<div dir="ltr">Dear Bestbits members,<div>In response to Nadira's request:</div><div><p class="MsoNormal">The internet is infiltrating more and more into everyone’s
life whether they are “connected” or not. The Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
was convened at the request of the second phase of the World Summit on the
Information Society held in Tunis in 2005. The extracts below come from the <a href="http://www.itu.int/net/wsis/docs2/tunis/off/6rev1.html">Tunis Agenda</a>,
one of the documents produced by the meeting. The ones I have chosen are those
that are relevant to my motivation for submitting a nomination, particularly
the last one that refers to the interests of the “everyday users”.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">29. … The
international management of the Internet should be multilateral, transparent
and democratic, with the full involvement of governments, the private sector,
civil society and international organizations. It should ensure an equitable
distribution of resources, facilitate access for all and ensure a stable and
secure functioning of the Internet, taking into account multilingualism.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">We reaffirm our commitment<span class=""> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">to
turning the digital divide into digital opportunity, and<span class=""> </span>we commit<span class=""> to
ensuring harmonious and equitable development for all</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">72 We ask the UN Secretary-General</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">, in an open and
inclusive process, to convene, by the second quarter of 2006, a meeting of the
new forum for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue—called the<span class=""> </span><i>Internet Governance Forum</i><span class=""> </span>(IGF). The mandate of the Forum is to:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> f. Strengthen and enhance the
engagement of stakeholders in existing and/or future Internet governance
mechanisms, particularly those from developing countries.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">k. Help to find solutions to the issues arising from the use and misuse
of the Internet, of particular concern to everyday users.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">The Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) was set up by the Secretary
General of the United Nations to advise <a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/magabout">“on the programme and schedule of the
Internet Governance Forum meetings”</a> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">I submitted a nomination for the MAG selection this year because I
believe that I can contribute to a currently under-represented perspective in
the planning of the work of the IGF. Currently more than half of the world’s
population is excluded from participation in the “global phenomenon” of the
internet, although, more and more, their lives are being affected by its
presence. I cannot “speak for” them, but I can add a voice to those who
advocate on their behalf. In particular I am concerned with disability,
physical disability but also disability when it comes to mother tongue, to education,
to money, to the supply of electricity and/or access to an internet connection,
the disabilities that create the “other” in both the developing and the
developed the world. These disabilities exist in the small island which is my
home, across the region of the Caribbean, and in the wider area of Latin
America and the Caribbean to which I belong. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">So one of my priorities would be working towards improving participation
to counteract these disabilities. Another would be to provide a reminder of the
needs of “everyday users”. And another would be a recognition of the importance
of the low profile unglamourous jobs which need to be done to make things work
smoothly, and a willingness to engage with these. I think that Fatima did a
tremendous amount of work in the background while she was a member of the MAG.
I would hope to be able to fill a part of the gap that she will leave behind
her.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Best wishes</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Deirdre</span></p></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 19 January 2016 at 19:25, Nadira Alaraj <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nadira.araj@gmail.com" target="_blank">nadira.araj@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Apologies for putting the wrong month, <br>It is too late here, <br></div>This email is the corrected one <br><div><div><div class="gmail_quote">----<br><br><div dir="ltr">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dear BestBits members,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Civil Society Coordination Group
just announced the following dates for the endorsements for MAG 2016 CS representatives.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">February 1<sup>st</sup> </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span> </span>when the CSCG submits
their list of endorsements to the CS MAG slot.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">January 25<sup>th</sup></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> when I will submit BestBits <span></span>nominee list and compiled comments to the CSCG</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Hence from now until <b>Januray </b>25<sup>th</sup>,
<span> </span>I encourage the </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">comments or </span>dialog between you and BestBits <span></span>nominees. I also encourage nominees to let us know what they would do in their role as MAG CS representative. <br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Here they are <span> </span>(<i>listed according to the date they submitted their
nomination starting from the older day</i>) </span></p>
<ul><li><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Jeremy Malcolm</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Renata Aquino Ribeiro</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Deirdre Williams</span></b></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Please notify me if I missed any
other names on BestBits list.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">I copied the nominees emails below -<i>in the same above order-</i> so you can check their statement or bio.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Looking forward to find BestBits
representative in MAG 2016.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Best wishes,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Nadira </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">---------- Forwarded message
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From: <b>Jeremy Malcolm</b> <<a href="mailto:jmalcolm@eff.org" target="_blank">jmalcolm@eff.org</a>><br>
Date: Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 9:42 PM</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">.....</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">.....</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">I've never been on the MAG (the UN's "black box" doesn't like me, so
I'd given up applying), but based on my experiences with the attempted
introduction of more deliberative processes to the 2015 IGF such as the pilot
use of Idea Rating Sheets and the Deliberative Poll side event—which were
strongly resisted by (some) private sector MAG members—I perceive that it would
be very useful this year to have someone with direct experience of these pilots
to be "on the inside" to advocate for such innovations in IGF
processes. Therefore I would like to be nominated this year.<br>
<br>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-- </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Jeremy
Malcolm</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Senior
Global Policy Analyst</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Electronic
Frontier Foundation</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><a href="https://eff.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">https://eff.org</span></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">---------- Forwarded message
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From: <b>Renata Aquino Ribeiro</b> <<a href="mailto:raquino@gmail.com" target="_blank">raquino@gmail.com</a>><br>
Date: Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 2:41 AM<br>
<br>
Hi<br>
<br>
I'd like to nominate myself as LAC participant.<br>
<br>
I'm an ICANN53 fellow, LACRALO participant and a graduate from the<br>
Brazilian Internet School of Governance of CGI.br in the 1st class<br>
(2014). Recently I've also joined NCUC, Giganet, AIR, IAMCR and<br>
Internet Society Brazil (official membership).<br>
I've also been recently to the UN in the WSIS+10 event and the CTEC<br>
event last 17th.<br>
<br>
I am geographically nearer the Caribbean than subtropical Latin<br>
American (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), however I've done my doctorate<br>
in Catholic University of São Paulo and my research group has<br>
representatives both in SP and Rio. Also, me and other interested<br>
parties in Internet Governance in Brazil articulate ourselves via an<br>
online group of 600+ members, a national mobile messaging group of<br>
+/-50 and a Northeastern Brazil chapter with +/-20 members.<br>
<br>
I was subscribed in all IGF lists the last edition - including as<br>
observer, I've participated in some and also a few online meetings.<br>
I've also been to IGF as a former student of CGI.br representative of<br>
the Northeastern Brazil region.<br>
<br>
I'm also an university teacher in a new IT Campus, I have some<br>
flexibility to travel. I'm mainly trying to engage students in<br>
research in Internet Governance and seeking paths to continue studying<br>
the topics myself.<br>
<br>
As for civil society engagement, I've been a project coordinator and<br>
volunteer in ONGs, a writer/reviewer for activism blogs and tech<br>
journalism media and I've acted towards policy development for<br>
education and technology in public schools and universities.<br>
<br>
Thank you<br>
<span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br>
Renata Aquino Ribeiro<br>
<a href="https://pesquisaeducacao.wordpress.com/in-english-bio-and-etc/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">https://pesquisaeducacao.wordpress.com/in-english-bio-and-etc/</span></a></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
From: <b>Deirdre Williams</b> <<a href="mailto:williams.deirdre@gmail.com" target="_blank">williams.deirdre@gmail.com</a>><br>
Date: Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 5:28 PM<br>
<br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dear Bestbits members,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">I would like to seek your support
for nomination as a civil society representative for the Multistakeholder
Advisory Group (MAG) of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">I have been involved with Internet
Governance (IG) since 2008 and have been working to strengthen the links that
bring Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) together since the early 1990s. I
have attended every IGF meeting since Hyderabad in 2008 (Nairobi 2011
virtually), and also all of the regional - Latin America and Caribbean
Preparatory Meeting for the IGF (LACIGF), and sub-regional – Caribbean IGF,
since 2009. My attendance at these meetings was due to a broad range of funders
to all of whom I am very grateful.</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Within the IGF environment I have worked, and am
working, particularly with the Dynamic Coalition for Access and Disability
(DCAD), with the MAG Remote Participation Working Group, and the now
dormant <a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/dynamic-coalitions/73-linguistic-diversity" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">Coalition Dynamique pour la
Diversité Linguistique</span></a> I have contributed to the work of the <a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/cms/dynamiccoalitions/72-ibr" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(64,103,148);text-decoration:none">Dynamic Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles</span></a><span style="color:black"> and </span><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/114-preparatory-process/1003-dynamic-coalition-on-public-libraries" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(64,103,148);text-decoration:none">Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries</span></a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">I follow discussions on Bestbits and the
Justnet Coalition Forum, as well as on the Internet Governance Caucus
(IGC) list, and in other areas where IG is discussed. I try to be aware of
those issues that unite civil society, as well as of those issues about
which there are strongly divergent opinions</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">For the last two years I have been one of
the Co-coordinators of the IGC.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">In 2014 I had the honour to be selected as
the speaker from civil society at the opening ceremony of the IGF in
Istanbul.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">I was invited, in several different capacities,
to be part of the pilot Stanford Deliberative Poll organised for this
year’s IGF</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">I have good relationships across the group
that identifies itself as civil society and also with those belonging to
other constituencies. This is useful because the MAG should finally aim
for consensus across all of its constituent groups.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">My own priorities are in involving ordinary
end users in the IG process despite barriers of disability, language and
culture, gender, education, geographic location, etc. This brings with it
a strong interest in the facilitation and improvement of remote
participation.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Thank you</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Deirdre</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:rgb(136,136,136)"></span></p>
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