<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Hi all,</div><div><br></div><div>The APC policy team was very pleased to see such an extensive and qualified list of nominations for the CSTD working group. We are confident that from this list of people we will be able to choose excellent CS representatives and believe that the scope and depth of experience on this list is a reflection of all of the good work we have done in the IG space over the last 10 years.</div><div><br></div><div>However, given the fact that choices must be made, the APC policy team created a list of individuals we would like to endorse. These nominations in no way imply that we believe that the invidviduals we do not endorse are anything less than excellent candidates. Regardless of outcome, we look forward to working with the members of the committee.</div><div><br></div><div>The APC policy team would like to endorse the nominations of the following people:</div><div><br></div><div>Anriette Esterhuysen, APC Executive Director:</div><div>Anriette has been APC's representative in the CSTD since it started dealing with WSIS follow-up in 2007. She has been one of the two or three civil society people that has worked hard in this space where non-governmental stakeholders have a precarious position in that they can speak in the open sessions, but only observe (with a few exceptions) during negotiation of resolutions to ECOSOC. Anriette strongly supports the IGF but has consistently proposed improvements. Being from Africa, means she has a useful understanding of how developing country stakeholders, particularly from Africa, experience the IGF. Anriette has never been nominated for or served on the MAG.</div><div><br></div><div>Parminder Jeet Singh, IT for Change:</div><div>Similar to Anriette, Parminder has been active in the CSTD and we think familiarity and experience with CSTD processes are important criteria when selecting candidates for this working group.</div><div><br></div><div>Julian Casasbuenas, Colnodo:</div><div>Julian has been active in all the LAC IGFs and in the global IGF. He is an active member of ISOC and will bring both civil society and technical community perspectives to the working group.</div><div><br></div><div>Shahzad Ahmad, Bytes for All:</div><div>Shahzad is very active in internet rights campaigns and would bring both an Asian and a human rights perspective. He has been involved in all the IGFs to date.</div><div><br></div><div>Marilia Maciel, Center for Technology and Society, Getulio Vargas Foundation:</div><div>Marilia would bring a solid understanding of remote participation and has also expressed a desire to be more involved in IG spaces via her nomination for IGC coordinator. She will bring a regional perspective, and through her association with Diplo, she has a really good understanding of the capacity building opportunities, and challenges, in the IGF process.</div><div><br></div><div>Bill Drake:</div><div>Bill has been a pioneer of inclusive IG processes with a long history of constructive support and criticism. He is based in Geneva which could be very important as it is not certain that there will be funding for working group members to travel to all the meetings. His commitment to the development agenda in the IGF is very important. Developing country participation is something that IGF improvements has to address seriously.</div><div><br></div><div>Michael Gurstein:</div><div>Michael is a very active CS member and brings a community informatics perspective to the IGF.</div><div><br></div><div>Divina Frau-Meigs:</div><div>Divina is a WSIS veteran with a solid understanding of the information society policy issues. She also brings the important perspectives someone concerned with of education, cultural and linguistic diversity. Her understanding of UNESCO will also be useful to the working group.</div><div><br></div><div>Katitza Rodriguez, Electronic Frontier Foundation:</div><div>Originally from Peru, Katitza is EFF's International Rights Director. Her knowledge on cybersecurity at the intersection of privacy, freedom of expression, and copyright enforcement would bring an important integral perspective to the working group.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Best, </div><div><br></div><div>Valeria Betancourt</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">-------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><div>Valeria Betancourt</div><div>Directora / Manager</div><div>Programa de Políticas de Information y Comunicación / Communication and Information Policy Programme</div><div>Asociación para el Progreso de las Comunicaciones / Association for</div><div>Progressive Communications, APC</div><div><a href="http://www.apc.org">http://www.apc.org</a></div></span></font></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>