<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 Nadira,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you for sharing this news and we at Bytes for All are really pleased to see Sheetal’s nomination and fully endorse this, wishing her all the best. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class="">Tehmina </div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 22-Aug-2016, at 2:46 pm, Nadira Alaraj <<a href="mailto:nadira.araj@gmail.com" class="">nadira.araj@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Dear Best Bits members,<br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I'm please to pass to you the 2nd Best Bits candidate Sheetal Kumar for the 2 representatives to the CSCG.<br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Please to those who are still thinking to come forward for this role, please do come forward by the end of the day. <br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Best wishes,<br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Nadira<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br class=""> </div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br class="">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Sheetal Kumar</b> <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:sheetal@gp-digital.org" class="">sheetal@gp-digital.org</a>></span><br class="">Date: Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 11:00 AM<br class="">Subject: Re: [bestbits] Kind Reminder Re: Call for 2 Best Bits representatives to the CSCG<br class="">To: Nadira Alaraj <<a href="mailto:nadira.araj@gmail.com" class="">nadira.araj@gmail.com</a>><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class="">Dear Nadira, <br class=""><br class=""></div>Thank you for sharing the call and for all your work thus far! Please find below my nomination for<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">​​</div> CSCG as Representative of Best Bits. Should you have any questions, please don't hesitate to let me know.<br class=""><br class="">Best,<br class="">Sheetal<br class=""><br class="">------------------------------<wbr class="">------------------------------<wbr class="">------------------------------<wbr class="">------------------------------<wbr class="">------------------------------<wbr class="">------------------------------<wbr class="">-----------------<br class=""><div class=""><p class="">Sheetal currently works at Global Partners Digital where she 
provides strategic oversight for an internet freedom programme to 
protect and promote human rights online. She 
is firmly committed to transparent and inclusive internet governance 
processes and has in the past year, been part of civil society advocacy 
at the WSIS+10 Review, where she participated in panels at the 
WSIS Forum and the Informal Interactive WSIS Stakeholder
                                                            Consultation
 
 as well as at the IGF. She is also committed to facilitating 
regional-level advocacy 
efforts, including for example through the African Declaration 
Declaration for Internet Rights and Freedoms, having recently 
participated at a side session on internet rights at the NGO Forum to 
the ACHPR. As part of work to 
promote a 
greater diversity of voices and a human rights perspective in internet 
governance, she has 
overseen the publication of resources on cybersecurity policy and human 
rights, a resource of case studies on civil society participation in 
internet governance and an introduction to the UNHRC's UPR for human 
rights online.  Her involvement and direct engagement in processes has 
allowed her to gain a familiarity 
with the main issues and trends in internet policy and an understanding 
of the opportunities 
and challenges that the current internet governance system presents for 
public interest, human rights and civil society voices. <br class=""></p><p class="">Sheetal holds an MSc in Media, Communications and Development from 
the London School of Economics and an MA in International Relations with
 French from the University of St Andrews. Her studies included global 
internet and communications policy, the evolution of the internet, 
communication for development, media in the global South and more 
broadly, theories relating to power, media and communications and 
technology.</p><p class="">Promoting participatory, inclusive and democratic policy processes, 
and developing effective communication across communities has always 
been the impetus of her work. Before joining GPD, Sheetal worked 
for the Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), managed 
communications for the Senegalese health organisation, Enda Santé and 
provided support to the Knowledge Management Department of UNESCO West 
Africa’s 
regional headquarters. In a previous life, she was an editor for an HIV/AIDS charity educational website and English language 
teacher. <br class=""></p>
</div>.<br class=""></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class=""><div class="h5"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On 17 August 2016 at 13:56, Nadira Alaraj <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:nadira.araj@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">nadira.araj@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="">Dear All,<br class=""></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="">Thanks Jeremy for his email in encouraging you to support Civil Society candidates to the IGF and other related International bodies by coming forward and consider volunteering to the role of ​Internet Governance Civil Society Coordination Group (CSCG) as Representative of Best Bits. The current CSCG found having two representatives from each collation works better.<br class=""> <br class=""></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="">I will extend the nomination period until <b class=""><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline" class="">​</div>Monday, <span class=""> </span>August
                22th, </b>given the fact it is a holiday season. <br class=""></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="">Best wishes,<br class=""></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="">Nadira<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 1:00 AM, Jeremy Malcolm <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:jmalcolm@eff.org" target="_blank" class="">jmalcolm@eff.org</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
  <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" class=""><p class="">I would like to follow up to Nadira's post to encourage some new
      faces to volunteer to represent the Best Bits network on the
      I</p><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline" class="">​​</div>nternet Governance Civil Society Coordination Group (CSCG) which
      is a cross-community group for recommending civil society
      appointments to Internet governance bodies.<div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="">As one of the co-founders of the CSCG I have served a term
      already, and so I would prefer to give others an opportunity to
      volunteer.  If you are interested, you can contact the outgoing
      representative Nadira Alaraj at <a href="mailto:nadira.araj@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">nadira.araj@gmail.com</a>.</p><p class="">Thanks.<br class="">
    </p><div class=""><div class="">
    <br class="">
    <div class="">On 10/08/2016 12:41 PM, Nadira Alaraj
      wrote:<br class="">
    </div>
    </div></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="">
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        <div style="font-size:small" class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class=""><br clear="all" class="">
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        <div style="font-size:small" class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="">​Dear Best
            Bits members,<br class="">
          </span><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="">The changes
              on the <a href="http://internetgov-cs.org/" target="_blank" class="">CSCG</a>-Members
              Representatives has been approved by the current CSCG
              (included below).</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="">Accordingly,
              it is
              now required to have 2 representatives from each member. </span></p><div class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class=""></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="">I
              call upon Best Bits organizational members to nominate
              names, or individuals to nominate themselves by <b class="">Thursday,
                <span class=""> </span>August 18<sup class="">th</sup>.
              </b></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="">The
              endorsement<span class=""> </span>period
              will run until <b class=""></b></span></p><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline" class=""><b class="">​​</b></div><b class="">Monday, <span class=""> </span>August
                22th,</b><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class=""> and an
              approval
              of the 2 Best Bits representatives will be until <b class="">Thursday,
                August 25<sup class="">th</sup></b>. <br class="">
            </span><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="">The
              appointed 2
              Best Bits representatives will be working with other CSCG
              members to select the new
              Chair, who will resume her/his task by September 1<sup class="">st</sup>.
            </span>
          </p><div class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class=""></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="">I
              would like to take this opportunity to thank the outgoing
              Chair Ian Peter, for
              his diligent work and for his wisdom in normalizing heated
              discussions.</span></p><div class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class=""></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="">Needing
              more information, please do not hesitate to reach me,</span></p><div class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class=""></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="">Best
              wishes,</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="">Nadira
              AL Araj</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="">Outgoing
              Representatives of Best Bits</span></p><div class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class=""></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="">==============================<wbr class="">========================<br class="">
            </span></p><p class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="">CSCG -
                MEMBER REPRESENTATIVES</span></b></p>
          <b class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="">Each
              coalition member has two (2) representatives, chosen
              according to their own
              internal processes, on the CSCG.</span>
          </b><p class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="">Each
                representative serves a term of two years, staggered so
                that there is an annual
                replacement of one representative per coalition.</span></b></p>
          <b class="">
          </b><p class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="">Representatives
                can serve two consecutive terms, but must then stand
                down for at least 12
                months before being eligible for further selection.</span></b></p>
          <b class="">
          </b><p class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class=""></span></b></p>
          <b class="">
          </b><p class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="">Replenishment
                should take place in September of each calendar year.
                (note: for the initial
                establishment of member representatives in 2016, each
                coalition should nominate
                which of its members should serve a two year term, and
                which a one year term.
                Any time served prior to 2016 does not count in new
                procedures being adopted))</span></b></p>
          <b class="">
          </b><p class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class=""></span></b></p>
          <b class="">
          </b><p class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="">The
                duties of members are to</span></b></p>
          <b class="">
          </b><p class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="">1.
                Consider
                the interests of civil society as a whole</span></b></p>
          <b class="">
          </b><p class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="">2.
                Serve on Nomcoms regularly as required</span></b></p>
          <b class="">
          </b><p class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="">3.
                Communicate with their coalitions on CSCG developments</span></b></p>
          <b class="">
          </b><p class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class=""></span></b></p>
          <b class="">
          </b><p class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="">CHAIR
                STRUCTURE</span></b></p>
          <b class="">
          </b><p class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class=""></span></b></p>
          <b class="">
          </b><p class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="">A
                Chair, and up to 2 Co-chairs, will be selected by CSCG
                member representatives<span class="">  </span>for
                two year terms.</span></b></p>
          <b class="">
          </b><p class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class=""></span></b></p>
          <b class="">
          </b><p class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="">Each
                September (as necessary when chair and co-chair member
                terms expire), the CSCG
                members will select Chairs and Co-chairs.</span></b></p>
          <b class="">
          </b><p class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class=""></span></b></p>
          <b class="">
          </b><p class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="">It is
                up to the CSCG to determine whether Chairs and Co-chairs
                are selected from the
                CSCG membership, or whether mutually agreed to
                representatives from broader
                civil society are approached to take on these tasks. </span></b></p>
          <b class="">
          </b><p class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class=""></span></b></p>
          <b class="">
          </b><p class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="">Where
                an elected Chair is a coalition representative, the
                coalition will be given the
                option to nominate a replacement representative.</span></b></p>
          <b class="">
          </b></div>
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