<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi<div><br></div><div>I just looked at the list of speakers who will be available in Baku <a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/2012/Panellists/Panellists 2012 v2.pdf">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/2012/Panellists/Panellists%202012%20v2.pdf</a>, which seems like a reasonable starting point. Would like to throw another idea in the pot: Rebecca McKinnon. After all, she's involved in a MS enterprise, Global Voices Online, recently published a sort bestseller on human rights and the Internet, and is a very good speaker. I've not asked her yet if she's interested, just floating it here for now.</div><div><br></div><div>Bill</div><div>--------------</div><div><br></div><div>McKinnon Rebecca (Ms)<br>Primary Professional affiliation: New America Foundation <br>Stakeholder Group: Civil Society <br>Region: Western European and Others Group - WEOG <br>Biography:<br>Rebecca MacKinnon is a Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, where she conducts <br>research, writing and advocacy on global Internet policy, free expression, and the impact of digital technologies on <br>human rights. Her first book, <u>Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom</u>, will be <br>published in January 2012 by Basic Books. MacKinnon is cofounder of Global Voices Online <br>(<a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org">globalvoicesonline.org</a>), a global citizen media network. She also serves on the Boards of Directors of the <br>Committee to Protect Journalists and the Global Network Initiative, a multi-stakeholder initiative to promote the <br>upholding of basic principles on free expression and privacy in the ICT sector. (<a href="http://globalnetworkinitiative.org">globalnetworkinitiative.org</a>) Fluent in <br>Mandarin Chinese, MacKinnon worked as a journalist for CNN in Beijing for nine years including as Beijing Bureau <br>Chief and Correspondent from 1998-2001; then as CNN’s Tokyo Bureau Chief and Correspondent from 2001-03. <br>From 2004-06 she was a Research Fellow at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, where she began her 196<br>ongoing research and writing about Chinese Internet censorship in addition to launching Global Voices Online. In <br>2007-08 she taught online journalism at the University of Hong Kong's Journalism and Media Studies Centre. In <br>2009 she conducted research and writing as an Open Society Institute Fellow, and in the Spring of 2010 she was a <br>Visiting Fellow at Princeton’s Center or Information Technology Policy. MacKinnon received her AB magna cum <br>laude from Harvard College and was a Fullbright scholar in Taiwan in 1991-92.<br><div>
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<br><div><div>On Oct 3, 2012, at 4:01 PM, Izumi AIZU wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Dear list,<br>Thank you for the many great nominations.<br>We need to select two speakers.<br><br>I think it is important that we select according to the<br>mutually agreed principles.<br><br>As usual, we need to consider gender and regional balance. So, at<br>least one each, unless we have two female speakers, which is just fine<br>in my view.<br><br>I think she or he should be relevant to the Civil society activities,<br>not confined by IGC itself, but broader interests of the CS in terms<br>of Internet governance.<br><br>As was pointed out, the relevance with the host might be another<br>factor. Relevance with development agenda should be also considered.<br><br>For those who have nominated someone, could you please confirm if he<br>or she is willing to accept?<br>Unfortunately, we have no travel support for the speakers, per se. So,<br>please also confirm that she or he will be able to travel to Baku.<br><br>So far, most, if not all, of the nominees seem to be filling these criteria.<br><br>I like to see more discussions, support, new names, seconds etc for a<br>couple of days, and then we need to close.<br><br>I propose to setup a poll, run for 48 hours and then select the winner.<br><br>Is this OK with you? Or, please suggest any alternative or additional thouhts.<br><br>best,<br><br>izumi<br><br>____________________________________________________________<br>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a><br>To be removed from the list, visit:<br> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing">http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing</a><br><br>For all other list information and functions, see:<br> <a href="http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance">http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance</a><br>To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:<br> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/">http://www.igcaucus.org/</a><br><br>Translate this email: <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t">http://translate.google.com/translate_t</a><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>