[bestbits] Steering committee nomination process: NOMINATE NOW

[Adebunmi AKINBO]

+1 Parminder.

-Akinbo.

On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 5:25 AM, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> 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
> .
>
> 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:
>       - Your name and institutional affiliation
>       - Your gender (this is required because of a gender balance
>       provision in the procedures)
>       - Your agreement to the Best Bits guiding principles
>       <https://bestbits.net/wiki/main/procedures/>
>       - 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)
>       - 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 Foundationhttps://eff.orgjmalcolm@eff.org
>
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