[bestbits] Short notice: Call for comment for MAG 2016 CS reps

Tue Jan 19 18:07:50 EST 2016

Dear BestBit members,

The Civil Society Coordination Group just announced the following dates for
the endorsements for MAG 2016 CS representatives.

*February 1st * when the CSCG submits their list of endorsements to the CS
MAG slot.

*February 25th* when I will submit BestBit  nominee list and compiled
comments to the CSCG

Hence from now until Feb 25th,  I encourage the comments  pr dialog between
you and BestBit  nominees.  I also encourage nominees to let us know what
they would do in their role as MAG CS representative.

Here they are  (*listed according to the date they submitted their
nomination starting from the older day*)

   - *Jeremy Malcolm*
   - *Renata Aquino Ribeiro*
   - *Deirdre Williams*

Please notify me if I missed any other names on BestBit list.

I copied the nominees emails below -*in the same above order-* so you can
check their statement or bio.

Looking forward to find BestBit representative in MAG 2016.

Best wishes,

Nadira

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: *Jeremy Malcolm* <jmalcolm at eff.org>
Date: Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 9:42 PM

.....

.....

I've never been on the MAG (the UN's "black box" doesn't like me, so I'd
given up applying), but based on my experiences with the attempted
introduction of more deliberative processes to the 2015 IGF such as the
pilot use of Idea Rating Sheets and the Deliberative Poll side event—which
were strongly resisted by (some) private sector MAG members—I perceive that
it would be very useful this year to have someone with direct experience of
these pilots to be "on the inside" to advocate for such innovations in IGF
processes.  Therefore I would like to be nominated this year.

-- 

Jeremy Malcolm

Senior Global Policy Analyst

Electronic Frontier Foundation

https://eff.org

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: *Renata Aquino Ribeiro* <raquino at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 2:41 AM

Hi

I'd like to nominate myself as LAC participant.

I'm an ICANN53 fellow, LACRALO participant and a graduate from the
Brazilian Internet School of Governance of CGI.br in the 1st class
(2014). Recently I've also joined NCUC, Giganet, AIR, IAMCR and
Internet Society Brazil (official membership).
I've also been recently to the UN in the WSIS+10 event and the CTEC
event last 17th.

I am geographically nearer the Caribbean than subtropical Latin
American (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), however I've done my doctorate
in Catholic University of São Paulo and my research group has
representatives both in SP and Rio. Also, me and other interested
parties in Internet Governance in Brazil articulate ourselves via an
online group of 600+ members, a national mobile messaging group of
+/-50 and a Northeastern Brazil chapter with +/-20 members.

I was subscribed in all IGF lists the last edition - including as
observer, I've participated in some and also a few online meetings.
I've also been to IGF as a former student of CGI.br representative of
the Northeastern Brazil region.

I'm also an university teacher in a new IT Campus, I have some
flexibility to travel. I'm mainly trying to engage students in
research in Internet Governance and seeking paths to continue studying
the topics myself.

As for civil society engagement, I've been a project coordinator and
volunteer in ONGs, a writer/reviewer for activism blogs and tech
journalism media and I've acted towards policy development for
education and technology in public schools and universities.

Thank you

Renata Aquino Ribeiro
https://pesquisaeducacao.wordpress.com/in-english-bio-and-etc/

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: *Deirdre Williams* <williams.deirdre at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 5:28 PM

Dear Bestbits members,

I would like to seek your support for nomination as a civil society
representative for the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) of the
Internet Governance Forum (IGF).

I have been involved with Internet Governance (IG) since 2008 and have been
working to strengthen the links that bring Latin America and the Caribbean
(LAC) together since the early 1990s. I have attended every IGF meeting
since Hyderabad in 2008 (Nairobi 2011 virtually), and also all of the
regional - Latin America and Caribbean Preparatory Meeting for the IGF
(LACIGF), and sub-regional – Caribbean IGF, since 2009. My attendance at
these meetings was due to a broad range of funders to all of whom I am very
grateful.

   - Within the IGF environment I have worked, and am working, particularly
   with the Dynamic Coalition for Access and Disability (DCAD), with the MAG
   Remote Participation Working Group, and the now dormant Coalition
   Dynamique pour la Diversité Linguistique
   <http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/dynamic-coalitions/73-linguistic-diversity>
   I have contributed to the work of the Dynamic Coalition on Internet
   Rights and Principles
   <https://www.intgovforum.org/cms/dynamiccoalitions/72-ibr> and Dynamic
   Coalition on Public Access in Libraries
   <https://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/114-preparatory-process/1003-dynamic-coalition-on-public-libraries>
   - I follow discussions on Bestbits and the Justnet Coalition Forum, as
   well as on the Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) list, and in other areas
   where IG is discussed. I try to be aware of those issues that unite civil
   society, as well as of those issues about which there are strongly
   divergent opinions
   - For the last two years I have been one of the Co-coordinators of the
   IGC.
   - In 2014 I had the honour to be selected as the speaker from civil
   society at the opening ceremony of the IGF in Istanbul.
   - I was invited, in several different capacities, to be part of the
   pilot Stanford Deliberative Poll organised for this year’s IGF
   - I have good relationships across the group that identifies itself as
   civil society and also with those belonging to other constituencies. This
   is useful because the MAG should finally aim for consensus across all of
   its constituent groups.
   - My own priorities are in involving ordinary end users in the IG
   process despite barriers of disability, language and culture, gender,
   education, geographic location, etc. This brings with it a strong interest
   in the facilitation and improvement of remote participation.

Thank you

Deirdre

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