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I was recently honored to be asked to be the (non-voting) Chair of a
nominating committee charged with selecting <span
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from the Community Informatics Research Network to participate in
the upcoming GMMGIF in Brazil. The following Release Statement and
Final Report detail the work of the NomCom.<br>
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Best,<br>
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Tom Lowenhaupt<br>
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The Final Report of the Community Informatics Nominating
Committee for the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the
Future of the Internet Governance was completed yesterday.
(Copy Attached)</span></p>
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Report details the selection process for nominees to the
Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of the Internet
Governance (GMMFIG) to be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil on April
23-24, 2014. The Meeting will focus on crafting Internet
governance principles and proposing a roadmap for the further
evolution of the Internet governance ecosystem. </span></p>
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style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The
Nominating Committee’s (NomCom) charge was to recommend four
candidates to participate in shaping the GMMFIC’s work. The
Nominating Committee ’s five voting members were David Nemer,
Parminder Jeet Singh, Brian Beaton, Chris Zielinski, and
Charles Dhewa. After completing a careful review of the
position requirements and candidates, the NomCom chose the
following:</span></p>
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High Level Committee - the nominee was Cristian Berrio
Zapata</span></p>
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style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Executive
Multistakeholder Committee - the nominee was Michael
Gurstein</span></p>
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Academic Posts Steering Committee - the nominees were Doug
Schuler and Cristian Berrio Zapata</span></p>
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style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Having
closely followed the organization of the upcoming meeting in
Brazil, the NomCom’s members added a codicil to their report,
recommending that their selectees also be charged with
interfacing with the 1Net, an entity assisting with organizing
the April 23-23 Meeting.</span></p>
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style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Details
of the NomCom’s work including process and candidate
biographies can be found in the attached report: Community
Informatics Nominating Committee for the Global
Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of the Internet
Governance, January 12, 2014.</span></p>
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Lowenhaupt, (non-voting) Chair of the Nominating Committee</span></p>
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