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

[Valeria Betancourt]

I concur with Anja and Joana.

Valeria

On 05/12/2013, at 6:41, Joana Varon wrote:

> I agree with Anja, on both:
> 1) nominating Rafik and
> 2) reconsidering nominating all the 4 Brazilians to 1net (I'm not  
> even sure they all want/are available to fulfill this role, a  
> question to double check, I guess. Carol, Lau, CA?). I can also step  
> back if needed.
> best
> joana
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Anja Kovacs  
> <anja at internetdemocracy.in> wrote:
> I agree that Rafik would be a good choice.
>
> 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, if such a thing is indeed going to be put into  
> place immediately (I quite liked Andrew Sullivan's suggestions on  
> the 1net email list to simply let people take up responsibility for  
> things they are interested in for now).
>
> As Jeremy argued, when there are really good candidates, I'm ok with  
> people being representatives on both the Brazil committees and on  
> 1net, and I can imagine that it would be good to have one or two  
> Brazilians on both, to make the link. But now that 1net has been  
> delinked in many ways from Brazil, surely it would be good to have a  
> broader representation there? Even if I am sure they'd all do a  
> great job, somehow having four out of five 1net reps being Brazilian  
> just doesn't seem like the right balance to me....
>
> What do others think?
>
> Best,
> Anja
>
>
>
>
> On 5 December 2013 15:51, William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Rafik is the elected chair of NCSG, which comprises a) NCUC, with  
> 313 members from 78 countries, including 88 noncommercial  
> organizations and 225 individuals; b) NPOC, with 52 nonprofit  
> organizations in a couple dozen countries; and c) some free floating  
> individual members that are in neither constituency.  NCSG dwarfs in  
> size most other networks in this space, operates in a transparent  
> and accountable manner, and has ongoing working relations with other  
> stakeholder groups and ICANN, so one would think he’d be an obvious  
> choice.
>
> Best,
>
> Bill
>
> On Dec 4, 2013, at 8:57 PM, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org> wrote:
>
>> On 4 Dec 2013, at 11:37 pm, Carolina Rossini <carolina.rossini at gmail.com 
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Robin Gross? Rafik?
>>> I have a feeling that could be interesting to have the same people  
>>> in different committees to ensure that we have clear information  
>>> (or make the questions to try to gather better information based  
>>> on a cross-fora observation). I am just not sure they are part of  
>>> BB. They are part of other CS coalitions...
>>
>> That isn't necessarily a barrier.  But in the case of Robin Gross,  
>> she is not eligible as she is on the joint committee.  Rafik seems  
>> like a good choice, if he is willing (we'll ask).
>>
>> Also, the whole question about these nominations are necessary has  
>> just been reopened on the 1net list, so who knows whether things  
>> may change... at least, we are hoping to get more time to come back  
>> with names (perhaps until 16 December).
>
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