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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>For your information and based on your feedback, I
proposed this process to the 25 CS members of GAID structures. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>It includes most of the comments made so far, while
keeping them somewhat flexible. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>We will try to make this process as simple and as
little time-consuming as possible, given the timelines.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>It is of course understood that a nomination process
for GAID Strategy Council membership should be wider and more inclusive.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thanks for your understanding.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Best, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>De :</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> CONGO - <st1:PersonName
ProductID="Philippe Dam" w:st="on">Philippe Dam</st1:PersonName>
[mailto:philippe.dam@ngocongo.org] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Envoyé :</span></b> mercredi, 22.
août 2007 18:45<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>À :</span></b> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">'CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam'</st1:PersonName>; <st1:PersonName w:st="on">'GAID-CS'</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc :</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">'kayadi@planet.tn'</st1:PersonName>;
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'rodrigob@cdi.org.br'</st1:PersonName>; <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">'bruck@research.at'</st1:PersonName>; <st1:PersonName w:st="on">'Astrid.Dufborg@gesci.org'</st1:PersonName>;
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'hiroshikawamura@attglobal.net'</st1:PersonName>;
'jlongmore@dotrust.org'; 'tracey@traceynaughton.com'; 'bnnrc@siriusbb.com'; <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">'st.amour@isoc.org'</st1:PersonName>; <st1:PersonName w:st="on">'wanyeki@iconnect.co.ke'</st1:PersonName>;
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'rinalia@gkpsecretariat.org.my'</st1:PersonName>; <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">'alain.berranger@gmail.com'</st1:PersonName>; <st1:PersonName w:st="on">'iza@anr.org'</st1:PersonName>;
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'qshatti@safat.kisr.edu.kw'</st1:PersonName>; <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">'rbissio@chasque.apc.org'</st1:PersonName>; <st1:PersonName w:st="on">'dcogburn@syr.edu'</st1:PersonName>;
'pape.diouf@iued.unige.ch'; 'drake@hei.unige.ch'; <st1:PersonName w:st="on">'ershova@iis.ru'</st1:PersonName>;
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'anriette@apc.org'</st1:PersonName>; <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">'gurstein@ADM.NJIT.EDU'</st1:PersonName>; 'akigua@telia.com'; <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">'wolfgang.kleinwaechter@medienkomm.uni-halle.de'</st1:PersonName>; <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">'jrmathia@maxwell.syr.edu'</st1:PersonName>; <st1:PersonName w:st="on">'george.sadowsky@attglobal.net'</st1:PersonName>;
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'Henning.Wegener@t-online.de'</st1:PersonName>;
'titi@mindset.co.za'; 'Renate Bloem'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Objet :</span></b> Suggested Guidelines
for Nominations Committee - Renewal of GAID Steering Committee<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Importance :</span></b> Haute</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Dear all, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>As you know the GAID Secretariat recently circulated
a note on the partial renewal of the membership of the GAID governing
structures. In particular, it was announced that one of the two seats reserved to
civil society representatives in the GAID Steering Committee should be renewed
before the next Steering Meeting taking place in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">New York</st1:State></st1:place> on 19 September 2007. The GAID
Secretariat invited civil society to identify nominations from among their
constituencies, through a self-nomination process. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Timelines for the renewal of Steering Committee
membership are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>GAID
Steering Committee<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Deadline for outgoing members <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>to express their interest in a renewal <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>of their terms<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>15
August 2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Deadline for new nominations for membership <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
September 2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Date of the membership renewal <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>19
September 2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>New York</span></font></st1:State></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Based on the experiences of the CS Nomination Committee
for the IGF Advisory Group and GAID governing structures in the first half of
2006, we proposed that we use of similar model for this process. However, due
to the very short time available and to the fact that only one seat is going to
be renewed, and in order to increase the representative ownership of the
nomination to be done, we also proposed that a Nominations Committee to submit
a recommendation for the member of the Steering Committee should be identified
among the outgoing civil society members of the GAID Strategy Council and High
Level Panel of Advisors. Those two proposals received several supports among CS
constituencies. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Selection
of the CS Nominations Committee <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Members of the Nominations Committee will preferably
have to demonstrate a long-standing engagement in the Information
Society-related processes within the UN, in particular WSIS, as well as a good
experience of civil society self-organised working processes. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Out of the 25 civil society members of the Strategy
Council and of the High Level Panel of Advisors (see list attached), at least 5
individuals should volunteer to serve within the Nominations Committee. The
final number of members of the Nominations Committee could be flexible
(preferably between 5 and 10 persons). They would act in their personal
capacities. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Volunteers should announce their wish to participate
in the Nominations Committee <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>no later than
Friday 24 August 2007 at 12:00 am GMT</span></b>. The NomCom’s final
recommendations would have to be forwarded to the GAID Executive Director no
later than 1 September 2007. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The work of the Nominations Committee would be
facilitated by a non-voting facilitator (I propose my service to serve in that
capacity and to use the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">CONGO</st1:country-region></st1:place>
website for more transparency and updates if needed). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thanks for your attention. <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>We will try to make it as simple as possible for volunteers serving in
the nominations committee</span></b>. I’ll circulate some more
information on proposed timelines for identification of candidates and proposed
guidelines for selection tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Looking forward to your reactions. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>All the best, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Philippe<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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