[bestbits] IGF MAG 2015 members announced

[Mishi Choudhary]

Congratulations Avri and Lea! Look forward to your term at the MAG!


On 11/13/2014 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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