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