[governance] Call for Nominations - Brazil committees

anita anita at itforchange.net
Tue Jan 7 08:17:03 EST 2014


I would also like to strongly support Norbert's candidature

anita

On Tuesday 07 January 2014 02:36 PM, Jean-Louis FULLSACK wrote:
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> + one for Norbert
>
> with my best wishes for a succesful mandate
>
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
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>     > Message du 07/01/14 08:25
>     > De : "Grace Githaiga"
>     > A : "governance at lists.igcaucus.org" , "Mawaki Chango"
>     > Copie à : "Norbert Bollow" , "Ian Peter" , "Jeremy Malcolm"
>     > Objet : RE: [governance] Call for Nominations - Brazil committees
>     >
>     >
>     + 1 for Nobert.
>     >
>     >
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>     CC: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; nb at bollow.ch;
>     ian.peter at ianpeter.com; jeremy at ciroap.org
>     > From: ecrire at catherine-roy.net
>     > Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 18:15:04 -0500
>     > To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; kichango at gmail.com
>     > Subject: Re: [governance] Call for Nominations - Brazil committees
>     >
>     >
>     I also support Norbert's candidacy.
>
>     >
>     Cheers,
>
>     > --
>     Catherine Roy
>     www.catherine-roy.net <http://www.catherine-roy.net>
>
>     > On 2014-01-06, at 18:01, Mawaki Chango <kichango at gmail.com
>     <mailto:kichango at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     >
>     >
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>         I support Norbert's self-nomination/expression of interest to
>         serve on the Executive Committee.
>         I am confident he will be a great asset for ensuring the
>         inclusion of broader civil society perspectives during the
>         agenda setting exercise for the BR meeting.
>         Thanks,
>
>         >
>         Mawaki
>         >
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>         >
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>         >
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>         >
>         >
>         On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 9:33 PM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch
>         <mailto:nb at bollow.ch>> wrote:
>         >
>
>             Jeremy and Ian and all,
>             >
>             > this is an expression of interest to serve on the
>             Executive Committee
>             > for the São Paulo meeting.
>             >
>             > My chief interest in this context is to contribute to
>             ensuring that
>             > the agenda setting process for the São Paulo meeting will be
>             > sufficiently inclusive of all relevant perspectives: Of
>             course a single
>             > two-days event that aims to reach a consensus on an
>             outcome document
>             > cannot productively address a too big range of topics,
>             but I would
>             > insist that it is critically important to carefully
>             ensure that the
>             > framing of the discourse on those topics is open enough
>             that no kinds
>             > of perspectives, especially no civil society
>             perspectves, are excluded
>             > from the outset.
>             >
>             > Brief biography: Born in Germany in 1968 and attended
>             public schools
>             > there; moved to Switzerland in 1985 and studied
>             mathematics and physics
>             > and some informatics in Zurich. Significant technical
>             experience
>             > especially with FOSS technologies and standardization
>             work. Active in
>             > organized civil society processes related to IT and the
>             Internet since
>             > 2004. Careful to keep the topics of civil society
>             engagement separated
>             > clearly from the topics of business interests.
>             >
>             > Relevant experience includes:
>             > * Chairmanship of the “Swiss Internet User Group”
>             (SIUG), 2006-2009.
>             > * Having successfully negotiated, as a civil society
>             person, with
>             >   Microsoft a fix to their patent non-assertion pledge
>             regarding OOXML
>             >   and some other specifications to resolve a potential
>             patent threat
>             >   to GPL-licensed software. (PJ of Groklaw was so
>             surprised that she
>             >   published a picture of a flying pig, in relation to this.)
>             > * Chairmanship of the Swiss mirror committee for
>             international
>             >   standards on “Document Description and Processing
>             Languages".
>             > * Participation in the drafting process for the outcome
>             document of
>             >   the 2013 WSIS+10 review event in Paris.
>             > * Having served as a co-coordinator of the IGC for most
>             of 2013.
>             > * Participated and organized workshops at multiple IGFs.
>             This includes
>             >   successful cooperation with the “focal points” for the
>             CSTD Enhanced
>             >   Cooperation WG for all non-governmental stakeholder
>             constituencies to
>             >   hold a workshop at the Bali IGF on “MS selection
>             processes:
>             >   accountability and transparency” (workshop 127).
>             >
>             > Greetings,
>             > Norbert
>             >
>             >
>             >
>             > Am Sun, 22 Dec 2013 15:41:17 +1100
>             > schrieb "Ian Peter" <ian.peter at ianpeter.com
>             <mailto:ian.peter at ianpeter.com>>:
>             >
>
>             > > This is a call for nominations to represent civil
>             society on planning
>             > > committees in preparations for the “Global
>             Multistakeholder Meeting
>             > > on Internet Governance”, to be held in Sao Paulo
>             Brazil on April 23
>             > > and 24 2014.
>             > >
>             > >
>             > >
>             > >
>             > >
>             > > • Committee No. 1:  Multistakeholder High­Level
>             Committee (HLC)
>             > >
>             > >
>             > >
>             > > This committee will set the high ­level political tone
>             and objectives
>             > > of the
>             > >
>             > > conference.  Committee members will engage on a global
>             level with
>             > > stakeholders to
>             > >
>             > > encourage participation in the conference and maximize
>             its chances of
>             > > success.
>             > >
>             > >
>             > >
>             > > This committee will include 4 civil society
>             representatives.
>             > >
>             > >
>             > >
>             > > • Committee No. 3:  Multistakeholder Executive
>             Committee (EC)
>             > >
>             > >
>             > >
>             > > This committee owns the full responsibility of
>             organizing the event,
>             > > including: defining
>             > >
>             > > conference purpose/agenda, managing invitations,
>             organizing input
>             > > received into a coherent set of proposals for the
>             conferees to
>             > > address, managing conference proceedings and process,
>             and directing
>             > > all communications activities pre/­during/­post
>             conference.  This
>             > > committee will include 2 civil society representatives
>             > >
>             > >
>             > >
>             > >
>             > >
>             > >
>             > >
>             > > The deadline for submitting expressions of interest is
>             midnight UTC 7
>             > > January 2014.
>             > >
>             > >
>             > >
>             > > If you are interested, you are invited to send a brief
>             biography and
>             > > a statement of relevant background and experience in
>             response to this
>             > > topic, or if you would prefer, you can send it to
>             > > ian.peter at ianpeter.com <mailto:ian.peter at ianpeter.com>
>             (pending the appointment of a replacement IGC
>             > > representative on the co-ordination group). At the
>             closing date for
>             > > nominations, nominations submitted to various civil
>             society networks
>             > > will be compiled and assessed by the Civil Society Co
>             ordination
>             > > Group.
>             > >
>             > >
>             > >
>             > > Please indicate clearly at the beginning of your
>             application whether
>             > > it is for the High Level Committee (HLC) or Executive
>             Committee (EC)
>             > > or both.
>             > >
>             > >
>             > >
>             > >
>             > >
>             > > CRITERIA
>             > >
>             > >
>             > >
>             > > The following factors (among others) will be used to
>             assess the
>             > > suitability of candidates
>             > >
>             > >
>             > >
>             > > 1.      Able to represent civil society as a whole,
>             not just your
>             > > individual civil society organisation(s)
>             > >
>             > > 2.      Able to work collegiately with other
>             stakeholder groups in a
>             > > multistakeholder setting
>             > >
>             > > 3.      Able to consult widely with civil society
>             groups and to
>             > > report back as the process progresses
>             > >
>             > > 4.      Ability to represent civil society at a senior
>             level in these
>             > > discussions
>             > >
>             > > 5.      Broad knowledge of internet governance issues
>             and the range
>             > > of civil society perspectives on these issues
>             > >
>             > > 6.      Capacity to participate assertively and creatively
>             > >
>             > >
>             > >
>             > > Explanation of process
>             > >
>             > > The civil society coordinating group is a loose peak
>             body that came
>             > > together this year to facilitate joint civil society
>             participation in
>             > > several nominating processes.  It currently comprises
>             persons from
>             > > the most active civil society coalitions or networks
>             in the Internet
>             > > governance space, which in no particular order are the
>             Internet
>             > > Governance Caucus, Diplo Foundation, Best Bits, the
>             Non Commercial
>             > > Stakeholder Group of ICANN, and the Association for
>             Progressive
>             > > Communications.  The current liaisons are Virginia
>             Paque, Jeremy
>             > > Malcolm, Robin Gross and Chat Garcia Ramilo, with Ian
>             Peter as an
>             > > independent facilitator.  Its current composition is
>             imperfect - the
>             > > boundary between an organisation and network is grey,
>             and so is the
>             > > scope of "Internet governance".  In particular, we are
>             reaching out
>             > > to other civil society networks to further broaden the
>             inclusiveness
>             > > of the group and have developed a draft set of
>             criteria to assist in
>             > > this process.
>             > >
>             > > Likewise, the process for gathering and reaching
>             consensus is also a
>             > > work in progress, but progressive improvements to the
>             process have
>             > > been put in place since the group's first nomination.
>              These
>             > > improvements include refinement of criteria for each
>             member network
>             > > to consider when putting forward names for
>             consideration.  Other
>             > > suggested changes to the process, such as the use of a
>             > > randomly-selected nominating committee, have not met
>             with consensual
>             > > support from within the group and so have not been
>             adopted for this
>             > > nomination.  However, the coordinating group welcomes
>             other
>             > > suggestions for improvement of the joint process.
>             > >
>             > > Ian Peter
>             >
>             >
>             >
>
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