<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">An update, DESA’s NGO Branch has decided to take the process that NGLS has traditionally run and run it themselves instead. The responsible person there is Alberto Padova, Acting Chief of DESA NGO Branch - <a href="mailto:padova@un.org" class="">padova@un.org</a><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 31 Oct 2015, at 12:10, Nick Ashton-Hart <nashton@consensus.pro> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Lea, Parminder, and others,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">FYI, the process below - like that previously for CS - is a standard operatiing process for NY now as it is seen by the 38th floor, and the PGA’s office, as being a real success story in getting interesting voices whom existing selection processes might not have surfaced. The person at NGLS who pioneered this with the climate summit in 2014 was just <a href="http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=b21d8b63-9909-4a07-b3c2-5b10050f2743&c=47897580-6ef2-11e5-8573-d4ae5284205e&ch=48688ae0-6ef2-11e5-8694-d4ae5284205e" class="">given an award by the Secretary-General personally for her efforts</a> - she’s actually a committed and really tremendous person who genuinely feels a passion for ensuring CS voices are effective at the UN named Susan Alzner. All of this suggests that the UN will probably resist changing a process that they just awarded because of requests that you all may make.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Nothing wrong with making a point about this, but at the same time I would also put some effort into the selection committee and ensuring selectors put themselves forward that you believe will make good choices, including perhaps a fulsome consultation with the broader community. Anyone who wants to talk to Susan let me know, I’d be glad to introduce you.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards, Nick</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 31 Oct 2015, at 11:42, Lea Kaspar <<a href="mailto:lea@gp-digital.org" class="">lea@gp-digital.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="">Hi Ian, Parminder,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for putting this on our agenda. Not against taking a stand on this. We have precedent with the IGF MAG, so could point to that. Although not ideal, UN DESA did take on 9/10 CSCG recommendations in the last MAG intake. And seeing as the MAG selection process is still something that needs improvement, we could leverage this effort (if successful) in the next round of MAG nominations.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">Going beyond the principle, I'd also be interested to hear from CS who were sitting on the selection committee for the July WSIS event (I think the UN used the same selection mechanism). Did that work at all? Would the final selection of CS reps at the July event been different had CS had control over the process? </span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">While we're on the topic, Ian, does the CSCG actively monitor UN calls for CS representation in relevant spaces? For instance, did the CSCG ever discuss the call for nominations for the Adis Ababa Technology Facilitation Mechanism Advisory Group? The call has now passed (last weekend I think), and IMO it's a real shame that we didn't have a broader CS discussion about this. The TFM is passing under people's radar, but could end up being influential in the broader IG ecosystem. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best wishes,</div><div class="">Lea<br class=""><br class="">Sent from my iPhone</div><div class=""><br class="">On 31 Oct 2015, at 08:08, Ian Peter <<a href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com" class="">ian.peter@ianpeter.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><title class=""></title>
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<div class="">Is there general agreement we should write something pointing this out and
asking for a process where CS chooses its own reps?</div>
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<div class="">Perhaps we could ask for UNDESA to forward CS names submitted to us and we
will advise our choices?</div>
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<div class="">Interested in other opinions on this.... we would have to move
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<div class=""><b class="">Sent:</b> Saturday, October 31, 2015 6:58 PM</div>
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<div class=""><b class="">Subject:</b> Re: [governance] [bestbits] NOTE - Call for Nomination:
Stakeholder Speakers at the General Assembly High-level Meeting on
WSIS+10</div></div></div>
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<div style="font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; display: inline;" class=""><font face="Verdana" class="">This is what para 3 of part I of the section on roadmap of the
NetMundial outcome document says:<br class=""><br class=""></font><p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm" class=""><font face="sans-serif" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt" size="4" class="">"Stakeholder representatives appointed to
multistakeholder Internet governance processes should be selected through open ,
democratic, and transparent processes. Different <i class=""><b class="">stakeholder groups should
self - manage their processes based on inclusive, publicly known, well defined
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Saturday 31 October 2015 01:19 PM, parminder
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Saturday 31 October 2015 12:47 PM, Ian Peter
wrote:<br class=""></div>
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<div class="">While I agree with your analysis,</div></div></div></blockquote><br class="">Ian,
I am not sure you are seeing it the way I am. This is not about 4-5 of us
getting a few minutes from the podium. This is about civil society
representation will be chosen in the IG space. And if you really feel it the
way i do, why would you not agree to write as such to those in charge of the
process. <br class=""><br class="">
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<div class="">I don’t think there is any chance at all that this process will be
changed in the short timeframe involved, however strong a protest we make.
</div></div></div></blockquote><br class="">As I said, it does not matter if it
changes. There is a larger structural point here. On the other hand, I am
about 90 percent sure that if all groups involved in CSCG writes that this is
not right, and please let us do our own selection they would agree. Civil
society seems to have forgotten to leverage its legitimacy, and we seem to
cave in to just about everything, a being beyond us to influence. This is not
how it should be at all, <br class=""><br class="">
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<div class="">So my own thoughts are that it is probably best to get involved, and
from that position make a strong statement that the process is flawed and
problematic from our point of view.</div></div></div></blockquote><br class="">Are you
saying that the chosen speakers will speak from the podium that this process
is flawed, and in this way? Please be clear. But if we are ready to have our
speakers speak about it at the high level meeting, why would we not want to
write about it to the co-facilitators and the concerned UN bureaucracy? Isnt
that much simpler, and at least have the potential of meaningful
impact.<br class=""><br class="">
<blockquote cite="mid:E4640F478CC849B8A547991B3DB585D2@Toshiba" type="cite" class="">
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<div style="font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; display: inline;" class=""><font size="3" face="Calibri" class="">I also feel that we should be involved because in doing
so we are able to correct some excesses from our point of view, but
certainly not all.</font></div></div></div></div></blockquote><br class=""><font size="3" class=""><font face="Calibri" class="">Again, did not understand. What excesses, and how
are they corrected?</font></font><br class="">
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that’s just a personal point of view. We have just opened a discussion
on this in CSCG and decisions may be quite different.</div></div>
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<div style="font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; display: inline;" class="">One
problem is that CSCG as such cannot nominate. Those who can according to
this process are: </div></div></div></div></blockquote><br class="">These criteria are
for those individuals who want to apply to be on the multistakeholder
selection committee. My proposal is to disassociate CS selection from this
multistakeholder selection process, and ask for CSCG to do it (I find it
highly likely that they'd agree). So, the issue of the creteria you mention
simply does not apply to the proposal I am making and seeking your and other
people's views on. <br class=""><br class="">
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<div style="font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; display: inline;" class=""><font style="face: "Times" roman?="" new="" class="">Non-governmental organizations in
consultative status with the Economic and Social Council • Organizations
accredited to the World Summit on the Information Society held in Geneva
(2003) and Tunis (2005) • Organizations accredited to the WSIS Forum held
from 2011 to 2015 • Organizations with observer status with the United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development • Attendees of the UNESCO
WSIS+10 - ICT4D Conference or the UNESCO WSIS - Connecting the Dots
Conference • Organizations accredited to the Financing for Development (FFD)
process • Organizations accredited to the United Nations Sustainable
Development Summit 2015 • Organizations already accredited to the WSIS+10
process (July and October meetings)</font></div></div>
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if CSCG as such is involved, it will have to be with our nominations as
representatives of civil society organisations who do fit one at least of
the above criteria.</div></div></div></div></blockquote><br class="">I am not asking
for the CSCG to get involved with this multistakeholder selection process. On
the contrary, I am asking for us to disassociate from it. <br class=""><br class="">
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<div style="font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; display: inline;" class="">Another
problem is that the time frame for selecting speakers is roughly that of IGF
– and with a 15 hour estimated commitment it may not be easy to find people
able to represent us. I believe that if we are involved we should try to
fill both civil society slots on the selection panel. But that will have to
be as two separate nominations (backed by CSCG) from different CS
groups.</div></div></div></div></blockquote><br class="">Again, you are speaking of
CSCG getting involved with the current process, which is fundamentally
different from my proposal to ask for CS nominations to be taken off the
multistakeholder process, and be taken over by CSCG itself. Same about the
rest of your email below.<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Ian, lets look at it in two parts. Do the
involved CS groups agree that other stakeholders - big business, gov,
ICANN/ ISOC - should not be involved in selection of its reps? Yes or no. If
yes, then let us that put down in a letter. I am happy to fight the case, but
if we have such a position and want to fight the case. We cannot keep citing
expediency for just everything. But if we are ok with such a process, that is
a different matter, and let different groups and individuals give their
views... Their has to be some limit to - we agree it is wrong,
but....<br class=""><br class="">parminder <br class=""><br class="">
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<div style="font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; display: inline;" class="">And
if we do nominate representatives on the selection panel, we have to do so
this week. </div></div>
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if I may add a further factor – I will be stepping down as the Independent
Chair of CSCG shortly, as my term expires soon. I will not be standing
again, as various factors are making it difficult for me to maintain an
active involvement in these forums; and I think it is time for one of our
very talented (and younger) members to take over. CSCG is currently
drafting an EOI to seek a new independent Chair, with the aim of opening
that process before IGF so that people get a chance to discuss it while many
are present in Brazil. So the replacement process hopefully will complete by
the end of this year.</div></div>
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in these circumstances – it would be good to hear from anyone who has an
interest in working with CSCG as part of this particular process; I don’t
necessarily want to be involved if we have good reps able to consult with
CSCG members. If anyone is interested in this and wants to contact me
privately to assist in this way, I would be happy to discuss further
and approach CSCG as regards their involvement.</div></div>
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for opening up a discussion on this. </div></div>
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<div style="font-color: black" class=""><b class="">From:</b> <a title="parminder@itforchange.net" href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">parminder</a> </div>
<div class=""><b class="">Sent:</b> Saturday, October 31, 2015 3:32 PM</div>
<div class=""><b class="">To:</b> <a title="bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a> ; <a title="governance@lists.igcaucus.org" href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a> </div>
<div class=""><b class="">Subject:</b> Re: [bestbits] NOTE - Call for Nomination: Stakeholder
Speakers at the General Assembly High-level Meeting on
WSIS+10</div></div></div>
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<div style="font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; display: inline;" class=""><font face="Verdana" class="">Please see the below announcement.<br class=""><br class="">It seems that there
is a strong effort to institutionalise a system of civil society reps for
speaker roles, but perhaps later also for more substantive roles,
</font>being selected by multistakeholder committees, meaning that big
business and technical community gets a veto over civil society rep
selection. (Do remember here that 'technical community' here is not that odd
free and open software group volunteering their time in supporting
government schools or the such. This term is accepted in the IG world now to
denote those who work for and represent organisations engaged with technical
governance of the Internet, and thus represent a governance status quo
group. The semantic confusion about the term, as being people with technical
capacities, is deliberate in order to utilise a certain legitimacy for what
is a power based governance system.)<br class=""><br class="">The structural problem with such
a process should be obvious.<br class=""><br class="">This is not acceptable for me, my
organisation and the networks that I work with. Civil society has
traditionally been fiercely protective of its independence, which includes
the right to choose its own nominees (for instance, any efforts at national
govs 'clearing' civil society reps from their countries has been strongly
resisted at the UN and other global governance levels). I think we
need to write back to those responsible for this process that , thanks but
no thanks, you tell us how many CS sepakers you want and we have a process
of selection for CS reps and we will deliver the names by the date you
want.<br class=""><br class="">May I appeal to Ian and the CSCG to frame and send such a
letter to WSIS process co-facilitators, and the concerned UN bureaucracy, at
the earliest. Before these mentioned deadlines pass.<br class=""><br class="">Meanwhile, let
me give some background on this....<br class=""><br class="">Just Net Coalition did write a
letter addressed to the co-facilitators against such a process of big
business sitting over decisions on CS reps. It seems to have had no
effect.<br class=""><br class="">A few years back, there was an attempt by a certain group in
the IGF MAG, led by the then Exec Director of the IGF, Markus Kummer, to
institute a method of selections of non gov MAG members by a committee of
older non gov MAG members. I was able to attend MAG meetings in those days
as a Special Advisor to the chair. I opposed such a process of CS nominee
selection by a committee that included big business and technical
community (read the ICANN/ ISOC system). I was able to get the support
of a few CS MAG members in the room, and I distinctly remember Graciala,
Katitza, and Foaud in this regard, and perhaps a person or two more whose
names may have dropped from my memory (my apologies).... And because of the
CS opposition this problematic move had to be abandoned. Now it seems
to be coming back from another door, and we need to stand up against it once
again.<br class=""><br class="">Again, we have very little turnaround time here.
<br class=""><br class="">parminder <br class=""><br class="">
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Friday 30 October 2015 08:04 PM, Carolina
Rossini wrote:<br class=""></div>
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----------<br class="">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">NGO News</b> <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:ngonews@un.org" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">ngonews@un.org</a>></span><br class="">Date: Fri, Oct 30,
2015 at 10:14 AM<br class="">Subject: [NGO <a href="news:]" class="">News:]</a> Call for Nomination: Stakeholder
Speakers at the General Assembly High-level Meeting on WSIS+10<br class="">To: <a href="mailto:crossini@publicknowledge.org" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">crossini@publicknowledge.org</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">
<div class=""><p class=""><strong class="">Deadlines:
</strong></p><p class=""><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class=""><strong class="">8 November 2015: Apply for
Selection Committee</strong></span></p><p class=""><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class=""><strong class="">12 November 2015: Apply for
Speaking Roles</strong></span></p><p class=""><strong class="">The General Assembly High-level Meeting on the overall review
of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the
Information Society will take place on 15-16 December 2015 at the UN
Headquarters in New York.</strong></p><p class="">This high-level meeting will provide an opportunity for in-depth
discussions on important issues in the implementation of the WSIS
outcomes, including the progress, gaps and challenges, as well as areas
for future actions.</p><p class=""><strong class="">To apply to speak at the High-level Meeting, please complete
the form available <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ffRSw8C5UGYRKrzdpCiWnyc2EMVTbmZ1SVGNnhs0FcQ/viewform" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">here</a></strong>. Applications will
be accepted from <strong class="">30 October to</strong> <strong class="">12 November
2015</strong>.</p><p class=""><strong class="">A Selection Committee will be established</strong> in order to
ensure broad and inclusive participation of stakeholders in the high-level
meeting. Applications to the Selection Committee will be accepted from
<strong class="">30 October to 8 November 2015</strong>. To learn more about the
Selection Committee, please see the Terms of Reference <span class="">by <a href="http://csonet.org/content/documents/WSIS+10_ToR_Steering_Committee.pdf" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">clicking on this link</a></span>.
<strong class="">To apply to participate in the stakeholder Selection Committee,
please complete the form available </strong><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1pzCRKLri16XUMNYNA9QECFnhCrO9Ub7ex0Ho2vdYp2k/viewform" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class=""><strong class="">here</strong></a><strong class="">.</strong></p><p class=""><strong class="">Background</strong></p><p class="">In December of 2003, the world came together in Geneva at the World
Summit on Information Society (WSIS) to declare a "common desire and
commitment to build a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented
Information Society," and ushered in an era of harnessing the power of
information and communication technology to contribute to the achievement
of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The resulting Geneva Plan of
Action established targets and the eleven action lines, which guide
development in specific areas.</p><p class="">The second phase of WSIS, conducted in Tunis in 2005, built upon the
achievements of the Geneva Plan, with the resulting Tunis Agenda
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resolution 60/252, requested the General Assembly to undertake the overall
review of the implementation of the outcomes of WSIS in 2015. In
response, the General Assembly in resolution 68/302, decided that the
overall review will be concluded by a two-day high-level meeting of the
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