[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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