[bestbits] v2 Short notice: Call for comment for MAG 2016 CS reps

Wed Jan 20 19:27:58 EST 2016

Hi

* My candidacy is about the context of internet governance debates within
sustainable and regional development initiatives. I was nominated by a
citizen of João Pessoa, Brazil, where the last IGF occurred and part of the
region I am currently living in. Bringing regional voices to IGFs is a
mission for me, I've also been to conferences in Mexico, where the next IGF
will be, and I am part of Latin-American groups and engaged in their
demands.

* My goals as a MAG member would be to overturn the lack of access to IG
initiatives by a great deal of CS organizations due to language barriers,
cultural differences and simple misinformation about what the IGF truly is
and how to go on to participate on it. I've seen resistence,
disinformation, discouragement upfront and how to deal with it.

* Prior to IGF in Brazil I've participated in other IG debates in regional
IGFs, CGI.br courses, ICANN events (all as a fellow or similar initiatives)
and for 15+ years I've been advocating for the increase in connectivity in
schools and universities and professional development programs for teacher
w/ technology.

So, again, thank you all in this community for the space in which to put
forward those plans and I ask for your consideration of these efforts with
the MAG nomination support

Thank you

Renata

On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 8:25 PM, Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Apologies for putting the wrong month,
> It is too late here,
> This email is the corrected one
> ----
>
> Dear BestBits 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.
>
> *January 25th* when I will submit BestBits  nominee list and compiled
> comments to the CSCG
>
>
>
> Hence from now until *Januray *25th,  I encourage the comments or dialog
> between you and BestBits  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 BestBits list.
>
>
>
> I copied the nominees emails below -*in the same above order-* so you can
> check their statement or bio.
>
>
> Looking forward to find BestBits 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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