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

Becky Lentz roberta.lentz at mcgill.ca
Fri Jan 22 18:40:19 EST 2016 

+1, echoing Mariela¹s additionŠand am particularly interested in a good
gender, geographic and sectoral (academia, civil society) balance.

Becky

From:  <bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net> on behalf of Nadira Alaraj
<nadira.araj at gmail.com>
Reply-To:  Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj at gmail.com>
Date:  Friday, January 22, 2016 at 2:45 PM
To:  marilia Maciel <mariliamaciel at gmail.com>
Cc:  bestbits <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>, Renata Aquino Ribeiro
<raquino at gmail.com>
Subject:  Re: [bestbits] v2 Short notice: Call for comment for MAG 2016 CS
reps

> 
> 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 <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/
>>>> <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 year¹s 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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>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>  
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>> 
>> -- 
>> Marília Maciel
>> Pesquisadora Gestora - Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade - FGV Direito Rio
>> Researcher and Coordinator - Center for Technology & Society - FGV Law School
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