[bestbits] Nominees to High Level meeting in Bali on "Global Multi-Stakeholder Cyber Ethics Principles"

[Norbert Bollow]

Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org> wrote:

> As some of you may know from other lists, the Indonesian government is
> preparing a High Level Meeting ahead of the Bali IGF, on the topic
> "Global Multi-Stakeholder Cyber Ethics Principles".  Whilst we don't
> have a lot of information about it, "Cyber Ethics" is usually a
> reference to user responsibilities, which is used as a counterbalance
> to demands for user rights.
[..]
> If you have an active interest on this topic and would also like to be
> included in the slate of nominees, please let us know so that we can
> make sure you are included.

I have an active interest in the topic and would like to be included.

I also think that we should set up a credible process for selecting
civil society nominees for such events.

While no civil society organization or network can credibly claim to be
representative of civil society in its entirety, it IMO is not a good
solution when various organizations and networks each submit a slate of
nominees and then saddle the organizers with the problem of
consolidating the lists.

How about setting up a joint NomCom by inviting members of all the
various civil society organizations and networks to volunteer for the
NomCom, randomly selecting a reasonably sized group from among these
volunteers to form the NomCom, and then tasking this NomCom with
publishing a call for expressions of interest and selecting a good
civil society delegation (the NomCom members themselves being not
eligible)? 

Greetings,
Norbert