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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Fellow Members of the
IGC,</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
moz-do-not-send="true" 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>
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"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>
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</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 moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://igcaucus.org/appeals-team" target="_blank">here.</a>
Coordinators are not qualified to be members of the appeals
team.”</font></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0.79in;
margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left"><font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif"> Thus the members of the Appeals Team serve a
vital role in maintaining the integrity of the IGC's efforts.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0.79in;
margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left"><font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif"> This letter calls for nominees – self or
otherwise – for a new Appeals Team. Nominations shall be
received by midnight, June 24, 2012 GMT. <br>
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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>
<blockquote style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0.79in;
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
moz-do-not-send="true" 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>
<blockquote style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0.79in;
margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left"><font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif"> We look forward to your participation in
this important activity.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0.79in;
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>
<blockquote style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0.79in;
margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left"><font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif"> Sincerely,</font></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0.79in;
margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left"><font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif"> Thomas Lowenhaupt (non-voting chair)</font></blockquote>
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