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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>+ 1 for Nobert. <br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">CC: governance@lists.igcaucus.org; nb@bollow.ch; ian.peter@ianpeter.com; jeremy@ciroap.org<br>From: ecrire@catherine-roy.net<br>Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 18:15:04 -0500<br>To: governance@lists.igcaucus.org; kichango@gmail.com<br>Subject: Re: [governance] Call for Nominations - Brazil committees<br><br><div>I also support Norbert's candidacy.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br>--<div>Catherine Roy</div><div><a href="http://www.catherine-roy.net" target="_blank">www.catherine-roy.net</a></div></div><div><br>On 2014-01-06, at 18:01, Mawaki Chango <<a href="mailto:kichango@gmail.com">kichango@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote><div><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><font face="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.</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Thanks,</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Mawaki<br></font><div class="ecxgmail_extra"><br></div><div class="ecxgmail_extra">
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<br><br><div class="ecxgmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 9:33 PM, Norbert Bollow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nb@bollow.ch" target="_blank">nb@bollow.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" 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 target="_blank">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">ian.peter@ianpeter.com</a>>:<br>
<div class="ecxHOEnZb"><div class="h5"><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">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>
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