RES: [bestbits] Call for expressions of interest: 1net steering committee

Deborah Brown deborah at accessnow.org
Thu Dec 5 16:19:14 EST 2013


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On Dec 5, 2013, at 4:13 PM, Laura Tresca <laura at article19.org> wrote:

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> Assunto: Re: [bestbits] Call for expressions of interest: 1net steering committee
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> I would also argue that going "simply as CS representatives" would make more sense, as we dont want to divide ourselves as a person from this network or another...
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> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Anja Kovacs <anja at internetdemocracy.in<mailto:anja at internetdemocracy.in>> wrote:
> Dear all,
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> Just to flag that I'd be interested in a 1net steering committee role as well.
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> And Jeremy, in terms of process, could you maybe clarify though whether the CS coordination group is planning to select people as representatives of a particular network, or simply as CS representatives? I would argue that the latter makes more sense, but it would be good to know what the coordination group has in mind.
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> Many thanks,
> Anja
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> On 6 December 2013 01:53, Carolina Rossini <carolina.rossini at gmail.com<mailto:carolina.rossini at gmail.com>> wrote:
> I am happy to play one of the roles, since I do believe we need consistency and coherency.
> Let me know where I could fit best.
> Carolina
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> On Dec 5, 2013, at 3:19 PM, matthew shears <mshears at cdt.org<mailto:mshears at cdt.org>> wrote:
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> My understanding from some time back was that we had the following:
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> 4 (now 3) persons directly liaising with Brazil on the meeting (not through 1net)
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> And to fill
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> 5 civil society slots on the 1net steering committee (recognizing that civil society liaison for the Brazil meeting is as above).
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> And
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> Some number of civil society slots to be filled on some combination of the actual Brazil meeting committees (to be determined although there are suggestions that there should be 2 from civil society for at least two of the committees).
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> From my perspective, and to echo a point made by Joana earlier, it would seem to make sense that those liaising with Brazil at the moment should probably be a part of the meeting committees to ensure consistency and coherency.
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> As to 1net, it might also make sense for one of the Brazil liaisons to be a part of the 1net civil society steering committee component just to be sure that we have continuity across the various committees/liaisons.
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> Finally, I realize that there is quite some debate about what 1net is or is not but I do believe that there is merit to participating and seeing where it leads us - as we have discussed before.  I would also note that there is considerable merit in bringing stakeholders together and to figuring out what pressing IG related issues those stakeholders can find commonality of purpose on and work together to progress.
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> Matthew
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> On 05/12/2013 13:22, Anja Kovacs wrote:
> On 5 December 2013 17:32, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net<mailto:parminder at itforchange.net>> wrote:
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> On Thursday 05 December 2013 04:35 PM, Anja Kovacs wrote:
> I agree that Rafik would be a good choice.
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> What I'm not so clear about is why the four Brazilian liaisons should also continue to be de facto representatives in the 1net Steering Committee,
> Anja
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> I might have missed it, but I dont remember seeing any proposal to have our 4 Brazilian liaisons to Brazil meeting organising structure also be CS reps on the Steering Committee.
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> That seemed to be what Jeremy proposed in his initial email, hence my response, but I also don't recall there being a broader discussion or agreement on this.
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> Best,
> Anja
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