<div dir="ltr"><div>Norbert is an excellent proposition. He will exert his keen sense of analysis and his open mind for problem solving.<br><br></div>Louis<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Jean-Louis FULLSACK <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jlfullsack@orange.fr" target="_blank">jlfullsack@orange.fr</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p>+ one for Norbert</p>
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<p>with my best wishes for a succesful mandate</p>
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<p>Jean-Louis Fullsack<br><br><br><br><br></p>
<blockquote style="padding-left:5px;margin-left:5px;border-left:#ff0000 2px solid">> Message du 07/01/14 08:25<br>> De : "Grace Githaiga" <br>> A : "<a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>" , "Mawaki Chango" <br>
> Copie à : "Norbert Bollow" , "Ian Peter" , "Jeremy Malcolm" <br>> Objet : RE: [governance] Call for Nominations - Brazil committees<div><div class="h5"><br>> <br>>
<div dir="ltr">+ 1 for Nobert. <br>> <br>>
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> From: <a href="mailto:ecrire@catherine-roy.net" target="_blank">ecrire@catherine-roy.net</a><br>> Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 18:15:04 -0500<br>> To: <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>; <a href="mailto:kichango@gmail.com" target="_blank">kichango@gmail.com</a><br>
> Subject: Re: [governance] Call for Nominations - Brazil committees<br>> <br>>
<div>I also support Norbert's candidacy.</div>
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<div>Cheers,</div>
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<div>Catherine Roy</div>
<div><a href="http://www.catherine-roy.net" target="_blank">www.catherine-roy.net</a></div>
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<div><br>> On 2014-01-06, at 18:01, Mawaki Chango <<a href="mailto:kichango@gmail.com" target="_blank">kichango@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> <br>></div>
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<div dir="ltr">I support Norbert's self-nomination/expression of interest to serve on the <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Executive Committee.</span>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">I am confident he will be a great asset for ensuring the inclusion of broader civil society perspectives during the agenda setting exercise for the BR meeting.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Thanks,</span></div>
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<div>On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 9:33 PM, Norbert Bollow <span><<a href="mailto:nb@bollow.ch" target="_blank">nb@bollow.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br>>
<blockquote style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Jeremy and Ian and all,<br>> <br>> this is an expression of interest to serve on the Executive Committee<br>> for the São Paulo meeting.<br>> <br>
> My chief interest in this context is to contribute to ensuring that<br>> the agenda setting process for the São Paulo meeting will be<br>> sufficiently inclusive of all relevant perspectives: Of course a single<br>
> two-days event that aims to reach a consensus on an outcome document<br>> cannot productively address a too big range of topics, but I would<br>> insist that it is critically important to carefully ensure that the<br>
> framing of the discourse on those topics is open enough that no kinds<br>> of perspectives, especially no civil society perspectves, are excluded<br>> from the outset.<br>> <br>> Brief biography: Born in Germany in 1968 and attended public schools<br>
> there; moved to Switzerland in 1985 and studied mathematics and physics<br>> and some informatics in Zurich. Significant technical experience<br>> especially with FOSS technologies and standardization work. Active in<br>
> organized civil society processes related to IT and the Internet since<br>> 2004. Careful to keep the topics of civil society engagement separated<br>> clearly from the topics of business interests.<br>> <br>
> Relevant experience includes:<br>> * Chairmanship of the “Swiss Internet User Group” (SIUG), <a>2006-2009</a>.<br>> * Having successfully negotiated, as a civil society person, with<br>> Microsoft a fix to their patent non-assertion pledge regarding OOXML<br>
> and some other specifications to resolve a potential patent threat<br>> to GPL-licensed software. (PJ of Groklaw was so surprised that she<br>> published a picture of a flying pig, in relation to this.)<br>
> * Chairmanship of the Swiss mirror committee for international<br>> standards on “Document Description and Processing Languages".<br>> * Participation in the drafting process for the outcome document of<br>
> the 2013 WSIS+10 review event in Paris.<br>> * Having served as a co-coordinator of the IGC for most of 2013.<br>> * Participated and organized workshops at multiple IGFs. This includes<br>> successful cooperation with the “focal points” for the CSTD Enhanced<br>
> Cooperation WG for all non-governmental stakeholder constituencies to<br>> hold a workshop at the Bali IGF on “MS selection processes:<br>> accountability and transparency” (workshop 127).<br>> <br>> Greetings,<br>
> Norbert<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Am Sun, 22 Dec 2013 15:41:17 +1100<br>> schrieb "Ian Peter" <<a href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com" target="_blank">ian.peter@ianpeter.com</a>>:<br>>
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<div><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>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > • Committee No. 1: Multistakeholder HighLevel Committee (HLC)<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > This committee will set the high level political tone and objectives<br>
> > of the<br>> ><br>> > conference. Committee members will engage on a global level with<br>> > stakeholders to<br>> ><br>> > encourage participation in the conference and maximize its chances of<br>
> > success.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > This committee will include 4 civil society representatives.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > • Committee No. 3: Multistakeholder Executive Committee (EC)<br>
> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > This committee owns the full responsibility of organizing the event,<br>> > including: defining<br>> ><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>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > The deadline for submitting expressions of interest is midnight UTC 7<br>
> > January 2014.<br>> ><br>> ><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" target="_blank">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>> ><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>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > CRITERIA<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>
> > The following factors (among others) will be used to assess the<br>> > suitability of candidates<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > 1. Able to represent civil society as a whole, not just your<br>
> > individual civil society organisation(s)<br>> ><br>> > 2. Able to work collegiately with other stakeholder groups in a<br>> > multistakeholder setting<br>> ><br>> > 3. Able to consult widely with civil society groups and to<br>
> > report back as the process progresses<br>> ><br>> > 4. Ability to represent civil society at a senior level in these<br>> > discussions<br>> ><br>> > 5. Broad knowledge of internet governance issues and the range<br>
> > of civil society perspectives on these issues<br>> ><br>> > 6. Capacity to participate assertively and creatively<br>> ><br>> ><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>></div>
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