Dear Ian:<div style="direction:ltr">I would like to put my name forward for <font style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Committee No. 1: Multistakeholder HighLevel Committee (HLC). I believe that the experience I have gained as a MAG member for the global IGF as well as participating in many activities within the IGF itself allows me to contribute constructively to the work of </font><font><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Multistakeholder HighLevel Committee. Furthermore, the efforts I was involved in to initiate and launch the Arab IGF is similar to a great extent to the nature of this committee and although it was on a regional level it can be extended to global level.</span></font></div>
<div style="direction:ltr"><font><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></font></div><div style="direction:ltr"><font><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">I believe that the role of civil society for this particular conference should not be limited to state its views and reflect its positions but also to to ensure that every stakeholder's views and interest is included in a balanced manner with a focus on what is best for the Internet user.</span></font></div>
<div style="direction:ltr"><font><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></font></div><div style="direction:ltr"><font><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Furthermore, I support Adam's nomination for the Executive Committee.</span></font></div>
<div style="direction:ltr"><font><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></font></div><div style="direction:ltr"><font><span style>Best Regards,</span></font></div><div style="direction:ltr"><font><span style><br>
</span></font></div><div style="direction:ltr"><font><span style>Qusai AlShatti</span></font></div><div style="direction:ltr"><font><span style>Kuwait Information Technology Society</span></font></div><div><b><font style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"></font></b><font><span style><b><br>
</b></span></font><br>On Friday, January 3, 2014, Ian Peter wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Just a reminder re this – nominations close midnight UTC January 7.</div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="ian.peter@ianpeter.com">Ian Peter</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, December 22, 2013 3:41 PM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> [governance] Call for Nominations - Brazil
committees</div></div></div>
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<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><font face="Times">This is a call for nominations to represent civil society on planning
committees in preparations for the “Global Multistakeholder Meeting on Internet
Governance”, to be held in Sao Paulo Brazil on April 23 and 24 2014.
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<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><font face="Times"></font></span><b><span></span></b> </p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><b><span><font face="Cambria">• Committee No. 1:<span>
</span>Multistakeholder HighLevel Committee (HLC)</font></span></b></p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><font face="Cambria"></font></span> </p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><font face="Cambria">This committee will set the high level political tone and
objectives of the</font></span></p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><font face="Cambria">conference.<span> </span>Committee
members will engage on a global level with stakeholders to</font></span></p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><font face="Cambria">encourage participation in the conference and maximize its chances
of success. </font></span></p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><font face="Cambria"></font></span> </p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><font face="Cambria">This committee will include 4 civil society
representatives.</font></span></p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><font face="Cambria"></font></span> </p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><font face="Cambria">• <b>Committee No. 3:<span> </span>Multistakeholder Executive Committee
(EC)</b></font></span></p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><font face="Cambria"></font></span> </p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><font face="Cambria">This committee owns the full responsibility of organizing the
event, including: defining</font></span></p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><font face="Cambria">conference purpose/agenda, managing invitations, organizing input
received into a coherent set of proposals for the conferees to address, managing
conference proceedings and process, and directing all communications activities
pre/during/post conference.<span>
</span>This committee will include 2 civil society
representatives</font></span></p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><font face="Cambria"></font></span> </p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><span><font face="Times"></font></span></span><span></span> </p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><span><font face="Times"></font></span></span><span></span> </p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><font face="Times">The deadline for submitting expressions of interest is
<strong>midnight UTC</strong> 7<b> January 2014</b>. </font></span></p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><font face="Times"></font></span> </p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><font face="Cambria">If you are interested, you are invited to send a brief biography
and a statement of relevant background and experience in response to this topic,
or if you would prefer, you can send it to <a>ian.peter@ianpeter.com</a> (pending the
appointment of a replacement IGC representative on the co-ordination
group). At the closing date for nominations, nominations submitted to various
civil society networks will be compiled and assessed by the Civil Society Co
ordination Group.</font></span></p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><font face="Cambria"></font></span> </p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><font face="Cambria">Please indicate clearly at the beginning of your application
whether it is for the High Level Committee (HLC) or Executive Committee (EC) or
both.</font></span></p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><font face="Cambria"></font></span> </p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><font face="Cambria"></font></span> </p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><font face="Cambria">CRITERIA </font></span></p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><font face="Cambria"></font></span> </p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><font face="Cambria">The following factors (among others) will be used to assess the
suitability of candidates</font></span></p>
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<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><span><font face="Cambria">1.</font><span><font face="Times New Roman"><font style="FONT-SIZE:7pt">
</font></font></span></span></span><span><font face="Cambria">Able to represent civil society as a whole, not just your
individual civil society organisation(s)</font></span></p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><span><font face="Cambria">2.</font><span><font face="Times New Roman"><font style="FONT-SIZE:7pt">
</font></font></span></span></span><span><font face="Cambria">Able to work collegiately with other stakeholder groups in a
multistakeholder setting</font></span></p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><span><font face="Cambria">3.</font><span><font face="Times New Roman"><font style="FONT-SIZE:7pt">
</font></font></span></span></span><span><font face="Cambria">Able to consult widely with civil society groups and to report back
as the process progresses</font></span></p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><span><font face="Cambria">4.</font><span><font face="Times New Roman"><font style="FONT-SIZE:7pt">
</font></font></span></span></span><span><font face="Cambria">Ability to represent civil society at a senior level in these
discussions</font></span></p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><span><font face="Cambria">5.</font><span><font face="Times New Roman"><font style="FONT-SIZE:7pt">
</font></font></span></span></span><span><font face="Cambria">Broad knowledge of internet governance issues and the range of
civil society perspectives on these issues</font></span></p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><span><font face="Cambria">6.</font><span><font face="Times New Roman"><font style="FONT-SIZE:7pt">
</font></font></span></span></span><span><font face="Cambria">Capacity to participate assertively and
creatively</font></span></p>
<p style="WORD-WRAP:break-word;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span><font face="Cambria"></font></span> </p>
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<div><b>Explanation of process </b></div>
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<div>The civil society coordinating group is a loose peak body that came
together this year to facilitate joint civil society participation in several
nominating processes. It currently comprises persons from the most active
civil society coalitions or networks in the Internet governance space, which in
no particular order are the Internet Governance Caucus, Diplo Foundation, Best
Bits, the Non Commercial Stakeholder Group of ICANN, and the Association for
Progressive Communications. The current liaisons are Virginia Paque,
Jeremy Malcolm, Robin Gross and Chat Garcia Ramilo, with Ian Peter as an
independent facilitator. Its current composition is imperfect - the
boundary between an organisation and n</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div>