<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Please find below the nomination message for the civil society speaker for the IGF Closing Ceremony as selected by the Internet Governance Civil Society Coordination Group, as sent by its chair, Ian Peter. Burcu Kilic, whom we nominated, is in the first position with Milton Mueller also nominated as a second.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">"Ian Peter" <<a href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com">ian.peter@ianpeter.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>[cs-coord] Civil Society Speakers for IGF Closing Ceremony</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">August 25, 2014 at 9:21:25 PM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><<a href="mailto:igf@unog.ch">igf@unog.ch</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><<a href="mailto:cs-coord@lists.bestbits.net">cs-coord@lists.bestbits.net</a>>, "Subi Chaturvedi" <<a href="mailto:subichaturvedi@gmail.com">subichaturvedi@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">"Ian Peter" <<a href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com">ian.peter@ianpeter.com</a>><br></span></div><br><div>
<div dir="ltr">
<div dir="ltr">
<div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Dear Secretariat,</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Subi Chaturvedi passed on to us your request for civil
society nominations for speakers for this years IGF Closing Ceremony. Thank you
for ensuring that civil society is involved in choosing its representatives to
speak on this occasion. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">This request was dealt with by the Internet Governance
Civil Society Co ordination Group (CSCG). This peak group consists of
representatives of the major civil society coalitions involved in Internet
Governance issues, including Internet Governance Caucus, Best Bits, Association
for Progressive Communications, Diplo Foundation, Just Net Coalition, Civicus,
and Non Commercial Stakeholders Group of ICANN. The group, founded in 2013, has
a primary role to ensure a co-ordinated civil society response and conduit when
it comes to making civil society appointments to outside bodies. This was
accepted and respected during the NetMundial (Brazil) process, and by the 1net
community, and we will be pleased to also work with IGF in the future as regards
civil society representation.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">It was therefore appropriate for this body to consider
the question of speakers for the IGF closing session as requested.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt">A<font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">fter calling for expressions of interest and nominations
through the various networks, the CSCG discussed prospective speakers and makes
the following recommendations.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Firstly, we believe that civil society must have two
speakers. Just like governments or any other stakeholder group, we have more
perspectives than can be handled with just one speaking slot, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and even with two speakers we feel we are
under-represented.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">With this in mind, and bearing also in mind the
multistakeholder principle that stakeholders should choose their own
representatives, we submit the following two names.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"> <font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">SPEAKER NO 1</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Our first speaker is Dr Burcu Kilic. Dr Kilic is a
Turkish citizen who is an expert on legal, economic and political issues
surrounding intellectual property law, policy, development and innovation. We
are pleased to be able to nominate such a talented speaker from the host
country.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">SPEAKER NO 2</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Our second speaker is Dr Milton Mueller. Dr Mueller is
</font><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; COLOR: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><font style="face: """><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">a Professor at Syracuse
University. His research, teaching and public service for the last 15 years have
been concentrated on the internet governance
arena.</font></font></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Please let us know if you need any further information
or contact details.</font></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: 13pt;"> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Sincerely,</font></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: 13pt;"> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: 13pt;"> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Ian Peter</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Independent Chair, on behalf of the Internet Governance
Civil Society Coordination Group</font></p></div></div></div>
<br>____________________________________________________________<br>You received this message as a subscriber on the list <a href="mailto:cs-coord@lists.bestbits.net">cs-coord@lists.bestbits.net</a><br><br>For list archives, member roster, unsubscription and other functions visit:<br> <a href="http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/summit">http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/summit</a><br><br>Translate this email: <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t">http://translate.google.com/translate_t</a> </div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>-- </div><div>Jeremy Malcolm</div><div>Senior Global Policy Analyst</div><div>Electronic Frontier Foundation</div><a href="https://eff.org">https://eff.org</a><br>jmalcolm@eff.org<div><br></div><div>Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161</div><div><br></div><div>:: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World ::</div></div></div>
</div>
<br></body></html>