[bestbits] Re: Call to Best Bits participants for nominations to Brazil meeting committees

[parminder]

On Sunday 05 January 2014 11:44 AM, Ian Peter wrote:
> Parminder, I think you answered your own question when you stated
> “However, I do agree that it is a very good practice to make all 
> nominations, with supporting material, open to the various lists, 
> which can be seen by all...”
> which I think is what Jeremy was also suggesting as well. But to make 
> things clear, there is no beauty contest process involved, and 
> multiple lists are involved in calling for nominations, all of which 
> may be a little different in the way they go about this.

Thanks Ian for the explanation... Although , Jeremy clearly suggested a 
'discussion' on names, and 'gauging' f support' for different names. But 
good to know from you that this is not a part of the process or anything.

parminder
> Ian
> *From:* parminder <mailto:parminder at itforchange.net>
> *Sent:* Sunday, January 05, 2014 4:20 PM
> *To:* bestbits at lists.bestbits.net <mailto:bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [bestbits] Re: Call to Best Bits participants for 
> nominations to Brazil meeting committees
> On Thursday 02 January 2014 02:43 PM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
>> This is a reminder to put forward your names for selection for the 
>> Brazil meeting committees by midnight UTC 7 January 2014, per the 
>> procedure given below.
>>
>> Regarding the draft selection criteria originally posted, a few 
>> others were raised on this list, of which one had fairly wide 
>> support, that "the nominee brings in perspectives/ representation of 
>> groups typically under-represented in global IG processes, and 
>> demonstrate existing linkages and work in this regard" (but the 
>> comment was also made that this should not be applied to give undue 
>> weight to minority views).  The arguments for and against this 
>> additional criterion have been well ventilated and the coordinating 
>> group will take what it can from this discussion.
>>
>> Surprisingly though we haven't actually had too many actual names put 
>> forward as nominees for the two committees (I have received a couple 
>> privately, but it is much better that they are discussed on the list, 
>> so that support for the names can be gauged).  So please do take the 
>> opportunity over the next few days to put your name or someone else's 
>> forward, if you would like to give input into the composition of the 
>> groups.
>
> I am not sure what part of the process includes "gauging support on 
> open lists". I request clarification from Ian if this is a part of the 
> process or not... We need to be very particular and fastidious about 
> such processes. It was announced that names may be sent by 7th to be 
> considered by the CS coordination committee... i read nothing about a 
> beauty contest on open lists as being a part of the process. For the 
> record, I am happy to have a process of open online voting being 
> adopted for nominee selection, and even for such a voting to be an 
> open voting. What I protest about is ad hoc ism of processes, as 
> important as those involving nominations. If "gauging support on open 
> list" is not a part of the process it should explicitly be given no 
> weight -age. And if it is a part, it should be openly announced, and 
> all potential candidates given equal opportunity... Although I find 
> such a process quite odd, for many reasons, like, some kinds of people 
> are less open to sending emails about specific supports than others, 
> and - well, Jeremy, since you speak of a discussion on the list - 
> people would hardly ' discuss' people openly...
>
> However, I do agree that it is a very good practice to make all 
> nominations, with supporting material, open to the various lists, 
> which can be seen by all...
>
> parminder
>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> On 22/12/13 13:31, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
>>> This is a call for nominations to represent civil society on 
>>> planning committees in preparations for the “Global Multistakeholder 
>>> Meeting on Internet Governance”, to be held in Sao Paulo Brazil on 
>>> April 23 <x-apple-data-detectors://0>and 24 2014.
>>>
>>> *• Committee No. 1:  Multistakeholder High­Level Committee (HLC)*
>>>
>>> This committee will set the high ­level political tone and 
>>> objectives of the
>>>
>>> conference. Committee members will engage on a global level with 
>>> stakeholders to
>>>
>>> encourage participation in the conference and maximize its chances 
>>> of success.
>>>
>>> This committee will include 4 civil society representatives.
>>>
>>> • *Committee No. 3:  Multistakeholder Executive Committee (EC)*
>>>
>>> This committee owns the full responsibility of organizing the event, 
>>> including: defining
>>>
>>> conference purpose/agenda, managing invitations, organizing input 
>>> received into a coherent set of proposals for the conferees to 
>>> address, managing conference proceedings and process, and directing 
>>> all communications activities pre/­during/­post conference. This 
>>> committee will include 2 civil society representatives
>>>
>>> The deadline for submitting expressions of interest is *midnight 
>>> UTC* 7 <x-apple-data-detectors://1>*January 2014 
>>> <x-apple-data-detectors://1>*.
>>>
>>> If you are interested, you are invited to send a brief biography and 
>>> a statement of relevant background and experience to 
>>> jeremy at ciroap.org <mailto:jeremy at ciroap.org> or by replying to this 
>>> thread. At the closing date for nominations, those submitted to 
>>> various civil society networks will be compiled and assessed by the 
>>> Civil Society Co ordination Group.
>>>
>>> Please indicate clearly at the beginning of your application whether 
>>> it is for the High Level Committee (HLC) or Executive Committee (EC) 
>>> or both.
>>>
>>> CRITERIA
>>>
>>> The following factors (among others) will be used to assess the 
>>> suitability of candidates
>>>
>>> 1.      Able to represent civil society as a whole, not just your 
>>> individual civil society organisation(s)
>>>
>>> 2.      Able to work collegiately with other stakeholder groups in a 
>>> multistakeholder setting
>>>
>>> 3.      Able to consult widely with civil society groups and to 
>>> report back as the process progresses
>>>
>>> 4. Ability to represent civil society at a senior level in these 
>>> discussions
>>>
>>> 5.      Broad knowledge of internet governance issues and the range 
>>> of civil society perspectives on these issues
>>>
>>> 6. Capacity to participate assertively and creatively
>>>
>>> *Explanation of process*
>>> The civil society coordinating group is a loose peak body that came 
>>> together this year to facilitate joint civil society participation 
>>> in several nominating processes.  It currently comprises persons 
>>> from the most active civil society coalitions or networks in the 
>>> Internet governance space, which in no particular order are the 
>>> Internet Governance Caucus, Diplo Foundation, Best Bits, the Non 
>>> Commercial Stakeholder Group of ICANN, and the Association for 
>>> Progressive Communications.  The current liaisons are Virginia 
>>> Paque, Jeremy Malcolm, Robin Gross and Chat Garcia Ramilo, with Ian 
>>> Peter as an independent facilitator.  Its current composition is 
>>> imperfect - the boundary between an organisation and network is 
>>> grey, and so is the scope of "Internet governance".  In particular, 
>>> we are reaching out to other civil society networks to further 
>>> broaden the inclusiveness of the group and have developed a draft 
>>> set of criteria to assist in this process.
>>> Likewise, the process for gathering and reaching consensus is also a 
>>> work in progress, but progressive improvements to the process have 
>>> been put in place since the group's first nomination.  These 
>>> improvements include refinement of criteria for each member network 
>>> to consider when putting forward names for consideration.  Other 
>>> suggested changes to the process, such as the use of a 
>>> randomly-selected nominating committee, have not met with consensual 
>>> support from within the group and so have not been adopted for this 
>>> nomination. However, the coordinating group welcomes other 
>>> suggestions for improvement of the joint process.
>>
>> -- 
>>
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