[bestbits] IGF MAG 2015 members announced

[Matthew Shears]

Lea - congratulations to you and those selected.

Looking forward to seeing you all in Geneva in December.

Matthew

On 11/13/2014 3:42 PM, Lea Kaspar wrote:
> 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*
>
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Matthew Shears
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