<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hi All </div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Congrats to Claudio!! Great choice indeed </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Judith <br><br>Sent from my iPhone<div><a href="mailto:Judith@jhellerstein.com">Judith@jhellerstein.com</a></div><div>Skype ID:Judithhellerstein </div></div><div><br>On Dec 2, 2017, at 1:46 PM, <a href="mailto:imran@igfpak.org">imran@igfpak.org</a> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
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<p>Dear Best Bits Members,</p>
<p>With reference to the following call for nominations to serve the role of Best Bits Representation to the Internet Governance Civil Society Coordination Group (CSCG) Working Group, we received nominations from following three candidates:</p>
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<li>Adebunmi Adeola Akinbo</li>
<li>Vrikson Iván Acosta Velásquez</li>
<li>Cláudio Lucena</li>
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<p>We are pleased to announce that Best Bits Steering Committee has selected Cláudio Lucena with majority votes. Claudio Lucena is a champion in research and capacity building in Internet Governance. He was also shortlisted as CSCG IGF MAG alternate and could be interested to have a dialogue with the MAG.</p>
<p>BB SC is forwarding his name to the Chair CSCG to serve the role of Best Bits Representation to the CSCG Working Group for next two years replacing Poncelet Ileleji.</p>
<p>We acknowledge the receipt of very strong set of candidates, and we would like to express our appreciation to each of them for their willingness to serve the Best Bits. We encourage Adebunmi and Vrikson to apply for next opportunity. We look forward to their continued engagement with the Best Bits.</p>
<p>We are also thankful to Poncelet Ileleji for his services as Best Bits representative to CSCG Working Group (2016-2017).</p>
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<p>Thanking you and Best Regards</p>
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<p>Imran Ahmed Shah</p>
<p>[On behalf of Best Bits Steering Committee]</p>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">On 2017-11-26 11:05, Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote:
<blockquote type="cite" style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0">Hi everyone<br> <br> Reminder that we are about the close the call below<br> <br> ---<br> <br> Call for Nominations to serve The Role of Best Bits Representation to<br> the CSCG Working Group:<br> <br> The role of CSCG is to ensure a co-ordinated civil society response<br> and conduit when it comes to making civil society appointments to<br> outside bodies. It comprises representatives of the coalition members<br> of the Best Bits, Association for Progressive Communications, Internet<br> Governance Caucus, Just Net Coalition, and Non-Commercial Stakeholders<br> Group of ICANN. The procedures followed by CSCG are available online<br> at url: <a href="http://internetgov-cs.org/procedures.Since" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://internetgov-cs.org/procedures.Since</a> [<a href="http://internetgov-cs.org/procedures.Since" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">1</a>] last year, the<br> role<br> of Best Bits representation to the CSCG is being served by two<br> representatives Poncelet Ileleji & Sheetal Kumar. Poncelet opted<br> rotating nomcom term for first/ single year, which is completing on<br> this November (2017). In replacement of Poncelet, we hereby initiate a<br> call for Volunteer(s) from Civil Society to submit their nominations<br> to serve this role representing Best Bits.<br> <br> Candidates are requested to submit their nominations (self-nominations<br> are acceptable) by 27th November 2017, with the following information<br> (according to the CSCG procedures):<br> 1. Full Name: First, Middle, Family Name<br> 2. Affiliation: Civil Society Organization/<br> Institution<br> 3. Region/ Country:<br> 4. Short Biography:<br> 5. Motivation:<br> <br> Nominations are accepted on email ID<br> <a href="mailto:info@bestbits.net">info@bestbits.net</a><br> by 27th Nov, 2017.<br> <br> Thanking you and Best Regards<br> <br> Renata Aquino Ribeiro<br> [On behalf of Best Bits Steering Committee]<br> <br> <br> <br> Links:<br> ------<br> [1] <a href="http://internetgov-cs.org/procedures.Since" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://internetgov-cs.org/procedures.Since</a><br> ____________________________________________________________<br> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br> <a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>.<br> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:<br> <a href="http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits</a></blockquote>
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