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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Saturday 31 October 2015 12:47 PM,
      Ian Peter wrote:<br>
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          <div>Hi Parminder,</div>
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          <div>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>
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          <div> 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>
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          <div>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>
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                face="Calibri" size="3">I 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 size="3"><font face="Calibri">Again, did not understand. What
        excesses, and how are they corrected?</font></font><br>
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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>
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                style="face: "Times" new="" roman?="">Non-governmental
                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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              COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline">So if
              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>
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    <blockquote cite="mid:E4640F478CC849B8A547991B3DB585D2@Toshiba"
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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>
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    <br>
    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>
    <br>
    parminder <br>
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              if we do nominate representatives on the selection panel,
              we have to do so this week. </div>
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              if 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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                <div style="font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a
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                    title="parminder@itforchange.net"
                    href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net">parminder</a>
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                <div><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 31, 2015 3:32 PM</div>
                <div><b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    title="bestbits@lists.bestbits.net"
                    href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>
                  ; <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    title="governance@lists.igcaucus.org"
                    href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>
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                <div><b>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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              face="Verdana">Please see the below announcement.<br>
              <br>
              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>
            <br>
            The structural problem with such a process should be
            obvious.<br>
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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>
            <br>
            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>
            <br>
            Meanwhile, let me give some background on this....<br>
            <br>
            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>
            <br>
            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>
            <br>
            Again, we have very little turnaround time here. <br>
            <br>
            parminder <br>
            <br>
            <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Friday 30 October 2015 08:04
              PM, Carolina Rossini wrote:<br>
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                  Date: Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 10:14 AM<br>
                  Subject: [NGO News:] Call for Nomination: Stakeholder
                  Speakers at the General Assembly High-level Meeting on
                  WSIS+10<br>
                  To: <a href="mailto:crossini@publicknowledge.org"
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                    <p><strong>Deadlines:            </strong></p>
                    <p><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"><strong>8
                          November 2015: Apply for Selection Committee</strong></span></p>
                    <p><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"><strong>12
                          November 2015: Apply for Speaking Roles</strong></span></p>
                    <p><strong>The General Assembly High-level Meeting
                        on the overall review of the implementation of
                        the outcomes of the World Summit on the
                        Information Society will take place on 15-16
                        December 2015 at the UN Headquarters in New
                        York.</strong></p>
                    <p>This high-level meeting will provide an
                      opportunity for in-depth discussions on important
                      issues in the implementation of the WSIS outcomes,
                      including the progress, gaps and challenges, as
                      well as areas for future actions.</p>
                    <p><strong>To apply to speak at the High-level
                        Meeting, please complete the form available <a
href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ffRSw8C5UGYRKrzdpCiWnyc2EMVTbmZ1SVGNnhs0FcQ/viewform"
                          target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">here</a></strong>.
                      Applications will be accepted from <strong>30
                        October to</strong> <strong>12 November 2015</strong>.</p>
                    <p><strong>A Selection Committee will be established</strong>
                      in order to ensure broad and inclusive
                      participation of stakeholders in the high-level
                      meeting. Applications to the Selection Committee
                      will be accepted from <strong>30 October to 8
                        November 2015</strong>. To learn more about the
                      Selection Committee, please see the Terms of
                      Reference <span>by <a
href="http://csonet.org/content/documents/WSIS+10_ToR_Steering_Committee.pdf"
                          target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">clicking
                          on this link</a></span>. <strong>To apply to
                        participate in the stakeholder Selection
                        Committee, please complete the form available </strong><a
href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1pzCRKLri16XUMNYNA9QECFnhCrO9Ub7ex0Ho2vdYp2k/viewform"
                        target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><strong>here</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p>
                    <p><strong>Background</strong></p>
                    <p>In December of 2003, the world came together in
                      Geneva at the 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>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 preceded by an intergovernmental
                      process that also takes into account inputs from
                      all relevant stakeholders of WSIS.</p>
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