<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Parminder,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I hadn’t actually appreciated this though in hindsight it is only logical that I would have. As to your question, as I was not involved in that process I cannot speak to how it worked, though it is all published on the NGLS website I think.</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 31 Oct 2015, at 13:43, parminder <<a href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net" class="">parminder@itforchange.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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I am sure that you understand what is it that I am objecting to
bec I made it very clear in my email. I am *not* objecting to a
novel process that may be devised to set up a selection committee
of civil society persons to nominate civil society speakers.
(Although unlike what may be true in other areas, in IG area we
precisely have such a self organising system within the CS, which
is an important point to keep in sight.) What I am objecting to is
the presence of business and technical community members (ICANN/
ISOC), meaning non civil society members, in any such selection
committee..<br class="">
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Do you confirm that the climate summit process, that was rewarded,
and you say is now the accepted process, involved business members
in the selection committee that selected civil society speakers? I
dont think so, but I will let to comment on it. <br class="">
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If not, your arugments are quite beside the point here. <br class="">
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So lets focus on the issue which is under contention - to repeat,
the problem of business persons and tech community (read ICANN/
ISOC) selecting CS reps... It is NOT this civil society nomination
process or that, *as long as the selection committee is made of
civil society persons*.<br class="">
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parminder<br class="">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Saturday 31 October 2015 04:40 PM,
Nick Ashton-Hart wrote:<br class="">
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Dear Lea, Parminder, and others,
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<div class="">FYI, the process below - like that previously for CS
- is a standard operatiing process for NY now as it is seen by
the 38th floor, and the PGA’s office, as being a real success
story in getting interesting voices whom existing selection
processes might not have surfaced. The person at NGLS who
pioneered this with the climate summit in 2014 was just <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=b21d8b63-9909-4a07-b3c2-5b10050f2743&c=47897580-6ef2-11e5-8573-d4ae5284205e&ch=48688ae0-6ef2-11e5-8694-d4ae5284205e" class="">given an award by the Secretary-General personally
for her efforts</a> - she’s actually a committed and really
tremendous person who genuinely feels a passion for ensuring CS
voices are effective at the UN named Susan Alzner. All of this
suggests that the UN will probably resist changing a process
that they just awarded because of requests that you all may
make.</div>
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<div class="">Nothing wrong with making a point about this, but at
the same time I would also put some effort into the selection
committee and ensuring selectors put themselves forward that you
believe will make good choices, including perhaps a fulsome
consultation with the broader community. Anyone who wants to
talk to Susan let me know, I’d be glad to introduce you.</div>
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<div class="">Regards, Nick</div>
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<div class="">On 31 Oct 2015, at 11:42, Lea Kaspar <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:lea@gp-digital.org" class="">lea@gp-digital.org</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div class="">Hi Ian, Parminder,</div>
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<div class="">Thanks for putting this on our agenda. Not
against taking a stand on this. We have precedent with
the IGF MAG, so could point to that. Although not
ideal, UN DESA did take on 9/10 CSCG recommendations
in the last MAG intake. And seeing as the MAG
selection process is still something that needs
improvement, we could leverage this effort (if
successful) in the next round of MAG nominations.</div>
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<div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255,
255, 255, 0);" class="">Going beyond the principle,
I'd also be interested to hear from CS who were
sitting on the selection committee for the July WSIS
event (I think the UN used the same selection
mechanism). Did that work at all? Would the final
selection of CS reps at the July event been
different had CS had control over the process? </span></div>
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<div class="">While we're on the topic, Ian, does the
CSCG actively monitor UN calls for CS representation
in relevant spaces? For instance, did the CSCG ever
discuss the call for nominations for the Adis Ababa
Technology Facilitation Mechanism Advisory Group? The
call has now passed (last weekend I think), and IMO
it's a real shame that we didn't have a broader CS
discussion about this. The TFM is passing under
people's radar, but could end up being influential in
the broader IG ecosystem. </div>
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<div class="">Best wishes,</div>
<div class="">Lea<br class="">
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Sent from my iPhone</div>
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On 31 Oct 2015, at 08:08, Ian Peter <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com" class="">ian.peter@ianpeter.com</a>>
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<div class="">Is there general agreement we
should write something pointing this out and
asking for a process where CS chooses its own
reps?</div>
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<div class="">Perhaps we could ask for UNDESA to
forward CS names submitted to us and we will
advise our choices?</div>
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<div class="">Interested in other opinions on
this.... we would have to move quickly...</div>
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<div class=""><b class="">Sent:</b>
Saturday, October 31, 2015 6:58 PM</div>
<div class=""><b class="">To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true" title="ian.peter@ianpeter.com" href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com" class="">Ian Peter</a> ; <a moz-do-not-send="true" title="bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" class="">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>
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<div class=""><b class="">Subject:</b> Re:
[governance] [bestbits] NOTE - Call for
Nomination: Stakeholder Speakers at the
General Assembly High-level Meeting on
WSIS+10</div>
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what para 3 of part I of the section on
roadmap of the NetMundial outcome document
says:<br class="">
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</font><p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm" class=""><font class="" face="sans-serif"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt" class="" size="4">"Stakeholder representatives
appointed to multistakeholder Internet
governance processes should be selected
through open , democratic, and
transparent processes. Different <i class=""><b class="">stakeholder
groups should self - manage their
processes based on inclusive,
publicly known, well defined and
accountable mechanism</b></i>s."
(Emphasis added)<br class="">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Saturday 31
October 2015 01:19 PM, parminder wrote:<br class="">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Saturday 31
October 2015 12:47 PM, Ian Peter wrote:<br class="">
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<div class="">Hi Parminder,</div>
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<div class="">While I agree with your
analysis,</div>
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Ian, I am not sure you are seeing it the way
I am. This is not about 4-5 of us getting a
few minutes from the podium. This is about
civil society representation will be chosen
in the IG space. And if you really feel it
the way i do, why would you not agree to
write as such to those in charge of the
process. <br class="">
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<div class="">I don’t think there is
any chance at all that this process
will be changed in the short
timeframe involved, however strong a
protest we make. </div>
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As I said, it does not matter if it changes.
There is a larger structural point here. On
the other hand, I am about 90 percent sure
that if all groups involved in CSCG writes
that this is not right, and please let us do
our own selection they would agree. Civil
society seems to have forgotten to leverage
its legitimacy, and we seem to cave in to
just about everything, a being beyond us to
influence. This is not how it should be at
all, <br class="">
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<div class="">So my own thoughts are
that it is probably best to get
involved, and from that position
make a strong statement that the
process is flawed and problematic
from our point of view.</div>
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Are you saying that the chosen speakers will
speak from the podium that this process is
flawed, and in this way? Please be clear.
But if we are ready to have our speakers
speak about it at the high level meeting,
why would we not want to write about it to
the co-facilitators and the concerned UN
bureaucracy? Isnt that much simpler, and at
least have the potential of meaningful
impact.<br class="">
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also feel that we should be
involved because in doing so we
are able to correct some
excesses from our point of view,
but certainly not all.</font></div>
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<font class="" size="3"><font class="" face="Calibri">Again, did not
understand. What excesses, and how are
they corrected?</font></font><br class="">
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that’s just a personal point of
view. We have just opened a
discussion on this in CSCG and
decisions may be quite different.</div>
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problem is that CSCG as such
cannot nominate. Those who can
according to this process are: </div>
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These criteria are for those individuals who
want to apply to be on the multistakeholder
selection committee. My proposal is to
disassociate CS selection from this
multistakeholder selection process, and ask
for CSCG to do it (I find it highly likely
that they'd agree). So, the issue of the
creteria you mention simply does not apply
to the proposal I am making and seeking your
and other people's views on. <br class="">
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organizations in consultative
status with the Economic and
Social Council • Organizations
accredited to the World Summit
on the Information Society held
in Geneva (2003) and Tunis
(2005) • Organizations
accredited to the WSIS Forum
held from 2011 to 2015 •
Organizations with observer
status with the United Nations
Conference on Trade and
Development • Attendees of the
UNESCO WSIS+10 - ICT4D
Conference or the UNESCO WSIS -
Connecting the Dots Conference •
Organizations accredited to the
Financing for Development (FFD)
process • Organizations
accredited to the United Nations
Sustainable Development Summit
2015 • Organizations already
accredited to the WSIS+10
process (July and October
meetings)</font></div>
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CSCG as such is involved, it will
have to be with our nominations as
representatives of civil society
organisations who do fit one at
least of the above criteria.</div>
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I am not asking for the CSCG to get involved
with this multistakeholder selection
process. On the contrary, I am asking for us
to disassociate from it. <br class="">
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problem is that the time frame for
selecting speakers is roughly that
of IGF – and with a 15 hour
estimated commitment it may not be
easy to find people able to
represent us. I believe that if we
are involved we should try to fill
both civil society slots on the
selection panel. But that will
have to be as two separate
nominations (backed by CSCG) from
different CS groups.</div>
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Again, you are speaking of CSCG getting
involved with the current process, which is
fundamentally different from my proposal to
ask for CS nominations to be taken off the
multistakeholder process, and be taken over
by CSCG itself. Same about the rest of your
email below.<br class="">
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<br class="">
Ian, lets look at it in two parts. Do the
involved CS groups agree that other
stakeholders - big business, gov, ICANN/
ISOC - should not be involved in selection
of its reps? Yes or no. If yes, then let us
that put down in a letter. I am happy to
fight the case, but if we have such a
position and want to fight the case. We
cannot keep citing expediency for just
everything. But if we are ok with such a
process, that is a different matter, and let
different groups and individuals give their
views... Their has to be some limit to - we
agree it is wrong, but....<br class="">
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parminder <br class="">
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we do nominate representatives on
the selection panel, we have to do
so this week. </div>
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I may add a further factor – I
will be stepping down as the
Independent Chair of CSCG shortly,
as my term expires soon. I will
not be standing again, as various
factors are making it difficult
for me to maintain an active
involvement in these forums; and I
think it is time for one of our
very talented (and younger)
members to take over. CSCG is
currently drafting an EOI to seek
a new independent Chair, with the
aim of opening that process before
IGF so that people get a chance to
discuss it while many are present
in Brazil. So the replacement
process hopefully will complete by
the end of this year.</div>
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these circumstances – it would be
good to hear from anyone who has
an interest in working with CSCG
as part of this particular
process; I don’t necessarily want
to be involved if we have good
reps able to consult with CSCG
members. If anyone is interested
in this and wants to contact me
privately to assist in this way,
I would be happy to discuss
further and approach CSCG as
regards their involvement.</div>
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for opening up a discussion on
this. </div>
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Peter</div>
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<div style="font-color: black" class=""><b class="">From:</b>
<a title="parminder@itforchange.net" href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">parminder</a>
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<div class=""><b class="">Sent:</b>
Saturday, October 31, 2015
3:32 PM</div>
<div class=""><b class="">To:</b>
<a title="bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>
; <a title="governance@lists.igcaucus.org" href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>
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<div class=""><b class="">Subject:</b>
Re: [bestbits] NOTE - Call for
Nomination: Stakeholder
Speakers at the General
Assembly High-level Meeting on
WSIS+10</div>
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<div style="font-size: small;
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inline;" class=""><font class="" face="Verdana">Please see the
below announcement.<br class="">
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It seems that there is a strong
effort to institutionalise a
system of civil society reps for
speaker roles, but perhaps later
also for more substantive roles, </font>being
selected by multistakeholder
committees, meaning that big
business and technical community
gets a veto over civil society rep
selection. (Do remember here that
'technical community' here is not
that odd free and open software
group volunteering their time in
supporting government schools or the
such. This term is accepted in the
IG world now to denote those who
work for and represent organisations
engaged with technical governance of
the Internet, and thus represent a
governance status quo group. The
semantic confusion about the term,
as being people with technical
capacities, is deliberate in order
to utilise a certain legitimacy for
what is a power based governance
system.)<br class="">
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The structural problem with such a
process should be obvious.<br class="">
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This is not acceptable for me, my
organisation and the networks that I
work with. Civil society has
traditionally been fiercely
protective of its independence,
which includes the right to choose
its own nominees (for instance, any
efforts at national govs 'clearing'
civil society reps from their
countries has been strongly resisted
at the UN and other global
governance levels). I think we need
to write back to those responsible
for this process that , thanks but
no thanks, you tell us how many CS
sepakers you want and we have a
process of selection for CS reps and
we will deliver the names by the
date you want.<br class="">
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May I appeal to Ian and the CSCG to
frame and send such a letter to WSIS
process co-facilitators, and the
concerned UN bureaucracy, at the
earliest. Before these mentioned
deadlines pass.<br class="">
<br class="">
Meanwhile, let me give some
background on this....<br class="">
<br class="">
Just Net Coalition did write a
letter addressed to the
co-facilitators against such a
process of big business sitting over
decisions on CS reps. It seems to
have had no effect.<br class="">
<br class="">
A few years back, there was an
attempt by a certain group in the
IGF MAG, led by the then Exec
Director of the IGF, Markus Kummer,
to institute a method of selections
of non gov MAG members by a
committee of older non gov MAG
members. I was able to attend MAG
meetings in those days as a Special
Advisor to the chair. I opposed such
a process of CS nominee selection by
a committee that included big
business and technical community
(read the ICANN/ ISOC system). I was
able to get the support of a few CS
MAG members in the room, and I
distinctly remember Graciala,
Katitza, and Foaud in this regard,
and perhaps a person or two more
whose names may have dropped from my
memory (my apologies).... And
because of the CS opposition this
problematic move had to be
abandoned. Now it seems to be
coming back from another door, and
we need to stand up against it once
again.<br class="">
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Again, we have very little
turnaround time here. <br class="">
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2003, the world came
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World Summit on
Information Society (WSIS)
to declare a "common
desire and commitment to
build a people-centred,
inclusive and
development-oriented
Information Society," and
ushered in an era of
harnessing the power of
information and
communication technology
to contribute to the
achievement of the
Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs). The
resulting Geneva Plan of
Action established targets
and the eleven action
lines, which guide
development in specific
areas.</p><p class="">The second phase
of WSIS, conducted in
Tunis in 2005, built upon
the achievements of the
Geneva Plan, with the
resulting Tunis Agenda
addressing additional
issues, such as financing
and internet governance.
Paragraph 111 of the Tunis
Agenda, endorsed by the
General Assembly in
resolution 60/252,
requested the General
Assembly to undertake the
overall review of the
implementation of the
outcomes of WSIS in 2015.
In response, the General
Assembly in resolution
68/302, decided that the
overall review will be
concluded by a two-day
high-level meeting of the
General Assembly, to be
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