[bestbits] IMPORTANT: World Economic Forum and The-Initiative-Formerly-Known-As-NETmundial

[Jeanette Hofmann]

Hi,

my opinion is that a civil society selection committee for Internet 
governance bodies and processes should have some general criteria about 
which requests for selecting candidates it takes on.

Aside from these general criteria it should refrain from making 
political judgements about the process or structure for which it selects 
candidates. Otherwise it risks losing the trust and support from the 
groups on whose behalf it serves.
A second point, if the opposition of one member of the the CSCG would be 
enough for the SCSG to do its work, this would lend a very strong veto 
power to single members. In that case we would need a discussion of 
which groups and political positions we want to see represented on the SCSG.

On a more general note, for the SCSG to fulfil its (growing) 
responsibility, it needs clear rules and procedures that ensure reliable 
results - its accountability to us, the community.

jeanette


Am 04.09.14 09:40, schrieb Matthew Shears:
>
> Hi Jeremy,
>
> I always understood the CSCG as a facilitating function, enabling a more
> streamllined and representative way of ensuring appropriate
> representation of CS on various iniatives, committes, etc.  If a
> particular party to the CSCG does not wish to participate in a
> particular process that should not prevent other CSCG organizations from
> participating through the CSCG function if they wish. Alternatively, it
> should be agreed that once one entity opts not to participate then the
> CSCG can no longer serve its function for that particular selection
> process, etc.  I am agnostic either way.
>
> There are divergent opinions on the NMI or whatever it may be called -
> but I also believe that we have already had an impact on the process and
> not to participate through the 6 month "trial period" would, I think, be
> a mistake.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Matthew
>
> On 9/4/2014 9:38 AM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
>> On Sep 2, 2014, at 3:53 PM, Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca
>> <mailto:ca at cafonso.ca>> wrote:
>>
>>> "The WEF representatives seem to be listening and adapting at IGF –
>>> so I think this is still quite fluid." You mean, like the Borg? :)
>>
>> I don't feel that we have yet received a good sense from this group
>> yet about whether we should patronise the WEF initiative or not.  You
>> have, by now, seen that the Just Net Coalition people are refusing to
>> support the initiative.  If the Coordination Group goes forward with
>> nominating candidates at all, it would therefore have to be on the
>> basis that any public statement of our nominees would include that
>> "although JNC is a member of CSCG, JNC has opted out from
>> participation in this particular selection process".
>>
>> Are we happy with that?  Or do we agree with JNC and want to wash our
>> hands of this process?  I have heard view both ways, and I don't have
>> a good sense of where the balance of opinion lies.  Would be grateful
>> for some more people to express their views here.
>>
>> --
>> Jeremy Malcolm
>> Senior Global Policy Analyst
>> Electronic Frontier Foundation
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>> jmalcolm at eff.org
>>
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