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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Fellow Members of the
IGF,</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif">With “Governance” a key
word in our Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus, the
selection
of an Appeals Team is an important part of our responsibilities.
This
email begins the process of creating a new Appeals Team. As per
the
<a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/charter" target="_blank">IGC
Charter</a>, the role of the Appeals Team is:</font></p>
<blockquote style="margin-left: 0.98in; margin-right: 0.79in;
margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left"><font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif">“Any time 4 individual
members of the IGC co-sign a statement on the main IGC mailing
list
they can appeal any decision of the coordinators. When a
decision is
appealed, the appeals team will review any discussions that
occurred
and will request comments from the IGC membership. Based on the
information they collect and discussion, they will decide on the
merit of the appeal."<br>
<br>
"Decisions by the appeals team are based on a
majority vote of the appeal team, i.e., three (3) or more votes,
except in the case of coordinator recall which requires full
consensus. The decision of the appeals team will be final on
every
decision reviewed.”<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">“An appeals team
of five (5) IGC members will be formed. The
appeals board will be selected yearly by a randomly selected
nominating committee as defined <a
href="http://igcaucus.org/appeals-team" target="_blank">here.</a>
Coordinators are not qualified to be members of the appeals
team.”</font></blockquote>
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Arial, sans-serif"></font></blockquote>
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Thus the members of the Appeals Team serve a vital role in
maintaining the integrity of the IGC's efforts.</font></blockquote>
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margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left"><font face="Helvetica,
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This letter calls for nominees – self or otherwise – for a new
Appeals Team. Nominations shall be received by midnight,
June 24, 2012 GMT. <br>
<br>
Nominees will be contacted to verify their interest in
the position and to submit background information that will help
the
NomCom make a decision as to its membership. The NomCom will
review
the nominees and render its decision by July 15, 2012.</font></blockquote>
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margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left"><font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif">
To assure full and timely distribution of nominations, they
should be sent to the NomCom Chair via <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:TomL@communisphere.com">TomL@communisphere.com</a>,
and to each NomCom voting member using the Cc. addresses in the
heading area of this email.</font></blockquote>
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margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left"><font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif">
We look forward to your participation in this important
activity.</font></blockquote>
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margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left"><font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif">
On behalf of the Appeals Team Nominating Committee: Asif Kabani,
Hakikur Rahman, Naveed-ul-Haq, Shahid Uddin Akbar, and Wilson
Abigaba.</font></blockquote>
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margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left"><font face="Helvetica,
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Sincerely,</font></blockquote>
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margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left"><font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif">
Thomas Lowenhaupt (non-voting chair)</font></blockquote>
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