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<DIV>Following up on this letter -</DIV>
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<DIV>We have heard today from the Head of the NGO Branch of DESA as
follows:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT style="COLOR: #000080" size=3>”I have discussed the matter with the
representatives of the co-facilitators and of the President of the General
Assembly this afternoon and wish to inform you that there is a common
understanding that the members of the selection committee for civil society
speakers will be composed exclusively of civil society representatives.
Selection of private sector speakers will follow a parallel track.”</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Which is good news</FONT> and what we asked for. (and
presumably the same pattern applies for technical community and academic
reps)</DIV>
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<DIV>We will know Monday who is involved in the Selection Committee as civil
society representatives. (Applications for this close November 8)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Also please be aware that applications for speaker positions close November
12 – we need good candidates! The application form is available at <A
title=https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ffRSw8C5UGYRKrzdpCiWnyc2EMVTbmZ1SVGNnhs0FcQ/viewform
href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ffRSw8C5UGYRKrzdpCiWnyc2EMVTbmZ1SVGNnhs0FcQ/viewform">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ffRSw8C5UGYRKrzdpCiWnyc2EMVTbmZ1SVGNnhs0FcQ/viewform</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Ian Peter<BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=lmcknigh@syr.edu
href="mailto:lmcknigh@syr.edu">Lee W McKnight</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, November 07, 2015 3:09 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=governance@lists.igcaucus.org
href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</A> ;
<A title=ian.peter@ianpeter.com href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com">Ian
Peter</A> ; <A title=bestbits@lists.bestbits.net
href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</A> ; <A
title=forum@justnetcoalition.org
href="mailto:forum@justnetcoalition.org">forum@justnetcoalition.org</A> ; <A
title=milton@gatech.edu href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu">Mueller, Milton L</A>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [governance] CSCG and the speaker selection process for
WSIS+10</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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face="Calibri, sans-serif"><B>From:</B> governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org
<governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org> on behalf of Mueller, Milton L
<milton@gatech.edu><BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 6, 2015 10:09
AM<BR><B>To:</B> governance@lists.igcaucus.org; Ian Peter;
bestbits@lists.bestbits.net; forum@justnetcoalition.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:
[governance] CSCG and the speaker selection process for WSIS+10</FONT>
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job, support the content of the letter</SPAN></P>
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governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org
[mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Ian
Peter<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 6, 2015 4:45 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
governance@lists.igcaucus.org; bestbits@lists.bestbits.net;
forum@justnetcoalition.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [governance] CSCG and the speaker
selection process for WSIS+10</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black">Dear Civil Society members, (with
apologies for cross posting)</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black">Below is a letter just sent by CSCG to the
organisers of the WSIS speaker selection process, a matter which has been
under discussion on various lists. (and as a result much discussion within
CSCG)</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black">This is also to let you know that CSCG has
also decided to endorse Ian Peter and Lea Kaspar to represent its interests on
the selection committee, and they will be forwarding details in due course. We
acknowledge and respect the decision of JNC not to participate in the process as
outlined by DESA, and hence in the selection of candidates to be endorsed by
CSCG for their proposed selection committee. </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black">We imagine that some discussions will take
place in forthcoming days as regards the issues raised in our letter. We will
keep you informed of any major developments.</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black">LETTER FOLLOWS</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>Dear Co-facilitators of
WSIS + 10 process, <BR><BR>We are writing to you on behalf of the Internet
Governance Civil Society <BR>Coordination Group (CSCG), a “coalition of
coalitions” working actively on <BR>internet governance issues. Our member
coalitions (Association for <BR>Progressive Communications, Best Bits Coalition,
Internet Governance Caucus, <BR>Just Net Coalition, and Non Commercial
Stakeholders Group of ICANN) extends <BR>to some thousands of individual members
and hundreds of civil society <BR>organisations working actively on internet
governance issues. Many have been <BR>involved with the WSIS process since its
inception.<BR><BR>Firstly, we wish to commend you for your efforts to include
voices of <BR>non-governmental actors in the WSIS + 10 process.<BR><BR>However,
we would like to raise a serious concern about one part of the <BR>process,
whereby selection of civil society speakers for various events <BR>appears to be
being done by a selection committee which includes <BR>representatives of other
non-governmental stakeholder groups.<BR><BR>You will understand that it is of
utmost importance for maintaining the <BR>independence of civil society that its
representatives are chosen by civil <BR>society alone, and having other
stakeholder representatives as part of a <BR>selection committee for civil
society representation, or as final arbiters <BR>of our representation, is
problematic for us.<BR><BR>Indeed, in the evolution of the multistakeholder
model of internet <BR>governance, this was made quite clear in the Netmundial
Outcomes <BR>Declaration. I quote:<BR><BR><EM><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif'>"Stakeholder representatives appointed
to multistakeholder Internet </SPAN></EM><I><BR><EM><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif'>governance processes should be
selected through open, democratic, and </SPAN></EM><BR><EM><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif'>transparent processes. Different
stakeholder groups should self - manage </SPAN></EM><BR><EM><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif'>their processes based on inclusive,
publicly known, well defined and </SPAN></EM><BR><EM><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif'>accountable
mechanisms."</SPAN></EM><BR></I><BR>In accordance with this principle, CSCG has
established its own internal <BR>selection processes, which can be found at
<BR><A
href="http://www.internetgov-cs.org/procedures">http://www.internetgov-cs.org/procedures</A>.
These are transparent processes, accepted and adopted by a wide range of civil
society organisations, and used effectively in the past for selection of civil
society representatives for e.g. IGF’s Multistakeholder Advisory Group, Speakers
for IGF Opening and Closing ceremonies, The Netmundial meeting, and various
other UN and international events where CS speakers and representatives have
been required. These procedures take into account gender and geographic balance
as a central matter of our determinations. <BR><BR>Since some deadlines
are quite close with respect to the currently announced <BR>process, we request
your urgent intervention in this regard. Our proposal is <BR>that each
stakeholder group choose its own speaker representatives and put <BR>these
forward.</SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif; COLOR: black'><BR>We do realise that
increasing - both as widening and as deepening - civil<BR>society engagement
with the UN is a challenging and complex process, and we <BR>salute your
pioneering efforts in this regard. The Internet Governance Civil <BR>Society
Co-ordination Group (CSCG) remains available to assist you in this
<BR>matter.<BR><BR><BR>Sincerely<BR><BR>Ian Peter<BR>Independent Chair, Internet
Governance Civil Society Coordination Group<BR><BR>Endorsed by CSCG
Members:<BR><BR>Chat Garcia Ramilo, Association for Progressive
Communications<BR>Jeremy Malcolm, Best Bits Coalition<BR>Deirdre Williams and
Analia Apsis, Internet Governance Caucus,<BR>Norbert Bollow, Just Net
Coalition<BR>Robin Gross, Non Commercial Stakeholders Group of
ICANN</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>