[bestbits] Formation of a joint steering Committee - as received

Anja Kovacs anja at internetdemocracy.in
Fri Nov 29 07:25:19 EST 2013


To avoid confusion, can we maybe rename the Joint Steering Committee into
the Joint Coordination Committee? Seems to fit more closely with its
purpose.

And I agree that in the future it would be good if we could use a Joint Nom
Com procedure of the kind earlier suggested by Norbert - though I recognise
that timelines madie it impossible to do so in this occasion.

Best,
Anja

Thoug


On 29 November 2013 11:28, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:

>   all I would add Adam was that  by the time all names had been gathered
> from multiple lists we had less than 48 hours to arrive at combined names
> to meet the deadline – the London meeting is only 2 weeks away. So this
> called for a pretty quick methodology. (and this at a time when people were
> travelling from ICANN meetings etc and working through time zones).
>
> I should add that in addition to the two candidates mentioned we will be
> arguing strongly for Jovan to also be included as an independent
> facilitator.
>
> Our other option in the time frame, I think, was to do nothing.
>
> I should add that Anriette was not involved in any decision to include her
> name. That was a unanimous decision from others who participated.
>
> Yes, an imperfect process. But one that gave us good well supported names
> in a very  limited timeframe.
>
> Ian
>
>
>
>  *From:* Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org>
> *Sent:* Friday, November 29, 2013 4:46 PM
> *To:* bestbits at lists.bestbits.net ; governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> *Subject:* Re: [bestbits] Formation of a joint steering Committee - as
> received
>
> Moving Adam Peake's question from another thread:
>
> 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.
>
>
> Also cc'ing the governance list, because this is not a Best Bits-specific
> issue (the new joint civil society committee is *not* a Best Bits
> committee, I've merely been put forward as the liaison from Best Bits to
> sit on it).
>
> So who was involved in the selection process?  Everyone who has been
> involved in discussions in the networks that are on the steering
> committee.  The liaisons from each network have been passing those
> discussions on.  Who are those liaisons?  One from each of the civil
> society networks that is currently on the joint committee, viz. Sala (and
> formerly Norbert) from IGC, Robin Gross from NCSG, myself from Best Bits,
> Ginger Paque from Diplo, Anriette from APC and Ian Peter as an independent
> chair.
>
> Those members are not set in stone, they just volunteered to fill an
> urgent need for a way of nominating civil society representatives to
> various processes jointly.  We are going to be suggesting, and opening for
> discussion, some criteria for other groups to join.  Other groups who
> already expressed interest are Michael Gurstein on behalf of his community
> informatics network, and the Internet Rights and Principles coalition.  But
> meanwhile, we have put aside further process-tweaking in order to deal with
> the urgent task at hand.
>
> As for what criteria and what candidates were considered, there is a
> thread on this with discussion back and forth, and it would take some time
> to go back and summarize it.  But amongst the candidates considered were:
>
>    - William Drake
>    - Valeria Betancourt
>    - Anriette Esterhuysen
>    - Vladimir Radunovik
>    - Michael Gurstein
>    - Thomas Lowenhaupt
>    - Grace Githaiga
>    - Nnenna Nwakanma
>    - Avri Doria
>    - Jeanette Hoffman
>    - Milton Mueller
>    - Stephanie Perrin
>    - Tara Taubman
>    - Judy Okite
>    - Anju Magnal
>    - Jovan Kurbalija
>
> The main criterion was how much support existed within the individual
> networks that had put forward the names in question.  Also considered
> important was that there should be at least one person who can represent
> internal ICANN issues, and one person to represent wider issues.  The
> candidates should also have been involved with the communities that were
> nominating them.
>
> That's about all that I have to say for now.  Ian, as the independent
> chair, may wish to address any further questions that you might have.
>
> --
>
>
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