[governance] Resignation (was Re: URGENT: Request for input...)

Jacqueline Morris jam at jacquelinemorris.com
Wed Nov 27 11:40:59 EST 2013 

Norbert
Sorry for your experience.  Thanks for your hard work.
Jacqueline
On Nov 27, 2013 6:44 AM, "Norbert Bollow" <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:

> Dear all
>
> Hereby I announce my resignation from the role of IGC co-coordinator,
> in protest of
>
> 1) The overall lack of supportive attitude among IGC members.
>
> 2) The specific lack of constructive engagement in relation to recent
>    attempts at using the IGC statement drafting process (for example,
>    in the most recent attempt, the only reaction was an attempt to
>    undermine the stated purpose of the Brazil meeting, and when I tried
>    to have a constructive conversation about that point, the response
>    was in fact a personal attack).
>
> From this criticism of "lack of supportive attitude" I'd like to
> explicitly exclude the "silent majority" (there's nothing wrong with
> simply lurking) as well as everyone else to whom this criticism does
> not apply, most but not all of them civil society people. Actually a
> lot of people were seeking to be supportive (I'm sure that you know
> who you are! And I hereby thank you!) but faced the same reality as I am
> the there are obvious limits on how much can be done in a generally
> hostile environment where the hostile attitudes are so deeply ingrained
> that the attempt to enforce the posting rules triggers so much
> obnoxiousness that the overall level of hostility increases rather than
> decreases.
>
> In fact the number of people who were seeking to be supportive may well
> exceed the number of people who together created what I've called "the
> overall lack of supportive attitude among IGC members". The overall
> attitude communicated by a group is not determined by how the majority
> feel, but by what is most of the time being said and done, or not.
>
> As a point of accountability, I'm perfectly willing to answer any
> questions that people may want to ask about my actions during the time
> that I served as co-coordinator, as well as about the underlying
> reasons, to the extent that such questions can be answered without
> violating reasonable expectations of confidentiality (e.g. I'm still
> not going to answer questions about he "private warnings" process).
>
> Greetings,
> Norbert
>
>
>
> Mawaki Chango <kichango at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Strange and confusing, indeed.
> > The last line of the PR Newswire pieces on this panel (as per the URL
> > forwarded initially) reads: "Additional members to be confirmed." And
> > all what we hear next is "hurry up and give your blessing to the list
> > of names that a handful number of us have _informally_ agreed on."
> > One would have hoped that IGC co-cos would provide some feedback of
> > the kind Bill just provided as well as the clarification he asked
> > for. On the other hand, I can't even count how many times now I have
> > read something like "we will set up a proper NomCom process" blah
> > blah. It's not as if we've been busy doing some productive
> > substantive work in IGC. Informal and ad hoc, that's how we roll
> > these days across CS.
> >
> > For the two names that have been asked for, I'd suggest:
> > 1) Milton Mueller
> > 2) Your choice
> >
> > Mawaki
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 9:10 PM, William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > When Fadi was told last weekend in BA that there had been
> > > expressions of discontent on various IG lists about the lack of CS
> > > representation, he said ok, send me a name from the community.  I
> > > didn’t understand this as an ironclad commitment that they’d
> > > automatically appoint any name we provided, but rather as an
> > > invitation to suggest someone we think would be good (on a panel of
> > > CEOs and politicians).  Now it’s been decided to demand that two
> > > people be empaneled, and a widening search for names is underway.
> > > Has anyone been in touch with Fadi or President Ilves to let them
> > > know what we’re doing and get their reaction?  As the first meeting
> > > of the HLP is in two weeks, one imagines the planning is well
> > > underway, so it would be good for them to know what to expect,
> > > when….
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > Bill
> > >
> > >
> > > On Nov 26, 2013, at 6:59 PM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
> > >
> > > Dear all
> > >
> > > Here's a quick update...
> > >
> > > So far, in addition the following have been suggested, some in
> > > public postings, some privately:
> > >
> > > Anju Mangal, Grace Githaiga, Judy Okite, Nnenna Nwakanma, Michael
> > > Gurstein, Thomas Lowenhaupt.
> > >
> > > I have written to each of them to enquire about their willingness to
> > > serve on this "Panel". So far, Grace Githaiga, Michael Gurstein,
> > > and Thomas Lowenhaupt have replied positively.
> > >
> > > Please note that the deadline for any additional suggestions is
> > > rather soon.
> > >
> > > In regard to the question that has been raised about process: This
> > > is right now an ad hoc process aimed at making --in a way that is
> > > coordinated across civil society networks as well as we can in a
> > > very tight timeframe-- a demand for increased civil society
> > > representation on the "Panel on the Future of Global Internet
> > > Cooperation"; this is not directly related to 1net nor to any of
> > > the various committees that will need to be formed in view of the
> > > Global Meeting in Brazil. I certainly hope that it will be possible
> > > to set up a proper NomCom process for those selection tasks, and
> > > that we'll find a way to do that in a way that is again coordinated
> > > across civil society networks.
> > >
> > > Greetings,
> > > Norbert
> > >
> > >
> > > Am Mon, 25 Nov 2013 23:56:57 +0100
> > > schrieb Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch>:
> > >
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > there is now an informal coordination group of some kind
> > > (tentatively called "steering committee", although I expect that
> > > that name will probably be changed) consisting of Anriette
> > > Esterhuysen for APC, Jeremy Malcolm for BestBits, Robin Gross for
> > > NCSG, Virginia Paque for DIPLO, myself for IGC, and Ian Peter as
> > > facilitator.
> > >
> > > The most urgent issue is to demand better civil society
> > > representation on the Panel on the Future of Global Internet
> > > Cooperation" organized by ICANN [1].
> > >
> > > [1]
> > >
> > >
> http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/high-level-panel-organizes-to-address-future-of-internet-governance-232274461.html
> > >
> > > The current idea is that we would jointly nominate two additional
> > > civil society people for this panel.
> > >
> > > The following names have been suggested so far:
> > >
> > > Anriette Esterhuysen, Eben Moglen, Milton Mueller, Sean O'Siochru,
> > > Valeria Betancourt, Vladimir Radunovik, William Drake.
> > >
> > > In view of the tight deadline, please provide any input that you
> > > wish to be considered ASAP, at the latest by 23.00 UTC tomorrow
> > > Tuesday which is about 24 hours from now.)
> > >
> > > Greetings,
> > > Norbert
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > > **********************************************************
> > > William J. Drake
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> > >   Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ
> > >   University of Zurich, Switzerland
> > > Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency,
> > >   ICANN, www.ncuc.org
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