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

Deborah Brown deborah at apc.org
Sun Nov 1 19:20:19 EST 2015


Congratulations to Joana and Nadz. I feel very happy to be represented
by these lovely people.
Deborah

On 11/1/15 1:03 PM, Mishi Choudhary wrote:
> Congratulations to the speakers! Looking forward to this. 
>
>
>
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Marilia Maciel <mariliamaciel at gmail.com>
> Date: 11/1/2015 11:56 AM (GMT-06:00)
> To: Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette at wzb.eu>
> Cc: governance at lists.igcaucus.org, Best Bits
> <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>
> Subject: Re: [bestbits] [governance] CSCG nominations for civil
> society speakers at IGF
>
> Congratulations to the speakers and to CSCG!
>
> I agree with Carolina's diagnosis of the national problems. However, I
> believe that the opening ceremony usually resonates more with
> politicians and the media than the closing session. As Mike remarked,
> it also sets the tone of the event, and I believe it is important that
> national issues are raised whenever appropriate throughout the whole
> meeting. For that, it is important that all stakeholders, from Brazil
> and abroad, are aware of the problems. Joana's remarks could make sure
> that they are.
>
> Best wishes,
> Marília
>
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 8:44 PM, Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette at wzb.eu
> <mailto: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>
>         <mailto: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> <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
>         <mailto:lea at gp-digital.org>
>             <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','lea at gp-digital.org
>         <mailto: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 <mailto:ian.peter at ianpeter.com>
>                 <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ian.peter at ianpeter.com
>         <mailto: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 <mailto:joana at varonferraz.com>
>                     Nadine Moawad (Lebanon) – closing ceremony –
>         nadine at apcwomen.org <mailto: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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