<div dir="ltr">Hi All,<br><br>I also support Adam's nomination.<br><br>Fatima<br><br><br> <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014/1/5 Lee W McKnight <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lmcknigh@syr.edu" target="_blank">lmcknigh@syr.edu</a>></span><br>
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Subject: Re: [governance] Call for Nominations - Brazil committees<br>
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Norbert Klein<br>
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On 1/3/2014 7:54 PM, Jeanette Hofmann wrote:<br>
> So do I. jeanette<br>
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> Am 03.01.14 12:30, schrieb Suresh Ramasubramanian:<br>
>> I second Adam's nomination<br>
>><br>
>> Adam Peake [03/01/14 20:23 +0900]:<br>
>>> Hi Ian, all.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I'm putting my name forward for consideration as a civil society<br>
>>> representative on the Multi-stakeholder Executive Committee (EC).<br>
>>><br>
>>> I hope my experience satisfies most of the criteria including the<br>
>>> additional:<br>
>>><br>
>>> 7. Includes perspectives/representation of groups typically<br>
>>> under-represented in global IG processes<br>
Thanks for this.<br>
<br>
>>><br>
>>> I was coordinator of the IGC during the Tunis phase of WSIS and along<br>
>>> with my colleagues was able to successfully bring a broad range of CS<br>
>>> points of view into the process that eventually saw the creation of<br>
>>> the IGF. Easier times as we had the WSIS civil society plenary list<br>
>>> and "family" to reach out to, but it still took hard work. I was a<br>
>>> member of the MAG for the first two years of the IGF. In both these<br>
>>> roles I hope people will remember that I consulted widely, reported<br>
>>> regularly and tried to be fair when representing the views of others,<br>
>>> whether I shared those views or not.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I am experienced in working with other stakeholder groups, and am able<br>
>>> to persuade others of CS positions; WSIS Tunis and the first two years<br>
>>> of MAG are testament to that.<br>
>>><br>
>>> As a volunteer in IGF and ICANN activities, as well as my professional<br>
>>> work and teaching, I know Internet governance issues well, have a very<br>
>>> good understanding of CS positions and also the positions of other<br>
>>> stakeholders.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I live and work in Japan, but my experience of working on Internet<br>
>>> governance/policy is much broader; example I have been involved in<br>
>>> organizing and supporting the East Africa IGF (2008, '09, '10) and<br>
>>> Asia Pacific regional IGF.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I have been a consultant for the IGF Secretariat at five IGF<br>
>>> meetings. I understand the complexities of organizing the agendas of<br>
>>> multi-stakeholder processes, and something of the diplomatic<br>
>>> necessities. I've had experience doing many of the tasks the EC will<br>
>>> be expected to do. I am experienced at working at the senior level<br>
>>> required.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Thanks,<br>
>>><br>
>>> Adam<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Adam Peake is a senior researcher at the Center for Global<br>
>>> Communications (GLOCOM), International University of Japan. He works<br>
>>> on telecommunications, Internet and broadband policy. Adam has been<br>
>>> active in policy-making activities for the deployment and development<br>
>>> of the Internet since the mid-1990s. He is an expert on the<br>
>>> development and deployment of the broadband networks, services and<br>
>>> applications in Japan, and has conducted numerous studies for Japanese<br>
>>> corporate clients on telecommunications/Internet/ICTs in the United<br>
>>> States, Europe, Africa and Asia. Adam teaches a short course on<br>
>>> Internet policy for MBA students at the International University of<br>
>>> Japan (IUJ). Full CV on request.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Jan 3, 2014, at 6:35 AM, Ian Peter wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>>> Just a reminder re this – nominations close midnight UTC January 7.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> From: Ian Peter<br>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2013 3:41 PM<br>
>>>> To: <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a><br>
>>>> Subject: [governance] Call for Nominations - Brazil committees<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> This is a call for nominations to represent civil society on planning<br>
>>>> committees in preparations for the “Global Multistakeholder Meeting<br>
>>>> on Internet Governance”, to be held in Sao Paulo Brazil on April 23<br>
>>>> and 24 2014.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> • Committee No. 1: Multistakeholder HighLevel Committee (HLC)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> This committee will set the high level political tone and objectives<br>
>>>> of the<br>
>>>> conference. Committee members will engage on a global level with<br>
>>>> stakeholders to<br>
>>>> encourage participation in the conference and maximize its chances of<br>
>>>> success.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> This committee will include 4 civil society representatives.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> • Committee No. 3: Multistakeholder Executive Committee (EC)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> This committee owns the full responsibility of organizing the event,<br>
>>>> including: defining<br>
>>>> conference purpose/agenda, managing invitations, organizing input<br>
>>>> received into a coherent set of proposals for the conferees to<br>
>>>> address, managing conference proceedings and process, and directing<br>
>>>> all communications activities pre/during/post conference. This<br>
>>>> committee will include 2 civil society representatives<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> The deadline for submitting expressions of interest is midnight UTC 7<br>
>>>> January 2014.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> If you are interested, you are invited to send a brief biography and<br>
>>>> a statement of relevant background and experience in response to this<br>
>>>> topic, or if you would prefer, you can send it to<br>
>>>> <a href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com">ian.peter@ianpeter.com</a> (pending the appointment of a replacement IGC<br>
>>>> representative on the co-ordination group). At the closing date for<br>
>>>> nominations, nominations submitted to various civil society networks<br>
>>>> will be compiled and assessed by the Civil Society Co ordination<br>
>>>> Group.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Please indicate clearly at the beginning of your application whether<br>
>>>> it is for the High Level Committee (HLC) or Executive Committee (EC)<br>
>>>> or both.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> CRITERIA<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> The following factors (among others) will be used to assess the<br>
>>>> suitability of candidates<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 1. Able to represent civil society as a whole, not just your<br>
>>>> individual civil society organisation(s)<br>
>>>> 2. Able to work collegiately with other stakeholder groups in a<br>
>>>> multistakeholder setting<br>
>>>> 3. Able to consult widely with civil society groups and to<br>
>>>> report back as the process progresses<br>
>>>> 4. Ability to represent civil society at a senior level in these<br>
>>>> discussions<br>
>>>> 5. Broad knowledge of internet governance issues and the range<br>
>>>> of civil society perspectives on these issues<br>
>>>> 6. Capacity to participate assertively and creatively<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Explanation of process<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> The civil society coordinating group is a loose peak body that came<br>
>>>> together this year to facilitate joint civil society participation in<br>
>>>> several nominating processes. It currently comprises persons from<br>
>>>> the most active civil society coalitions or networks in the Internet<br>
>>>> governance space, which in no particular order are the Internet<br>
>>>> Governance Caucus, Diplo Foundation, Best Bits, the Non Commercial<br>
>>>> Stakeholder Group of ICANN, and the Association for Progressive<br>
>>>> Communications. The current liaisons are Virginia Paque, Jeremy<br>
>>>> Malcolm, Robin Gross and Chat Garcia Ramilo, with Ian Peter as an<br>
>>>> independent facilitator. Its current composition is imperfect - the<br>
>>>> boundary between an organisation and network is grey, and so is the<br>
>>>> scope of "Internet governance". In particular, we are reaching out<br>
>>>> to other civil society networks to further broaden the inclusiveness<br>
>>>> of the group and have developed a draft set of criteria to assist in<br>
>>>> this process.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Likewise, the process for gathering and reaching consensus is also a<br>
>>>> work in progress, but progressive improvements to the process have<br>
>>>> been put in place since the group's first nomination. These<br>
>>>> improvements include refinement of criteria for each member network<br>
>>>> to consider when putting forward names for consideration. Other<br>
>>>> suggested changes to the process, such as the use of a<br>
>>>> randomly-selected nominating committee, have not met with consensual<br>
>>>> support from within the group and so have not been adopted for this<br>
>>>> nomination. However, the coordinating group welcomes other<br>
>>>> suggestions for improvement of the joint process.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Ian Peter<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
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