[bestbits] [governance] CSCG nominations for civil society speakers at IGF

Anja Kovacs anja at internetdemocracy.in
Sun Nov 1 01:05:11 EST 2015 

Fabulous choices! Congratulations to both, I too am proud and happy to be
represented by you.

Warmly,
Anja

On 1 November 2015 at 09:29, Mike Baak <mikedbaak at gmail.com> wrote:

> I see arguments for both sides.  Usually, the opening ceremony is the
> event regarded as the primary event to set up the whole tone of the meeting
> and send out powerful message.  However, if CS people are going to be
> presented for this 2015 IGF's closing ceremony (and I assume CS ppl will
> not make speeches during the opening ceremony), then strategically it'd be
> better to have a Brazilian at the closing ceremony to tie the CS's
> arguments into the Brazilian national situation.
>
> And it also depends on the local culture, I guess.
>
>
> Thank you,
> Michael Baak
>
> International Policy Fellow, Public Knowledge
> J.D., Cornell Law School
>
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 6:44 PM, Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette at wzb.eu> wrote:
>
>> Hi Carolina,
>>
>> why would the closing ceremony be the better choice? Isn't better for
>> Joana to speak at the opening ceremony when national politicians and the
>> press are around?
>>
>> Jeanette
>>
>>
>> Am 31.10.15 um 18:31 schrieb Carolina Rossini:
>>
>>> Good that you sent an updated bio Jo, I was about to do that when I saw
>>> Ian's email.
>>>
>>> I am very happy about the nominations, but I would invert the order of
>>> possible. Having a Brazilian at the end, as we had Grace and Burcu as CS
>>> for closing ceremony, is VERY important politically.
>>>
>>> Not just for CS, but actually more as a opportunity to have the closing
>>> speech also refer to national issues and ask specific commitments from
>>> the Brazilian policy makers there. As Joana is incredible aware, since
>>> she is deeply involved in the discussions, folks are trying to
>>> puncture Marco Civil and cut back on other digital rights in Brazil...
>>> We - the digital rights community - lost a lot of attention due to all
>>> the political corruption that has take over all the media attention.
>>>
>>> We need to have Joana - as a Brasilian - putting the "country" against
>>> the wall in front of everybody. And I feel the closing ceremony is
>>> better for that purpose.
>>>
>>> I am saying all this without having spoken with Joana. So, I am not sure
>>> if she is available.
>>>
>>> But I wanted to make sure to leave my opinion on this issue.
>>>
>>> C
>>>
>>> On Friday, October 30, 2015, <joana at varonferraz.com
>>> <mailto:joana at varonferraz.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Thanks, Ian and everyone!
>>>
>>>     I cannot express how honored I'm for this nomination. I hope I can
>>>     respond to the task with the bright it entails.
>>>
>>>     As soon as nomination is confirmed I will share a pad for people to
>>>     bring inputs. Will already be dreaming with some insights.
>>>
>>>     Just a correction in my institutional presentation as I'm not CTS
>>>     for more then 1 and half year now :):
>>>
>>>     I'm founder director and creative chaos catalyst of Coding Rights, a
>>>     women lead think-and-do tank with the mission to bring hackers,
>>>     geeks, artists, researchers and activists together to protect,
>>>     promote and mainstream digital rights and empower women on ICTs.
>>>     More on @codingrights or codingrights.org <http://codingrights.org>
>>>     (still temporary work in progress)
>>>
>>>     Thank you once again and have safe travels to João Pessoa. We will
>>>     be waiting for you all to cheer with caipirinhas or fresh coconut
>>>     water.
>>>
>>>     Kind regards,
>>>
>>>     Joana
>>>
>>>     On 30 Oct 2015 17:36, Lea Kaspar <lea at gp-digital.org
>>>     <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','lea at gp-digital.org');>> wrote:
>>>
>>>         Congratulations to both, proud to be represented by these women.
>>>
>>>         Many thanks to the CSCG for their work - excellent choices.
>>>
>>>         Best wishes,
>>>         Lea
>>>
>>>         On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 7:15 PM, Ian Peter
>>>         <ian.peter at ianpeter.com
>>>         <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ian.peter at ianpeter.com');>> wrote:
>>>
>>>             Below are the two nominations from Civil Society
>>>             Coordination Group for speakers for this years IGF opening
>>>             and closing ceremonies. They were chosen from a field of 20
>>>             names submitted from various civil society coalitions, and
>>>             have been forwarded to the IGF Secretariat. I must say that
>>>             any of the 20 names submitted could have represented us
>>>             admirably, and that it was a tough decision for the CSCG
>>>             members to come up with 2 names.
>>>             Joana Varon (Brazil) – opening ceremony –
>>> joana at varonferraz.com
>>>             Nadine Moawad (Lebanon) – closing ceremony –
>>> nadine at apcwomen.org
>>>             For those who don’t know them,
>>>             Joana Varon Ferraz is a researcher and project coordinator
>>>             at the Centre for Technology and Society from Fundação
>>>             Getulio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro
>>>             Nadine Moawad is a Lebanese feminist activist and
>>>             grasssroots worker who leads Association for Progressive
>>>             Communication (APC)'s sexual
>>>             rights work.
>>>             We commend them both as informed excellent communicators to
>>>             represent civil society. They have both been informed of
>>>             their nominations.
>>>             Ian Peter (Independent Chair, Civil Society Coordination
>>> Group)
>>>
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