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+ 1 excellent choices!<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/11/2014 2:29 AM, Jeanette Hofmann
wrote:<br>
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jeanette
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Am 11.10.14 11:22, schrieb Lorena Jaume-Palasi:
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<blockquote type="cite">+1 to what Anja says!
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2014-10-11 10:54 GMT+02:00 Anja Kovacs
<<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:anja@internetdemocracy.in">anja@internetdemocracy.in</a>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:anja@internetdemocracy.in"><mailto:anja@internetdemocracy.in></a>>:
<br>
<br>
This is an absolutely outstanding list of nominees!
<br>
<br>
Thank you so much to all candidates for standing, and to the
CSCG
<br>
for coming up with such an impressive and balanced list of
nominees.
<br>
<br>
Also many congratulations to all those who have been
nominated. If
<br>
only we can get UNDESA to finally respect this year civil
society's
<br>
recommendations, I am sure that we will have a very strong
<br>
representation of civil society's interests in the next
year's MAG.
<br>
It is really heartening to see that we can put forward such
a strong
<br>
yet varied list of names, and do so in unison.
<br>
<br>
Finally, I also wanted to thank the outgoing civil society
<br>
representatives, as well as Fatima, for all their hard work
in the
<br>
MAG over the years. You've been wonderful.
<br>
<br>
Warm regards,
<br>
Anja
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 11 October 2014 03:03, Jeremy Malcolm
<<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jmalcolm@eff.org">jmalcolm@eff.org</a>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jmalcolm@eff.org"><mailto:jmalcolm@eff.org></a>> wrote:
<br>
<br>
The Internet Governance Civil Society Co ordination
Group (CSCG)
<br>
is pleased to be able to inform you of our
recommendations as
<br>
regards civil society representation on MAG 2015.
<br>
<br>
As you know, CSCG is a "€œcoalition of coalitions"€ of
the major
<br>
civil society groups involved in the internet governance
arena
<br>
and associated areas.(see details below). Our role in
working
<br>
together is to ensure a co-ordinated civil society
response and
<br>
conduit when it comes to making civil society
appointments to
<br>
outside bodies.
<br>
<br>
*Nominations for 2015 MAG civil society representatives*
<br>
<br>
After each of our coalition members published a Call for
<br>
Nominations within their coalition, each member
shortlisted the
<br>
names from their individual coalition (if necessary)
which would
<br>
be further considered for endorsement.The CSCG
Nominating
<br>
Committee considered 29 names short-listed for final
discussion,
<br>
with the following criteria.
<br>
<br>
1. Past record of active engagement as part of civil
society
<br>
groups working on internet governance issues, acting or
speaking
<br>
out assertively on behalf of public interest concerns.
<br>
<br>
2 Willingness and commitment to consult with and report
back to
<br>
CS networks (including beyond those focused on internet
<br>
governance where appropriate) on MAG discussions.
<br>
<br>
3. Previous attendee at IGF at a global or regional
level.
<br>
<br>
4. Willing, available and able to participate
effectively and
<br>
constructively in the MAG deliberations.
<br>
<br>
In considering names, our nominating committee firstly
<br>
considered the advice from the Secretariat that 10
people
<br>
considered to be civil society representatives were
ending their
<br>
terms this year -€“ an unusually high number on an
annual basis.
<br>
Accordingly, we have selected 10 names for new members
as
<br>
outlined below.
<br>
<br>
We recommend the following 10 names as the new
representatives
<br>
for civil society (in alphabetical order). Each will
need to
<br>
submit a full application with further details
pertaining to
<br>
their suitability as MAG members.
<br>
<br>
*1.**Sunil Abraham*(India)
<br>
<br>
*2.**Renata Avila*(Guatemala)
<br>
<br>
*3.**Oh Byoungil*(South Korea)
<br>
<br>
*4.**John Dada*(Nigeria)
<br>
<br>
*5.**Avri Doria *(USA)
<br>
<br>
*6.**Stuart Hamilton *(United Kingdom)
<br>
<br>
*7.**Lea Kaspar *(Croatia).
<br>
<br>
*8.**Jak SM Kee*(Malaysia).
<br>
<br>
*9.**Ephraim Percy Kenyanito *(Kenya)
<br>
<br>
*10.**Virginia Paque*(Venezuela)
<br>
<br>
We also considered the remaining representatives whose
three
<br>
year terms have not expired, and we conclude that the
only civil
<br>
society person whose term has not expired is Fatima
Cambronero
<br>
(Argentina), We consider Fatima to be an excellent
<br>
representative, and have no hesitation in supporting the
<br>
continuation of her term of engagement. Accordingly, we
also
<br>
endorse the continued involvement of *Fatima Cambronero*
<br>
(Argentina) as the only remaining civil society
representative
<br>
carried forward to 2015 MAG. In doing so we note that
there are
<br>
no other continuing members of MAG who are civil society
<br>
representatives.
<br>
<br>
In addition to the above names, the CSCG has considered
a wide
<br>
range of very talented civil society representatives it
was not
<br>
able to include in its recommendations. We are very
thankful for
<br>
all the applicants, despite their making our job much
harder,
<br>
and will advise the Secretariat that, should IGF require
names
<br>
of suitable and accomplished additional representatives
in
<br>
providing overall regional balance, we would be very
pleased to
<br>
provide additional names in confidence of further civil
society
<br>
people who could make an outstanding contribution to the
2015 MAG.
<br>
<br>
We will be in contact with the selected CS
representatives
<br>
shortly to discuss some brief biographical details for
our
<br>
letter to the IGF Secretariat, and other details of
their
<br>
nominations. In the mean time, we thank everyone for
their
<br>
participation and co-operation in this exercise and
believe that
<br>
this effort has yielded some outstanding candidates to
represent
<br>
civil society.
<br>
<br>
Sincerely
<br>
<br>
*2015 CSCG MAG Nominating Committee*
<br>
<br>
Norbert Bollow, Just Net Coalition representative
<br>
<br>
Mawaki Chango, Internet Governance Caucus representative
<br>
<br>
Robin Gross, Non Commercial Stakeholders Group
representative
<br>
<br>
Jeremy Malcolm, Best Bits Coalition representative
<br>
<br>
Chat Garcia Ramilo, Association for Progressive
<br>
Communicationsrepresentative
<br>
<br>
Ian Peter, Independent Chair
<br>
<br>
Note: Virginia Paque (Diplo Foundation) withdrew from
Nominating
<br>
Committee discussions before nominations were opened and
<br>
criteria developed, as she intended to stand as a
candidate.
<br>
Mandeep Tiwana (Civicus) also did not participate in the
<br>
Nominating Committee.
<br>
<br>
*Member Organisations of Internet Governance Civil
Society Co
<br>
ordination Group -€“ brief descriptions*
<br>
<br>
·Association for Progressive Communications, an
international
<br>
membership-based network founded in 1990 who work
together in
<br>
using ICTs to empower and support others to build
strategic
<br>
communities and promote easy and affordable access to a
free and
<br>
open internet.
<br>
<br>
·Best Bits, a network of civil society organisations
from across
<br>
the world, who come together to share and collaborate on
<br>
individual and joint initiatives in support of human
rights and
<br>
other broadly shared civil society interests in Internet
<br>
governance.
<br>
<br>
·Civicus, a global civil society alliance with over 1000
members
<br>
in 120 countries
<br>
<br>
·Diplo Foundation, which has a focus on assisting
participants
<br>
from small and developing states to build the capacity
to engage
<br>
effectively in Internet Governance and diplomacy. Since
2003,
<br>
Diplo’s Internet Governance Capacity Building
Programme
<br>
(IGCBP) has involved over 1500 professionals and
activists from
<br>
163 states.
<br>
<br>
·Internet Governance Caucus, an organisation with over
200
<br>
organisational and individual members founded in 2004 to
<br>
specifically address emerging internet governance
issues.
<br>
<br>
·Just Net Coalition, formed in 2014, a global coalition
with
<br>
specific interests in democracy, human rights and social
justice.
<br>
<br>
·Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group, (NCSG) an
organization of
<br>
more than 400 non-commercial organizations and
individuals who
<br>
develop Internet policy through participation in ICANN's
policy
<br>
development process.NCSG promotes noncommercial
interests in the
<br>
formulation of ICANN policy including human rights,
academic,
<br>
development, educational, and cultural interests.
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)
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