[governance] Re: [bestbits] Letters from Indian Civil Society organisations to the Chair of NetMundial regarding appointment of civil society co-chair

[michael gurstein]

Without commenting on the substance of the issues here and leaving aside
issues of the suitability of Ms. Chaturvedi's appointment from a "character"
perspective, something that perhaps would best be left to our Indian CS
colleagues for comment; what is of particular significance to international
Civil Society should be her suitability from a "political" perspective. 

Her evident ties to the corporate sector combined with the murky process of
her nomination/appointment as co-Chair of the event without apparent
consultation or evident deep ties to or extensive experience in the CS
community casts further shadows on the overall legitimacy of the NetMundial
multistakeholder process and its outcomes.

M 

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Subject: Re: [governance] Re: [bestbits] Letters from Indian Civil Society
organisations to the Chair of NetMundial regarding appointment of civil
society co-chair


On Apr 11, 2014, at 12:37 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:

> Good then.  Just because parminder & friends haven't ever heard of her


Suresh, "parminder & friends" happen to be a very reputable group of civil
society organizations with the long history of serious contributions to
Internet governance dialogue.  They are also a very diverse group, that they
are so united in this is a suggestion that we should pay attention. Your
knee seems to be jerking again.  

And I agree with Carlos - "Prioritize, please!"

Adam




> doesn't mean she isn't reasonably active in igov, from what Avri says.
Thanks for pointing that out.
> 
> --srs (iPad)
> 
>> On 10-Apr-2014, at 20:56, Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 10-Apr-14 10:46, Deirdre Williams wrote:
>>> For myself I had never heard of her before the announcement and had 
>>> some difficulty finding any information. (And I do know Adam :-) )
>> 
>> 
>> Just to say, I had been on several panels with her in previous years 
>> and knew her as well as I know many people on the CS lists, better 
>> than I know some, and less well than others.
>> 
>> Just did not want the meme that no one knew her to get set too firmly
set.
>> 
>> avri
>> 
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