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

[Adam Peake]

Hi Jeremy,

Thanks for this.

I have a concern.  But first could you please explain who was involved in the selection process, who from which organizations, what criteria considered, who were the candidates considered.  

My experience of trying to co-coordinate CS contributions to IG topics for a couple of years during the Tunis phase of WSIS and later involvement with the first couple of years of IGF, this just doesn't sit well with me.

Thank you.

Adam




On Nov 29, 2013, at 1:36 PM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:

> 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.
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