[bestbits] Steering committee nomination process: NOMINATE NOW

Sat Aug 5 00:29:55 EDT 2017

On Saturday 05 August 2017 09:55 AM, parminder wrote:
>
> 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.
>
i realise that this above sentence is incomplete. So please ass at its end:

Comma, such a condition be put in the nomination process.

thanks, parminder
>
> 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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