[bestbits] IGF MAG 2015 members announced

[Lea Kaspar]

Dear all,

As you may have heard by now, the UN has just issued a formal press release
announcing the 2015 MAG membership:
http://www.un.org/press/en/2014/pi2104.doc.htm

Thank you once again to the BestBits network for putting my name forward
and to Ian Peter and the CSCG for the hard work they put in in coordinating
civil society nominations. Congratulations to all civil society colleagues
who got selected, and a big thank you to all outgoing CS reps - we're
counting on your knowledge and guidance to get us through this transitional
period.

On a more pragmatic note, it would be useful to follow up with the IGF
Secretariat to shed some light on why the CSCG recommendations were not
fully taken on board. It is also unclear (to me, at least) who the civil
society MAG members are at the moment, which makes it difficult to
coordinate (or hold someone to account).

I'm still not fully sure how the whole thing works (we have been threatened
with an induction process), but I plan to do my best to represent the views
of the community as a civil society member. The first MAG meeting to
welcome incoming members will take place in a few weeks (Dec 1-3) and the
agenda is available here: http://tinyurl.com/ka2w5sp. If you have thoughts
on what the priorities for those of us representing civil society at that
meeting should be - please share them here.

Looking forward to working with you all.

Best,

*Lea Kaspar*

Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL

Development House, 56–64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT

T: +44 (0)20 7549 033*7* | M: +44 (0)7583 929216 | Skype: l.kaspar

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