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Kleinwächter, Wolfgang <wolfgang.kleinwaechter@medienkomm.uni-halle.de>; <br>
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<governance@lists.igcaucus.org>; Deirdre Williams <williams.deirdre@gmail.com>; Internet Governance <governance@lists.igcaucus.org>; <br>
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AW: [governance] CSCG CHAIR <br>
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<td valign="top">My best wishes go to Virginia Paque. This is not an easy task. The challenges are high. And Virginia deserves the support of all well intentioned CS groups in this field. With Ian as co-chair I am sure that Virginia will be able to help us to leave some useless internal battles behind us and move forward. <BR><BR>There is a need that CS remains "federated" and comes with a coordinated voice to the global multistakeholder Internet Governance negotiation table. 2016 will be the first year after the WSIS 10+ Review. It will see - hopefully - the expiration of the IANA contract. We will have the OECD Ministerial Conference in Cancun. We will have new rounds of global talks on cybersceurity and digital trade. We will see new emering problems related to the the Internet of Things and other technological or business innovations. There is an ongoing need to relate all those issues to human rights. And
everyhwere a strong civil society is needed. Without the voice of civil society the multistakeholder approach will remain an empty concept. <BR><BR>Best wishes<BR><BR>Wolfgang<BR><BR> <BR><BR><BR>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----<BR>Von: <a ymailto="mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org" href="javascript:return">governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org</a> im Auftrag von Deirdre Williams<BR>Gesendet: So 13.12.2015 12:56<BR>An: Internet Governance<BR>Betreff: [governance] CSCG CHAIR<BR> <BR>Dear All,<BR><BR>Copied below is the announcement of the new arrangements for the CSCG Chair.<BR><BR>Best wishes<BR><BR>Deirdre<BR><BR>CSCG CHAIR ARRANGEMENTS<BR><BR><BR><BR>The Internet Governance Civil Society Coordination Group (CSCG) is pleased<BR>to announce that, following consideration of a range of names put forward<BR>for the role of Independent Chair, it has agreed to appoint Virginia Paque.<BR>As well, and at Virginia's request, Ian
Peter will continue on in a<BR>parallel role as Co-Chair with her for 12 months, to allow for both a<BR>smooth transition and load sharing over the coming year.<BR><BR>Virginia Paque has previous experience with CSCG, having been the<BR>representative of Diplo Foundation on CSCG until recently, when Diplo asked<BR>to withdraw because, despite its active involvement with and support of<BR>civil society, it could not be described as a coalition of civil society<BR>members. We look forward to Virginia's renewed involvement and ongoing<BR>involvement in our activities.<BR><BR>We wish to thank everyone who put names forward for their interest, and<BR>look forward to continuing to provide a conduit for civil society<BR>appointments to outside bodies in 2016 with the guidance of our two<BR>Co-Chairs.<BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>"The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William<BR>Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979<BR><BR></td>
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