[bestbits] Best Bits MAG nominations for your approval - URGENT

[Anja Kovacs]

Dear Parminder and all,

I'd like to add to Jeremy's message that this is not about process
entrenchment - it is about getting something on the rails. As Best Bits is
an action-oriented network, it makes sense for us to nominate people who
support, nurture and provide feedback back into that work. At least as far
as I am concerned, trying this out this year immediately made clear some of
the things that will possibly need to be done differently in the future.
For example, we might want to add a criterion that candidates should have
been involved in Best Bits in some capacity or the other (even just by
contributing on email lists), so that the reasons why Best Bits
specifically should support their candidature is more evident upfront.

In fact, if supporting, nurturing and feeding back into Best Bits work is a
crucial criterion to be nominated with the support from Best Bits, I think
we should definitely add the name of Bill Drake to the above list, and
support his renewal. Not only is Bill always ready to share information
about the MAG and IGF (and many other fora he is involved in) online, he
also is always ready to meet, update and provide info for those who travel
to Geneva personally and don't know the ins and outs of processes there
themselves. For these reasons, I would like to propose that we add his name
to the above list as well.

Best,
Anja


On 20 November 2013 12:45, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org> wrote:

> On 20 Nov 2013, at 1:25 pm, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:
>
> As said before, I do not agree to steering committee choosing MAG
> nominees, or other kinds of reps, or next steering committee's membership,
> and so on.... These are serious. important issues which should have a
> clear, transparent, accountable and thus legitimate process around it. And
> I dont see that in place.
>
>
> We have not chosen the MAG nominees, we have simply collected the
> nominations, suggested criteria that could be used to evaluate them, and
> forwarded them back to the main list with a recommendation.  Although your
> objection was noted, most others were comfortable with this process and
> since we do not have voting or membership as such, we decided to go ahead.
>  If appropriate your objection could probably be noted in some way in the
> letter that goes to the MAG.
>
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Dr. Anja Kovacs
The Internet Democracy Project

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