[bestbits] Joint civil society endorsements for London meeting of High-Level Panel

[Jeremy Malcolm]

I'm starting another new thread for visibility, though this too follows
on from an old one, "Re: [bestbits] Formation of a joint steering
Committee - as received".

Thanks or the support that many of you have extended for me to act as
this list's liaison person on the new new joint civil society steering
committee, that brings together a number of other civil society networks
such as the IGC, APC, NCSG, Diplo and we hope soon one or two others. 
(Notwithstanding that I would prefer to call it something else, it seems
that "nominating committee" is also not quite right.  Perhaps "joint
high level panel"?  Other ideas?)

In any case, we realise that the group is very /ad hoc/ and that its
legitimacy is weak, and that a microcosm of the debate that several of
you started about the Best Bits interim steering committee could flare
up again about this new joint civil society committee... but can I just
humbly request that if so, that argument takes place in another thread. 
Because this thread is about the nominees that we need to put forward
/today/ for the upcoming high-level meeting in London.

After discussions with the others, in which I put forward the nominees
who had been received support on this list, there is finally a proposal
that the following candidates be put forward:

  * Anriette Esterhuysen
  * Milton Mueller

I am /not/ writing to ask whether you agree with the process by which
these names have been put forward - again, please, due to exigent
circumstances, I ask that we reserve that argument for another thread. 
Neither I am asking for alternative names, because the alternative names
that we received were seriously discussed already (and their
non-inclusion above is no reflection on them).

Rather, I am simply asking whether anyone has /serious/ objections to
the above two names being put forward today.  If you do, please urgently
say so in this thread.

Once again, let me beg that you /don't raise process concerns about the
joint committee in this thread/.  We acknowledge and will deal with
those concerns, but this is not the time or place.  Please only express
concerns, if any, about the two names that the joint committee is
ultimately proposing to put forward.

Please also note that when the nominations are sent on, this will be by
means of a letter, the content of which we are still finalising but
which I will put online as soon as it is ready for optional sign-on
endorsement.  The current draft is online at
http://igcaucus.org:9001/p/hlp-reps.  (I can't guarantee that edits will
go into the final text, as this depends on the other coalitions too -
but I will try.)

Sorry that circumstances don't allow for a more thorough consultation,
and my thanks in advance for your understanding on this point, and for
your forbearance in not raising process issues in this particular thread.

-- 

*Dr Jeremy Malcolm
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