[bestbits] IGF MAG 2015 members announced

[Robert Guerra]

Lea congratulations to you and other colleagues who have been selected!

regards

Robert


On 2014-11-13 11:16 AM, Carolina Rossini wrote:
> Congrats Lea. Maybe when you have more clear some of the next
> steps, we could also arrange a Hangout with the CS representatives
> to discuss some topics that might be relevant for all of us. C
> 
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Lea Kaspar <lea at gp-digital.org 
> <mailto:lea at gp-digital.org>> 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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