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

[Renata Aquino Ribeiro]

Congratulations on the selection

On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 9:02 PM, Nick Ashton-Hart <nashton at consensus.pro> wrote:
> I have no doubt that both of you will be splendid - I’ll watch remotely :)
>
> As is said in my former career, ‘break a leg’ (not literally of course)
>
> On 30 Oct 2015, at 21:11, 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 (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> 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> 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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