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<DIV>Hi Louis,</DIV>
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<DIV>I have no particular organisations, coalitions or persons in
mind. But there are a lot of very impressive people and organisations
around the civil society groups, and in affiliated organisations which are not
purely civil society (eg Diplo, dynamic coalitions etc).</DIV>
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<DIV>So no, no particular people or organisations in mind at all – and in any
case any decision on who would might be added to CSCG would not be mine. More
it’s the idea that we might be more effective and more representative if some
additional members were added that I wanted to get feedback on.</DIV>
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<DIV>Ian</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pouzin@well.com
href="mailto:pouzin@well.com">Louis Pouzin (well)</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 20, 2015 2:16 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=ian.peter@ianpeter.com
href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com">Ian Peter</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=governance@lists.igcaucus.org
href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</A>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [governance] CSCG membership - comments
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<DIV dir=ltr>Hi Ian,<BR><BR>Do you have in mind some large CS coalitions that
could be an effective increment to the CSCG ?<BR> .<BR>Best. Louis.<BR>- -
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 12:17 AM, Ian Peter <SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I am writing this, purely as an individual, to get
some feeling for how civil society members feel about expanding the membership
of the Civil Society Coordination Group (CSCG).</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">CSCG was established a few years ago as a conduit for
the selection of civil society members to outside bodies. In the last 12
months, it has been successful in being recognised by bodies such as IGF,
UNDESA, 1Net, and NMI. In particular, in last years MAG nominations, we were
able to get significantly better representation than in previous
years.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">There is no thought to expand the limited and specific
scope of what CSCG does; it’s mission is purely to work on selection of civil
society members to outside bodies. But there has been discussions since its
inception about its make up and how that might evolve.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The current members of CSCG are NCSG, Best Bits, Just
Net Coalition, IGC, and APC – all large coalitions of civil society groups and
individuals, and all represented by busy individuals. Until recently, Diplo
Foundation was also a member; however, while still very supportive of CSCG,
they felt that, as they were not a civil society specific organisation nor a
coalition, perhaps their membership was not appropriate as an
organisation.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">My own role is as an independent chair for a fixed
term. I am happy to continue facilitating processes where civil society
representatives need to be chosen for outside bodies, but I am not in a
position to carry out other tasks that would be useful for CSCG at this time –
getting together a simple charter, a web presence, etc.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">It is these issues, plus the more overall question as
to how we can best represent the diversity of civil society voices, that lead
me to suggest that perhaps the group should be expanded to include say 2-3
individuals well respected people actively involved with civil society
networks and organisations.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I am interested in what people think of this idea. On
the one hand, it would move CSCG away from the pure “coalition of coalitions”
model; but on the other hand, it would allow the involvement of other
organisations and individuals.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Comments please. There are differing opinions within
CSCG about this, I am interested in a wider consultation to see what the
broader group thinks.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">If there was broad support for moving in this
direction, I would imagine CSCG would conduct an Expressions of Interest (EOI)
process to identify interested parties.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Feel free to copy to other lists – but as I might not
read them perhaps copy any suggestions back here or send to me
directly.</FONT></P><SPAN class=HOEnZb><FONT color=#888888>
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