[bestbits] [governance] CSCG nominations for civil society speakers at IGF
Victor Kapiyo
vkapiyo at gmail.com
Sun Nov 1 12:50:17 EST 2015
Congratulations to both of you and I'm sure you'll represent us well
Regards
Victor
On 1 Nov 2015 06:05, "Anja Kovacs" <anja at internetdemocracy.in> wrote:
> 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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