[bestbits] v2 Short notice: Call for comment for MAG 2016 CS reps
Ephraim Percy Kenyanito
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Fri Jan 22 15:59:13 EST 2016
+1. Really excellent candidates.
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On 22 Jan 2016 23:45, "Nadira Alaraj" <nadira.araj at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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