[bestbits] Civil Society Representatives on IGF Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) 2015

Joana joana at varonferraz.com
Mon Oct 13 14:32:08 EDT 2014 

Congratulations for all and to those closely involved in the selection process. The list gives me very good feelings and hope in the IGF to come!
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joana

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On 13 October 2014 13:59:56 GMT-03:00, Mishi Choudhary <mishi at softwarefreedom.org> wrote:
>+1
>
>
>On 10/11/2014 04:54 AM, Anja Kovacs wrote:
>> This is an absolutely outstanding list of nominees! 
>>
>> Thank you so much to all candidates for standing, and to the CSCG for
>> coming up with such an impressive and balanced list of nominees.
>>
>> Also many congratulations to all those who have been nominated. If
>> only we can get UNDESA to finally respect this year civil society's
>> recommendations, I am sure that we will have a very strong
>> representation of civil society's interests in the next year's MAG.
>It
>> is really heartening to see that we can put forward such a strong yet
>> varied list of names, and do so in unison. 
>>
>> Finally, I also wanted to thank the outgoing civil society
>> representatives, as well as Fatima, for all their hard work in the
>MAG
>> over the years. You've been wonderful.
>>
>> Warm regards,
>> Anja 
>>
>>
>> On 11 October 2014 03:03, Jeremy Malcolm <jmalcolm at eff.org
>> <mailto:jmalcolm at eff.org>> wrote:
>>
>>     The Internet Governance Civil Society Co ordination Group (CSCG)
>>     is pleased to be able to inform you of our recommendations as
>>     regards civil society representation on MAG 2015.
>>
>>     As you know, CSCG is a "€œcoalition of coalitions"€ of the major
>>     civil society groups involved in the internet governance arena
>and
>>     associated areas.(see details below).  Our role in working
>>     together is to ensure a co-ordinated civil society response and
>>     conduit when it comes to making civil society appointments to
>>     outside bodies.
>>
>>     *Nominations for 2015 MAG civil society representatives*
>>
>>     After each of our coalition members published a Call for
>>     Nominations within their coalition, each member shortlisted the
>>     names from their individual coalition (if necessary) which would
>>     be further considered for endorsement.  The CSCG Nominating
>>     Committee considered 29 names short-listed for final discussion,
>>     with the following criteria.
>>
>>     1. Past record of active engagement as part of civil society
>>     groups working on internet governance issues, acting or speaking
>>     out assertively on behalf of public interest concerns.
>>
>>     2 Willingness and commitment to consult with and report back to
>CS
>>     networks (including beyond those focused on internet governance
>>     where appropriate) on MAG discussions.
>>
>>     3. Previous attendee at IGF at a global or regional level.
>>
>>     4. Willing, available and able to participate effectively and
>>     constructively in the MAG deliberations.
>>
>>      
>>
>>     In considering names, our nominating committee firstly considered
>>     the advice from the Secretariat that 10 people considered to be
>>     civil society representatives were ending their terms this
>>     year -€“ an unusually high number on an annual basis.
>Accordingly,
>>     we have selected 10 names for new members as outlined below.
>>
>>     We recommend the following 10 names as the new representatives
>for
>>     civil society (in alphabetical order). Each will need to submit a
>>     full application with further details pertaining to their
>>     suitability as MAG members.
>>
>>     *1.*       *Sunil Abraham*(India)
>>
>>     *2.*       *Renata Avila*(Guatemala)
>>
>>     *3.*       *Oh Byoungil*(South Korea)
>>
>>     *4.*       *John Dada*(Nigeria)
>>
>>     *5.*       *Avri Doria *(USA)
>>
>>     *6.*       *Stuart Hamilton *(United Kingdom)
>>
>>     *7.*       *Lea Kaspar *(Croatia).
>>
>>     *8.*       *Jak SM Kee*(Malaysia).
>>
>>     *9.*       *Ephraim Percy Kenyanito *(Kenya)
>>
>>     *10.*   *Virginia Paque*(Venezuela)
>>
>>      We also considered the remaining representatives whose three
>year
>>     terms have not expired, and we conclude that the only civil
>>     society person whose term has not expired is Fatima Cambronero
>>     (Argentina), We consider Fatima to be an excellent
>representative,
>>     and have no hesitation in supporting the continuation of her term
>>     of engagement. Accordingly, we also endorse the continued
>>     involvement of *Fatima Cambronero* (Argentina) as the only
>>     remaining civil society representative carried forward to 2015
>>     MAG. In doing so we note that there are no other continuing
>>     members of MAG who are civil society representatives.
>>
>>     In addition to the above names, the CSCG has considered a wide
>>     range of very talented civil society representatives it was not
>>     able to include in its recommendations. We are very thankful for
>>     all the applicants, despite their making our job much harder, and
>>     will advise the Secretariat that, should IGF require names of
>>     suitable and accomplished additional representatives in providing
>>     overall regional balance, we would be very pleased to provide
>>     additional names in confidence of further civil society people
>who
>>     could make an outstanding contribution to the 2015 MAG.
>>
>>      
>>
>>     We will be in contact with the selected CS representatives
>shortly
>>     to discuss some brief biographical details for our letter to the
>>     IGF Secretariat, and other details of their nominations. In the
>>     mean time, we thank everyone for their participation and
>>     co-operation in this exercise and believe that this effort has
>>     yielded some outstanding candidates to represent civil society.
>>
>>      
>>
>>     Sincerely
>>
>>      
>>
>>     *2015 CSCG MAG Nominating Committee*
>>
>>     Norbert Bollow, Just Net Coalition representative
>>
>>     Mawaki Chango, Internet Governance Caucus representative
>>
>>     Robin Gross, Non Commercial Stakeholders Group representative
>>
>>     Jeremy Malcolm, Best Bits Coalition representative
>>
>>     Chat Garcia Ramilo, Association for Progressive Communications 
>>     representative
>>
>>     Ian Peter, Independent Chair
>>
>>     Note: Virginia Paque (Diplo Foundation) withdrew from Nominating
>>     Committee discussions before nominations were opened and criteria
>>     developed, as she intended to stand as a candidate. Mandeep
>Tiwana
>>     (Civicus) also did not participate in the Nominating Committee.
>>
>>      
>>
>>     *Member Organisations of Internet Governance Civil Society Co
>>     ordination Group -€“ brief descriptions*
>>
>>     ·         Association for Progressive Communications,  an
>>     international membership-based network founded in 1990 who work
>>     together in using ICTs to empower and support others to build
>>     strategic communities and promote easy and affordable access to a
>>     free and open internet.
>>
>>     ·         Best Bits, a network of civil society organisations
>from
>>     across the world, who come together to share and collaborate on
>>     individual and joint initiatives in support of human rights and
>>     other broadly shared civil society interests in Internet
>governance.
>>
>>     ·         Civicus, a global civil society alliance with over 1000
>>     members in 120 countries
>>
>>     ·         Diplo Foundation, which has a focus on assisting
>>     participants from small and developing states to build the
>>     capacity to engage effectively in Internet Governance and
>>     diplomacy. Since 2003, Diplo’s Internet Governance Capacity
>>     Building Programme (IGCBP) has involved over 1500 professionals
>>     and activists from 163 states.
>>
>>     ·         Internet Governance Caucus, an organisation with over
>>     200 organisational and individual members founded in 2004 to
>>     specifically address emerging internet governance issues.
>>
>>     ·         Just Net Coalition, formed in 2014, a global coalition
>>     with specific interests in democracy, human rights and social
>justice.
>>
>>     ·         Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group, (NCSG) an
>>     organization of more than 400 non-commercial organizations and
>>     individuals who develop Internet policy through participation in
>>     ICANN's policy development process.  NCSG promotes noncommercial
>>     interests in the formulation of ICANN policy including human
>>     rights, academic, development, educational, and cultural
>interests. 
>>
>>      
>>
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>>
>> -- 
>> Dr. Anja Kovacs
>> The Internet Democracy Project
>>
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