from us, and would he like us to submit a slate of names for his
consideration? Indeed I indicated a few likely names in my letter of people we
might nominate as examples – just to ensure that it could not be said that only
one name was submitted. I never received a reply.</DIV>
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<DIV>I am also aware that, after the appointment, the civil society 1net
steering committee representatives raised questions, and were officially told
that this was out of scope because this was a decision for the Chair. However, I
believe that they were told informally in the Webex record that 1net would
have been consulted before a decision was made.</DIV>
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<DIV>Which, given that 1net is the co-organiser of the conference, I suspect is
the case, although I am 100% sure what Adiel told me was true from his
perspective. (likewise for Carlos and Hartmut of course)</DIV>
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<DIV>Given that Subi’s past involvement with civil society on internet
governance issues is largely related to her MAG membership, I suspect what
happened is that some prominent member/members of the technical community active
in MAG matters were informally asked to submit a name or comment on the
suggestion of Subi (she would have written and offered her services, I am
sure.),and without any further thought did so. After all, they are used to
making decisions without consultation with other stakeholder representatives and
multistakeholder processes of consultation where civil society should be
involved in civil society appointments are quite new to them. </DIV>
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<DIV>That’s my hypothesis at this point of time. So I don’t feel inclined to
blame Prof Almeida – rather, whoever it was who recommended her to Prof Almeida
without consulting civil society has to learn this is not appropriate
process. Perhaps someone reading here could copy this to the appropriate
person and make it known that next time it would be advisable to refer such
suggestions to the appropriate stakeholder group.</DIV>
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<DIV>Given how quickly all of this happened and the fairly chaotic nature of
Brazil preparations, I am inclined to think it was just a thoughtless action
from someone who I hope will learn from this experience and refer such
suggestions appropriately next time. So while I am pleased to see the Indian
letter raising these questions and think it is entirely appropriate to raise
them, I think it is simply the result of poorly considered rushed processes and
a history of not consulting other stakeholder groups, and that hopefully those
responsible will learn from this mistake.</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=anja@internetdemocracy.in
href="mailto:anja@internetdemocracy.in">Anja Kovacs</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 25, 2014 12:49 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=parminder@itforchange.net
href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net">parminder</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=avismomeni@yahoo.fr
href="mailto:avismomeni@yahoo.fr">Avis Momeni</A> ; <A
title=governance@lists.igcaucus.org
href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</A> ;
<A title=cone-elist@net-equality.org
href="mailto:cone-elist@net-equality.org">cone-elist@net-equality.org</A> ; <A
title=bestbits@lists.bestbits.net href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net">Best
Bits</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [governance] Re: [bestbits] Re: [CoNE-elist 679] Re: Open
Letter by Indian civil society organizations to the Chair of the 'MMFIG' being
held in Brazil, April, 2014</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>I don't think we should provide an alternative ourselves - that is not the
point, and if the organisers have appointed a member of the HLMC as co-chair for
another stakeholder group, they know that this is an option.<BR><BR></DIV>We
could perhaps indicate that the Joint NomCom under Ian's leadership is ready to
provide any support or feedback that the Chair might need on this decision -
that is if the Joint NomCom agrees to taking up this role of
course.<BR><BR></DIV>Best,<BR>Anja<BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On 24 February 2014 16:51, parminder <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net"
target=_blank>parminder@itforchange.net</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote
style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><BR>In
the current circumstances, I think it is best that one of the three civil
society members of the High Level Committee (HLC) should be picked up as civil
society co-chair... All the three HLC members came through a civil
society nomination process. This is what got done in the case of academic
community co chair.. One of three HLC academic community members -
Jeanette<BR>- was picked as academic community co chair.<BR><BR>It will be
good if the major civil society networks can support the letter from India
civil society, and together propose the above way to go
forward....<BR><BR>Whatever we do needs to be done fast, in the next 2-3
days..<BR><BR>Can the respective coordinators etc take up the
task..<BR><BR>thanks<SPAN class=HOEnZb><FONT
color=#888888><BR><BR>parminder</FONT></SPAN>
<DIV><BR><BR><BR>On Monday 24 February 2014 03:34 PM, Avis Momeni
wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Dear Rishab,<BR>Greetings from Cameroon,<BR>May be it will be
appropriated in this letter when disagree Prof. Virgilio Almeida's choice,
to propose a consensus person that all of you as civil societies
organizations would like to be appointed in regards of the challenges you
are all looking for.<BR><BR> Kind regards.<BR>Avis.<BR><BR> Avis
MOMENI<BR>Secretary General<BR>PROTEGE QV<BR>P.O Box 4888
Yaounde<BR>Tel/Fax:(237) 22.31.85.46<BR>CAMEROON<BR>Please take a few
glances<BR>at: <A href="http://www.protegeqv.org"
target=_blank>www.protegeqv.org</A><BR> <BR><BR><BR>Le Samedi 22
février 2014 19h50, Rishab Bailey <<A
href="mailto:rishab.bailey@gmail.com"
target=_blank>rishab.bailey@gmail.com</A>> a écrit :<BR></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV class=h5> Dear Friends,<BR><BR>Attached is an open letter Indian
civil society organisations propose to<BR>send to Prof. Virgilio Almeida,
Chair of the Multistakeholder Meeting on<BR>the Future of Internet
Governance being held in Brazil in April this year,<BR>regarding the
appointment of the civil society co-chair for the meeting.<BR><BR>This
letter has been agreed on by virtually every civil society<BR>organisation
in India who have been involved in the Internet
Governance<BR>space.<BR><BR>(the list of organisations - in alphabetical
order - is as follows:<BR>1. Centre for Communication Governance<BR>2.
Centre for Internet and Society<BR>3. Digital Empowerment Foundation<BR>4.
Free Software Movement of India<BR>5. Institute of Global Internet
Governance and Advocacy<BR>6. Internet Democracy Project<BR>7. IT for
Change<BR>8. Open Knowledge Community<BR>9. Society for Knowledge
Commons<BR>10. Software Freedom Law Centre, India)<BR><BR>We plan to submit
this letter to the Chair on Monday (24th February, 2014)<BR>(together with
any further endorsements received).<BR><BR>Should you or your organisation
wish to support / endorse this letter, do<BR>let me know at the earliest
possible.<BR><BR>Thanks and regards,<BR>Rishab Bailey<BR>for the Society for
Knowledge Commons, India<BR><BR><BR><BR></DIV></DIV>
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