[bestbits] Steering committee nomination process: NOMINATE NOW

[parminder]

Thanks Jeremy

Two questions.

One, is there any qualification that the nominated person should be from
a civil society organisation, or if acting as an individual having to
declare that s/he acts as a civil society actor and represents no non-
civil society organisation? I mean, what if a person who comes from a
private company with active Internet policy interests, a business
interests advocacy group, or is otherwise substantially working with
business sector on Internet policy areas, gets nominated?

Two, on a separate note; going into bestbits history, and it having been
formed to gather serious civil society groups, or different kinds, to
possibly be able to act together, and that, as you observed in your
paper, Just Net Coalition guys broke away from the effort on account on
issues of whether steering committee members should disclose their
"basic" organisational (or otherwise) funding information, to the level
that is normally understood to considered as a civil society
accountability standard.

Thought I just ask these.

parminder


On Saturday 05 August 2017 02:38 AM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
> Following on from a previous thread, I am announcing that I am now
> receiving nominations from those interested in forming a new steering
> committee for Best Bits.  I won't be running myself, because I will be
> acting as returning officer.  If there is insufficient interest to
> form a steering committee or if the list votes not to appoint those
> who volunteer, then the current more informal status quo will continue.
>
> The current procedures <https://bestbits.net/wiki/main/procedures/>
> (rules) for Best Bits suggest a steering committee size of 10 (largely
> because of some ambitious targets for regional representation), but in
> my view this is far too large.  In any case, the procedures allow us
> to fall back to a smaller committee if not enough volunteers run.  In
> my opinion about 5 nominees would be a decent number.
>
> The procedure and the associated deadlines will be as follows:
>
>   * If you are interested in running for a position in the new
>     steering committee, please forward the following details to me
>     personally by *14 August 2017 *(you may cc the list, but you don't
>     have to).  If you want to nominate someone else, please get their
>     consent first, then follow the same procedure:
>       o Your name and institutional affiliation
>       o Your gender (this is required because of a gender balance
>         provision in the procedures)
>       o Your agreement to the Best Bits guiding principles
>         <https://bestbits.net/wiki/main/procedures/>
>       o If you plan to represent a specific region (Sub-saharan
>         Africa, Middle East and North Africa, East/Southeast Asia and
>         -Pacific, South Asia, Latin America and Caribbean, Europe,
>         North America/Other), which one and on what basis (eg.
>         residency, citizenship, or both)
>       o A statement about your candidacy of between 100-250 words
>   * If at least 5 nominations are received, I will proceed to set up
>     an online election and distribute voting tokens to all those have
>     been subscribed to the list for 2 months prior to the election
>     being called.  The voting tokens will be distributed on *21 August
>     2017*.  Even if fewer nominations are received than places, the
>     election will still be held because "No candidate" will be
>     included as an option, for those who do not wish one or more
>     candidates to serve as steering committee members.
>   * The election will be open for 10 days closing on *31 August 2017*.
>   * I will announce the results of the election on *1 September 2017*
>     and the result will either be that the candidates take office, or
>     that we need to reach a consensus on the list about whether to
>     accept the results of the election notwithstanding that it does
>     not fully comply with the standards set out in the procedures (eg.
>     if there is a poor gender balance).
>
> If anyone has questions about this process please let me know. 
> Otherwise, I will start receiving nominations between now and 14
> August.  Thanks and best of luck!
>
> -- 
> Jeremy Malcolm
> Senior Global Policy Analyst
> Electronic Frontier Foundation
> https://eff.org
> jmalcolm at eff.org
>
> Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161
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