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

Nadira Alaraj nadira.araj at gmail.com
Fri Jan 22 15:45:26 EST 2016


Thank you Marilia for your heads up in endorsing the nominees.
I was thinking, that no one reads the contributions on this list.
Best wishes,
Nadira
On Jan 22, 2016 9:27 PM, "Marilia Maciel" <mariliamaciel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Truly remarkable candidates!
>
> +1 to Jeremy, publicly thanking you for all the work you have put in the
> evaluation sheets this year. It would be of great importance to have Jeremy
> on the MAG to strengthen its outcome-oriented feature.
>
> +1 to Renata, who has been such an active and vocal member of our
> Brazilian IG community and a contributor to global debates in ICANN and
> IGF.  Her academic expertise can be very useful to the group.
>
> +1 to Deirdre who has a tremendous experience in IG issues acquired
> throughout the years, always showing in her positions a deep concern with
> the "human" aspect of our discussions and with the end user.
>
> All the best!
> Marília
>
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 10:27 PM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro <raquino at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> 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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>>>
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