<div dir="ltr">Dear Remmy,<div>Thank you for your congratulations and for the reminder.</div><div>It seemed best to keep the call for nominations short and simple, but I agree with you that an outline of the responsibilities involved is timely.</div><div>These are the duties as described on the website.</div><div><p style="margin:14px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(61,61,61);font-family:Arial,FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:12px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:700;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Duties of Coordinators</span></p><p style="margin:14px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(61,61,61);font-family:Arial,FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:12px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">The first and most important duty of the coordinator(s) is to facilitate the discussions and enable the members of the caucus to reach consensus whenever possible.<br>In cases where the IGC cannot reach full consensus, the two coordinators together can make a decision on rough consensus subject to an appeal as described below.<br>The coordinators are also responsible for defining and assigning any other tasks that need to be carried out in support of the caucus such as list management, web site management or support of other tools. These decisions will require the advice of the membership and can be appealed to the appeals team.</p><p style="margin:14px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#3d3d3d" face="Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:12px"><a href="http://igcaucus.org/charter">http://igcaucus.org/charter</a></span></font><br></p><p style="margin:14px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#3d3d3d" face="Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:12px">I would add from my own experience the need for patience, tact, common sense and a fair amount of time. Because the coordinators need to be neutral it is also necessary sometimes to abstain from taking part in exciting discussions.</span></font></p><p style="margin:14px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#3d3d3d" face="Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:12px">The IGC face to face meeting in Joao Pessoa was small but active with proposals for changes coming from Arsene and Renata. Sonigitu had also indicated that he had suggestions, but unfortunately missed the meeting. These ideas will be issues for discussion this year.</span></font></p><p style="margin:14px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#3d3d3d" face="Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:12px">I'd like to use this opportunity to say a preliminary thank you to all of you who have supported and helped me during the course of these two years. The co-coordinators owe special thanks to Jeremy who has patiently rescued us from several technical difficulties.</span></font></p><p style="margin:14px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#3d3d3d" face="Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:12px">Best wishes</span></font></p><p style="margin:14px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#3d3d3d" face="Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:12px">Deirdre</span></font></p><p style="margin:14px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#3d3d3d" face="Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:12px"><br></span></font></p></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 11 January 2016 at 12:06, Remmy Nweke <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:remmyn@gmail.com" target="_blank">remmyn@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Thanks DD and congratulations on completing your tenure.<br>I think as much we call for nominations to remind the group what is the expectations in terms the responsibility therein.<br>Happy nomination season.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>Remmy Nweke<br>@ITRealms </font></span></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div dir="ltr"><hr><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold">From: </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><a href="mailto:williams.deirdre@gmail.com" target="_blank">Deirdre Williams</a></span><br><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold">Sent: </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">‎11/‎01/‎2016 14:53</span><br><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold">To: </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">Internet Governance</a></span><br><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold">Subject: </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">[governance] Nominations for new Co-coordinator</span><br><br></div></font></span><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">Dear IGC members,</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">The time is overdue to elect a new co-coordinator
for the Caucus, to replace Deirdre who has completed her two-year term, and to
work with Analia. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">We invite members of
the IGC to nominate candidates (please check with them
first about their willingness to serve), or to nominate themselves as
co-coordinator to serve from 2016-2018. The nominations period will be open
until midnight UTC on Sunday 31^st January.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">Best wishes and good luck</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">Deirdre and Analia</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">Co-coordinators</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">IGC</span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div>“The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979</div>
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</div></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">“The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979</div>
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