From jac at apcwomen.org  Mon Oct  2 05:52:00 2017
From: jac at apcwomen.org (Jac sm Kee)
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 17:52:00 +0800
Subject: [bestbits] [governance] [Ext] Re: [DC] [IGFmaglist] IGF Best
 Practice Forum on Gender: Access
In-Reply-To: <CAMCMt7pjhNN8KFbbgHUNtBCRrMddrq==9Vo03f_csotkwtf6EQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <20170928132438.A286F26009B@mail1.mfa.gov.cn>
 <CDFA09A2-F00D-4FD5-93B0-12A2FF508A17@bluewin.ch>
 <FA044696-7901-4704-AB3B-B1866F02BD19@icann.org>
 <CAMCMt7pjhNN8KFbbgHUNtBCRrMddrq==9Vo03f_csotkwtf6EQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4c7cf68b-c506-f5e2-3162-58b62173dc33@apcwomen.org>

Much thanks for all the considered thoughts on this issue. Being a
committed advocate of this issue, I appreciate the reflection and
insights on why it is both difficult and important to integrate gender
into IG and policy conversations, including and esp on access.

I hope this thread of discussion helped to clarify why it doesn't make
sense to stack the multiple forms of disparity and discrimination that
the diversity of women face before we take action to address whatever
that is within our ability, capacity and responsibility to address. Also
happy to take this conversation further if more doubts or questions
surface.

In the meantime, we continue to appreciate your support in responding to
as well as disseminating the survey to your networks who do work in this
area.

As a reminder, the survey link is:
https://www.apc.org/limesurvey/index.php/783797/lang-en

Best,
jac


---------------------------------
Jac sm Kee
Manager, Women's Rights Programme
Association for Progressive Communications
www.apc.org | www.takebackthetech.net | erotics.apc.org
Jitsi: jacsmk | Skype: jacsmk | Twitter: @jhybe

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From raquino at gmail.com  Wed Oct  4 09:08:03 2017
From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro)
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 10:08:03 -0300
Subject: [bestbits] Fwd: First Drafts of DC Papers
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These are great!
And you can help getting to the final version, just send your input to the DCs


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From: Eleonora Anna MAZZUCCHI <EMAZZUCCHI at unog.ch>
Date: Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 9:53 AM
Subject: First Drafts of DC Papers
To: dc at intgovforum.org, avri at acm.org, kummer.markus at gmail.com


Dear All,

Thanks once again to the many DCs who submitted papers ahead of this
year's Dynamic Coalitions Main Session!

For your information, and for sharing with your communities, kindly
see the published drafts here:
http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/2017-dynamic-coalition-papers

(Should any additional coalitions wish to submit a paper, kindly get
in touch with the Secretariat!)

Very best,
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From raquino at gmail.com  Thu Oct  5 12:03:40 2017
From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro)
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2017 13:03:40 -0300
Subject: [bestbits] Invitation to Join IGF2017 Working Group on Strategic
 Programme
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Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2017 10:48:42 +0200
From: Eleonora Anna MAZZUCCHI

Dear Colleagues,

As active members of IGF intersessional groups (Best Practice Forums and
Dynamic Coalitions) and IGF National & Regional Initiatives, the
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The working group was inaugurated this year and held its first meeting
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activities. Participants will discuss strategic objectives for annual
meetings as well as the expectations and aspirations of the IGF community
groups working intersessionally.

All are encouraged to participate, and may begin by signing up on the
working group's mailing list:
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The group will also hold its second meeting TODAY, 5 October, from
1300-1400 UTC. Those who can make it are welcome to join by registering
here.

Summaries of meetings and other working group details are available on the
IGF's website.

We sincerely hope to connect with as many of you as possible. And please
do not hesitate to let us know if there are any questions!

Best regards,

IGF Secretariat

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From wisdom.dk at gmail.com  Thu Oct  5 14:13:55 2017
From: wisdom.dk at gmail.com (Wisdom Donkor)
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2017 18:13:55 +0000
Subject: [bestbits] [IGFmaglist] Gender Access statistics
In-Reply-To: <20171005112534.C45392604AB@mail1.mfa.gov.cn>
References: <20171005112534.C45392604AB@mail1.mfa.gov.cn>
Message-ID: <CAAU+vPHErESoKnwXaKUeAjZDffMc4OjDtPcS4ZEUQdCnZfuu4w@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Li


Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. it is a precondition for
meeting the challenge of
reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good
governance.



With the standalone goal for gender equality in the SDGs, goal 5, *Achieve
gender equality and empower all women and girls, *the call to Leave No One
Behind means that gender must also be considered in every thematic area
across all of the 17 goals. I believe all of us including you no this and
as such the importance of data in policy and decision-making.

Data that is both sex disaggregated and gender sensitive, i.e. data that
reflects the gendered nature of society and the different experiences of
women and men, boys and girls, for the entire gender indicator framework is
very important that is more reason why the is the need for us to
collaboratively work together to bridge the gender gap globally.

We all knows the importance of hard evidence data, so I cannot agree with
you that, we are like blind people feeling an elephant, you need to come
again on this.

I believe we all have national statistical departments in our various
countries not excluding China where you got your data from for your
augment; it is this same national data that informs global policy for which
we are all discussing and trying to solve. So to ask a question that MAG
and it secretariat ever did any search and analysis before taking on board
the gender issues is her no there, you need to come back on this because
you are also member of MAG and takes part in decision making. I see you
views very autocratic, if you do not agree on an issue then it shouldn't
apply.



Regards,

*WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)*
E-government and Open Government Data Platforms Specialist
ICANN Fellow / Member, UN IGF MAG Member, ISOC Member,
Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) Member, Diplo Foundation Member,
OGP Open Data WG Member, GODAN Memember, ITAG Member
Email: wisdom.dk at gmail.com
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On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 11:25 AM, 计颢骏 <ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn> wrote:

> Dear Chair and all,
>
>         I have no intention to prolong the debate. But I have to say that
> a recognized issue doesn't mean it is really an issue. An issue relevant in
> other UN system or process doesn't mean that it should be an issue in
> internet governance. Even if gender is an issue in the context of IG, we
> should know to what extent it is an issue.And to address the issue, we also
> need to know how, where and why it is an issue. Therefore, data and hard
> evidence is very important,otherwise, we are like blind people feeling an
> elephant. Could a doctor correctly come up with a therapy without knowing
> the symptoms of a patient?    I would like to ask whether MAG and its
> secretariat ever did any data search and analysis before taking on board
> the gender issue? If gender issue in the IG is not access only, then what
> are the other issues related to gender in this context? Do we really know
> what we are talking about?
>
>         Best regards,
>
>         JI Haojun
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- 回复邮件 -----
> *发信人:*Lynn St.Amour <st.amour at bluewin.ch>
> *收信人:*计颢骏 <ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn>
> *抄  送:*dc at intgovforum.org <dc at intgovforum.org>,Governance <
> governance at lists.igcaucus.org>,bestbits at lists.bestbits.net <
> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>,IGF Maglist <Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>
> *时  间:*2017年10月04日 23时32分30秒
> *主  题:*Re: [IGFmaglist] Gender Access statistics
>
>
> Dear Ji,
>
> Gender issues are much more than just access related. The fact that there
> are many issues regarding gender is very well accepted both inside and and
> outside the UN system and processes.
>
> It is a recognized problem. It does not need another data search before
> concluding that it is a problem.
>
> The MAG formally supported a Best Practice Forum (BPF) on Gender and a
> Main session. All this in addition to several Workshops also being selected
> by the MAG. This is what we (the MAG and community) are all working to
> support. And, will continue to support judging by the many comments on the
> list.
>
> Best,
> Lynn
>
>
> > On Oct 3, 2017, at 6:43 AM, 计颢骏 <ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Chair and all,
> >
> > I am glad to share with you the following data:
> >
> > In 2015, the male/female ratio in China's total population is 51.2:48.8.
> >
> > In 2016, the male/female ratio in China's netizen is 51.3:48.7.
> >
> > It is safe to say that,generally speaking, gender equality on internet
> access is not a problem in China at least, though the statistics may vary
> in different provinces and regions.
> >
> > I am also aware that China's statistics can not represent the whole
> world. Therefore,before we decide whether it is a problem, we need to get
> the relevant global,regional and country specific data first.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > JI Haojun
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- 回复邮件 -----
> > 发信人:Lynn St.Amour <st.amour at bluewin.ch>
> > 收信人:计颢骏 <ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn>
> > 抄 送:JacsmKee <jac at apcwomen.org>,IGF Maglist <Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org
> >,bestbits at lists.bestbits.net <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>,Governance <
> governance at lists.igcaucus.org>,dc at intgovforum.org <dc at intgovforum.org>
> > 时 间:2017年09月29日 20时39分10秒
> > 主 题:Re: [IGFmaglist] IGF Best Practice Forum on Gender: Access
> >
> >
> > Dear Ji,
> >
> > your comment below trivializes the very important gender discussion, and
> much of the work of the MAG.
> >
> > Equally, it is important that we maintain a culture of respect in all
> MAG communications, and I hope we can achieve this going forward.
> >
> > Lynn St.Amour
> >
> > IGF-MAG Chair
> >
> >
> > > On Sep 28, 2017, at 9:24 AM, 计颢骏 <ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > I think the access issue,for some countries, shall start from allowing
> women to drive and travel alone first.
> > >
> > > JI Haojun
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- 回复邮件 -----
> > > 发信人:Jac sm Kee <jac at apcwomen.org>
> > > 收信人:Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org <Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>,<
> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net> <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>,Governance <
> governance at lists.igcaucus.org>,dc at intgovforum.org <dc at intgovforum.org>
> > > 时 间:2017年09月27日 18时05分01秒
> > > 主 题:[IGFmaglist] IGF Best Practice Forum on Gender: Access
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear colleagues,
> > >
> > > As mentioned in previous meetings, the IGF Best Practice Forum on
> > > Gender this year is looking specifically at access issues faced by:
> > >
> > > a) Indigenous women
> > > b) Refugee women
> > > c) Women with disabilities
> > > d) Young women
> > > e) Rural women
> > >
> > > We are looking for insights and initiatives that you may know of that
> > > addresses these issues directly, or in partial or indrect ways. To help
> > > in this process, we have developed a brief survey here:
> > >
> > > https://www.apc.org/limesurvey/index.php/783797/lang-en
> > >
> > > Please do submit your work into this process, and would appreciate it
> > > if you can share this broadly and in targetted ways to your networks.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > jac
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > ---------------------------------
> > > Jac sm Kee
> > > Manager, Women's Rights Programme
> > > Association for Progressive Communications
> > > www.apc.org | www.takebackthetech.net | erotics.apc.org
> > > Jitsi: jacsmk | Skype: jacsmk | Twitter: @jhybe
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Igfmaglist mailing list
> > > Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org
> > > http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfmaglist_intgovforum.org
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Igfmaglist mailing list
> > > Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org
> > > http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfmaglist_intgovforum.org
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Igfmaglist mailing list
> > Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org
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>
>
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From wisdom.dk at gmail.com  Fri Oct  6 13:18:20 2017
From: wisdom.dk at gmail.com (Wisdom Donkor)
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2017 17:18:20 +0000
Subject: [bestbits] [IGFmaglist] Gender Access statistics
In-Reply-To: <20171006124216.51A9126EDC0@mail1.mfa.gov.cn>
References: <20171006124216.51A9126EDC0@mail1.mfa.gov.cn>
Message-ID: <CAAU+vPGiQ9Yf4qbKGs5rVBPHZWrT6nmFBfpMHWVTg-qiVOQYog@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Ji,

Kindly accept my apology for wrongly spelling your name.

Regards,

*WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)*
E-government and Open Government Data Platforms Specialist
ICANN Fellow / Member, UN IGF MAG Member, ISOC Member,
Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) Member, Diplo Foundation Member,
OGP Open Data WG Member, GODAN Memember, ITAG Member
Email: wisdom.dk at gmail.com
Skype: wisdom_dk
facebook: facebook at wisdom_dk
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www.isoc.gh / www.itag.org.gh

On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 12:42 PM, 计颢骏 <ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn> wrote:

> Dear Wisdom and all,
>
>          Thank you for your reminder.The other colleagues are talking
> about many different sexs rather than both sexs.Some are saying that gender
> issue is much more than access,but nobody is telling me what does that
> really mean.Maybe I am bit autocratic that it is provoked by autocratic
> accusation of trivalization.
>
>           By the way, my family name is Ji rather than Li.
>
>           Best regards,
>
>           JI Haojun
>
>
>
>
> ----- 回复邮件 -----
> *发信人:*Wisdom Donkor <wisdom.dk at gmail.com>
> *收信人:*计颢骏 <ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn>
> *抄  送:*LynnSt.Amour <st.amour at bluewin.ch>,dc at intgovforum.org <
> dc at intgovforum.org>,bestbits at lists.bestbits.net <
> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>,IGFMaglist <Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>,Governance
> <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
> *时  间:*2017年10月06日 02时13分55秒
> *主  题:*Re: [IGFmaglist] Gender Access statistics
>
>
> DearLi
>
>
> Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. it is aprecondition for
> meeting the challenge of
> reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building
> goodgovernance.
>
>
>
> With the standalone goal for genderequality in the SDGs, goal 5, *Achieve
> gender equality and empower allwomen and girls, *the call to Leave No One
> Behind means that gendermust also be considered in every thematic area
> across all of the 17 goals. Ibelieve all of us including you no this and as
> such the importance of data inpolicy and decision-making.
>
> Data that is both sex disaggregated and gender sensitive,i.e. data that
> reflects the gendered nature of society and the differentexperiences of
> women and men, boys and girls, for the entire gender indicatorframework is
> very important that is more reason why the is the need for us
> tocollaboratively work together to bridge the gender gap globally.
>
> We all knows the importance of hardevidence data, so I cannot agree with
> you that, we are like blind peoplefeeling an elephant, you need to come
> again on this.
>
> I believe we all have nationalstatistical departments in our various
> countries not excluding China where yougot your data from for your augment;
> it is this same national data that informsglobal policy for which we are
> all discussing and trying to solve. So to ask aquestion that MAG and it
> secretariat ever did any search and analysis beforetaking on board the
> gender issues is her no there, you need to come back onthis because you are
> also member of MAG and takes part in decision making. I seeyou views very
> autocratic, if you do not agree on an issue then it shouldn't apply.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> *WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)*
> E-government and Open Government Data Platforms Specialist
> ICANN Fellow / Member, UN IGF MAG Member, ISOC Member,
> Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) Member, Diplo Foundation Member,
> OGP Open Data WG Member, GODAN Memember, ITAG Member
> Email: wisdom.dk at gmail.com
> Skype: wisdom_dk
> facebook: facebook at wisdom_dk
> Website: www.data.gov.gh
> www.isoc.gh / www.itag.org.gh
>
> On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 11:25 AM, 计颢骏 <ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn> wrote:
>
>> Dear Chair and all,
>>
>>         I have no intention to prolong the debate. But I have to say that
>> a recognized issue doesn't mean it is really an issue. An issue relevant in
>> other UN system or process doesn't mean that it should be an issue in
>> internet governance. Even if gender is an issue in the context of IG, we
>> should know to what extent it is an issue.And to address the issue, we also
>> need to know how, where and why it is an issue. Therefore, data and hard
>> evidence is very important,otherwise, we are like blind people feeling an
>> elephant. Could a doctor correctly come up with a therapy without knowing
>> the symptoms of a patient?    I would like to ask whether MAG and its
>> secretariat ever did any data search and analysis before taking on board
>> the gender issue? If gender issue in the IG is not access only, then what
>> are the other issues related to gender in this context? Do we really know
>> what we are talking about?
>>
>>         Best regards,
>>
>>         JI Haojun
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- 回复邮件 -----
>> *发信人:*Lynn St.Amour <st.amour at bluewin.ch>
>> *收信人:*计颢骏 <ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn>
>> *抄  送:*dc at intgovforum.org <dc at intgovforum.org>,Governance <
>> governance at lists.igcaucus.org>,bestbits at lists.bestbits.net <
>> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>,IGF Maglist <Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>
>> *时  间:*2017年10月04日 23时32分30秒
>> *主  题:*Re: [IGFmaglist] Gender Access statistics
>>
>>
>> Dear Ji,
>>
>> Gender issues are much more than just access related. The fact that there
>> are many issues regarding gender is very well accepted both inside and and
>> outside the UN system and processes.
>>
>> It is a recognized problem. It does not need another data search before
>> concluding that it is a problem.
>>
>> The MAG formally supported a Best Practice Forum (BPF) on Gender and a
>> Main session. All this in addition to several Workshops also being selected
>> by the MAG. This is what we (the MAG and community) are all working to
>> support. And, will continue to support judging by the many comments on the
>> list.
>>
>> Best,
>> Lynn
>>
>>
>> > On Oct 3, 2017, at 6:43 AM, 计颢骏 <ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn> wrote:
>> >
>> > Dear Chair and all,
>> >
>> > I am glad to share with you the following data:
>> >
>> > In 2015, the male/female ratio in China's total population is 51.2:48.8.
>> >
>> > In 2016, the male/female ratio in China's netizen is 51.3:48.7.
>> >
>> > It is safe to say that,generally speaking, gender equality on internet
>> access is not a problem in China at least, though the statistics may vary
>> in different provinces and regions.
>> >
>> > I am also aware that China's statistics can not represent the whole
>> world. Therefore,before we decide whether it is a problem, we need to get
>> the relevant global,regional and country specific data first.
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> >
>> > JI Haojun
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- 回复邮件 -----
>> > 发信人:Lynn St.Amour <st.amour at bluewin.ch>
>> > 收信人:计颢骏 <ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn>
>> > 抄 送:JacsmKee <jac at apcwomen.org>,IGF Maglist <Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org
>> >,b <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>estbits at lists.bestbits.net <
>> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>,Governance <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>,
>> dc at intgovforum.org <dc at intgovforum.org>
>> > 时 间:2017年09月29日 20时39分10秒
>> > 主 题:Re: [IGFmaglist] IGF Best Practice Forum on Gender: Access
>> >
>> >
>> > Dear Ji,
>> >
>> > your comment below trivializes the very important gender discussion,
>> and much of the work of the MAG.
>> >
>> > Equally, it is important that we maintain a culture of respect in all
>> MAG communications, and I hope we can achieve this going forward.
>> >
>> > Lynn St.Amour
>> >
>> > IGF-MAG Chair
>> >
>> >
>> > > On Sep 28, 2017, at 9:24 AM, 计颢骏 <ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Dear all,
>> > >
>> > > I think the access issue,for some countries, shall start from
>> allowing women to drive and travel alone first.
>> > >
>> > > JI Haojun
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > ----- 回复邮件 -----
>> > > 发信人:Jac sm Kee <jac at apcwomen.org>
>> > > 收信人:Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org <Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>,<
>> <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>bestbits at lists.bestbits.net> <
>> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>,Governance <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>,
>> dc at intgovforum.org <dc at intgovforum.org>
>> > > 时 间:2017年09月27日 18时05分01秒
>> > > 主 题:[IGFmaglist] IGF Best Practice Forum on Gender: Access
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Dear colleagues,
>> > >
>> > > As mentioned in previous meetings, the IGF Best Practice Forum on
>> > > Gender this year is looking specifically at access issues faced by:
>> > >
>> > > a) Indigenous women
>> > > b) Refugee women
>> > > c) Women with disabilities
>> > > d) Young women
>> > > e) Rural women
>> > >
>> > > We are looking for insights and initiatives that you may know of that
>> > > addresses these issues directly, or in partial or indrect ways. To
>> help
>> > > in this process, we have developed a brief survey here:
>> > >
>> > > https://www.apc.org/limesurvey/index.php/783797/lang-en
>> > >
>> > > Please do submit your work into this process, and would appreciate it
>> > > if you can share this broadly and in targetted ways to your networks.
>> > >
>> > > Best,
>> > > jac
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > >
>> > > ---------------------------------
>> > > Jac sm Kee
>> > > Manager, Women's Rights Programme
>> > > Association for Progressive Communications
>> > > www.apc.org | www.takebackthetech.net | erotics.apc.org
>> > > Jitsi: jacsmk | Skype: jacsmk | Twitter: @jhybe
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > _______________________________________________
>> > > Igfmaglist mailing list
>> > > Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org
>> > > http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfmaglist_
>> <http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfmaglist_intgovforum.org>
>> intgovforum.org
>> > > _______________________________________________
>> > > Igfmaglist mailing list
>> > > Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org
>> > > http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfmaglist_
>> <http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfmaglist_intgovforum.org>
>> intgovforum.org
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Igfmaglist mailing list
>> > Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org
>> > http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfmaglist_
>> <http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfmaglist_intgovforum.org>
>> intgovforum.org
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Igfmaglist mailing list
>> Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org
>> http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfmaglist_
>> <http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfmaglist_intgovforum.org>
>> intgovforum.org
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From avri at acm.org  Sat Oct  7 18:28:34 2017
From: avri at acm.org (avri doria)
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2017 18:28:34 -0400
Subject: [bestbits] [IGFmaglist] Gender Access statistics
In-Reply-To: <20171006124216.51A9126EDC0@mail1.mfa.gov.cn>
References: <20171006124216.51A9126EDC0@mail1.mfa.gov.cn>
Message-ID: <eb93f032-1649-8882-1595-c7daca133b51@acm.org>

Hi,

Thank you for the reminder that it is not just gender prejudice and
violence against women on the Internet that we need to worry about but
also the plight of many of the LGBTQI  on the Internet in many
countries. Access, safe access, is indeed a critical issue.

Gender access statistics would be a good start.

Thanks for the reminder

avri



On 06-Oct-17 08:42, 计颢骏 wrote:
>
> Dear Wisdom and all,
>
>          Thank you for your reminder.The other colleagues are talking
> about many different sexs rather than both sexs.Some are saying that
> gender issue is much more than access,but nobody is telling me what
> does that really mean.Maybe I am bit autocratic that it is provoked by
> autocratic accusation of trivalization.
>
>           By the way, my family name is Ji rather than Li. 
>
>           Best regards,
>
>           JI Haojun
>
>          
>
>
>
> ----- 回复邮件 -----
> *发信人:*Wisdom Donkor <wisdom.dk at gmail.com <mailto:wisdom.dk at gmail.com>>
> *收信人:*计颢骏 <ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn <mailto:ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn>>
> *抄  送:*LynnSt.Amour <st.amour at bluewin.ch>,dc at intgovforum.org
> <mailto:dc at intgovforum.org> <dc at intgovforum.org
> <mailto:dc at intgovforum.org>>,bestbits at lists.bestbits.net
> <mailto:bestbits at lists.bestbits.net> <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net
> <mailto:bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>>,IGFMaglist
> <Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org
> <mailto:Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>>,Governance
> <governance at lists.igcaucus.org <mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org>>
> *时  间:*2017年10月06日 02时13分55秒
> *主  题:*Re: [IGFmaglist] Gender Access statistics
>
>
>     DearLi
>
>
>     Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. it is aprecondition
>     for meeting the challenge of 
>     reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building
>     goodgovernance.
>
>      
>
>     With the standalone goal for genderequality in the SDGs, goal
>     5, /Achieve gender equality and empower allwomen and girls, /the
>     call to Leave No One Behind means that gendermust also be
>     considered in every thematic area across all of the 17 goals.
>     Ibelieve all of us including you no this and as such the
>     importance of data inpolicy and decision-making.
>
>     Data that is both sex disaggregated and gender sensitive,i.e. data
>     that reflects the gendered nature of society and the
>     differentexperiences of women and men, boys and girls, for the
>     entire gender indicatorframework is very important that is more
>     reason why the is the need for us tocollaboratively work together
>     to bridge the gender gap globally.
>
>     We all knows the importance of hardevidence data, so I cannot
>     agree with you that, we are like blind peoplefeeling an elephant,
>     you need to come again on this.
>
>     I believe we all have nationalstatistical departments in our
>     various countries not excluding China where yougot your data from
>     for your augment; it is this same national data that informsglobal
>     policy for which we are all discussing and trying to solve. So to
>     ask aquestion that MAG and it secretariat ever did any search and
>     analysis beforetaking on board the gender issues is her no there,
>     you need to come back onthis because you are also member of MAG
>     and takes part in decision making. I seeyou views very autocratic,
>     if you do not agree on an issue then it shouldn't apply.
>
>
>
>     Regards,
>
>
>     *WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)*
>     E-government and Open Government Data Platforms Specialist*
>     *
>     ICANN Fellow / Member, UN IGF MAG Member, ISOC Member,
>     Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) Member, Diplo Foundation Member,
>     OGP Open Data WG Member, GODAN Memember, ITAG Member
>     Email: wisdom.dk at gmail.com <mailto:wisdom.dk at gmail.com>
>     Skype: wisdom_dk
>     facebook: facebook at wisdom_dk
>     Website: www.data.gov.gh <http://www.data.gov.gh/>
>     www.isoc.gh <http://www.isoc.gh/> / www.itag.org.gh
>     <http://www.itag.org.gh/>
>
>     On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 11:25 AM, 计颢骏 <ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn
>     <mailto:ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn>> wrote:
>
>         Dear Chair and all,
>
>                 I have no intention to prolong the debate. But I have
>         to say that a recognized issue doesn't mean it is really an
>         issue. An issue relevant in other UN system or process doesn't
>         mean that it should be an issue in internet governance. Even
>         if gender is an issue in the context of IG, we should know to
>         what extent it is an issue.And to address the issue, we also
>         need to know how, where and why it is an issue. Therefore,
>         data and hard evidence is very important,otherwise, we are
>         like blind people feeling an elephant. Could a doctor
>         correctly come up with a therapy without knowing the symptoms
>         of a patient?    I would like to ask whether MAG and its
>         secretariat ever did any data search and analysis before
>         taking on board the gender issue? If gender issue in the IG is
>         not access only, then what are the other issues related to
>         gender in this context? Do we really know what we are talking
>         about?
>
>                 Best regards,
>
>                 JI Haojun 
>
>
>
>
>
>         ----- 回复邮件 -----
>         *发信人:*Lynn St.Amour <st.amour at bluewin.ch
>         <mailto:st.amour at bluewin.ch>>
>         *收信人:*计颢骏 <ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn
>         <mailto:ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn>>
>         *抄  送:*dc at intgovforum.org <mailto:dc at intgovforum.org>
>         <dc at intgovforum.org <mailto:dc at intgovforum.org>>,Governance
>         <governance at lists.igcaucus.org
>         <mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org>>,bestbits at lists.bestbits.net
>         <mailto:bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>
>         <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net
>         <mailto:bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>>,IGF Maglist
>         <Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org <mailto:Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>>
>         *时  间:*2017年10月04日 23时32分30秒
>         *主  题:*Re: [IGFmaglist] Gender Access statistics
>
>
>             Dear Ji,
>
>             Gender issues are much more than just access related. The
>             fact that there are many issues regarding gender is very
>             well accepted both inside and and outside the UN system
>             and processes.
>
>             It is a recognized problem. It does not need another data
>             search before concluding that it is a problem.
>
>             The MAG formally supported a Best Practice Forum (BPF) on
>             Gender and a Main session. All this in addition to several
>             Workshops also being selected by the MAG. This is what we
>             (the MAG and community) are all working to support. And,
>             will continue to support judging by the many comments on
>             the list.
>
>             Best,
>             Lynn
>
>
>             > On Oct 3, 2017, at 6:43 AM, 计颢骏 <ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn
>             <mailto:ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn>> wrote:
>             >
>             > Dear Chair and all,
>             >
>             > I am glad to share with you the following data:
>             >
>             > In 2015, the male/female ratio in China's total
>             population is 51.2:48.8.
>             >
>             > In 2016, the male/female ratio in China's netizen is
>             51.3:48.7.
>             >
>             > It is safe to say that,generally speaking, gender
>             equality on internet access is not a problem in China at
>             least, though the statistics may vary in different
>             provinces and regions.
>             >
>             > I am also aware that China's statistics can not
>             represent the whole world. Therefore,before we decide
>             whether it is a problem, we need to get the relevant
>             global,regional and country specific data first.
>             >
>             > Best regards,
>             >
>             > JI Haojun
>             >
>             >
>             >
>             >
>             > ----- 回复邮件 -----
>             > 发信人:Lynn St.Amour <st.amour at bluewin.ch
>             <mailto:st.amour at bluewin.ch>>
>             > 收信人:计颢骏 <ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn
>             <mailto:ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn>>
>             > 抄 送:JacsmKee <jac at apcwomen.org
>             <mailto:jac at apcwomen.org>>,IGF Maglist
>             <Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org
>             <mailto:Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>>,b
>             <mailto:bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>estbits at lists.bestbits.net
>             <mailto:estbits at lists.bestbits.net>
>             <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net
>             <mailto:bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>>,Governance
>             <governance at lists.igcaucus.org
>             <mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org>>,dc at intgovforum.org
>             <mailto:dc at intgovforum.org> <dc at intgovforum.org
>             <mailto:dc at intgovforum.org>>
>             > 时 间:2017年09月29日 20时39分10秒
>             > 主 题:Re: [IGFmaglist] IGF Best Practice Forum on Gender:
>             Access
>             >
>             >
>             > Dear Ji,
>             >
>             > your comment below trivializes the very important gender
>             discussion, and much of the work of the MAG.
>             >
>             > Equally, it is important that we maintain a culture of
>             respect in all MAG communications, and I hope we can
>             achieve this going forward.
>             >
>             > Lynn St.Amour
>             >
>             > IGF-MAG Chair
>             >
>             >
>             > > On Sep 28, 2017, at 9:24 AM, 计颢骏 <ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn
>             <mailto:ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn>> wrote:
>             > >
>             > >
>             > > Dear all,
>             > >
>             > > I think the access issue,for some countries, shall
>             start from allowing women to drive and travel alone first.
>             > >
>             > > JI Haojun
>             > >
>             > >
>             > >
>             > > ----- 回复邮件 -----
>             > > 发信人:Jac sm Kee <jac at apcwomen.org
>             <mailto:jac at apcwomen.org>>
>             > > 收信人:Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org
>             <mailto:Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>
>             <Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org
>             <mailto:Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>>,<<mailto:bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>bestbits at lists.bestbits.net
>             <mailto:bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>>
>             <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net
>             <mailto:bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>>,Governance
>             <governance at lists.igcaucus.org
>             <mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org>>,dc at intgovforum.org
>             <mailto:dc at intgovforum.org> <dc at intgovforum.org
>             <mailto:dc at intgovforum.org>>
>             > > 时 间:2017年09月27日 18时05分01秒
>             > > 主 题:[IGFmaglist] IGF Best Practice Forum on Gender:
>             Access
>             > >
>             > >
>             > > Dear colleagues,
>             > >
>             > > As mentioned in previous meetings, the IGF Best
>             Practice Forum on
>             > > Gender this year is looking specifically at access
>             issues faced by:
>             > >
>             > > a) Indigenous women
>             > > b) Refugee women
>             > > c) Women with disabilities
>             > > d) Young women
>             > > e) Rural women
>             > >
>             > > We are looking for insights and initiatives that you
>             may know of that
>             > > addresses these issues directly, or in partial or
>             indrect ways. To help
>             > > in this process, we have developed a brief survey here:
>             > >
>             > >
>             https://www.apc.org/limesurvey/index.php/783797/lang-en
>             <https://www.apc.org/limesurvey/index.php/783797/lang-en>
>             > >
>             > > Please do submit your work into this process, and
>             would appreciate it
>             > > if you can share this broadly and in targetted ways to
>             your networks.
>             > >
>             > > Best,
>             > > jac
>             > >
>             > > --
>             > >
>             > > ---------------------------------
>             > > Jac sm Kee
>             > > Manager, Women's Rights Programme
>             > > Association for Progressive Communications
>             > > www.apc.org <http://www.apc.org/> |
>             www.takebackthetech.net <http://www.takebackthetech.net/>
>             | erotics.apc.org <http://erotics.apc.org/>
>             > > Jitsi: jacsmk | Skype: jacsmk | Twitter: @jhybe
>             > >
>             > >
>             > >
>             > >
>             > >
>             > >
>             > > _______________________________________________
>             > > Igfmaglist mailing list
>             > > Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org
>             <mailto:Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>
>             > > http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfmaglist_
>             <http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfmaglist_intgovforum.org>intgovforum.org
>             <http://intgovforum.org/>
>             > > _______________________________________________
>             > > Igfmaglist mailing list
>             > > Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org
>             <mailto:Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>
>             > > http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfmaglist_
>             <http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfmaglist_intgovforum.org>intgovforum.org
>             <http://intgovforum.org/>
>             >
>             > _______________________________________________
>             > Igfmaglist mailing list
>             > Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org
>             <mailto:Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>
>             > http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfmaglist_
>             <http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfmaglist_intgovforum.org>intgovforum.org
>             <http://intgovforum.org/>
>
>
>         _______________________________________________
>         Igfmaglist mailing list
>         Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org <mailto:Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>
>         http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfmaglist_
>         <http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfmaglist_intgovforum.org>intgovforum.org
>         <http://intgovforum.org/>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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From raquino at gmail.com  Sun Oct  8 19:31:03 2017
From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro)
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2017 20:31:03 -0300
Subject: [bestbits] RFP: gTLD Marketplace Health Index Assessment
Message-ID: <CAMokdMzFiVQFg6QYtCbLdhP_XjuD9GhZ9G8eVf5MNwJV-0u+1g@mail.gmail.com>

Hi

This can be interesting for those who deal with the topic to submit a proposal

 gTLD Marketplace Health Index Assessment Request for Proposal

https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rfp-gtld-marketplace-health-index-assessment-22sep17-en.pdf

Best,

Renata

From amritachoudhury8 at gmail.com  Mon Oct  9 02:31:56 2017
From: amritachoudhury8 at gmail.com (Amrita)
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 12:01:56 +0530
Subject: [bestbits] Internet Governance Developments in September
Message-ID: <0c9201d340c8$4fe7bb20$efb73160$@com>

Hi

For those who are interested, you can read about Internet Governance Events
& Policy Developments in September from the Indian Perspective@ CCAOI
Newsletter using this link: https://goo.gl/3mcpEs

Regards,

Amrita Choudhury

Director CCAOI 

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From mike.oghia at gmail.com  Tue Oct 10 07:30:09 2017
From: mike.oghia at gmail.com (Michael J. Oghia)
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 04:30:09 -0700
Subject: [bestbits] [IGF 2017] Questionnaire about communicating Internet
 governance
Message-ID: <CAMCMt7omvOMf70khWwqOyZ2SJP9r_j9yVj+t2h5FuJYc2BAp-w@mail.gmail.com>

Hi everyone,

My colleagues, Agustina and Jelena, and I are conducting a survey for our
IGF 2017 session (WS 161), and would appreciate your feedback.

Thank you,
-Michael Oghia
____________________

Dear fellow community members,

Have you ever had difficulties explaining what Internet governance is to
your friends and family? What is your magic answer to the question: *“OK,
but what do you REALLY do?”* If so, you’re not alone. We have been
struggling with these types of questions for a long time, which is why we
are trying to find a better way to communicate Internet governance.

This is why we – Agustina Callegari, Michael Oghia, and Jelena Ozegovic –
are hosting a collaborative workshop at IGF 2017 in order to discuss how we
can communicate IG more effectively. To kick off the session, we need your
help!

We have created a questionnaire to help us shed light on this. Please take
5-10 minutes to anonymously share your wisdom and experience with us:

*https://goo.gl/forms/t4mmgI6nHkNAFDF82*
<https://goo.gl/forms/t4mmgI6nHkNAFDF82>

The questionnaire will close on: *10 December 2017*.

The results of this questionnaire will be presented on 20 December 2017 in
Geneva at the IGF as part of our workshop: WS 161
<https://bit.ly/IGF2017WS161> – Explaining Internet governance to friends &
family 101: How to improve our communication? *You also have the option to
leave your email address at the end of the questionnaire in case you would
like to know the results, which we will share after the IGF.*

Let us know if you have any questions by replying to this email. Thank you
in advance!

-Agustina, Michael, and Jelena
WS 161 organizers
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From sheetal at gp-digital.org  Tue Oct 10 13:49:45 2017
From: sheetal at gp-digital.org (Sheetal Kumar)
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 18:49:45 +0100
Subject: [bestbits] Launch of GPD info hub on the ITU
Message-ID: <CAK78muRyjCR28gdm-Qaoe432GLsNL2yfjNagY5AjqmKYUx-c4A@mail.gmail.com>

Dear all,

In case of interest, GPD have just launched an *ITU info hub
<https://www.gp-digital.org/event/itu-info-hub/>* – bringing together a
wide range of materials, tools and other resources to support civil society
engagement in the International Telecommunication Union which we'll be
adding to between now and the next Plenipotentiary (Oct/Nov 2018).

Link here: https://www.gp-digital.org/event/itu-info-hub/

These resources include:

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From raquino at gmail.com  Mon Oct  2 16:01:23 2017
From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro)
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 17:01:23 -0300
Subject: [bestbits] Internet Week Guyana - next week
Message-ID: <CAMokdMx6CWN7Zq4nrkdRvDUgbW6y+e9BJQtOzcRac-5AkxJ0_A@mail.gmail.com>

Hi everyone

Sharing a post in LACNIC about Internet Week Guyana

This is an important event to the Caribbean community

One of the topics discussed is community networks projects in LAC
involving Caribbean Region and the north of South America

http://onthemove.lacnic.net/internet-week-guyana/

Best

Renata



http://prensa.lacnic.net/news/en/2017sepen/international-experts-to-gather-for-internet-week-guyana-in-october

International experts to gather for Internet Week Guyana in October

By Gerard Best

Internet experts from around the world will be in Georgetown in
October for Internet Week Guyana, a high-level technology conference
focused on national and regional development issues.

Hosted by the Guyana Ministry of Public Telecommunications, the
meeting is jointly organised by the Latin America and Caribbean
Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC), the Caribbean Network Operators
Group (CaribNOG), the Internet Society (ISOC), the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the Caribbean
Telecommunications Union (CTU).

“Internet Week Guyana will draw on the expertise of global Internet
organisations, to address local and regional Internet development
issues,” said Kevon Swift, Head of Strategic Relations and Integration
at LACNIC, an organisation that distributes and manages Internet
number resources in the Caribbean and Latin America.

The five-day event starts on October 9 with an Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) Awareness Day which will introduce
topics to be covered more in-depth during the week.

On October 10, ISOC and ICANN will jointly lead an Internet Governance
Day, focused on the establishment of Guyana’s national Internet
Governance Forum, or IGF.

“Internet Governance discussions go beyond technical matters, but
focus also on legal, economic, development, sociocultural, human
rights and security aspects. National IGFs are very important because
they give the local community the opportunity to discuss local
challenges and more importantly, to look for concrete solutions to
those challenges,” said Shernon Osepa, Manager of Regional Affairs for
Latin America and the Caribbbean at ISOC.

The Internet Governance Day will also focus on the impact of the new
generic top-level domain program.

A Cybersecurity Day covering a range of cyber crime issues and
networking best practices will be held by CaribNOG on October 11.
CaribNOG and the Belize Public Utilities Commission held a weeklong
national cyber security symposium in Belize City in April, drawing
participants from law enforcement, the military, the judiciary and
legal community, government and the private sector.

“Cyber security is a priority for the entire Caribbean. As the region
places greater reliance on Internet-based technologies, more capacity
has to be built to protect our computer networks and systems,” said
Bevil Wooding, Executive Director of CaribNOG and Caribbean Outreach
Manager at the American Registry for Internet Numbers.

On October 12, LACNIC will hold an open forum to discuss the benefits
of IPv6, the Internet Protocol which addresses the depletion of
unallocated numbering resources in the region and around the world.

The conference closes on October 13 with a Youth ICT Day organised by
the CTU. Young people will have the chance to learn a range of useful
digital skills from a slate of experienced professionals.

All Internet Week Guyana events are free of charge and open to the
public. Registration and other information are available at
http://onthemove.lacnic.net/internet-week-guyana or by email at
onthemove at lacnic.net.

From ba2482 at columbia.edu  Tue Oct 10 14:09:31 2017
From: ba2482 at columbia.edu (Bakhtiyor Avezdjanov)
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 18:09:31 +0000
Subject: [bestbits] The 2018 Global Freedom of Expression Prize Nominations
Message-ID: <5183966D3F6476479B01A9D26C321B4A015E278F89@EXPRODMBX01.ais.columbia.edu>

Dear All,

I am delighted to announce a call for nominations for the 2018 Global Freedom of Expression Prizes<https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/updates/2017/10/2018-global-freedom-expression-prize-nominations-open/>, which celebrate judicial decisions and legal services around the world that strengthen freedom of expression by promoting international standards. We feel that at a time when freedom of expression is threatened globally, there is a particular need to celebrate victories in defense of this fundamental right. The nominations maybe for decisions or legal services that touch on offline and online expression. In fact, the 2016 Prize for the Best Legal Service<https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/prizewinners2016/> went to Turkish lawyers who successfully argued in front of the European Convention on Human Rights that banning access to entire websites amounts to censorship.

Anyone can nominate court decisions or a legal services from around the world that have had a recognizable impact on freedom of expression by filling out a Nominations Form<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GFoEAward2018>. The form is also available en español<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GFoEPremio2018>.
The nominees are reviewed on the basis of significance of impact on freedom of expression and information, sound legal reasoning, and a global understanding of freedom of expression, including through references to international, regional and non-jurisdictional standards, laws, policies, or jurisprudence. Preference shall be given to decisions and legal service rendered in the last 24 months, although older ones may also be considered. We are inviting nominations from jurists, academics, and non-governmental organizations actively engaged in protecting freedom of expression.  Nominees from around the world are eligible.
The Nominations Announcement could be found HERE<https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/updates/2017/10/2018-global-freedom-expression-prize-nominations-open/>
General Information about the Prizes could be found HERE<https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/prizes/>
Please nominate or share this announcement with your networks!

Thank you!
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From raquino at gmail.com  Tue Oct 10 14:46:48 2017
From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro)
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 15:46:48 -0300
Subject: [bestbits] Fwd: [IGFmaglist] MAG Renewal Announcement
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De: "Chengetai Masango" <cmasango at unog.ch>
Data: 10 de out de 2017 6:32 AM
Assunto: [IGFmaglist] MAG Renewal Announcement
Para: "IGF Maglist" <Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>
Cc:

Dear All,

The Secretariat has published the MAG 2018 Renewal announcement on the IGF
Website https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal

The deadline for nominations is *10 November 2017*.  The aim is to have the
incoming  MAG announced before the IGF2017 Annual meeting to enable a
smooth transition.

The Secretariat has also published some general guidelines for the process
(Please note these are just guidelines and not meant to presuppose the
Secretary-General’s office’s decisions)

https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0


Best regards

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From jac at apcwomen.org  Wed Oct 11 01:41:36 2017
From: jac at apcwomen.org (Jac sm Kee)
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 13:41:36 +0800
Subject: [bestbits] [DC] [governance] [Ext] Re: [IGFmaglist] IGF Best
 Practice Forum on Gender: Access
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Hello all,

I appreciate this robust discussion on gender. And I'm glad that the BPF
work has at least evoked this delving in with the IG community.

Gender /has/ become synonymous with women in some way, esp in the policy
field. This is because as Bishakha puts it, it's about structures of
discrimination and power. As cited through the many evidence and data
gathering work that was shared throughout this thread, women and girls
have been largely, disproportionately affected by this and face multiple
barriers to enjoy the same benefits and opportunities, especially in
science and tech, as men and boys. As such, it makes good sense to also
focus resources, work and attention to this particular piece of the pie,
as Bishakha puts it (seen in the thread below).

Within this, are two further issues. One: that gender is a spectrum,
rather than jst about women and men. The BPF's work has a working
definition of "woman" as also including those who self-identify as
women, and with that, hope to have a more inclusive and broader
definition. A first step if you can put it that way. Also, one of the
communities identified for this year's work was LBTQ women, but as this
is a community-driven initiative, with such a tight timeline, there
wasn't anyone who could be a focal point to this particular group. If
there is anyone here who may be interested to take this on, we would
greatly welcome this at the Gender BPF (please join the mailing list or
write to me offlist).

The second is about men and boys. I agree that they need to be part of
the solution. But this solution cannot be simply, "What about the men
and boys?" Gender is constructed through an interplay of power in the
family, social structures, economic power, religion, political
structures and so on. In all of these domains, there are clear
statistics and evidence that demonstrates the overarching dominance of
men in decision-making power and influence. So the question is, what
will men and boys do about this power?

There has been good work emerging around deconstructing masculinities,
in particular, harmful forms of masculinities that are built on the
basis of subjugating women as a group as well as other groups of men
perceived as "not being male enough." This has not been fully translated
into policy work yet, but policy is always slower and more deliberate in
pace. It would be good to start looking at research around harmful
masculinities in the domain of digital technologies and see how this can
inform our deliberation and work. Here's one that also includes really
interesting analysis around infrastructure and code:
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1461444815608807

I also appreciate that intersectionality issues are raised in this
thread - that women are not singular, and that there are other
structural issues that has an impact on this, including age,
disabilities, sexualities, economic power, history of colonialism and so
on. But minimally, if we can't even address gender issues, which is one
of the most basic forms of identity markers that has an impact on our
rights and abilities, then we have little chance of addressing the more
nuanced and complex aspects.

And thank you for raising the fact that access barriers are not simply
jst about economic power. At last year's BPF work, the biggest barrier
that appeared was social and cultural norms, which underpins many of the
other forms of barriers. And also speaks to the value lag that you
mention Charity, which is a significant issue. Here's the link to the
report for easier referencing:
http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/3406/437

In the interim, much appreciated, as always, dissemination and responses
to the BPF survey for this year's work. The link is here:
https://www.apc.org/limesurvey/index.php/783797/lang-en

Best regards,
jac

---------------------------------
Jac sm Kee
Manager, Women's Rights Programme
Association for Progressive Communications
www.apc.org | www.takebackthetech.net | erotics.apc.org
Jitsi: jacsmk | Skype: jacsmk | Twitter: @jhybe

On 04/10/2017 01:22, Bishakha Datta wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I agree that there is more than enough global, regional and national
> evidence of one gender - women and girls - having much lower access to
> digital spaces, including the internet. So it strikes me as totally
> valid to pick up one piece of the gender pie - women and girls - and
> work to increase the internet access of this group. And still call it
> gender, because it is part of the gender pie.
>
> If we call it gender, we can then retain the intention to increase
> access to other genders, and then actualize this at a later point.
> Implicit in calling it gender is the understanding that it's an arc or a
> spectrum, not a binary. And that it's a broad umbrella or 'parent'
> category with 'child' categories contained within it.
>
> So for instance, this year the BPF on Gender is working to understand
> marginalized women's access barriers to the internet - specifically
> disabled, rural, refugee, young or indigenous. It's a piece of the
> gender pie.
>
> As long as we retain the title Gender, we might later on eg next year or
> at some future point explore barriers to access through the lenses of:
> -trans women
> -trans men
> -intersex individuals
>
> Retaining the term gender allows us the possibility to work with all
> these categories - that's why I am personally very much in favour of
> calling it gender, not women at the broad level (BPF on Gender), while
> being specific at the category level (eg disabled women).
>
> Again, to offer an analogy, one could have a BPF on Disability and work
> on only one type of disability to begin with eg visually-impaired
> women's access to the internet. Over time, one could include numerous
> other disabilities. That doesn't negate the use of the term disability;
> like gender, it's an umbrella term.
>
> Best
> Bishakha
>
> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 11:42 PM, Dhanaraj Thakur
> <dhanaraj.thakur at webfoundation.org
> <mailto:dhanaraj.thakur at webfoundation.org>> wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     I appreciate the point about looking at gender from all angles
>     including those of men. We in the Caribbean are in (probably) a
>     unique situation where women outperform men in various areas (though
>     not the important ones).
>
>     However, the IGF BPF on Gender is focused on/Internet access/.
>     Research (from the Web Foundation, ITU, and others) show that
>     globally when we look at access in terms of gender, women are less
>     likely to use the Internet than men. Thus, if we want more people to
>     get online and benefit from the Internet the way we do, we need to
>     address why this gap exists. In that sense, we therefore need to
>     focus on women and girls when it comes to access. This is why the
>     IGF BPF on Gender has this initiative now to identify ways to
>     improve women's access in these various areas.
>
>     Obviously, in some places women use the Internet at similar levels
>     of men. In fact in the Caribbean (for the few countries where there
>     data does exist), it appears that women are more likely to use the
>     Internet than men. However, that is not the reality for most of the
>     world. As the IGF BPF is global in scope (and as long as globally
>     the Internet use rate for women is less than men) I think the focus
>     on women in terms of gender and access makes sense.
>
>
>     take care,
>
>     Dhanaraj
>
>
>     --
>     Dhanaraj Thakur
>     Senior Research Manager
>     Alliance for Affordable Internet <http://a4ai.org>
>     +1 240 232 5878 (USA)
>     @thakurdhanaraj
>     PGP: 0xFCB84FE2A0E7C147
>
>     *World Wide Web Foundation | **1110 Vermont Ave NW, Suite 500,
>     Washington DC 20005, USA.*
>
>
>
>     On 10/03/2017 12:23 PM, Deirdre Williams wrote:
>>     Thank you Bishakha for supporting my argument - or at least adding
>>     supporting material.
>>     This is the list of issues that was posted for comment:
>>     a) Indigenous women
>>     b) Refugee women
>>     c) Women with disabilities
>>     d) Young women
>>     e) Rural women
>>     Nowhere is there any indication of the diversity of gender you
>>     describe.
>>     This is not to say that the diversity is not being addressed, but
>>     in the interest of creating an atmosphere of trust and a sense of
>>     fair play the addressing needs to be SEEN to be done.
>>     Do we need a change of language - is the word "gender" itself part
>>     of the problem? Or do we need a different perception of what
>>     gender is - a spectrum rather than a dichotomy? (Although even
>>     that would seem to exclude the un-gendered.) Should there be a
>>     Dynamic Coalition on Women? But then where would the needs of
>>     everyone else be addressed?
>>     Language and how it is defined becomes more and more important to
>>     us as the discussion spreads further and further. Language is the
>>     first tool that we have to begin to find solutions to the
>>     problems. As the discussion spreads so the number of languages
>>     which must interact with one another becomes greater and greater.
>>     Accurate translation requires a more than casual understanding of
>>     the original text.
>>     So - back to the question - how do we make "gender" work for us,
>>     ALL of us?
>>     Deirdre
>>
>>     On 3 October 2017 at 11:05, Bishakha Datta
>>     <bishakha at pointofview.org <mailto:bishakha at pointofview.org>> wrote:
>>
>>         Hello all,
>>
>>         I wanted to jump into the discussion on the use of the term
>>         'gender'.
>>
>>         This is a complex and multi-layered issue.
>>
>>         At the IGF's Dynamic Coalition on Gender and Internet
>>         Governance, which Jac is very much a part of and has shaped
>>         since its inception, we talk about gender not to mean one or
>>         two genders, but multiple genders - men, women, trans persons
>>         etc. Several individuals all over the world define themselves
>>         as neither male nor female, which must also be taken into
>>         account in any discussion on gender.
>>
>>         Even though we know that there are multiple genders, the
>>         reason we focus on women and trans persons (sometimes unnamed)
>>         in these discussions is simply because women as a 'gender'
>>         lack power, resources, opportunities, decision-making - both
>>         online and offline. A focus on women in gender discussions
>>         does not /exclude /men; it does the reverse. It actually
>>         /includes /and brings women, who have traditionally been
>>         excluded or under-represented, into the picture.
>>
>>         Increasing diversity always means looking at - and taking
>>         measures to include - those who have traditionally been
>>         excluded or under-represented. From a gender perspective, this
>>         means women and trans persons. From a language perspective,
>>         this means thinking about languages that are under-represented
>>         online. From the perspective of ability, diversity means
>>         taking steps to include those who are seen as disability (eg
>>         accessibility measures etc).
>>
>>         I'm making the broader analogies around diversity only to
>>         demonstrate that the same 'rule' applies to thinking around
>>         diversity and inclusion, not only in the context of gender.
>>
>>         Best
>>         Bishakha
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>         On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 9:05 PM, Capda Capda
>>         <capdasiege at gmail.com <mailto:capdasiege at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>             Hi Asène,
>>
>>             Tu soulèves là un très bon point. J'ai toujours eu comme
>>             l'impression que la notion du genre est considérée par la
>>             majorité qui y défend comme la problématique de la femme,
>>             ce qui constitue une erreur et un déséquilibre grave.
>>             Vivement que nous puissions recentrer cette notion
>>             importante pour la gouvernance de notre société. Vive la
>>             diversité.
>>
>>             Cordialement.
>>
>>
>>             Hi Asene,
>>
>>             You raise a very good point here. I have always had the
>>             impression that the notion of gender is considered by the
>>             majority who defend it as the problematic of women, which
>>             constitutes a mistake and a serious imbalance. We strongly
>>             hope that we can refocus this important notion for the
>>             governance of our society. Long live for the diversity.
>>
>>             Best Regards,
>>
>>             2017-10-03 15:45 GMT+02:00 Arsène Tungali
>>             <arsenebaguma at gmail.com <mailto:arsenebaguma at gmail.com>>:
>>
>>                 Hi all,
>>
>>                 Thank you very much Deidre for raising that issue with
>>                 regards to "gender". I tend to agree with you on all
>>                 your points and do believe we need to reconsider the
>>                 way we see/talk about  and define gender.
>>
>>                 We might run into the lack of balance if we consider
>>                 men, leaving women behind and vice versa. Though i
>>                 believe we all fight for diversity.
>>
>>                 Regards,
>>                 Arsene
>>
>>                 -----------------
>>                 Arsène Tungali,
>>                 about.me/ArseneTungali <http://about.me/ArseneTungali>
>>                 +243 993810967 <tel:+243%20993%20810%20967>
>>                 GPG: 523644A0
>>                 Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
>>
>>                 Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos)
>>
>>                 On Oct 3, 2017, at 2:41 PM, Deirdre Williams
>>                 <williams.deirdre at gmail.com
>>                 <mailto:williams.deirdre at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>>                 Dear Jac,
>>>
>>>                 Dear Jac,
>>>
>>>                 While I support your work on behalf of women and
>>>                 girls I’m noticing a trend which is very disturbing –
>>>                 that is the creation of “gender” as being synonymous
>>>                 with “women/female”, at times almost acting as a
>>>                 euphemism.
>>>
>>>                 Consider what you wrote yesterday:
>>>
>>>                 the multiple forms of disparity and discrimination
>>>                 that the diversity of women face
>>>
>>>                 and what Michael wrote this morning:
>>>
>>>                 To put it mildly, helping to empower women and girls
>>>                 with meaningful and sustainable access is imperative
>>>                 to our future
>>>
>>>                 Where are the men?
>>>
>>>                 We seem to be being driven into an unfortunate case
>>>                 of divide and rule. A huge theme for the internet is
>>>                 inclusion, and yet “gender” is excluding
>>>                 approximately half of its population. So if we want
>>>                 to say “women” couldn’t we just say “women”? Do we
>>>                 think it’s a bad word? And if we’re discussing
>>>                 gender, couldn’t we include the men too? For example
>>>                 there might be workshops considering things from both
>>>                 sides, offering a male perspective as well. Are there
>>>                 men who facilitate internet access for women? Are
>>>                 there men who actively block access? How is this done
>>>                 and what measures have been implemented to get round
>>>                 the blocking? Are there men who are themselves denied
>>>                 access to the internet?
>>>
>>>                 The human race is diverse, in gender as well as in
>>>                 many other things. Denying diversity has been
>>>                 demonstrated as an unsuccessful way to try to solve
>>>                 problems, because the diversity persists no matter
>>>                 how much it is denied.
>>>
>>>                 What do other people think?
>>>
>>>                 Best wishes from the Caribbean (where we have a
>>>                 concern about the “marginalised male”)
>>>
>>>                 Deirdre.
>>>
>>>                 On 2 October 2017 at 05:52, Jac sm Kee
>>>                 <jac at apcwomen.org <mailto:jac at apcwomen.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>>                     Much thanks for all the considered thoughts on
>>>                     this issue. Being a
>>>                     committed advocate of this issue, I appreciate
>>>                     the reflection and
>>>                     insights on why it is both difficult and
>>>                     important to integrate gender
>>>                     into IG and policy conversations, including and
>>>                     esp on access.
>>>
>>>                     I hope this thread of discussion helped to
>>>                     clarify why it doesn't make
>>>                     sense to stack the multiple forms of disparity
>>>                     and discrimination that
>>>                     the diversity of women face before we take action
>>>                     to address whatever
>>>                     that is within our ability, capacity and
>>>                     responsibility to address. Also
>>>                     happy to take this conversation further if more
>>>                     doubts or questions
>>>                     surface.
>>>
>>>                     In the meantime, we continue to appreciate your
>>>                     support in responding to
>>>                     as well as disseminating the survey to your
>>>                     networks who do work in this
>>>                     area.
>>>
>>>                     As a reminder, the survey link is:
>>>
https://www.apc.org/limesurvey/index.php/783797/lang-en
>>>
<https://www.apc.org/limesurvey/index.php/783797/lang-en>
>>>
>>>                     Best,
>>>                     jac
>>>
>>>
>>>                     ---------------------------------
>>>                     Jac sm Kee
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From williams.deirdre at gmail.com  Wed Oct 11 11:26:37 2017
From: williams.deirdre at gmail.com (Deirdre Williams)
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 11:26:37 -0400
Subject: [bestbits] [governance] [Ext] Re: [DC] [IGFmaglist] IGF Best
 Practice Forum on Gender: Access
In-Reply-To: <4c7cf68b-c506-f5e2-3162-58b62173dc33@apcwomen.org>
References: <20170928132438.A286F26009B@mail1.mfa.gov.cn> <CDFA09A2-F00D-4FD5-93B0-12A2FF508A17@bluewin.ch>
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Dear Jac and Everyone,

(Hello Charity – great to hear from you again)

I did some further thinking after the last exchanges, but decided that the
topic had died. And what I have to offer is based on observation rather
than true empirical evidence. However – here goes.

I think that allowing “gender” to become a synonym for “women” is a serious
mistake. If “gender” is used instead of “women” (which it is) then “gender”
becomes a mask covering the identity of “women”.  They are no longer your
mother, sister, daughter, wife. They are no longer real people. “Gender”
facilitates sniggering – “oh, it’s a gender issue!”

I also object to squatting on concepts. Think about .book and .amazon. If
the space labelled “gender” is taken over specifically for women, then the
rest of the gender diversity is excluded and has little chance of being
discussed. I agree with you that gender is a spectrum (in fact I think we
need to begin to frame many of the things we discuss as spectrums, not
dichotomies. It’s interesting that the world of binary code encourages us
to view life and its concerns as a system of spectrums.) However, if one
wishes to discuss one part of a spectrum which part, as a part, needs to be
specified clearly, and if the blanket heading is chosen then there should
be a plan to address systematically all of the parts.

So I continue to believe that if the objective of the Best Practice Forum
is to discuss access for women, then it should say so. Dhanaraj pointed out
that there is evidence that that issue is urgent. It has no need to be
euphemised as “gender”. Perhaps next year the objective may be access for
LGBT people, as Avri pointed out. When it is, then we should say so. And I
will continue to expect that a discussion on gender in the context of the
internet will embrace all parts of the spectrum.

Best wishes

Deirdre



On 2 October 2017 at 05:52, Jac sm Kee <jac at apcwomen.org> wrote:

> Much thanks for all the considered thoughts on this issue. Being a
> committed advocate of this issue, I appreciate the reflection and
> insights on why it is both difficult and important to integrate gender
> into IG and policy conversations, including and esp on access.
>
> I hope this thread of discussion helped to clarify why it doesn't make
> sense to stack the multiple forms of disparity and discrimination that
> the diversity of women face before we take action to address whatever
> that is within our ability, capacity and responsibility to address. Also
> happy to take this conversation further if more doubts or questions
> surface.
>
> In the meantime, we continue to appreciate your support in responding to
> as well as disseminating the survey to your networks who do work in this
> area.
>
> As a reminder, the survey link is:
> https://www.apc.org/limesurvey/index.php/783797/lang-en
>
> Best,
> jac
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Jac sm Kee
> Manager, Women's Rights Programme
> Association for Progressive Communications
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From kawsu.sillah at gmail.com  Wed Oct 11 19:49:52 2017
From: kawsu.sillah at gmail.com (Kawsu Sillah)
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 00:49:52 +0100
Subject: [bestbits] Fwd: [AfriSIG-Alumni] Call for application for AfriSIG
 2017
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References: <2d5b982e-1864-d5f3-44b6-c234fc48dbd2@apc.org>
Message-ID: <CAH6w8W4FMyzm4Woh=JXrCdi9us9s8e12WrKgz2gNaPNvEvxu3A@mail.gmail.com>

Dear All,

For your information/action.

I apologize for cross-posting and possible duplication.

Kind regards,

Kawsu.
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From: Olga Tsafack Koloko <olga at apc.org>
Date: Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 12:40 AM
Subject: [AfriSIG-Alumni] Call for application for AfriSIG 2017
To: Afrisig Alumni <afrisig-alumni at lists.apc.org>


Dear AfriSIG alumni,

APC has just launched the call for application for the 5th edition of the
African School on Internet Governance (AfriSIG), scheduled to take place
from 28 November to 02 December 2017 in Cairo Egypt.
Find out more about the call here: http://afrisig.org/2017/10/10/
call-for-applications-for-the-fifth-african-school-on-
internet-governance-afrisig/ and disseminate widely.

Regards,
Olga

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From gpaque at gmail.com  Thu Oct 12 13:12:47 2017
From: gpaque at gmail.com (Ginger Paque)
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 12:12:47 -0500
Subject: [bestbits] IGF MAG Renewal
Message-ID: <CALCecM-nV-vTP81Jopi05HD8dzVae-+cPtOTezapyfVDg1tZ4g@mail.gmail.com>

The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Secretariat has announced the opening
of nominations for new Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) members. Are
you actively involved and experienced in Internet governance and IGF
discussions? Should you consider self-nominating, or nominating one of your
colleagues? Find out more at
https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0

*______________________________*

*Ginger (Virginia) Paque*

IG and E-diplomacy Programmes | Research Associate
DiploFoundation

WMO | 7bis, Avenue de la Paix | 1202 Geneva - Switzerland
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From nadira.araj at gmail.com  Thu Oct 12 13:30:05 2017
From: nadira.araj at gmail.com (Nadira Alaraj)
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 20:30:05 +0300
Subject: [bestbits] IGF MAG Renewal
In-Reply-To: <CALCecM-nV-vTP81Jopi05HD8dzVae-+cPtOTezapyfVDg1tZ4g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CALCecM-nV-vTP81Jopi05HD8dzVae-+cPtOTezapyfVDg1tZ4g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAJdpWNAjFLdmXcP6hnH-oGKcCDNcJm=4KznRhhgESMAsCa-bVw@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks Ginger for sharing,
Do I understand that their is no need to the role of Internet Governance
Civil Society Coordination Group because CS applicant can apply directly?


On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 8:12 PM, Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com> wrote:

> The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Secretariat has announced the opening
> of nominations for new Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) members. Are
> you actively involved and experienced in Internet governance and IGF
> discussions? Should you consider self-nominating, or nominating one of your
> colleagues? Find out more at https://www.intgovforum.
> org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0
>
> *______________________________*
>
> *Ginger (Virginia) Paque*
>
> IG and E-diplomacy Programmes | Research Associate
> DiploFoundation
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> www.diplomacy.edu
>
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From ar at mediasupport.org  Thu Oct 12 14:15:48 2017
From: ar at mediasupport.org (Andreas Reventlow)
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 18:15:48 +0000
Subject: [bestbits] FW: Digital Freedom Fund | Programme Officer vacancy
In-Reply-To: <C0441A99-5AE6-4375-814B-984B52AF3E79@digitalfreedomfund.org>
References: <C0441A99-5AE6-4375-814B-984B52AF3E79@digitalfreedomfund.org>
Message-ID: <6B6EC196-271A-49CC-8D10-FA2FBC93C62B@mediasupport.org>

Dear all,

Please see below for an exciting opportunity with the Digital Freedom Fund: https://digitalfreedomfund.org/vacancies/

Best,
Andreas

Programme Development & Digital Freedom Adviser
International Media Support (IMS)

Tel: +45 5210 7808 | E-mail: ar at mediasupport.org<mailto:ar at mediasupport.org> | Skype: andreasr
PGP fingerprint: D25C 597A 9FB0 C70E 9DAD 1BC8 8425 4ECD 84F5 0586

From: DFF | Nani Jansen Reventlow <nani at digitalfreedomfund.org>
Date: Wednesday, 11 October 2017 at 14.27
To: <info at digitalfreedomfund.org>
Subject: Digital Freedom Fund | Programme Officer vacancy

Dear all,


The Digital Freedom Fund<https://digitalfreedomfund.org/> is hiring! We are a new organisation that supports strategic litigation on digital rights in Europe and we are looking for a Programme Officer.

Preferred work location is Berlin or Amsterdam. For more info and how to apply: http://bit.ly/2xx5YCe. The position will be filled on a rolling basis.

We would be most grateful if you could share with your networks – many thanks in advance!

Best wishes,
Nani


Nani Jansen Reventlow

Director
Digital Freedom Fund

nani at digitalfreedomfund.org<mailto:nani at digitalfreedomfund.org>
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From nb at bollow.ch  Sat Oct 14 11:09:53 2017
From: nb at bollow.ch (Norbert Bollow)
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 17:09:53 +0200
Subject: [bestbits] IGF MAG Renewal
In-Reply-To: <CAJdpWNAjFLdmXcP6hnH-oGKcCDNcJm=4KznRhhgESMAsCa-bVw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CALCecM-nV-vTP81Jopi05HD8dzVae-+cPtOTezapyfVDg1tZ4g@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <20171014170953.784af5a8@quill>

On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 20:30:05 +0300
Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Ginger for sharing,
> Do I understand that their is no need to the role of Internet
> Governance Civil Society Coordination Group because CS applicant can
> apply directly?

I would certainly disagree very strongly with that view.

Greetings,
Norbert





> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 8:12 PM, Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Secretariat has announced the
> > opening of nominations for new Multistakeholder Advisory Group
> > (MAG) members. Are you actively involved and experienced in
> > Internet governance and IGF discussions? Should you consider
> > self-nominating, or nominating one of your colleagues? Find out
> > more at https://www.intgovforum.
> > org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0
> >
> > *______________________________*
> >
> > *Ginger (Virginia) Paque*
> >
> > IG and E-diplomacy Programmes | Research Associate
> > DiploFoundation
> >
> > WMO | 7bis, Avenue de la Paix | 1202 Geneva - Switzerland
> > www.diplomacy.edu
> >
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From nadira.araj at gmail.com  Sat Oct 14 11:17:00 2017
From: nadira.araj at gmail.com (Nadira Alaraj)
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:17:00 +0300
Subject: [bestbits] IGF MAG Renewal
In-Reply-To: <20171014170953.784af5a8@quill>
References: <CALCecM-nV-vTP81Jopi05HD8dzVae-+cPtOTezapyfVDg1tZ4g@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <CAJdpWNDBm8-Pqrm0NCbGV9mg9ZBhBOkVU11Lpo1KznqbJF016g@mail.gmail.com>

+1 Norbert, but we didn't hear anything from the BestBits representatives
at the IG CSCG.

On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 6:09 PM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 20:30:05 +0300
> Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Ginger for sharing,
> > Do I understand that their is no need to the role of Internet
> > Governance Civil Society Coordination Group because CS applicant can
> > apply directly?
>
> I would certainly disagree very strongly with that view.
>
> Greetings,
> Norbert
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 8:12 PM, Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Secretariat has announced the
> > > opening of nominations for new Multistakeholder Advisory Group
> > > (MAG) members. Are you actively involved and experienced in
> > > Internet governance and IGF discussions? Should you consider
> > > self-nominating, or nominating one of your colleagues? Find out
> > > more at https://www.intgovforum.
> > > org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0
> > >
> > > *______________________________*
> > >
> > > *Ginger (Virginia) Paque*
> > >
> > > IG and E-diplomacy Programmes | Research Associate
> > > DiploFoundation
> > >
> > > WMO | 7bis, Avenue de la Paix | 1202 Geneva - Switzerland
> > > www.diplomacy.edu
> > >
> > > [image: 15years.diplomacy.edu] <http://15years.diplomacy.edu/>
> > > * <http://www.diplomacy.edu/courses>*
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From mike.oghia at gmail.com  Tue Oct  3 07:23:57 2017
From: mike.oghia at gmail.com (Michael J. Oghia)
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 13:23:57 +0200
Subject: [bestbits] [DC] [IGFmaglist] IGF Best Practice Forum on Gender:
 Access
In-Reply-To: <CAGabp=gt-fKeEA69Gqib_1qU4HeOkH-5oLbaiQczsNbrry-g9Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <20171003091158.7A55F2667E7@mail1.mfa.gov.cn> <CAHXEJG1HTWXgXBmsY2dabx_RvW8PXo=XYBny-6sxi+YJYTp+CA@mail.gmail.com>
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Dear Ji,

Indeed, as Michael mentioned, this is a good and timely conversation to
have. I'm pleased that we can engage in such discussions openly and
respectfully, and I commend this group for responding professionally and
collegially to difficult questions.

One point I want to add to what's been said is that economic development is
being driven specifically by access to information and communications
technologies (ICTs), *especially* among women. Not only has this been
highlighted repeatedly by our own BPF on Gender and Access, but also by
organizations from across stakeholder groups and development fields (UNDP,
World Bank, GSMA, W3C, ISOC, General Electric, Association of Progressive
Communications, and many more).

To put it mildly, helping to empower women and girls with meaningful and
sustainable access is imperative to our future.

Best,
-Michael

On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 1:06 PM, Michael Ilishebo <ilishebo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Ji,
>
> Your concerns are very much valid, however, the platform is not the
> correct one.
>
> Just as Ginger has put it, Internet Governance has a defined subject
> matter it covers and loses it's potency when it overlaps.
>
> One of the most consistent topic in Internet Governance happens to be
> Gender related to access, connectivity and empowerment. The UN has other
> relevant platforms that discuss the topics you have raised.
>
> I am one person who enjoys they way you bring out issues and will continue
> tapping knowledge from you as long as I remain a MAG member.
>
> In my language, there is a saying that goes like, 'Wear my shoes and face
> the world in them...then come we argue'
>
> Michael
>
> On Oct 3, 2017 12:02, "Ginger Paque" <virginiap at diplomacy.edu> wrote:
>
>> Ji, your point is important and is discussed often in introductory IG
>> courses, because it sets the scene for IG.
>>
>> While we recognise the importance of clean water, food, healthcare, and
>> human rights, in this forum we don't address those problems, nor build
>> roads, or provide food and healthcare (as examples). We work on Internet
>> governance, and *the resources and solutions the Internet (and
>> appropriate Internet governance) can provide to address those problems*.
>>
>> We work to provide a solid discussion forum that works to ensure safe,
>> equitable access and better Internet for all, especially vulnerable and/or
>> marginalised groups and individuals.
>>
>> Precisely because we are not omnipotent saviors, we must work on the
>> issues under our mandate, including, but not limited to:
>> a) Indigenous women
>> b) Refugee women
>> c) Women with disabilities
>> d) Young women
>> e) Rural women
>>
>> This is the Internet governance forum. This is what we do.
>> Please excuse my over-simplification for the sake of brevity.
>>
>> Ginger
>>
>>
>>
>> * <http://www.diplomacy.edu/courses>*
>>
>> *______________________________*
>>
>> *Ginger (Virginia) Paque*
>>
>> IG and E-diplomacy Programmes | Research Associate
>> DiploFoundation
>>
>> WMO | 7bis, Avenue de la Paix | 1202 Geneva - Switzerland
>> virginiap at diplomacy.edu
>>
>> [image: 15years.diplomacy.edu] <http://15years.diplomacy.edu/>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 4:11 AM, 计颢骏 <ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Dear Chair and all,
>>>
>>>          I have no intention to trivalize such an important issue. As
>>> Chairman Mao once said, women holds up half of the sky. To make sure that
>>> women have equal access to cyberspace is indeed a very important issue.
>>> However, the internet or cyberspace itself is gender neutral. It is also
>>> true that in some part of the world, women may have difficulty to access
>>> internet. This problem attributes to economic,cultural and religious
>>> factors etc. Among these factors, ecnomoy is the fundamental issue.  People
>>> have no access to internet because they are poor, they have no money to buy
>>> computer, smart phone and wifi service. For indigenous.refugees,
>>> disabled,young and rural people, no matter they are man or women,the
>>> barrier to internet access is mainly about money. Economy, money, is the
>>> biggest problem we face everyday. Can we expect to solve this problem in
>>> the context of internet governance? In China, we have a saying that to make
>>> people rich,build the road first. Without the road, indigenous people in
>>> remote mountainous areas can not send their products to the
>>> outside market,even when they have access to internet. The question is can
>>> internet governance help build more road?
>>>
>>>        Dear colleagues, it is very easy to be politically correct, but
>>> the really important thing is to find the problem, to know the real cause
>>> of the prolem and solve the prolem. In some part of the world, where women
>>> even lack the basic freedom, is it a bit luxurious to talk about internet
>>> access? Of course, in some countries, women may have access to
>>> internet  even when they are not allowed to leave home alone. My point
>>> is,talk for the sake of talk is meaningless.In the context of internet
>>> governance, we shall focus on issues  we can make difference rather than
>>> stray too far away. My previous comment is a very important viewpoint which
>>> also deserve respect. we shall seek truth and go  deep into the truth
>>> rather than pretending that we are omnipotent saviors.
>>>
>>>          Best regards,
>>>
>>>          JI Haojun
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > a) Indigenous women
>>> > b) Refugee women
>>> > c) Women with disabilities
>>> > d) Young women
>>> > e) Rural women
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- 回复邮件 -----
>>> *发信人:*Lynn St.Amour <st.amour at bluewin.ch>
>>> *收信人:*计颢骏 <ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn>
>>> *抄  送:*JacsmKee <jac at apcwomen.org>,IGF Maglist <
>>> Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>,bestbits at lists.bestbits.net <
>>> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>,Governance <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>,
>>> dc at intgovforum.org <dc at intgovforum.org>
>>> *时  间:*2017年09月29日 20时39分10秒
>>> *主  题:*Re: [IGFmaglist] IGF Best Practice Forum on Gender: Access
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear Ji,
>>>
>>> your comment below trivializes the very important gender discussion, and
>>> much of the work of the MAG.
>>>
>>> Equally, it is important that we maintain a culture of respect in all
>>> MAG communications, and I hope we can achieve this going forward.
>>>
>>> Lynn St.Amour
>>>
>>> IGF-MAG Chair
>>>
>>>
>>> > On Sep 28, 2017, at 9:24 AM, 计颢骏 <ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Dear all,
>>> >
>>> > I think the access issue,for some countries, shall start from allowing
>>> women to drive and travel alone first.
>>> >
>>> > JI Haojun
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > ----- 回复邮件 -----
>>> > 发信人:Jac sm Kee <jac at apcwomen.org>
>>> > 收信人:Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org <Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>,<
>>> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net> <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>,Governance <
>>> governance at lists.igcaucus.org>,dc at intgovforum.org <dc at intgovforum.org>
>>> > 时 间:2017年09月27日 18时05分01秒
>>> > 主 题:[IGFmaglist] IGF Best Practice Forum on Gender: Access
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Dear colleagues,
>>> >
>>> > As mentioned in previous meetings, the IGF Best Practice Forum on
>>> > Gender this year is looking specifically at access issues faced by:
>>> >
>>> > a) Indigenous women
>>> > b) Refugee women
>>> > c) Women with disabilities
>>> > d) Young women
>>> > e) Rural women
>>> >
>>> > We are looking for insights and initiatives that you may know of that
>>> > addresses these issues directly, or in partial or indrect ways. To help
>>> > in this process, we have developed a brief survey here:
>>> >
>>> > https://www.apc.org/limesurvey/index.php/783797/lang-en
>>> >
>>> > Please do submit your work into this process, and would appreciate it
>>> > if you can share this broadly and in targetted ways to your networks.
>>> >
>>> > Best,
>>> > jac
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> >
>>> > ---------------------------------
>>> > Jac sm Kee
>>> > Manager, Women's Rights Programme
>>> > Association for Progressive Communications
>>> > www.apc.org | www.takebackthetech.net | erotics.apc.org
>>> > Jitsi: jacsmk | Skype: jacsmk | Twitter: @jhybe
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > _______________________________________________
>>> > Igfmaglist mailing list
>>> > Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org
>>> > http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfmaglist_intgovforum.org
>>> > _______________________________________________
>>> > Igfmaglist mailing list
>>> > Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org
>>> > http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfmaglist_intgovforum.org
>>>
>>>
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>>> Igfmaglist mailing list
>>> Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org
>>> http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfmaglist_intgovforum.org
>>>
>>>
>>
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From bouchraousselat at gmail.com  Sat Oct 14 11:40:31 2017
From: bouchraousselat at gmail.com (Bouchra Nassir Ousselat)
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 16:40:31 +0100
Subject: [bestbits] IGF MAG Renewal
In-Reply-To: <CAJdpWNAjFLdmXcP6hnH-oGKcCDNcJm=4KznRhhgESMAsCa-bVw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CALCecM-nV-vTP81Jopi05HD8dzVae-+cPtOTezapyfVDg1tZ4g@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAJdpWNAjFLdmXcP6hnH-oGKcCDNcJm=4KznRhhgESMAsCa-bVw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CANY3wK2=OJFbtz4UO3H0Xy37k1_ed4EusDTGbXAg73cWdxd3Mw@mail.gmail.com>

Hi dear Ginger , thanks for sharing this information.
I am a new member so what am I eligible to be nominating?  Help me to
understand that.
Best regards

Bouchra Nassir Ousselat
Founder of Filles at innov
Computer Engineer
Winner of the Digital Innovation Award for CHAD 2016 Edition
ISOC Chad Member.
From Chad
.
tel: +23563515755
       +23595726202


Le 12 oct. 2017 18:30, "Nadira Alaraj" <nadira.araj at gmail.com> a écrit :

> Thanks Ginger for sharing,
> Do I understand that their is no need to the role of Internet Governance
> Civil Society Coordination Group because CS applicant can apply directly?
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 8:12 PM, Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Secretariat has announced the opening
>> of nominations for new Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) members. Are
>> you actively involved and experienced in Internet governance and IGF
>> discussions? Should you consider self-nominating, or nominating one of your
>> colleagues? Find out more at https://www.intgovforum.org
>> /multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0
>>
>> *______________________________*
>>
>> *Ginger (Virginia) Paque*
>>
>> IG and E-diplomacy Programmes | Research Associate
>> DiploFoundation
>>
>> WMO | 7bis, Avenue de la Paix | 1202 Geneva - Switzerland
>> www.diplomacy.edu
>>
>> [image: 15years.diplomacy.edu] <http://15years.diplomacy.edu/>
>> * <http://www.diplomacy.edu/courses>*
>>
>>
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From bouchraousselat at gmail.com  Sat Oct 14 11:42:15 2017
From: bouchraousselat at gmail.com (Bouchra Nassir Ousselat)
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 16:42:15 +0100
Subject: [bestbits] FW: Digital Freedom Fund | Programme Officer vacancy
In-Reply-To: <CANY3wK1Mxc52biYfoOMxqD0XgQ9xswSFG5UJtNWDZY5VzCSDqA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <C0441A99-5AE6-4375-814B-984B52AF3E79@digitalfreedomfund.org>
 <6B6EC196-271A-49CC-8D10-FA2FBC93C62B@mediasupport.org> <CANY3wK3jqu0fJAMp=fPkMRCfRGrT7WLGdRW36ms_BcRc+e9siQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <CANY3wK0Z+dCT3-rwwWtp0e1A-rJBbGtvHR-Aeff1OeBmfgseNA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Andreas,
Thanks for sharing this.

Bouchra Nassir Ousselat
Founder of Filles at innov
Computer Engineer
Winner of the Digital Innovation Award for CHAD 2016 Edition

From Chad
.
tel: +23563515755
       +23595726202


Le 12 oct. 2017 19:15, "Andreas Reventlow" <ar at mediasupport.org> a écrit :

Dear all,



Please see below for an exciting opportunity with the Digital Freedom Fund:
https://digitalfreedomfund.org/vacancies/



Best,

Andreas



Programme Development & Digital Freedom Adviser
International Media Support (IMS)

Tel: +45 5210 7808 <+45%2052%2010%2078%2008> | E-mail: ar at mediasupport.org |
Skype: andreasr

PGP fingerprint: D25C 597A 9FB0 C70E 9DAD 1BC8 8425 4ECD 84F5 0586



*From: *DFF | Nani Jansen Reventlow <nani at digitalfreedomfund.org>
*Date: *Wednesday, 11 October 2017 at 14.27
*To: *<info at digitalfreedomfund.org>
*Subject: *Digital Freedom Fund | Programme Officer vacancy



Dear all,



The Digital Freedom Fund <https://digitalfreedomfund.org/> is hiring! We
are a new organisation that supports strategic litigation on digital rights
in Europe and we are looking for a Programme Officer.


Preferred work location is Berlin or Amsterdam. For more info and how to
apply: http://bit.ly/2xx5YCe. The position will be filled on a rolling
basis.



We would be most grateful if you could share with your networks – many
thanks in advance!



Best wishes,

Nani





Nani Jansen Reventlow

Director
Digital Freedom Fund

nani at digitalfreedomfund.org
www.digitalfreedomfund.org
www.twitter.com/df_fund







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From isolatedn at gmail.com  Sat Oct 14 13:03:28 2017
From: isolatedn at gmail.com (Sivasubramanian M)
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 22:33:28 +0530
Subject: [bestbits] IGF MAG Renewal
In-Reply-To: <CANY3wK2=OJFbtz4UO3H0Xy37k1_ed4EusDTGbXAg73cWdxd3Mw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CALCecM-nV-vTP81Jopi05HD8dzVae-+cPtOTezapyfVDg1tZ4g@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <CAHyAo0GhbcJKagnvAC6FP8-OPFtMWjsWDCsqEk2Ah0Ke26QbOQ@mail.gmail.com>

From https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0
I understand that for the 19 total 2018 seats, none of the nominations
are to be from Asia Pacific. Is this correct please ?

Sivasubramanian M

On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 9:10 PM, Bouchra Nassir Ousselat
<bouchraousselat at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi dear Ginger , thanks for sharing this information.
> I am a new member so what am I eligible to be nominating?  Help me to
> understand that.
> Best regards
>
> Bouchra Nassir Ousselat
> Founder of Filles at innov
> Computer Engineer
> Winner of the Digital Innovation Award for CHAD 2016 Edition
> ISOC Chad Member.
> From Chad
> .
> tel: +23563515755
>        +23595726202
>
>
> Le 12 oct. 2017 18:30, "Nadira Alaraj" <nadira.araj at gmail.com> a écrit :
>>
>> Thanks Ginger for sharing,
>> Do I understand that their is no need to the role of Internet Governance
>> Civil Society Coordination Group because CS applicant can apply directly?
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 8:12 PM, Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Secretariat has announced the opening
>>> of nominations for new Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) members. Are
>>> you actively involved and experienced in Internet governance and IGF
>>> discussions? Should you consider self-nominating, or nominating one of your
>>> colleagues? Find out more at
>>> https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0
>>>
>>> ______________________________
>>>
>>> Ginger (Virginia) Paque
>>>
>>> IG and E-diplomacy Programmes | Research Associate
>>> DiploFoundation
>>>
>>> WMO | 7bis, Avenue de la Paix | 1202 Geneva - Switzerland
>>> www.diplomacy.edu
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ____________________________________________________________
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>>>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
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>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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From nnenna75 at gmail.com  Sat Oct 14 13:55:05 2017
From: nnenna75 at gmail.com (Nnenna Nwakanma)
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 17:55:05 +0000
Subject: [bestbits] Michael Gurstein
Message-ID: <CADFgh13V+Ok-gWVmLzBFiy=EQysWihJcD9w_NTkLEFuB12FS7g@mail.gmail.com>

Just reading this on Facebook..

= = =
Michael Gurstein
October 2, 1944 - October 8, 2017

Michael Gurstein was born on October 2, 1944 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
to Emanuel (Manny) and Sylvia Gurstein.  While still an infant, the family
moved to Melfort, Saskatchewan where Manny grew up and his family still
lived.  In Mike’s youth, Manny and Sylvia ran a successful retail store.
There, the family grew with a younger sister, Penny.
Mike excelled at school.  He spent his summers working at a golf club in
Waskesiu and graduated from Melfort Composite Collegiate Institute high
school, and then completed an undergraduate degree in philosophy at the
University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.  Mike was driven by pragmatism and
curiosity about the wider world that motivated his doctoral studies in
Sociology at the University of Cambridge in the U.K.  While a student, he
began his life-long exploration of the world, with trips through North
Africa and a long journey from Southeast Asia through Afghanistan and Iran
and back to the U.K.
Upon Mike’s return to Canada, he worked in politics and policy, as a senior
civil servant for the Province of British Columbia under Barrett’s NDP
government (1972-4) and for the Province of Saskatchewan under Blakeney’s
NDP Government (1974-5).  While teaching at York University, he ran
unsuccessfully for the NDP in the riding of Parkdale.
Mike moved to Ottawa in the late 1970s where he met his wife, Fernande
Faulkner.  Together they had two children, Rachel (1981) and Marc (1983).
He and Fernande established and ran a management consulting firm,
Socioscope, which studied and guided the social aspects of the introduction
of information communication technology.  In Ottawa, Mike also built and
managed a real estate portfolio.  In 1992 the family moved to New York,
where Mike and Fernande worked for the United Nations.
In 1995, Mike became Associate Chair in the Management of Technological
Change at the University College of Cape Breton.  There, he founded the
Centre for Community and Enterprise Networking (C/CEN) as a community based
research laboratory exploring applications of ICT to support social change
in one of Canada's most economically disadvantaged regions.
Grown out of his early experience in rural small town Saskatchewan and his
later experiences in impoverished but culturally and communally rich Cape
Breton, Mike's work provided the conceptual framing for “community
informatics”. He published the first major work in the field, and
introduced the term "community informatics" into wider usage as referring
to the research and praxis discipline underpinning the social appropriation
of ICT. Within the area of community informatics a major contribution has
been Mike's introduction of the notion of "effective use" as a critical
analytical framework for assessing technology implementation superseding
approaches based on the more commonly accepted frameworks such as that of
the "digital divide".
In 1999, the family moved to Vancouver to be closer to Mike’s parents and
sister.  In 2000, Mike and Fernande returned to New York, to work at the
New Jersey Institute of  Technology and the UN, respectively.  Mike
returned to Vancouver in 2006 and established the Center for Community
Informatics Research Development and Training (CCIRDT).  With this
platform, he traveled the world to consult with governments and civil
society organisations, present at conferences, and conduct research.
Mike was the founding editor of the Journal of Community Informatics and
was Foundation Chair of the Community Informatics Research Network.  He was
at the time of his death the Executive Director of CCIRDT, and formerly an
Adjunct Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies
Vancouver Canada, and as well as Research Professor at the New Jersey
Institute of Technology in Newark, New Jersey, and Research Professor at
the University of Quebec (Outaouais). He was also a member of the High
Level Panel of Advisers of the UN's Global Alliance for ICT and
Development. He has also served on the Board of the Global Telecentre
Alliance, Telecommunities Canada, the Pacific Community Networking
Association and the Vancouver Community Net.
In recent years he was active as a commentator, speaker and
essayist/blogger articulating a community informatics (grassroots ICT user)
perspective in the areas of open government data and internet governance.
Through all of his work, Mike was motivated by his commitment to
democratising access to the tools of information technology and the
advancement of civil society.
Mike passed away peacefully at home on October 8 after a two year battle
with prostate cancer.  He is survived by his wife Fernande, his mother
Sylvia, his sister Penny, his children Rachel and Marc, his step-children
Bruno and Nina, his grandchildren Emmanuelle and Daniel, step grandchildren
Patrick, Emilly, Jessica and Erica, and niece, Natasha.
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From williams.deirdre at gmail.com  Sat Oct 14 14:13:26 2017
From: williams.deirdre at gmail.com (Deirdre Williams)
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 14:13:26 -0400
Subject: [bestbits] Michael Gurstein
In-Reply-To: <CADFgh13V+Ok-gWVmLzBFiy=EQysWihJcD9w_NTkLEFuB12FS7g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADFgh13V+Ok-gWVmLzBFiy=EQysWihJcD9w_NTkLEFuB12FS7g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAMz5XN4SLiLUfUetYDfr+w=OwTwLuC=iX=hZXnY+TdSoAZoOkA@mail.gmail.com>

I am so very sorry.
We were always considering meeting when I went to Canada to visit my
daughter - just never quite connected.
My condolences to his family and friends
Deirdre

On 14 October 2017 at 13:55, Nnenna Nwakanma <nnenna75 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just reading this on Facebook..
>
> = = =
> Michael Gurstein
> October 2, 1944 - October 8, 2017
>
> Michael Gurstein was born on October 2, 1944 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
> to Emanuel (Manny) and Sylvia Gurstein.  While still an infant, the family
> moved to Melfort, Saskatchewan where Manny grew up and his family still
> lived.  In Mike’s youth, Manny and Sylvia ran a successful retail store.
> There, the family grew with a younger sister, Penny.
> Mike excelled at school.  He spent his summers working at a golf club in
> Waskesiu and graduated from Melfort Composite Collegiate Institute high
> school, and then completed an undergraduate degree in philosophy at the
> University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.  Mike was driven by pragmatism and
> curiosity about the wider world that motivated his doctoral studies in
> Sociology at the University of Cambridge in the U.K.  While a student, he
> began his life-long exploration of the world, with trips through North
> Africa and a long journey from Southeast Asia through Afghanistan and Iran
> and back to the U.K.
> Upon Mike’s return to Canada, he worked in politics and policy, as a
> senior civil servant for the Province of British Columbia under Barrett’s
> NDP government (1972-4) and for the Province of Saskatchewan under
> Blakeney’s NDP Government (1974-5).  While teaching at York University, he
> ran unsuccessfully for the NDP in the riding of Parkdale.
> Mike moved to Ottawa in the late 1970s where he met his wife, Fernande
> Faulkner.  Together they had two children, Rachel (1981) and Marc (1983).
> He and Fernande established and ran a management consulting firm,
> Socioscope, which studied and guided the social aspects of the introduction
> of information communication technology.  In Ottawa, Mike also built and
> managed a real estate portfolio.  In 1992 the family moved to New York,
> where Mike and Fernande worked for the United Nations.
> In 1995, Mike became Associate Chair in the Management of Technological
> Change at the University College of Cape Breton.  There, he founded the
> Centre for Community and Enterprise Networking (C/CEN) as a community based
> research laboratory exploring applications of ICT to support social change
> in one of Canada's most economically disadvantaged regions.
> Grown out of his early experience in rural small town Saskatchewan and his
> later experiences in impoverished but culturally and communally rich Cape
> Breton, Mike's work provided the conceptual framing for “community
> informatics”. He published the first major work in the field, and
> introduced the term "community informatics" into wider usage as referring
> to the research and praxis discipline underpinning the social appropriation
> of ICT. Within the area of community informatics a major contribution has
> been Mike's introduction of the notion of "effective use" as a critical
> analytical framework for assessing technology implementation superseding
> approaches based on the more commonly accepted frameworks such as that of
> the "digital divide".
> In 1999, the family moved to Vancouver to be closer to Mike’s parents and
> sister.  In 2000, Mike and Fernande returned to New York, to work at the
> New Jersey Institute of  Technology and the UN, respectively.  Mike
> returned to Vancouver in 2006 and established the Center for Community
> Informatics Research Development and Training (CCIRDT).  With this
> platform, he traveled the world to consult with governments and civil
> society organisations, present at conferences, and conduct research.
> Mike was the founding editor of the Journal of Community Informatics and
> was Foundation Chair of the Community Informatics Research Network.  He was
> at the time of his death the Executive Director of CCIRDT, and formerly an
> Adjunct Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies
> Vancouver Canada, and as well as Research Professor at the New Jersey
> Institute of Technology in Newark, New Jersey, and Research Professor at
> the University of Quebec (Outaouais). He was also a member of the High
> Level Panel of Advisers of the UN's Global Alliance for ICT and
> Development. He has also served on the Board of the Global Telecentre
> Alliance, Telecommunities Canada, the Pacific Community Networking
> Association and the Vancouver Community Net.
> In recent years he was active as a commentator, speaker and
> essayist/blogger articulating a community informatics (grassroots ICT user)
> perspective in the areas of open government data and internet governance.
> Through all of his work, Mike was motivated by his commitment to
> democratising access to the tools of information technology and the
> advancement of civil society.
> Mike passed away peacefully at home on October 8 after a two year battle
> with prostate cancer.  He is survived by his wife Fernande, his mother
> Sylvia, his sister Penny, his children Rachel and Marc, his step-children
> Bruno and Nina, his grandchildren Emmanuelle and Daniel, step grandchildren
> Patrick, Emilly, Jessica and Erica, and niece, Natasha.
>
> ____________________________________________________________
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From veni at veni.com  Sat Oct 14 14:15:45 2017
From: veni at veni.com (Veni Markovski)
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:15:45 +0000
Subject: [bestbits] Michael Gurstein
In-Reply-To: <CADFgh13V+Ok-gWVmLzBFiy=EQysWihJcD9w_NTkLEFuB12FS7g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADFgh13V+Ok-gWVmLzBFiy=EQysWihJcD9w_NTkLEFuB12FS7g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAN7p9b53S3Hc0pgvUaWv+NqEXDAqm_=Re9kARxg_Ci3ObXDVPA@mail.gmail.com>

Such a loss!! So sorry :((



On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 13:55 Nnenna Nwakanma <nnenna75 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just reading this on Facebook..
>
> = = =
> Michael Gurstein
> October 2, 1944 - October 8, 2017
>
> Michael Gurstein was born on October 2, 1944 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
> to Emanuel (Manny) and Sylvia Gurstein.  While still an infant, the family
> moved to Melfort, Saskatchewan where Manny grew up and his family still
> lived.  In Mike’s youth, Manny and Sylvia ran a successful retail store.
> There, the family grew with a younger sister, Penny.
> Mike excelled at school.  He spent his summers working at a golf club in
> Waskesiu and graduated from Melfort Composite Collegiate Institute high
> school, and then completed an undergraduate degree in philosophy at the
> University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.  Mike was driven by pragmatism and
> curiosity about the wider world that motivated his doctoral studies in
> Sociology at the University of Cambridge in the U.K.  While a student, he
> began his life-long exploration of the world, with trips through North
> Africa and a long journey from Southeast Asia through Afghanistan and Iran
> and back to the U.K.
> Upon Mike’s return to Canada, he worked in politics and policy, as a
> senior civil servant for the Province of British Columbia under Barrett’s
> NDP government (1972-4) and for the Province of Saskatchewan under
> Blakeney’s NDP Government (1974-5).  While teaching at York University, he
> ran unsuccessfully for the NDP in the riding of Parkdale.
> Mike moved to Ottawa in the late 1970s where he met his wife, Fernande
> Faulkner.  Together they had two children, Rachel (1981) and Marc (1983).
> He and Fernande established and ran a management consulting firm,
> Socioscope, which studied and guided the social aspects of the introduction
> of information communication technology.  In Ottawa, Mike also built and
> managed a real estate portfolio.  In 1992 the family moved to New York,
> where Mike and Fernande worked for the United Nations.
> In 1995, Mike became Associate Chair in the Management of Technological
> Change at the University College of Cape Breton.  There, he founded the
> Centre for Community and Enterprise Networking (C/CEN) as a community based
> research laboratory exploring applications of ICT to support social change
> in one of Canada's most economically disadvantaged regions.
> Grown out of his early experience in rural small town Saskatchewan and his
> later experiences in impoverished but culturally and communally rich Cape
> Breton, Mike's work provided the conceptual framing for “community
> informatics”. He published the first major work in the field, and
> introduced the term "community informatics" into wider usage as referring
> to the research and praxis discipline underpinning the social appropriation
> of ICT. Within the area of community informatics a major contribution has
> been Mike's introduction of the notion of "effective use" as a critical
> analytical framework for assessing technology implementation superseding
> approaches based on the more commonly accepted frameworks such as that of
> the "digital divide".
> In 1999, the family moved to Vancouver to be closer to Mike’s parents and
> sister.  In 2000, Mike and Fernande returned to New York, to work at the
> New Jersey Institute of  Technology and the UN, respectively.  Mike
> returned to Vancouver in 2006 and established the Center for Community
> Informatics Research Development and Training (CCIRDT).  With this
> platform, he traveled the world to consult with governments and civil
> society organisations, present at conferences, and conduct research.
> Mike was the founding editor of the Journal of Community Informatics and
> was Foundation Chair of the Community Informatics Research Network.  He was
> at the time of his death the Executive Director of CCIRDT, and formerly an
> Adjunct Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies
> Vancouver Canada, and as well as Research Professor at the New Jersey
> Institute of Technology in Newark, New Jersey, and Research Professor at
> the University of Quebec (Outaouais). He was also a member of the High
> Level Panel of Advisers of the UN's Global Alliance for ICT and
> Development. He has also served on the Board of the Global Telecentre
> Alliance, Telecommunities Canada, the Pacific Community Networking
> Association and the Vancouver Community Net.
> In recent years he was active as a commentator, speaker and
> essayist/blogger articulating a community informatics (grassroots ICT user)
> perspective in the areas of open government data and internet governance.
> Through all of his work, Mike was motivated by his commitment to
> democratising access to the tools of information technology and the
> advancement of civil society.
> Mike passed away peacefully at home on October 8 after a two year battle
> with prostate cancer.  He is survived by his wife Fernande, his mother
> Sylvia, his sister Penny, his children Rachel and Marc, his step-children
> Bruno and Nina, his grandchildren Emmanuelle and Daniel, step grandchildren
> Patrick, Emilly, Jessica and Erica, and niece, Natasha.
> ____________________________________________________________
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From khouzeifi99 at gmail.com  Sat Oct 14 14:19:31 2017
From: khouzeifi99 at gmail.com (Khouzeifi Issakha)
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 20:19:31 +0200
Subject: [bestbits] Michael Gurstein
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Hi all

My condoleances to his family and friends.
May his soul rest in peace.



On Saturday, 14 October 2017, Veni Markovski <veni at veni.com> wrote:

> Such a loss!! So sorry :((
>
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 13:55 Nnenna Nwakanma <nnenna75 at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','nnenna75 at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> Just reading this on Facebook..
>>
>> = = =
>> Michael Gurstein
>> October 2, 1944 - October 8, 2017
>>
>> Michael Gurstein was born on October 2, 1944 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
>> to Emanuel (Manny) and Sylvia Gurstein.  While still an infant, the family
>> moved to Melfort, Saskatchewan where Manny grew up and his family still
>> lived.  In Mike’s youth, Manny and Sylvia ran a successful retail store.
>> There, the family grew with a younger sister, Penny.
>> Mike excelled at school.  He spent his summers working at a golf club in
>> Waskesiu and graduated from Melfort Composite Collegiate Institute high
>> school, and then completed an undergraduate degree in philosophy at the
>> University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.  Mike was driven by pragmatism and
>> curiosity about the wider world that motivated his doctoral studies in
>> Sociology at the University of Cambridge in the U.K.  While a student, he
>> began his life-long exploration of the world, with trips through North
>> Africa and a long journey from Southeast Asia through Afghanistan and Iran
>> and back to the U.K.
>> Upon Mike’s return to Canada, he worked in politics and policy, as a
>> senior civil servant for the Province of British Columbia under Barrett’s
>> NDP government (1972-4) and for the Province of Saskatchewan under
>> Blakeney’s NDP Government (1974-5).  While teaching at York University, he
>> ran unsuccessfully for the NDP in the riding of Parkdale.
>> Mike moved to Ottawa in the late 1970s where he met his wife, Fernande
>> Faulkner.  Together they had two children, Rachel (1981) and Marc (1983).
>> He and Fernande established and ran a management consulting firm,
>> Socioscope, which studied and guided the social aspects of the introduction
>> of information communication technology.  In Ottawa, Mike also built and
>> managed a real estate portfolio.  In 1992 the family moved to New York,
>> where Mike and Fernande worked for the United Nations.
>> In 1995, Mike became Associate Chair in the Management of Technological
>> Change at the University College of Cape Breton.  There, he founded the
>> Centre for Community and Enterprise Networking (C/CEN) as a community based
>> research laboratory exploring applications of ICT to support social change
>> in one of Canada's most economically disadvantaged regions.
>> Grown out of his early experience in rural small town Saskatchewan and
>> his later experiences in impoverished but culturally and communally rich
>> Cape Breton, Mike's work provided the conceptual framing for “community
>> informatics”. He published the first major work in the field, and
>> introduced the term "community informatics" into wider usage as referring
>> to the research and praxis discipline underpinning the social appropriation
>> of ICT. Within the area of community informatics a major contribution has
>> been Mike's introduction of the notion of "effective use" as a critical
>> analytical framework for assessing technology implementation superseding
>> approaches based on the more commonly accepted frameworks such as that of
>> the "digital divide".
>> In 1999, the family moved to Vancouver to be closer to Mike’s parents and
>> sister.  In 2000, Mike and Fernande returned to New York, to work at the
>> New Jersey Institute of  Technology and the UN, respectively.  Mike
>> returned to Vancouver in 2006 and established the Center for Community
>> Informatics Research Development and Training (CCIRDT).  With this
>> platform, he traveled the world to consult with governments and civil
>> society organisations, present at conferences, and conduct research.
>> Mike was the founding editor of the Journal of Community Informatics and
>> was Foundation Chair of the Community Informatics Research Network.  He was
>> at the time of his death the Executive Director of CCIRDT, and formerly an
>> Adjunct Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies
>> Vancouver Canada, and as well as Research Professor at the New Jersey
>> Institute of Technology in Newark, New Jersey, and Research Professor at
>> the University of Quebec (Outaouais). He was also a member of the High
>> Level Panel of Advisers of the UN's Global Alliance for ICT and
>> Development. He has also served on the Board of the Global Telecentre
>> Alliance, Telecommunities Canada, the Pacific Community Networking
>> Association and the Vancouver Community Net.
>> In recent years he was active as a commentator, speaker and
>> essayist/blogger articulating a community informatics (grassroots ICT user)
>> perspective in the areas of open government data and internet governance.
>> Through all of his work, Mike was motivated by his commitment to
>> democratising access to the tools of information technology and the
>> advancement of civil society.
>> Mike passed away peacefully at home on October 8 after a two year battle
>> with prostate cancer.  He is survived by his wife Fernande, his mother
>> Sylvia, his sister Penny, his children Rachel and Marc, his step-children
>> Bruno and Nina, his grandchildren Emmanuelle and Daniel, step grandchildren
>> Patrick, Emilly, Jessica and Erica, and niece, Natasha.
>> ____________________________________________________________
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From ian.peter at ianpeter.com  Sat Oct 14 15:00:23 2017
From: ian.peter at ianpeter.com (Ian Peter)
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2017 06:00:23 +1100
Subject: [bestbits] Michael Gurstein
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Sad to hear this. Michael was a great advocate for community internets, telecentres, and on so many other internet governance issues of concern to civil society. He was a persistent voice on issues of public interest, and a strong advocate for the causes he espoused. Civil society has lost a good representative here.

Ian Peter

From: Nnenna Nwakanma 
Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2017 4:55 AM
To: ci-research-sa at vancouvercommunity.net ; <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net> 
Subject: [bestbits] Michael Gurstein

Just reading this on Facebook.. 

= = =
Michael Gurstein  
October 2, 1944 - October 8, 2017

Michael Gurstein was born on October 2, 1944 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to Emanuel (Manny) and Sylvia Gurstein.  While still an infant, the family moved to Melfort, Saskatchewan where Manny grew up and his family still lived.  In Mike’s youth, Manny and Sylvia ran a successful retail store.  There, the family grew with a younger sister, Penny. 
Mike excelled at school.  He spent his summers working at a golf club in Waskesiu and graduated from Melfort Composite Collegiate Institute high school, and then completed an undergraduate degree in philosophy at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.  Mike was driven by pragmatism and curiosity about the wider world that motivated his doctoral studies in Sociology at the University of Cambridge in the U.K.  While a student, he began his life-long exploration of the world, with trips through North Africa and a long journey from Southeast Asia through Afghanistan and Iran and back to the U.K.  
Upon Mike’s return to Canada, he worked in politics and policy, as a senior civil servant for the Province of British Columbia under Barrett’s NDP government (1972-4) and for the Province of Saskatchewan under Blakeney’s NDP Government (1974-5).  While teaching at York University, he ran unsuccessfully for the NDP in the riding of Parkdale.  
Mike moved to Ottawa in the late 1970s where he met his wife, Fernande Faulkner.  Together they had two children, Rachel (1981) and Marc (1983).  He and Fernande established and ran a management consulting firm, Socioscope, which studied and guided the social aspects of the introduction of information communication technology.  In Ottawa, Mike also built and managed a real estate portfolio.  In 1992 the family moved to New York, where Mike and Fernande worked for the United Nations.  
In 1995, Mike became Associate Chair in the Management of Technological Change at the University College of Cape Breton.  There, he founded the Centre for Community and Enterprise Networking (C/CEN) as a community based research laboratory exploring applications of ICT to support social change in one of Canada's most economically disadvantaged regions.  
Grown out of his early experience in rural small town Saskatchewan and his later experiences in impoverished but culturally and communally rich Cape Breton, Mike's work provided the conceptual framing for “community informatics”. He published the first major work in the field, and introduced the term "community informatics" into wider usage as referring to the research and praxis discipline underpinning the social appropriation of ICT. Within the area of community informatics a major contribution has been Mike's introduction of the notion of "effective use" as a critical analytical framework for assessing technology implementation superseding approaches based on the more commonly accepted frameworks such as that of the "digital divide".
In 1999, the family moved to Vancouver to be closer to Mike’s parents and sister.  In 2000, Mike and Fernande returned to New York, to work at the New Jersey Institute of  Technology and the UN, respectively.  Mike returned to Vancouver in 2006 and established the Center for Community Informatics Research Development and Training (CCIRDT).  With this platform, he traveled the world to consult with governments and civil society organisations, present at conferences, and conduct research.  
Mike was the founding editor of the Journal of Community Informatics and was Foundation Chair of the Community Informatics Research Network.  He was at the time of his death the Executive Director of CCIRDT, and formerly an Adjunct Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies Vancouver Canada, and as well as Research Professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, New Jersey, and Research Professor at the University of Quebec (Outaouais). He was also a member of the High Level Panel of Advisers of the UN's Global Alliance for ICT and Development. He has also served on the Board of the Global Telecentre Alliance, Telecommunities Canada, the Pacific Community Networking Association and the Vancouver Community Net.
In recent years he was active as a commentator, speaker and essayist/blogger articulating a community informatics (grassroots ICT user) perspective in the areas of open government data and internet governance.  Through all of his work, Mike was motivated by his commitment to democratising access to the tools of information technology and the advancement of civil society.
Mike passed away peacefully at home on October 8 after a two year battle with prostate cancer.  He is survived by his wife Fernande, his mother Sylvia, his sister Penny, his children Rachel and Marc, his step-children Bruno and Nina, his grandchildren Emmanuelle and Daniel, step grandchildren Patrick, Emilly, Jessica and Erica, and niece, Natasha.


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From skiden at gmail.com  Sat Oct 14 15:27:19 2017
From: skiden at gmail.com (Sarah Kiden)
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 19:27:19 +0000
Subject: [bestbits] Michael Gurstein
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This is sad! Condolences to the family and to friends! It is indeed a huge
loss.

Sarah

On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 20:55 Nnenna Nwakanma <nnenna75 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just reading this on Facebook..
>
> = = =
> Michael Gurstein
> October 2, 1944 - October 8, 2017
>
> Michael Gurstein was born on October 2, 1944 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
> to Emanuel (Manny) and Sylvia Gurstein.  While still an infant, the family
> moved to Melfort, Saskatchewan where Manny grew up and his family still
> lived.  In Mike’s youth, Manny and Sylvia ran a successful retail store.
> There, the family grew with a younger sister, Penny.
> Mike excelled at school.  He spent his summers working at a golf club in
> Waskesiu and graduated from Melfort Composite Collegiate Institute high
> school, and then completed an undergraduate degree in philosophy at the
> University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.  Mike was driven by pragmatism and
> curiosity about the wider world that motivated his doctoral studies in
> Sociology at the University of Cambridge in the U.K.  While a student, he
> began his life-long exploration of the world, with trips through North
> Africa and a long journey from Southeast Asia through Afghanistan and Iran
> and back to the U.K.
> Upon Mike’s return to Canada, he worked in politics and policy, as a
> senior civil servant for the Province of British Columbia under Barrett’s
> NDP government (1972-4) and for the Province of Saskatchewan under
> Blakeney’s NDP Government (1974-5).  While teaching at York University, he
> ran unsuccessfully for the NDP in the riding of Parkdale.
> Mike moved to Ottawa in the late 1970s where he met his wife, Fernande
> Faulkner.  Together they had two children, Rachel (1981) and Marc (1983).
> He and Fernande established and ran a management consulting firm,
> Socioscope, which studied and guided the social aspects of the introduction
> of information communication technology.  In Ottawa, Mike also built and
> managed a real estate portfolio.  In 1992 the family moved to New York,
> where Mike and Fernande worked for the United Nations.
> In 1995, Mike became Associate Chair in the Management of Technological
> Change at the University College of Cape Breton.  There, he founded the
> Centre for Community and Enterprise Networking (C/CEN) as a community based
> research laboratory exploring applications of ICT to support social change
> in one of Canada's most economically disadvantaged regions.
> Grown out of his early experience in rural small town Saskatchewan and his
> later experiences in impoverished but culturally and communally rich Cape
> Breton, Mike's work provided the conceptual framing for “community
> informatics”. He published the first major work in the field, and
> introduced the term "community informatics" into wider usage as referring
> to the research and praxis discipline underpinning the social appropriation
> of ICT. Within the area of community informatics a major contribution has
> been Mike's introduction of the notion of "effective use" as a critical
> analytical framework for assessing technology implementation superseding
> approaches based on the more commonly accepted frameworks such as that of
> the "digital divide".
> In 1999, the family moved to Vancouver to be closer to Mike’s parents and
> sister.  In 2000, Mike and Fernande returned to New York, to work at the
> New Jersey Institute of  Technology and the UN, respectively.  Mike
> returned to Vancouver in 2006 and established the Center for Community
> Informatics Research Development and Training (CCIRDT).  With this
> platform, he traveled the world to consult with governments and civil
> society organisations, present at conferences, and conduct research.
> Mike was the founding editor of the Journal of Community Informatics and
> was Foundation Chair of the Community Informatics Research Network.  He was
> at the time of his death the Executive Director of CCIRDT, and formerly an
> Adjunct Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies
> Vancouver Canada, and as well as Research Professor at the New Jersey
> Institute of Technology in Newark, New Jersey, and Research Professor at
> the University of Quebec (Outaouais). He was also a member of the High
> Level Panel of Advisers of the UN's Global Alliance for ICT and
> Development. He has also served on the Board of the Global Telecentre
> Alliance, Telecommunities Canada, the Pacific Community Networking
> Association and the Vancouver Community Net.
> In recent years he was active as a commentator, speaker and
> essayist/blogger articulating a community informatics (grassroots ICT user)
> perspective in the areas of open government data and internet governance.
> Through all of his work, Mike was motivated by his commitment to
> democratising access to the tools of information technology and the
> advancement of civil society.
> Mike passed away peacefully at home on October 8 after a two year battle
> with prostate cancer.  He is survived by his wife Fernande, his mother
> Sylvia, his sister Penny, his children Rachel and Marc, his step-children
> Bruno and Nina, his grandchildren Emmanuelle and Daniel, step grandchildren
> Patrick, Emilly, Jessica and Erica, and niece, Natasha.
> ____________________________________________________________
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From seun.ojedeji at gmail.com  Sat Oct 14 15:47:16 2017
From: seun.ojedeji at gmail.com (Seun Ojedeji)
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 20:47:16 +0100
Subject: [bestbits] Michael Gurstein
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Ah! This is sad. Unfortunately it's a debt we all owe, Michael has paid his.

I pray God's grace for his family during this trying period.

Regards
Sent from my mobile
Kindly excuse brevity and typos

On Oct 14, 2017 6:55 PM, "Nnenna Nwakanma" <nnenna75 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just reading this on Facebook..
>
> = = =
> Michael Gurstein
> October 2, 1944 - October 8, 2017
>
> Michael Gurstein was born on October 2, 1944 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
> to Emanuel (Manny) and Sylvia Gurstein.  While still an infant, the family
> moved to Melfort, Saskatchewan where Manny grew up and his family still
> lived.  In Mike’s youth, Manny and Sylvia ran a successful retail store.
> There, the family grew with a younger sister, Penny.
> Mike excelled at school.  He spent his summers working at a golf club in
> Waskesiu and graduated from Melfort Composite Collegiate Institute high
> school, and then completed an undergraduate degree in philosophy at the
> University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.  Mike was driven by pragmatism and
> curiosity about the wider world that motivated his doctoral studies in
> Sociology at the University of Cambridge in the U.K.  While a student, he
> began his life-long exploration of the world, with trips through North
> Africa and a long journey from Southeast Asia through Afghanistan and Iran
> and back to the U.K.
> Upon Mike’s return to Canada, he worked in politics and policy, as a
> senior civil servant for the Province of British Columbia under Barrett’s
> NDP government (1972-4) and for the Province of Saskatchewan under
> Blakeney’s NDP Government (1974-5).  While teaching at York University, he
> ran unsuccessfully for the NDP in the riding of Parkdale.
> Mike moved to Ottawa in the late 1970s where he met his wife, Fernande
> Faulkner.  Together they had two children, Rachel (1981) and Marc (1983).
> He and Fernande established and ran a management consulting firm,
> Socioscope, which studied and guided the social aspects of the introduction
> of information communication technology.  In Ottawa, Mike also built and
> managed a real estate portfolio.  In 1992 the family moved to New York,
> where Mike and Fernande worked for the United Nations.
> In 1995, Mike became Associate Chair in the Management of Technological
> Change at the University College of Cape Breton.  There, he founded the
> Centre for Community and Enterprise Networking (C/CEN) as a community based
> research laboratory exploring applications of ICT to support social change
> in one of Canada's most economically disadvantaged regions.
> Grown out of his early experience in rural small town Saskatchewan and his
> later experiences in impoverished but culturally and communally rich Cape
> Breton, Mike's work provided the conceptual framing for “community
> informatics”. He published the first major work in the field, and
> introduced the term "community informatics" into wider usage as referring
> to the research and praxis discipline underpinning the social appropriation
> of ICT. Within the area of community informatics a major contribution has
> been Mike's introduction of the notion of "effective use" as a critical
> analytical framework for assessing technology implementation superseding
> approaches based on the more commonly accepted frameworks such as that of
> the "digital divide".
> In 1999, the family moved to Vancouver to be closer to Mike’s parents and
> sister.  In 2000, Mike and Fernande returned to New York, to work at the
> New Jersey Institute of  Technology and the UN, respectively.  Mike
> returned to Vancouver in 2006 and established the Center for Community
> Informatics Research Development and Training (CCIRDT).  With this
> platform, he traveled the world to consult with governments and civil
> society organisations, present at conferences, and conduct research.
> Mike was the founding editor of the Journal of Community Informatics and
> was Foundation Chair of the Community Informatics Research Network.  He was
> at the time of his death the Executive Director of CCIRDT, and formerly an
> Adjunct Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies
> Vancouver Canada, and as well as Research Professor at the New Jersey
> Institute of Technology in Newark, New Jersey, and Research Professor at
> the University of Quebec (Outaouais). He was also a member of the High
> Level Panel of Advisers of the UN's Global Alliance for ICT and
> Development. He has also served on the Board of the Global Telecentre
> Alliance, Telecommunities Canada, the Pacific Community Networking
> Association and the Vancouver Community Net.
> In recent years he was active as a commentator, speaker and
> essayist/blogger articulating a community informatics (grassroots ICT user)
> perspective in the areas of open government data and internet governance.
> Through all of his work, Mike was motivated by his commitment to
> democratising access to the tools of information technology and the
> advancement of civil society.
> Mike passed away peacefully at home on October 8 after a two year battle
> with prostate cancer.  He is survived by his wife Fernande, his mother
> Sylvia, his sister Penny, his children Rachel and Marc, his step-children
> Bruno and Nina, his grandchildren Emmanuelle and Daniel, step grandchildren
> Patrick, Emilly, Jessica and Erica, and niece, Natasha.
>
> ____________________________________________________________
> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
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From lokesh.gujjarappa at gmail.com  Tue Oct  3 08:29:23 2017
From: lokesh.gujjarappa at gmail.com (Lokesh Gujjarappa)
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 17:59:23 +0530
Subject: [bestbits] [DC] [IGFmaglist] IGF Best Practice Forum on Gender:
 Access
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Please excuse me for my brevity here, I am new to this forum and to IG
processes (from 2016).

I agree with what Ginger has said, these are the groups about whom we have
little or no knowledge as to how these groups access (if at all) internet,
what are the enablers and barriers to internet for /among these groups.
Especially I would like to bring the attention of the group to indigenous
populations. Do we know enough about how do they connect to the digital
world? Indigenous population is different for rural population, they have
their own culture and way of interaction with outside world. Many of the
researches that I came across often club these two populations and over
generalize the access parameters, cultural context is often overlooked.
Unless we study IG issues among indigenous populations inclusive
development is far from the horizon.

Lokesh
Consultant
India

On 3 October 2017 at 16:53, Michael J. Oghia <mike.oghia at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Ji,
>
> Indeed, as Michael mentioned, this is a good and timely conversation to
> have. I'm pleased that we can engage in such discussions openly and
> respectfully, and I commend this group for responding professionally and
> collegially to difficult questions.
>
> One point I want to add to what's been said is that economic development
> is being driven specifically by access to information and communications
> technologies (ICTs), *especially* among women. Not only has this been
> highlighted repeatedly by our own BPF on Gender and Access, but also by
> organizations from across stakeholder groups and development fields (UNDP,
> World Bank, GSMA, W3C, ISOC, General Electric, Association of Progressive
> Communications, and many more).
>
> To put it mildly, helping to empower women and girls with meaningful and
> sustainable access is imperative to our future.
>
> Best,
> -Michael
>
> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 1:06 PM, Michael Ilishebo <ilishebo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Ji,
>>
>> Your concerns are very much valid, however, the platform is not the
>> correct one.
>>
>> Just as Ginger has put it, Internet Governance has a defined subject
>> matter it covers and loses it's potency when it overlaps.
>>
>> One of the most consistent topic in Internet Governance happens to be
>> Gender related to access, connectivity and empowerment. The UN has other
>> relevant platforms that discuss the topics you have raised.
>>
>> I am one person who enjoys they way you bring out issues and will
>> continue tapping knowledge from you as long as I remain a MAG member.
>>
>> In my language, there is a saying that goes like, 'Wear my shoes and face
>> the world in them...then come we argue'
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> On Oct 3, 2017 12:02, "Ginger Paque" <virginiap at diplomacy.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Ji, your point is important and is discussed often in introductory IG
>>> courses, because it sets the scene for IG.
>>>
>>> While we recognise the importance of clean water, food, healthcare, and
>>> human rights, in this forum we don't address those problems, nor build
>>> roads, or provide food and healthcare (as examples). We work on Internet
>>> governance, and *the resources and solutions the Internet (and
>>> appropriate Internet governance) can provide to address those problems*.
>>>
>>> We work to provide a solid discussion forum that works to ensure safe,
>>> equitable access and better Internet for all, especially vulnerable and/or
>>> marginalised groups and individuals.
>>>
>>> Precisely because we are not omnipotent saviors, we must work on the
>>> issues under our mandate, including, but not limited to:
>>> a) Indigenous women
>>> b) Refugee women
>>> c) Women with disabilities
>>> d) Young women
>>> e) Rural women
>>>
>>> This is the Internet governance forum. This is what we do.
>>> Please excuse my over-simplification for the sake of brevity.
>>>
>>> Ginger
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> * <http://www.diplomacy.edu/courses>*
>>>
>>> *______________________________*
>>>
>>> *Ginger (Virginia) Paque*
>>>
>>> IG and E-diplomacy Programmes | Research Associate
>>> DiploFoundation
>>>
>>> WMO | 7bis, Avenue de la Paix | 1202 Geneva - Switzerland
>>> virginiap at diplomacy.edu
>>>
>>> [image: 15years.diplomacy.edu] <http://15years.diplomacy.edu/>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 4:11 AM, 计颢骏 <ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dear Chair and all,
>>>>
>>>>          I have no intention to trivalize such an important issue. As
>>>> Chairman Mao once said, women holds up half of the sky. To make sure that
>>>> women have equal access to cyberspace is indeed a very important issue.
>>>> However, the internet or cyberspace itself is gender neutral. It is also
>>>> true that in some part of the world, women may have difficulty to access
>>>> internet. This problem attributes to economic,cultural and religious
>>>> factors etc. Among these factors, ecnomoy is the fundamental issue.  People
>>>> have no access to internet because they are poor, they have no money to buy
>>>> computer, smart phone and wifi service. For indigenous.refugees,
>>>> disabled,young and rural people, no matter they are man or women,the
>>>> barrier to internet access is mainly about money. Economy, money, is the
>>>> biggest problem we face everyday. Can we expect to solve this problem in
>>>> the context of internet governance? In China, we have a saying that to make
>>>> people rich,build the road first. Without the road, indigenous people in
>>>> remote mountainous areas can not send their products to the
>>>> outside market,even when they have access to internet. The question is can
>>>> internet governance help build more road?
>>>>
>>>>        Dear colleagues, it is very easy to be politically correct, but
>>>> the really important thing is to find the problem, to know the real cause
>>>> of the prolem and solve the prolem. In some part of the world, where women
>>>> even lack the basic freedom, is it a bit luxurious to talk about internet
>>>> access? Of course, in some countries, women may have access to
>>>> internet  even when they are not allowed to leave home alone. My point
>>>> is,talk for the sake of talk is meaningless.In the context of internet
>>>> governance, we shall focus on issues  we can make difference rather than
>>>> stray too far away. My previous comment is a very important viewpoint which
>>>> also deserve respect. we shall seek truth and go  deep into the truth
>>>> rather than pretending that we are omnipotent saviors.
>>>>
>>>>          Best regards,
>>>>
>>>>          JI Haojun
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > a) Indigenous women
>>>> > b) Refugee women
>>>> > c) Women with disabilities
>>>> > d) Young women
>>>> > e) Rural women
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- 回复邮件 -----
>>>> *发信人:*Lynn St.Amour <st.amour at bluewin.ch>
>>>> *收信人:*计颢骏 <ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn>
>>>> *抄  送:*JacsmKee <jac at apcwomen.org>,IGF Maglist <
>>>> Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>,bestbits at lists.bestbits.net <
>>>> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>,Governance <governance at lists.igcaucus.org
>>>> >,dc at intgovforum.org <dc at intgovforum.org>
>>>> *时  间:*2017年09月29日 20时39分10秒
>>>> *主  题:*Re: [IGFmaglist] IGF Best Practice Forum on Gender: Access
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dear Ji,
>>>>
>>>> your comment below trivializes the very important gender discussion,
>>>> and much of the work of the MAG.
>>>>
>>>> Equally, it is important that we maintain a culture of respect in all
>>>> MAG communications, and I hope we can achieve this going forward.
>>>>
>>>> Lynn St.Amour
>>>>
>>>> IGF-MAG Chair
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > On Sep 28, 2017, at 9:24 AM, 计颢骏 <ji_haojun at mfa.gov.cn> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Dear all,
>>>> >
>>>> > I think the access issue,for some countries, shall start from
>>>> allowing women to drive and travel alone first.
>>>> >
>>>> > JI Haojun
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > ----- 回复邮件 -----
>>>> > 发信人:Jac sm Kee <jac at apcwomen.org>
>>>> > 收信人:Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org <Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>,<
>>>> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net> <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>,Governance <
>>>> governance at lists.igcaucus.org>,dc at intgovforum.org <dc at intgovforum.org>
>>>> > 时 间:2017年09月27日 18时05分01秒
>>>> > 主 题:[IGFmaglist] IGF Best Practice Forum on Gender: Access
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Dear colleagues,
>>>> >
>>>> > As mentioned in previous meetings, the IGF Best Practice Forum on
>>>> > Gender this year is looking specifically at access issues faced by:
>>>> >
>>>> > a) Indigenous women
>>>> > b) Refugee women
>>>> > c) Women with disabilities
>>>> > d) Young women
>>>> > e) Rural women
>>>> >
>>>> > We are looking for insights and initiatives that you may know of that
>>>> > addresses these issues directly, or in partial or indrect ways. To
>>>> help
>>>> > in this process, we have developed a brief survey here:
>>>> >
>>>> > https://www.apc.org/limesurvey/index.php/783797/lang-en
>>>> >
>>>> > Please do submit your work into this process, and would appreciate it
>>>> > if you can share this broadly and in targetted ways to your networks.
>>>> >
>>>> > Best,
>>>> > jac
>>>> >
>>>> > --
>>>> >
>>>> > ---------------------------------
>>>> > Jac sm Kee
>>>> > Manager, Women's Rights Programme
>>>> > Association for Progressive Communications
>>>> > www.apc.org | www.takebackthetech.net | erotics.apc.org
>>>> > Jitsi: jacsmk | Skype: jacsmk | Twitter: @jhybe
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
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From pileleji at ymca.gm  Sat Oct 14 16:11:16 2017
From: pileleji at ymca.gm (Poncelet Ileleji)
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 21:11:16 +0100
Subject: [bestbits] Michael Gurstein
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Sad indeed, my condolences to Mike family.

Peace

Poncelet

On 14 October 2017 at 20:47, Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ah! This is sad. Unfortunately it's a debt we all owe, Michael has paid
> his.
>
> I pray God's grace for his family during this trying period.
>
> Regards
> Sent from my mobile
> Kindly excuse brevity and typos
>
> On Oct 14, 2017 6:55 PM, "Nnenna Nwakanma" <nnenna75 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Just reading this on Facebook..
>>
>> = = =
>> Michael Gurstein
>> October 2, 1944 - October 8, 2017
>>
>> Michael Gurstein was born on October 2, 1944 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
>> to Emanuel (Manny) and Sylvia Gurstein.  While still an infant, the family
>> moved to Melfort, Saskatchewan where Manny grew up and his family still
>> lived.  In Mike’s youth, Manny and Sylvia ran a successful retail store.
>> There, the family grew with a younger sister, Penny.
>> Mike excelled at school.  He spent his summers working at a golf club in
>> Waskesiu and graduated from Melfort Composite Collegiate Institute high
>> school, and then completed an undergraduate degree in philosophy at the
>> University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.  Mike was driven by pragmatism and
>> curiosity about the wider world that motivated his doctoral studies in
>> Sociology at the University of Cambridge in the U.K.  While a student, he
>> began his life-long exploration of the world, with trips through North
>> Africa and a long journey from Southeast Asia through Afghanistan and Iran
>> and back to the U.K.
>> Upon Mike’s return to Canada, he worked in politics and policy, as a
>> senior civil servant for the Province of British Columbia under Barrett’s
>> NDP government (1972-4) and for the Province of Saskatchewan under
>> Blakeney’s NDP Government (1974-5).  While teaching at York University, he
>> ran unsuccessfully for the NDP in the riding of Parkdale.
>> Mike moved to Ottawa in the late 1970s where he met his wife, Fernande
>> Faulkner.  Together they had two children, Rachel (1981) and Marc (1983).
>> He and Fernande established and ran a management consulting firm,
>> Socioscope, which studied and guided the social aspects of the introduction
>> of information communication technology.  In Ottawa, Mike also built and
>> managed a real estate portfolio.  In 1992 the family moved to New York,
>> where Mike and Fernande worked for the United Nations.
>> In 1995, Mike became Associate Chair in the Management of Technological
>> Change at the University College of Cape Breton.  There, he founded the
>> Centre for Community and Enterprise Networking (C/CEN) as a community based
>> research laboratory exploring applications of ICT to support social change
>> in one of Canada's most economically disadvantaged regions.
>> Grown out of his early experience in rural small town Saskatchewan and
>> his later experiences in impoverished but culturally and communally rich
>> Cape Breton, Mike's work provided the conceptual framing for “community
>> informatics”. He published the first major work in the field, and
>> introduced the term "community informatics" into wider usage as referring
>> to the research and praxis discipline underpinning the social appropriation
>> of ICT. Within the area of community informatics a major contribution has
>> been Mike's introduction of the notion of "effective use" as a critical
>> analytical framework for assessing technology implementation superseding
>> approaches based on the more commonly accepted frameworks such as that of
>> the "digital divide".
>> In 1999, the family moved to Vancouver to be closer to Mike’s parents and
>> sister.  In 2000, Mike and Fernande returned to New York, to work at the
>> New Jersey Institute of  Technology and the UN, respectively.  Mike
>> returned to Vancouver in 2006 and established the Center for Community
>> Informatics Research Development and Training (CCIRDT).  With this
>> platform, he traveled the world to consult with governments and civil
>> society organisations, present at conferences, and conduct research.
>> Mike was the founding editor of the Journal of Community Informatics and
>> was Foundation Chair of the Community Informatics Research Network.  He was
>> at the time of his death the Executive Director of CCIRDT, and formerly an
>> Adjunct Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies
>> Vancouver Canada, and as well as Research Professor at the New Jersey
>> Institute of Technology in Newark, New Jersey, and Research Professor at
>> the University of Quebec (Outaouais). He was also a member of the High
>> Level Panel of Advisers of the UN's Global Alliance for ICT and
>> Development. He has also served on the Board of the Global Telecentre
>> Alliance, Telecommunities Canada, the Pacific Community Networking
>> Association and the Vancouver Community Net.
>> In recent years he was active as a commentator, speaker and
>> essayist/blogger articulating a community informatics (grassroots ICT user)
>> perspective in the areas of open government data and internet governance.
>> Through all of his work, Mike was motivated by his commitment to
>> democratising access to the tools of information technology and the
>> advancement of civil society.
>> Mike passed away peacefully at home on October 8 after a two year battle
>> with prostate cancer.  He is survived by his wife Fernande, his mother
>> Sylvia, his sister Penny, his children Rachel and Marc, his step-children
>> Bruno and Nina, his grandchildren Emmanuelle and Daniel, step grandchildren
>> Patrick, Emilly, Jessica and Erica, and niece, Natasha.
>>
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From bestbits at lists.bestbits.net  Sat Oct 14 18:31:23 2017
From: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net (Benjamin (via bestbits Mailing List))
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 22:31:23 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [bestbits] Michael Gurstein
References: <283907088.16422.1508020283331.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <283907088.16422.1508020283331@mail.yahoo.com>

It is a painful loss for the ICT for development communities and effort, never met him or saw work until I read this email. His work and contributions are quite remarkable. He will be greatly missed. I pray the for his loved ones in this trying times.

Benjamin

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On Sat, 10/14/17, Sarah Kiden <skiden at gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [bestbits] Michael Gurstein
 To: "<bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>" <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>, "Nnenna Nwakanma" <nnenna75 at gmail.com>, ci-research-sa at vancouvercommunity.net
 Date: Saturday, October 14, 2017, 8:27 PM
 
 This is sad!
 Condolences to the family and to friends! It is indeed a
 huge loss. 
 Sarah 
 On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at
 20:55 Nnenna Nwakanma <nnenna75 at gmail.com>
 wrote:
 Just
 reading this on Facebook..
 =
 = =Michael Gurstein  October 2,
 1944 - October 8, 2017
 Michael Gurstein was born on October
 2, 1944 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to Emanuel (Manny) and
 Sylvia Gurstein.  While still an infant, the family moved
 to Melfort, Saskatchewan where Manny grew up and his family
 still lived.  In Mike’s youth, Manny and Sylvia ran a
 successful retail store.  There, the family grew with a
 younger sister, Penny. Mike excelled at
 school.  He spent his summers working at a golf club in
 Waskesiu and graduated from Melfort Composite Collegiate
 Institute high school, and then completed an undergraduate
 degree in philosophy at the University of Saskatchewan in
 Saskatoon.  Mike was driven by pragmatism and curiosity
 about the wider world that motivated his doctoral studies in
 Sociology at the University of Cambridge in the U.K.  While
 a student, he began his life-long exploration of the world,
 with trips through North Africa and a long journey from
 Southeast Asia through Afghanistan and Iran and back to the
 U.K.  Upon Mike’s return to Canada, he worked
 in politics and policy, as a senior civil servant for the
 Province of British Columbia under Barrett’s NDP
 government (1972-4) and for the Province of Saskatchewan
 under Blakeney’s NDP Government (1974-5).  While teaching
 at York University, he ran unsuccessfully for the NDP in the
 riding of Parkdale.  Mike moved to Ottawa in
 the late 1970s where he met his wife, Fernande Faulkner. 
 Together they had two children, Rachel (1981) and Marc
 (1983).  He and Fernande established and ran a management
 consulting firm, Socioscope, which studied and guided the
 social aspects of the introduction of information
 communication technology.  In Ottawa, Mike also built and
 managed a real estate portfolio.  In 1992 the family moved
 to New York, where Mike and Fernande worked for the United
 Nations.  In 1995, Mike became Associate Chair
 in the Management of Technological Change at the University
 College of Cape Breton.  There, he founded the Centre for
 Community and Enterprise Networking (C/CEN) as a community
 based research laboratory exploring applications of ICT to
 support social change in one of Canada's most
 economically disadvantaged regions.  Grown out
 of his early experience in rural small town Saskatchewan and
 his later experiences in impoverished but culturally and
 communally rich Cape Breton, Mike's work provided the
 conceptual framing for “community informatics”. He
 published the first major work in the field, and introduced
 the term "community informatics" into wider usage
 as referring to the research and praxis discipline
 underpinning the social appropriation of ICT. Within the
 area of community informatics a major contribution has been
 Mike's introduction of the notion of "effective
 use" as a critical analytical framework for assessing
 technology implementation superseding approaches based on
 the more commonly accepted frameworks such as that of the
 "digital divide".In 1999, the family
 moved to Vancouver to be closer to Mike’s parents and
 sister.  In 2000, Mike and Fernande returned to New York,
 to work at the New Jersey Institute of  Technology and the
 UN, respectively.  Mike returned to Vancouver in 2006 and
 established the Center for Community Informatics Research
 Development and Training (CCIRDT).  With this platform, he
 traveled the world to consult with governments and civil
 society organisations, present at conferences, and conduct
 research.  Mike was the founding editor of the
 Journal of Community Informatics and was Foundation Chair of
 the Community Informatics Research Network.  He was at the
 time of his death the Executive Director of CCIRDT, and
 formerly an Adjunct Professor in the School of Library and
 Information Studies Vancouver Canada, and as well as
 Research Professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology
 in Newark, New Jersey, and Research Professor at the
 University of Quebec (Outaouais). He was also a member of
 the High Level Panel of Advisers of the UN's Global
 Alliance for ICT and Development. He has also served on the
 Board of the Global Telecentre Alliance, Telecommunities
 Canada, the Pacific Community Networking Association and the
 Vancouver Community Net.In recent years he was
 active as a commentator, speaker and essayist/blogger
 articulating a community informatics (grassroots ICT user)
 perspective in the areas of open government data and
 internet governance.  Through all of his work, Mike was
 motivated by his commitment to democratising access to the
 tools of information technology and the advancement of civil
 society.Mike passed away peacefully at home on
 October 8 after a two year battle with prostate cancer.  He
 is survived by his wife Fernande, his mother Sylvia, his
 sister Penny, his children Rachel and Marc, his
 step-children Bruno and Nina, his grandchildren Emmanuelle
 and Daniel, step grandchildren Patrick, Emilly, Jessica and
 Erica, and niece, Natasha.
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From bestbits at lists.bestbits.net  Sun Oct 15 03:50:30 2017
From: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net (Imran Ahmed Shah (via bestbits Mailing List))
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2017 07:50:30 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [bestbits] Michael Gurstein
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Its a very sad news. Indeed Michael did a lot for ICT, Infomatics, Civil Societies throughout the Journey of his Life. Please accept my condoleances to his family and friends. May his soul rest in peace.

Best Regards 

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On Sat, 14/10/17, Nnenna Nwakanma <nnenna75 at gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: [bestbits] Michael Gurstein
 To: ci-research-sa at vancouvercommunity.net, "<bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>" <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>
 Date: Saturday, 14 October, 2017, 22:55
 
 Just reading this on
 Facebook..
 = = =Michael
 Gurstein  October 2, 1944 - October 8,
 2017
 Michael Gurstein was born on October 2, 1944 in
 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to Emanuel (Manny) and Sylvia
 Gurstein.  While still an infant, the family moved to
 Melfort, Saskatchewan where Manny grew up and his family
 still lived.  In Mike’s youth, Manny and Sylvia ran a
 successful retail store.  There, the family grew with a
 younger sister, Penny. Mike excelled at
 school.  He spent his summers working at a golf club in
 Waskesiu and graduated from Melfort Composite Collegiate
 Institute high school, and then completed an undergraduate
 degree in philosophy at the University of Saskatchewan in
 Saskatoon.  Mike was driven by pragmatism and curiosity
 about the wider world that motivated his doctoral studies in
 Sociology at the University of Cambridge in the U.K.  While
 a student, he began his life-long exploration of the world,
 with trips through North Africa and a long journey from
 Southeast Asia through Afghanistan and Iran and back to the
 U.K.  Upon Mike’s return to Canada, he worked
 in politics and policy, as a senior civil servant for the
 Province of British Columbia under Barrett’s NDP
 government (1972-4) and for the Province of Saskatchewan
 under Blakeney’s NDP Government (1974-5).  While teaching
 at York University, he ran unsuccessfully for the NDP in the
 riding of Parkdale.  Mike moved to Ottawa in
 the late 1970s where he met his wife, Fernande Faulkner. 
 Together they had two children, Rachel (1981) and Marc
 (1983).  He and Fernande established and ran a management
 consulting firm, Socioscope, which studied and guided the
 social aspects of the introduction of information
 communication technology.  In Ottawa, Mike also built and
 managed a real estate portfolio.  In 1992 the family moved
 to New York, where Mike and Fernande worked for the United
 Nations.  In 1995, Mike became Associate Chair
 in the Management of Technological Change at the University
 College of Cape Breton.  There, he founded the Centre for
 Community and Enterprise Networking (C/CEN) as a community
 based research laboratory exploring applications of ICT to
 support social change in one of Canada's most
 economically disadvantaged regions.  Grown out
 of his early experience in rural small town Saskatchewan and
 his later experiences in impoverished but culturally and
 communally rich Cape Breton, Mike's work provided the
 conceptual framing for “community informatics”. He
 published the first major work in the field, and introduced
 the term "community informatics" into wider usage
 as referring to the research and praxis discipline
 underpinning the social appropriation of ICT. Within the
 area of community informatics a major contribution has been
 Mike's introduction of the notion of "effective
 use" as a critical analytical framework for assessing
 technology implementation superseding approaches based on
 the more commonly accepted frameworks such as that of the
 "digital divide".In 1999, the family
 moved to Vancouver to be closer to Mike’s parents and
 sister.  In 2000, Mike and Fernande returned to New York,
 to work at the New Jersey Institute of  Technology and the
 UN, respectively.  Mike returned to Vancouver in 2006 and
 established the Center for Community Informatics Research
 Development and Training (CCIRDT).  With this platform, he
 traveled the world to consult with governments and civil
 society organisations, present at conferences, and conduct
 research.  Mike was the founding editor of the
 Journal of Community Informatics and was Foundation Chair of
 the Community Informatics Research Network.  He was at the
 time of his death the Executive Director of CCIRDT, and
 formerly an Adjunct Professor in the School of Library and
 Information Studies Vancouver Canada, and as well as
 Research Professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology
 in Newark, New Jersey, and Research Professor at the
 University of Quebec (Outaouais). He was also a member of
 the High Level Panel of Advisers of the UN's Global
 Alliance for ICT and Development. He has also served on the
 Board of the Global Telecentre Alliance, Telecommunities
 Canada, the Pacific Community Networking Association and the
 Vancouver Community Net.In recent years he was
 active as a commentator, speaker and essayist/blogger
 articulating a community informatics (grassroots ICT user)
 perspective in the areas of open government data and
 internet governance.  Through all of his work, Mike was
 motivated by his commitment to democratising access to the
 tools of information technology and the advancement of civil
 society.Mike passed away peacefully at home on
 October 8 after a two year battle with prostate cancer.  He
 is survived by his wife Fernande, his mother Sylvia, his
 sister Penny, his children Rachel and Marc, his
 step-children Bruno and Nina, his grandchildren Emmanuelle
 and Daniel, step grandchildren Patrick, Emilly, Jessica and
 Erica, and niece,
 Natasha.____________________________________________________________
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From becky.lentz at mcgill.ca  Sun Oct 15 15:53:06 2017
From: becky.lentz at mcgill.ca (Becky Lentz, Dr.)
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2017 19:53:06 +0000
Subject: [bestbits] Michael Gurstein
In-Reply-To: <BB990E9DE99045F7922D1F94734DED09@LAPTOP93L8QKEK>
References: <CADFgh13V+Ok-gWVmLzBFiy=EQysWihJcD9w_NTkLEFuB12FS7g@mail.gmail.com>,<BB990E9DE99045F7922D1F94734DED09@LAPTOP93L8QKEK>
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I’m saddened to read this. I wasn’t aware that Michael was ill and so this feels unexpected to me. Michael was a fierce advocate for internet freedoms.

Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 14, 2017, at 3:00 PM, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com<mailto:ian.peter at ianpeter.com>> wrote:

Sad to hear this. Michael was a great advocate for community internets, telecentres, and on so many other internet governance issues of concern to civil society. He was a persistent voice on issues of public interest, and a strong advocate for the causes he espoused. Civil society has lost a good representative here.

Ian Peter

From: Nnenna Nwakanma
Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2017 4:55 AM
To: ci-research-sa at vancouvercommunity.net ; <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>
Subject: [bestbits] Michael Gurstein

Just reading this on Facebook..

= = =
Michael Gurstein
October 2, 1944 - October 8, 2017

Michael Gurstein was born on October 2, 1944 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to Emanuel (Manny) and Sylvia Gurstein.  While still an infant, the family moved to Melfort, Saskatchewan where Manny grew up and his family still lived.  In Mike’s youth, Manny and Sylvia ran a successful retail store.  There, the family grew with a younger sister, Penny.
Mike excelled at school.  He spent his summers working at a golf club in Waskesiu and graduated from Melfort Composite Collegiate Institute high school, and then completed an undergraduate degree in philosophy at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.  Mike was driven by pragmatism and curiosity about the wider world that motivated his doctoral studies in Sociology at the University of Cambridge in the U.K.  While a student, he began his life-long exploration of the world, with trips through North Africa and a long journey from Southeast Asia through Afghanistan and Iran and back to the U.K.
Upon Mike’s return to Canada, he worked in politics and policy, as a senior civil servant for the Province of British Columbia under Barrett’s NDP government (1972-4) and for the Province of Saskatchewan under Blakeney’s NDP Government (1974-5).  While teaching at York University, he ran unsuccessfully for the NDP in the riding of Parkdale.
Mike moved to Ottawa in the late 1970s where he met his wife, Fernande Faulkner.  Together they had two children, Rachel (1981) and Marc (1983).  He and Fernande established and ran a management consulting firm, Socioscope, which studied and guided the social aspects of the introduction of information communication technology.  In Ottawa, Mike also built and managed a real estate portfolio.  In 1992 the family moved to New York, where Mike and Fernande worked for the United Nations.
In 1995, Mike became Associate Chair in the Management of Technological Change at the University College of Cape Breton.  There, he founded the Centre for Community and Enterprise Networking (C/CEN) as a community based research laboratory exploring applications of ICT to support social change in one of Canada's most economically disadvantaged regions.
Grown out of his early experience in rural small town Saskatchewan and his later experiences in impoverished but culturally and communally rich Cape Breton, Mike's work provided the conceptual framing for “community informatics”. He published the first major work in the field, and introduced the term "community informatics" into wider usage as referring to the research and praxis discipline underpinning the social appropriation of ICT. Within the area of community informatics a major contribution has been Mike's introduction of the notion of "effective use" as a critical analytical framework for assessing technology implementation superseding approaches based on the more commonly accepted frameworks such as that of the "digital divide".
In 1999, the family moved to Vancouver to be closer to Mike’s parents and sister.  In 2000, Mike and Fernande returned to New York, to work at the New Jersey Institute of  Technology and the UN, respectively.  Mike returned to Vancouver in 2006 and established the Center for Community Informatics Research Development and Training (CCIRDT).  With this platform, he traveled the world to consult with governments and civil society organisations, present at conferences, and conduct research.
Mike was the founding editor of the Journal of Community Informatics and was Foundation Chair of the Community Informatics Research Network.  He was at the time of his death the Executive Director of CCIRDT, and formerly an Adjunct Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies Vancouver Canada, and as well as Research Professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, New Jersey, and Research Professor at the University of Quebec (Outaouais). He was also a member of the High Level Panel of Advisers of the UN's Global Alliance for ICT and Development. He has also served on the Board of the Global Telecentre Alliance, Telecommunities Canada, the Pacific Community Networking Association and the Vancouver Community Net.
In recent years he was active as a commentator, speaker and essayist/blogger articulating a community informatics (grassroots ICT user) perspective in the areas of open government data and internet governance.  Through all of his work, Mike was motivated by his commitment to democratising access to the tools of information technology and the advancement of civil society.
Mike passed away peacefully at home on October 8 after a two year battle with prostate cancer.  He is survived by his wife Fernande, his mother Sylvia, his sister Penny, his children Rachel and Marc, his step-children Bruno and Nina, his grandchildren Emmanuelle and Daniel, step grandchildren Patrick, Emilly, Jessica and Erica, and niece, Natasha.

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From jmalcolm at eff.org  Sun Oct 15 17:10:56 2017
From: jmalcolm at eff.org (Jeremy Malcolm)
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2017 14:10:56 -0700
Subject: [bestbits] IGF MAG Renewal
In-Reply-To: <CAJdpWNDBm8-Pqrm0NCbGV9mg9ZBhBOkVU11Lpo1KznqbJF016g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CALCecM-nV-vTP81Jopi05HD8dzVae-+cPtOTezapyfVDg1tZ4g@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAJdpWNAjFLdmXcP6hnH-oGKcCDNcJm=4KznRhhgESMAsCa-bVw@mail.gmail.com>
 <20171014170953.784af5a8@quill>
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Message-ID: <8f0fc2460daf520e95f38913e6d98026@eff.org>

Sorry to hear that!  If you don't hear from the Best Bits 
representative you should contact the steering committee who can appoint 
a new representative.  I will ask them to investigate now if it's not 
too late.

On 14.10.2017 08:17, Nadira Alaraj wrote:
> +1 Norbert, but we didnt hear anything from the BestBits
> representatives at the IG CSCG.
>
> On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 6:09 PM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch [10]>
> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 20:30:05 +0300
>> Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj at gmail.com [1]> wrote:
>>
>> > Thanks Ginger for sharing,
>> > Do I understand that their is no need to the role of Internet
>> > Governance Civil Society Coordination Group because CS applicant
>> can
>> > apply directly?
>>
>> I would certainly disagree very strongly with that view.
>>
>> Greetings,
>> Norbert
>>
>> > On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 8:12 PM, Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com
>> [2]>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Secretariat has announced
>> the
>> > > opening of nominations for new Multistakeholder Advisory Group
>> > > (MAG) members. Are you actively involved and experienced in
>> > > Internet governance and IGF discussions? Should you consider
>> > > self-nominating, or nominating one of your colleagues? Find out
>> > > more at https://www.intgovforum [3].
>> > > org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0
>> > >
>> > > *______________________________*
>> > >
>> > > *Ginger (Virginia) Paque*
>> > >
>> > > IG and E-diplomacy Programmes | Research Associate
>> > > DiploFoundation
>> > >
>> > > WMO | 7bis, Avenue de la Paix | 1202 Geneva - Switzerland
>> > > www.diplomacy.edu [4]
>> > >
>> > > [image: 15years.diplomacy.edu [5]]
>> <http://15years.diplomacy.edu/ [6]>
>> > > * <http://www.diplomacy.edu/courses [7]>*
>>
>>> >
>> > >
>> > > ____________________________________________________________
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>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>
> --
>
>  
>
> Links:
> ------
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> [8] mailto:bestbits at lists.bestbits.net
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> [10] mailto:nb at bollow.ch

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From ca at cafonso.ca  Sun Oct 15 17:20:47 2017
From: ca at cafonso.ca (Carlos Afonso)
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2017 19:20:47 -0200
Subject: [bestbits] Michael Gurstein
In-Reply-To: <423DF875-7F84-4B36-AAE8-4010E5C1C4E5@mcgill.ca>
References: <CADFgh13V+Ok-gWVmLzBFiy=EQysWihJcD9w_NTkLEFuB12FS7g@mail.gmail.com>
 <BB990E9DE99045F7922D1F94734DED09@LAPTOP93L8QKEK>
 <423DF875-7F84-4B36-AAE8-4010E5C1C4E5@mcgill.ca>
Message-ID: <bf8541a0-4449-f1b0-fc72-49d49f2b0032@cafonso.ca>

Wow, sad news indeed. Michael and his wife visited us in Rio a few years
ago -- great conversation. Always impressed by his relentless commitment
to the causes he defended and we mostly shared.

We've lost a compañero...

fraternal regards

--c.a.

On 15/10/2017 17:53, Becky Lentz, Dr. wrote:
> I’m saddened to read this. I wasn’t aware that Michael was ill and so this feels unexpected to me. Michael was a fierce advocate for internet freedoms.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Oct 14, 2017, at 3:00 PM, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com<mailto:ian.peter at ianpeter.com>> wrote:
> 
> Sad to hear this. Michael was a great advocate for community internets, telecentres, and on so many other internet governance issues of concern to civil society. He was a persistent voice on issues of public interest, and a strong advocate for the causes he espoused. Civil society has lost a good representative here.
> 
> Ian Peter
> 
> From: Nnenna Nwakanma
> Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2017 4:55 AM
> To: ci-research-sa at vancouvercommunity.net ; <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>
> Subject: [bestbits] Michael Gurstein
> 
> Just reading this on Facebook..
> 
> = = =
> Michael Gurstein
> October 2, 1944 - October 8, 2017
> 
> Michael Gurstein was born on October 2, 1944 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to Emanuel (Manny) and Sylvia Gurstein.  While still an infant, the family moved to Melfort, Saskatchewan where Manny grew up and his family still lived.  In Mike’s youth, Manny and Sylvia ran a successful retail store.  There, the family grew with a younger sister, Penny.
> Mike excelled at school.  He spent his summers working at a golf club in Waskesiu and graduated from Melfort Composite Collegiate Institute high school, and then completed an undergraduate degree in philosophy at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.  Mike was driven by pragmatism and curiosity about the wider world that motivated his doctoral studies in Sociology at the University of Cambridge in the U.K.  While a student, he began his life-long exploration of the world, with trips through North Africa and a long journey from Southeast Asia through Afghanistan and Iran and back to the U.K.
> Upon Mike’s return to Canada, he worked in politics and policy, as a senior civil servant for the Province of British Columbia under Barrett’s NDP government (1972-4) and for the Province of Saskatchewan under Blakeney’s NDP Government (1974-5).  While teaching at York University, he ran unsuccessfully for the NDP in the riding of Parkdale.
> Mike moved to Ottawa in the late 1970s where he met his wife, Fernande Faulkner.  Together they had two children, Rachel (1981) and Marc (1983).  He and Fernande established and ran a management consulting firm, Socioscope, which studied and guided the social aspects of the introduction of information communication technology.  In Ottawa, Mike also built and managed a real estate portfolio.  In 1992 the family moved to New York, where Mike and Fernande worked for the United Nations.
> In 1995, Mike became Associate Chair in the Management of Technological Change at the University College of Cape Breton.  There, he founded the Centre for Community and Enterprise Networking (C/CEN) as a community based research laboratory exploring applications of ICT to support social change in one of Canada's most economically disadvantaged regions.
> Grown out of his early experience in rural small town Saskatchewan and his later experiences in impoverished but culturally and communally rich Cape Breton, Mike's work provided the conceptual framing for “community informatics”. He published the first major work in the field, and introduced the term "community informatics" into wider usage as referring to the research and praxis discipline underpinning the social appropriation of ICT. Within the area of community informatics a major contribution has been Mike's introduction of the notion of "effective use" as a critical analytical framework for assessing technology implementation superseding approaches based on the more commonly accepted frameworks such as that of the "digital divide".
> In 1999, the family moved to Vancouver to be closer to Mike’s parents and sister.  In 2000, Mike and Fernande returned to New York, to work at the New Jersey Institute of  Technology and the UN, respectively.  Mike returned to Vancouver in 2006 and established the Center for Community Informatics Research Development and Training (CCIRDT).  With this platform, he traveled the world to consult with governments and civil society organisations, present at conferences, and conduct research.
> Mike was the founding editor of the Journal of Community Informatics and was Foundation Chair of the Community Informatics Research Network.  He was at the time of his death the Executive Director of CCIRDT, and formerly an Adjunct Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies Vancouver Canada, and as well as Research Professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, New Jersey, and Research Professor at the University of Quebec (Outaouais). He was also a member of the High Level Panel of Advisers of the UN's Global Alliance for ICT and Development. He has also served on the Board of the Global Telecentre Alliance, Telecommunities Canada, the Pacific Community Networking Association and the Vancouver Community Net.
> In recent years he was active as a commentator, speaker and essayist/blogger articulating a community informatics (grassroots ICT user) perspective in the areas of open government data and internet governance.  Through all of his work, Mike was motivated by his commitment to democratising access to the tools of information technology and the advancement of civil society.
> Mike passed away peacefully at home on October 8 after a two year battle with prostate cancer.  He is survived by his wife Fernande, his mother Sylvia, his sister Penny, his children Rachel and Marc, his step-children Bruno and Nina, his grandchildren Emmanuelle and Daniel, step grandchildren Patrick, Emilly, Jessica and Erica, and niece, Natasha.
> 
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From nadira.araj at gmail.com  Sun Oct 15 17:23:43 2017
From: nadira.araj at gmail.com (Nadira Alaraj)
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 00:23:43 +0300
Subject: [bestbits] IGF MAG Renewal
In-Reply-To: <8f0fc2460daf520e95f38913e6d98026@eff.org>
References: <CALCecM-nV-vTP81Jopi05HD8dzVae-+cPtOTezapyfVDg1tZ4g@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Jeremy,
It might be that they are waiting to hear from the chair of the CSCG moncom.
Would be good to start investigating from that end.


On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 12:10 AM, Jeremy Malcolm <jmalcolm at eff.org> wrote:

> Sorry to hear that!  If you don't hear from the Best Bits representative
> you should contact the steering committee who can appoint a new
> representative.  I will ask them to investigate now if it's not too late.
>
> On 14.10.2017 08:17, Nadira Alaraj wrote:
>
>> +1 Norbert, but we didnt hear anything from the BestBits
>> representatives at the IG CSCG.
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 6:09 PM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch [10]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 20:30:05 +0300
>>> Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj at gmail.com [1]> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Thanks Ginger for sharing,
>>> > Do I understand that their is no need to the role of Internet
>>> > Governance Civil Society Coordination Group because CS applicant
>>> can
>>> > apply directly?
>>>
>>> I would certainly disagree very strongly with that view.
>>>
>>> Greetings,
>>> Norbert
>>>
>>> > On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 8:12 PM, Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com
>>> [2]>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Secretariat has announced
>>> the
>>> > > opening of nominations for new Multistakeholder Advisory Group
>>> > > (MAG) members. Are you actively involved and experienced in
>>> > > Internet governance and IGF discussions? Should you consider
>>> > > self-nominating, or nominating one of your colleagues? Find out
>>> > > more at https://www.intgovforum [3].
>>> > > org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0
>>> > >
>>> > > *______________________________*
>>> > >
>>> > > *Ginger (Virginia) Paque*
>>> > >
>>> > > IG and E-diplomacy Programmes | Research Associate
>>> > > DiploFoundation
>>> > >
>>> > > WMO | 7bis, Avenue de la Paix | 1202 Geneva - Switzerland
>>> > > www.diplomacy.edu [4]
>>> > >
>>> > > [image: 15years.diplomacy.edu [5]]
>>> <http://15years.diplomacy.edu/ [6]>
>>> > > * <http://www.diplomacy.edu/courses [7]>*
>>>
>>> >
>>>>
>>> > >
>>> > > ____________________________________________________________
>>> > > You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>>> > >      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net [8].
>>> > > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
>>> > >      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits [9]
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> Links:
>> ------
>> [1] mailto:nadira.araj at gmail.com
>> [2] mailto:gpaque at gmail.com
>> [3] https://www.intgovforum
>> [4] http://www.diplomacy.edu
>> [5] http://15years.diplomacy.edu
>> [6] http://15years.diplomacy.edu/
>> [7] http://www.diplomacy.edu/courses
>> [8] mailto:bestbits at lists.bestbits.net
>> [9] http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
>> [10] mailto:nb at bollow.ch
>>
>
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From: pileleji at ymca.gm (Poncelet Ileleji)
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2017 23:42:14 +0100
Subject: [bestbits] IGF MAG Renewal
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Hello All,

Sheetal should be responding, on this one, sorry for this, will find out

Kind Regards

Poncelet

On 15 October 2017 at 22:10, Jeremy Malcolm <jmalcolm at eff.org> wrote:

> Sorry to hear that!  If you don't hear from the Best Bits representative
> you should contact the steering committee who can appoint a new
> representative.  I will ask them to investigate now if it's not too late.
>
> On 14.10.2017 08:17, Nadira Alaraj wrote:
>
>> +1 Norbert, but we didnt hear anything from the BestBits
>> representatives at the IG CSCG.
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 6:09 PM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch [10]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 20:30:05 +0300
>>> Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj at gmail.com [1]> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Thanks Ginger for sharing,
>>> > Do I understand that their is no need to the role of Internet
>>> > Governance Civil Society Coordination Group because CS applicant
>>> can
>>> > apply directly?
>>>
>>> I would certainly disagree very strongly with that view.
>>>
>>> Greetings,
>>> Norbert
>>>
>>> > On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 8:12 PM, Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com
>>> [2]>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Secretariat has announced
>>> the
>>> > > opening of nominations for new Multistakeholder Advisory Group
>>> > > (MAG) members. Are you actively involved and experienced in
>>> > > Internet governance and IGF discussions? Should you consider
>>> > > self-nominating, or nominating one of your colleagues? Find out
>>> > > more at https://www.intgovforum [3].
>>> > > org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0
>>> > >
>>> > > *______________________________*
>>> > >
>>> > > *Ginger (Virginia) Paque*
>>> > >
>>> > > IG and E-diplomacy Programmes | Research Associate
>>> > > DiploFoundation
>>> > >
>>> > > WMO | 7bis, Avenue de la Paix | 1202 Geneva - Switzerland
>>> > > www.diplomacy.edu [4]
>>> > >
>>> > > [image: 15years.diplomacy.edu [5]]
>>> <http://15years.diplomacy.edu/ [6]>
>>> > > * <http://www.diplomacy.edu/courses [7]>*
>>>
>>> >
>>>>
>>> > >
>>> > > ____________________________________________________________
>>> > > You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>>> > >      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net [8].
>>> > > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
>>> > >      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits [9]
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> Links:
>> ------
>> [1] mailto:nadira.araj at gmail.com
>> [2] mailto:gpaque at gmail.com
>> [3] https://www.intgovforum
>> [4] http://www.diplomacy.edu
>> [5] http://15years.diplomacy.edu
>> [6] http://15years.diplomacy.edu/
>> [7] http://www.diplomacy.edu/courses
>> [8] mailto:bestbits at lists.bestbits.net
>> [9] http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
>> [10] mailto:nb at bollow.ch
>>
>
> --
> Jeremy Malcolm
> Senior Global Policy Analyst
> Electronic Frontier Foundation
> https://eff.org
> jmalcolm at eff.org
>
> Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161
>
> :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World ::
>
> Public key: https://www.eff.org/files/2016/11/27/key_jmalcolm.txt
> PGP fingerprint: 75D2 4C0D 35EA EA2F 8CA8 8F79 4911 EC4A EDDF 1122
>
> ____________________________________________________________
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Coordinator
The Gambia YMCAs Computer Training Centre & Digital Studio
MDI Road Kanifing South
P. O. Box 421 Banjul
The Gambia, West Africa
Tel: (220) 4370240
Fax:(220) 4390793
Cell:(220) 9912508
Skype: pons_utd






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From sheetal at gp-digital.org  Mon Oct 16 04:54:03 2017
From: sheetal at gp-digital.org (Sheetal Kumar)
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 09:54:03 +0100
Subject: [bestbits] IGF MAG Renewal
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References: <CALCecM-nV-vTP81Jopi05HD8dzVae-+cPtOTezapyfVDg1tZ4g@mail.gmail.com>
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Dear all,

Thanks for your patience in receiving information about the CSCG and
current MAG elections. The CSCG decided last week to conduct a selection
process to submit nominations to the MAG elections. The CSCG has just
started that process and is putting together the NomCom that will run the
process. I will represent Bestbits on the NomCom and I'll be in touch this
week with more information about the process and all the necessary details.

Should you have any further questions in the meantime, don't hesitate to
get in touch.

Best
Sheetal.

On 15 October 2017 at 23:42, Poncelet Ileleji <pileleji at ymca.gm> wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> Sheetal should be responding, on this one, sorry for this, will find out
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Poncelet
>
> On 15 October 2017 at 22:10, Jeremy Malcolm <jmalcolm at eff.org> wrote:
>
>> Sorry to hear that!  If you don't hear from the Best Bits representative
>> you should contact the steering committee who can appoint a new
>> representative.  I will ask them to investigate now if it's not too late.
>>
>> On 14.10.2017 08:17, Nadira Alaraj wrote:
>>
>>> +1 Norbert, but we didnt hear anything from the BestBits
>>> representatives at the IG CSCG.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 6:09 PM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch [10]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 20:30:05 +0300
>>>> Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj at gmail.com [1]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Thanks Ginger for sharing,
>>>> > Do I understand that their is no need to the role of Internet
>>>> > Governance Civil Society Coordination Group because CS applicant
>>>> can
>>>> > apply directly?
>>>>
>>>> I would certainly disagree very strongly with that view.
>>>>
>>>> Greetings,
>>>> Norbert
>>>>
>>>> > On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 8:12 PM, Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com
>>>> [2]>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > > The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Secretariat has announced
>>>> the
>>>> > > opening of nominations for new Multistakeholder Advisory Group
>>>> > > (MAG) members. Are you actively involved and experienced in
>>>> > > Internet governance and IGF discussions? Should you consider
>>>> > > self-nominating, or nominating one of your colleagues? Find out
>>>> > > more at https://www.intgovforum [3].
>>>> > > org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0
>>>> > >
>>>> > > *______________________________*
>>>> > >
>>>> > > *Ginger (Virginia) Paque*
>>>> > >
>>>> > > IG and E-diplomacy Programmes | Research Associate
>>>> > > DiploFoundation
>>>> > >
>>>> > > WMO | 7bis, Avenue de la Paix | 1202 Geneva - Switzerland
>>>> > > www.diplomacy.edu [4]
>>>> > >
>>>> > > [image: 15years.diplomacy.edu [5]]
>>>> <http://15years.diplomacy.edu/ [6]>
>>>> > > * <http://www.diplomacy.edu/courses [7]>*
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>> > >
>>>> > > ____________________________________________________________
>>>> > > You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>>>> > >      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net [8].
>>>> > > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
>>>> > >      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits [9]
>>>> > >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > --
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Links:
>>> ------
>>> [1] mailto:nadira.araj at gmail.com
>>> [2] mailto:gpaque at gmail.com
>>> [3] https://www.intgovforum
>>> [4] http://www.diplomacy.edu
>>> [5] http://15years.diplomacy.edu
>>> [6] http://15years.diplomacy.edu/
>>> [7] http://www.diplomacy.edu/courses
>>> [8] mailto:bestbits at lists.bestbits.net
>>> [9] http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
>>> [10] mailto:nb at bollow.ch
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Jeremy Malcolm
>> Senior Global Policy Analyst
>> Electronic Frontier Foundation
>> https://eff.org
>> jmalcolm at eff.org
>>
>> Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161 <(415)%20436-9333>
>>
>> :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World ::
>>
>> Public key: https://www.eff.org/files/2016/11/27/key_jmalcolm.txt
>> PGP fingerprint: 75D2 4C0D 35EA EA2F 8CA8 8F79 4911 EC4A EDDF 1122
>>
>> ____________________________________________________________
>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
>>      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Poncelet O. Ileleji MBCS
> Coordinator
> The Gambia YMCAs Computer Training Centre & Digital Studio
> MDI Road Kanifing South
> P. O. Box 421 Banjul
> The Gambia, West Africa
> Tel: (220) 4370240 <(220)%20437-0240>
> Fax:(220) 4390793 <(220)%20439-0793>
> Cell:(220) 9912508 <(220)%20991-2508>
> Skype: pons_utd
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *www.ymca.gm <http://www.ymca.gm>http://jokkolabs.net/en/
> <http://jokkolabs.net/en/>www.waigf.org
> <http://www.waigf.org>www,insistglobal.com <http://www.itag.gm>www.npoc.org
> <http://www.npoc.org>http://www.wsa-mobile.org/node/753
> <http://www.wsa-mobile.org/node/753>*www.diplointernetgovernance.org
>
>
>
>
>
> ____________________________________________________________
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From williams.deirdre at gmail.com  Mon Oct 16 12:07:05 2017
From: williams.deirdre at gmail.com (Deirdre Williams)
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 12:07:05 -0400
Subject: [bestbits] CSCG
Message-ID: <CAMz5XN5319ZaJ3v1v38bQ3bDx6krTCXg9XXmnmWOjCjvAuSsmg@mail.gmail.com>

(Apologies for the long email)
Dear Colleagues,

Mandela said “Just because you’re small you don’t have to be cowards.”
Civil society may be small – we don’t have the obvious power of the big
multi-national corporations – but that’s no excuse for shoddiness, which is
a sort of cowardice, which means giving up before you even begin.

The Civil Society Coordination Group was, is, a great idea. It’s a means by
which we could harness the power of numbers which is civil society’s great
treasure. But it will only work if we do it properly, and recently we
haven’t been doing it properly. Understand that this is a criticism of the
institution and not of individual members who tried hard to “do things
properly”.

Participation is about doing things, about active involvement. Volunteering
is only a preliminary, it is not sufficient by itself. If one volunteers or
accepts a nomination, then one has been entrusted to do something for a
whole group of other people, and this is a serious responsibility. If it
then becomes impossible to complete the task the only responsible action is
to step down and clear the space for someone else who will have the time,
the energy, and the commitment. To stay and do nothing is irresponsible and
shameful.

CSCG is still quite new and has no official standing in the selection
process. To gain the trust of the final selectors (in this case the UN) it
is necessary that CSCG must gain the trust of the constituency it claims to
represent (civil society), and is clearly seen to be trusted by civil
society generally. If civil society can’t be bothered then CSCG has no
reason to exist.

Things to consider:

*Timing *– this year the MAG renewal is being carried out over a very short
period of time. CSCG can be a rather cumbersome process.

*Suggestion*: we don’t have to wait for the last minute. We know how many
terms civil society MAG members have served so we have an idea of how many
replacements will be needed. A call could be made at a convenient time and
Nomcoms could meet in anticipation of the renewal call and have a slate of
candidates ready. Then when the call comes it is just a case of checking
that those chosen for endorsement are still available. (Won’t help this
time, but worth thinking about)

*Scope*: How do we make CSCG truly representative of the diversity of civil
society?

*Suggestions*: CSCG began with 6 member coalitions. CIVICUS and Diplo have
both dropped out. Do the four that are left represent the range of civil
society? (I don’t think so.) Can we find a way to use the growing body of
local and regional IGFs and other national and regional initiatives (NRIs)
to help to create a more inclusive CSCG? Is there another way to do this?

*Criteria for selection*: What attributes do we require in a civil society
MAG member?

*Suggestions*: For the MAG endorsement it should be possible to decide the
type of candidate that civil society needs. At bottom the MAG is about
running the IGF. Therefore some experience of the IGF is needed (not
necessarily in situ, but certainly evidence of previous engagement and
experience; this is not the right place for “giving the newbies a chance”).
What other criteria are needed? Demonstrated willingness to work? Ability
to work as part of a team? (I would add ability to listen as well as to
talk because candidates will be representing civil society as a whole if
they are eventually selected – they need to be aware of the range of what
civil society as a group is thinking.) I’m sure there are other criteria.
This should be a continuing discussion.

*Participation:* How should the Nomcom deal with a situation of having to
function more or less without one or more of its members? Are valid
decisions possible in these circumstances?

*Suggestions*: Don’t leave things to the last moment. Do insist that
volunteers demonstrate their commitment. Arrange for alternates so that in
the case of a real emergency there is someone else ready to take the place
of the affected member.

CSCG is supposed to be the creation of global civil society. It’s important
that we think about these things because CSCG is supposed to be making
decisions on OUR behalf about who are the best people to represent US. Each
of us should ensure that the process is being carried out as we would want
it to be.

This is an issue that needs our urgent attention.

Best wishes

Deirdre

-- 
“The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William
Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979
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From williams.deirdre at gmail.com  Tue Oct  3 08:41:08 2017
From: williams.deirdre at gmail.com (Deirdre Williams)
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 08:41:08 -0400
Subject: [bestbits] [governance] [Ext] Re: [DC] [IGFmaglist] IGF Best
 Practice Forum on Gender: Access
In-Reply-To: <4c7cf68b-c506-f5e2-3162-58b62173dc33@apcwomen.org>
References: <20170928132438.A286F26009B@mail1.mfa.gov.cn> <CDFA09A2-F00D-4FD5-93B0-12A2FF508A17@bluewin.ch>
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Message-ID: <CAMz5XN56F=vAnKDMBfTVZzg0AOJhknpHbzEZ8szLGig3SeU+Tg@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Jac,

Dear Jac,

While I support your work on behalf of women and girls I’m noticing a trend
which is very disturbing – that is the creation of “gender” as being
synonymous with “women/female”, at times almost acting as a euphemism.

Consider what you wrote yesterday:

the multiple forms of disparity and discrimination that the diversity of
women face

and what Michael wrote this morning:

To put it mildly, helping to empower women and girls with meaningful and
sustainable access is imperative to our future

Where are the men?

We seem to be being driven into an unfortunate case of divide and rule. A
huge theme for the internet is inclusion, and yet “gender” is excluding
approximately half of its population. So if we want to say “women” couldn’t
we just say “women”? Do we think it’s a bad word? And if we’re discussing
gender, couldn’t we include the men too? For example there might be
workshops considering things from both sides, offering a male perspective
as well. Are there men who facilitate internet access for women? Are there
men who actively block access? How is this done and what measures have been
implemented to get round the blocking? Are there men who are themselves
denied access to the internet?

The human race is diverse, in gender as well as in many other things.
Denying diversity has been demonstrated as an unsuccessful way to try to
solve problems, because the diversity persists no matter how much it is
denied.

What do other people think?

Best wishes from the Caribbean (where we have a concern about the
“marginalised male”)
Deirdre.

On 2 October 2017 at 05:52, Jac sm Kee <jac at apcwomen.org> wrote:

> Much thanks for all the considered thoughts on this issue. Being a
> committed advocate of this issue, I appreciate the reflection and
> insights on why it is both difficult and important to integrate gender
> into IG and policy conversations, including and esp on access.
>
> I hope this thread of discussion helped to clarify why it doesn't make
> sense to stack the multiple forms of disparity and discrimination that
> the diversity of women face before we take action to address whatever
> that is within our ability, capacity and responsibility to address. Also
> happy to take this conversation further if more doubts or questions
> surface.
>
> In the meantime, we continue to appreciate your support in responding to
> as well as disseminating the survey to your networks who do work in this
> area.
>
> As a reminder, the survey link is:
> https://www.apc.org/limesurvey/index.php/783797/lang-en
>
> Best,
> jac
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Jac sm Kee
> Manager, Women's Rights Programme
> Association for Progressive Communications
> www.apc.org | www.takebackthetech.net | erotics.apc.org
> Jitsi: jacsmk | Skype: jacsmk | Twitter: @jhybe
>
>


-- 
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Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979
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From gus at publicknowledge.org  Mon Oct 16 13:05:53 2017
From: gus at publicknowledge.org (Gus Rossi)
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 14:05:53 -0300
Subject: [bestbits] PK, ARTICLE19, ACCESS ask ITU not to work on privacy
 issues
Message-ID: <CAF6izqTtv=dwFudpx7n=b1nz+h9FfJEcnov-TYwRyZ7sW=d-Hw@mail.gmail.com>

Joint statement here:

https://twitter.com/agustinrs/status/919971733179977728
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From sheetal at gp-digital.org  Mon Oct 16 13:49:23 2017
From: sheetal at gp-digital.org (Sheetal Kumar)
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 18:49:23 +0100
Subject: [bestbits] CSCG
In-Reply-To: <CAMz5XN5319ZaJ3v1v38bQ3bDx6krTCXg9XXmnmWOjCjvAuSsmg@mail.gmail.com>
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Dear Deirdre, all,

Thank you very much for your email and your reflections. In our capacity as
the civil society representatives to the CSCG, we wanted to offer the
following remarks. We are unable to comment on everything included but
there are some points where we would like to offer clarification,
specifically on where you have included 'things to consider'.

Looking forward to any further responses or comments.

Thanks again!

Best
Sheetal & Poncelet.


Things to consider:

*Timing *– this year the MAG renewal is being carried out over a very short
period of time. CSCG can be a rather cumbersome process.


I (Sheetal) today responded to the queries regarding the process that the
CSCG will undertake to nominate civil society representatives to the MAG. We
understand the deadline is three and a half weeks away, 10 November, and
that the announcement is now almost three weeks old. However, the CSCG is
committed to carrying out this process, and we have just finished
internally composing the NomCom (who will agree the process for the
nomination and carry out the internal CSCG deliberation) today. As soon as
the process is clarified internally (this week at the latest), I will share
the relevant information with everyone here.


*Suggestion*: we don’t have to wait for the last minute. We know how many
terms civil society MAG members have served so we have an idea of how many
replacements will be needed. A call could be made at a convenient time and
Nomcoms could meet in anticipation of the renewal call and have a slate of
candidates ready. Then when the call comes it is just a case of checking
that those chosen for endorsement are still available. (Won’t help this
time, but worth thinking about)


Thank you for this suggestion, which we can certainly communicate to the
rest of the CSCG.


*Scope*: How do we make CSCG truly representative of the diversity of civil
society?


The CSCG currently consists of five member coalitions. Although we can't
speak on or comment as to the scope and the diversity of these groups, and
whether collectively they represent the diversity of civil society we would
be happy to communicate suggestions of how to make the CSCG more diverse to
the current membership, or to suggest the facilitation of a broader
conversation on this point.


*Suggestions*: CSCG began with 6 member coalitions. CIVICUS and Diplo have
both dropped out. Do the four that are left represent the range of civil
society? (I don’t think so.) Can we find a way to use the growing body of
local and regional IGFs and other national and regional initiatives (NRIs)
to help to create a more inclusive CSCG? Is there another way to do this?


*Criteria for selection*: What attributes do we require in a civil society
MAG member?


*Suggestions*: For the MAG endorsement it should be possible to decide the
type of candidate that civil society needs. At bottom the MAG is about
running the IGF. Therefore some experience of the IGF is needed (not
necessarily in situ, but certainly evidence of previous engagement and
experience; this is not the right place for “giving the newbies a chance”).
What other criteria are needed? Demonstrated willingness to work? Ability
to work as part of a team? (I would add ability to listen as well as to
talk because candidates will be representing civil society as a whole if
they are eventually selected – they need to be aware of the range of what
civil society as a group is thinking.) I’m sure there are other criteria.
This should be a continuing discussion.


Thanks for these points, which we hope will guide considerations of the
Best Bits community in the current MAG nomination process. I just want to
take the opportunity to share the information included in the official
announcement in case useful too:
https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal


*Participation:* How should the Nomcom deal with a situation of having to
function more or less without one or more of its members? Are valid
decisions possible in these circumstances?


With regards to the current Nomcom for the MAG elections we can confirm
that there will be a representative from each of the current constituent
groups (Best Bits, Association for Progressive Communications, Internet
Governance Caucus, Just Net Coalition, and Non-Commercial Stakeholders
Group of ICANN).


*Suggestions*: Don’t leave things to the last moment. Do insist that
volunteers demonstrate their commitment. Arrange for alternates so that in
the case of a real emergency there is someone else ready to take the place
of the affected member.


We fully agree that timely responses are absolutely necessary to these
calls and to ensure a truly inclusive process. We will communicate this
concern to the rest of the members of the CSCG and we would welcome any
further critical reflection from others in the community on this point too.


CSCG is supposed to be the creation of global civil society. It’s important
that we think about these things because CSCG is supposed to be making
decisions on OUR behalf about who are the best people to represent US. Each
of us should ensure that the process is being carried out as we would want
it to be.

This is an issue that needs our urgent attention.


I want to commit at this point that we will share the concerns that you
have raised here - no doubt most or many of the members of the CSCG are on
Best Bits and they will read this too. We also want to reiterate the
request for any further comments on diversity, inclusivity and
effectiveness of the CSCG in carrying out its mandate to ensure a
coordinated civil society response and conduit when it comes to making
civil society appointments to outside bodies.




On 16 October 2017 at 17:07, Deirdre Williams <williams.deirdre at gmail.com>
wrote:

> (Apologies for the long email)
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Mandela said “Just because you’re small you don’t have to be cowards.”
> Civil society may be small – we don’t have the obvious power of the big
> multi-national corporations – but that’s no excuse for shoddiness, which is
> a sort of cowardice, which means giving up before you even begin.
>
> The Civil Society Coordination Group was, is, a great idea. It’s a means
> by which we could harness the power of numbers which is civil society’s
> great treasure. But it will only work if we do it properly, and recently we
> haven’t been doing it properly. Understand that this is a criticism of the
> institution and not of individual members who tried hard to “do things
> properly”.
>
> Participation is about doing things, about active involvement.
> Volunteering is only a preliminary, it is not sufficient by itself. If one
> volunteers or accepts a nomination, then one has been entrusted to do
> something for a whole group of other people, and this is a serious
> responsibility. If it then becomes impossible to complete the task the only
> responsible action is to step down and clear the space for someone else who
> will have the time, the energy, and the commitment. To stay and do nothing
> is irresponsible and shameful.
>
> CSCG is still quite new and has no official standing in the selection
> process. To gain the trust of the final selectors (in this case the UN) it
> is necessary that CSCG must gain the trust of the constituency it claims to
> represent (civil society), and is clearly seen to be trusted by civil
> society generally. If civil society can’t be bothered then CSCG has no
> reason to exist.
>
> Things to consider:
>
> *Timing *– this year the MAG renewal is being carried out over a very
> short period of time. CSCG can be a rather cumbersome process.
>
> *Suggestion*: we don’t have to wait for the last minute. We know how many
> terms civil society MAG members have served so we have an idea of how many
> replacements will be needed. A call could be made at a convenient time and
> Nomcoms could meet in anticipation of the renewal call and have a slate of
> candidates ready. Then when the call comes it is just a case of checking
> that those chosen for endorsement are still available. (Won’t help this
> time, but worth thinking about)
>
> *Scope*: How do we make CSCG truly representative of the diversity of
> civil society?
>
> *Suggestions*: CSCG began with 6 member coalitions. CIVICUS and Diplo
> have both dropped out. Do the four that are left represent the range of
> civil society? (I don’t think so.) Can we find a way to use the growing
> body of local and regional IGFs and other national and regional initiatives
> (NRIs) to help to create a more inclusive CSCG? Is there another way to do
> this?
>
> *Criteria for selection*: What attributes do we require in a civil
> society MAG member?
>
> *Suggestions*: For the MAG endorsement it should be possible to decide
> the type of candidate that civil society needs. At bottom the MAG is about
> running the IGF. Therefore some experience of the IGF is needed (not
> necessarily in situ, but certainly evidence of previous engagement and
> experience; this is not the right place for “giving the newbies a chance”).
> What other criteria are needed? Demonstrated willingness to work? Ability
> to work as part of a team? (I would add ability to listen as well as to
> talk because candidates will be representing civil society as a whole if
> they are eventually selected – they need to be aware of the range of what
> civil society as a group is thinking.) I’m sure there are other criteria.
> This should be a continuing discussion.
>
> *Participation:* How should the Nomcom deal with a situation of having to
> function more or less without one or more of its members? Are valid
> decisions possible in these circumstances?
>
> *Suggestions*: Don’t leave things to the last moment. Do insist that
> volunteers demonstrate their commitment. Arrange for alternates so that in
> the case of a real emergency there is someone else ready to take the place
> of the affected member.
>
> CSCG is supposed to be the creation of global civil society. It’s
> important that we think about these things because CSCG is supposed to be
> making decisions on OUR behalf about who are the best people to represent
> US. Each of us should ensure that the process is being carried out as we
> would want it to be.
>
> This is an issue that needs our urgent attention.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Deirdre
>
> --
> “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William
> Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979
>
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From raquino at gmail.com  Mon Oct 16 14:40:18 2017
From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro)
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 16:40:18 -0200
Subject: [bestbits] CSCG
In-Reply-To: <CAK78muSOw6mPwx0JGJDh3EpODaAKoDyHrEbngv8xcudc8wSoHw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAMz5XN5319ZaJ3v1v38bQ3bDx6krTCXg9XXmnmWOjCjvAuSsmg@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAK78muSOw6mPwx0JGJDh3EpODaAKoDyHrEbngv8xcudc8wSoHw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAMokdMxRM6=p80nS8WjsL1F4tJZkZkGmY8RbtrB3-i8T98G0NQ@mail.gmail.com>

Dear all

Thanks Sheetal for answering so quickly and on point.
Holding the hat of one of the members of BB SC I'd also offer the
Bestbits Steering Committee for any concerns members may have.
We are new but sometimes there is something about being newbie which
is positive, since we will not judge you.

As on the point about being not being responsive as irresponsible and
shameful, I'd also not consider Bestbits a place where such
categorizations are made.

CSCG is a group which engages in the IGF and that space has its Code
of Conduct we all abide by.

Bestbits values its volunteers and welcomes all time and efforts
invested in it.

If there is a need for a volunteer to disengage, the Steering
Committee will look into it, as members who try to collaborate to make
this space function always better, no adjectives of any kind attached
to any member.

I hope this helps on clarifying the processes.

Thanks

Renata



On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org> wrote:
> Dear Deirdre, all,
>
> Thank you very much for your email and your reflections. In our capacity as
> the civil society representatives to the CSCG, we wanted to offer the
> following remarks. We are unable to comment on everything included but there
> are some points where we would like to offer clarification, specifically on
> where you have included 'things to consider'.
>
> Looking forward to any further responses or comments.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Best
> Sheetal & Poncelet.
>
>
> Things to consider:
>
> Timing – this year the MAG renewal is being carried out over a very short
> period of time. CSCG can be a rather cumbersome process.
>
>
> I (Sheetal) today responded to the queries regarding the process that the
> CSCG will undertake to nominate civil society representatives to the MAG. We
> understand the deadline is three and a half weeks away, 10 November, and
> that the announcement is now almost three weeks old. However, the CSCG is
> committed to carrying out this process, and we have just finished internally
> composing the NomCom (who will agree the process for the nomination and
> carry out the internal CSCG deliberation) today. As soon as the process is
> clarified internally (this week at the latest), I will share the relevant
> information with everyone here.
>
>
> Suggestion: we don’t have to wait for the last minute. We know how many
> terms civil society MAG members have served so we have an idea of how many
> replacements will be needed. A call could be made at a convenient time and
> Nomcoms could meet in anticipation of the renewal call and have a slate of
> candidates ready. Then when the call comes it is just a case of checking
> that those chosen for endorsement are still available. (Won’t help this
> time, but worth thinking about)
>
>
> Thank you for this suggestion, which we can certainly communicate to the
> rest of the CSCG.
>
>
> Scope: How do we make CSCG truly representative of the diversity of civil
> society?
>
>
> The CSCG currently consists of five member coalitions. Although we can't
> speak on or comment as to the scope and the diversity of these groups, and
> whether collectively they represent the diversity of civil society we would
> be happy to communicate suggestions of how to make the CSCG more diverse to
> the current membership, or to suggest the facilitation of a broader
> conversation on this point.
>
>
> Suggestions: CSCG began with 6 member coalitions. CIVICUS and Diplo have
> both dropped out. Do the four that are left represent the range of civil
> society? (I don’t think so.) Can we find a way to use the growing body of
> local and regional IGFs and other national and regional initiatives (NRIs)
> to help to create a more inclusive CSCG? Is there another way to do this?
>
>
> Criteria for selection: What attributes do we require in a civil society MAG
> member?
>
>
> Suggestions: For the MAG endorsement it should be possible to decide the
> type of candidate that civil society needs. At bottom the MAG is about
> running the IGF. Therefore some experience of the IGF is needed (not
> necessarily in situ, but certainly evidence of previous engagement and
> experience; this is not the right place for “giving the newbies a chance”).
> What other criteria are needed? Demonstrated willingness to work? Ability to
> work as part of a team? (I would add ability to listen as well as to talk
> because candidates will be representing civil society as a whole if they are
> eventually selected – they need to be aware of the range of what civil
> society as a group is thinking.) I’m sure there are other criteria. This
> should be a continuing discussion.
>
>
> Thanks for these points, which we hope will guide considerations of the Best
> Bits community in the current MAG nomination process. I just want to take
> the opportunity to share the information included in the official
> announcement in case useful too:
> https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal
>
>
> Participation: How should the Nomcom deal with a situation of having to
> function more or less without one or more of its members? Are valid
> decisions possible in these circumstances?
>
>
> With regards to the current Nomcom for the MAG elections we can confirm that
> there will be a representative from each of the current constituent groups
> (Best Bits, Association for Progressive Communications, Internet Governance
> Caucus, Just Net Coalition, and Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group of ICANN).
>
>
> Suggestions: Don’t leave things to the last moment. Do insist that
> volunteers demonstrate their commitment. Arrange for alternates so that in
> the case of a real emergency there is someone else ready to take the place
> of the affected member.
>
>
> We fully agree that timely responses are absolutely necessary to these calls
> and to ensure a truly inclusive process. We will communicate this concern to
> the rest of the members of the CSCG and we would welcome any further
> critical reflection from others in the community on this point too.
>
>
> CSCG is supposed to be the creation of global civil society. It’s important
> that we think about these things because CSCG is supposed to be making
> decisions on OUR behalf about who are the best people to represent US. Each
> of us should ensure that the process is being carried out as we would want
> it to be.
>
> This is an issue that needs our urgent attention.
>
>
> I want to commit at this point that we will share the concerns that you have
> raised here - no doubt most or many of the members of the CSCG are on Best
> Bits and they will read this too. We also want to reiterate the request for
> any further comments on diversity, inclusivity and effectiveness of the CSCG
> in carrying out its mandate to ensure a coordinated civil society response
> and conduit when it comes to making civil society appointments to outside
> bodies.
>
>
>
>
> On 16 October 2017 at 17:07, Deirdre Williams <williams.deirdre at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> (Apologies for the long email)
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> Mandela said “Just because you’re small you don’t have to be cowards.”
>> Civil society may be small – we don’t have the obvious power of the big
>> multi-national corporations – but that’s no excuse for shoddiness, which is
>> a sort of cowardice, which means giving up before you even begin.
>>
>> The Civil Society Coordination Group was, is, a great idea. It’s a means
>> by which we could harness the power of numbers which is civil society’s
>> great treasure. But it will only work if we do it properly, and recently we
>> haven’t been doing it properly. Understand that this is a criticism of the
>> institution and not of individual members who tried hard to “do things
>> properly”.
>>
>> Participation is about doing things, about active involvement.
>> Volunteering is only a preliminary, it is not sufficient by itself. If one
>> volunteers or accepts a nomination, then one has been entrusted to do
>> something for a whole group of other people, and this is a serious
>> responsibility. If it then becomes impossible to complete the task the only
>> responsible action is to step down and clear the space for someone else who
>> will have the time, the energy, and the commitment. To stay and do nothing
>> is irresponsible and shameful.
>>
>> CSCG is still quite new and has no official standing in the selection
>> process. To gain the trust of the final selectors (in this case the UN) it
>> is necessary that CSCG must gain the trust of the constituency it claims to
>> represent (civil society), and is clearly seen to be trusted by civil
>> society generally. If civil society can’t be bothered then CSCG has no
>> reason to exist.
>>
>> Things to consider:
>>
>> Timing – this year the MAG renewal is being carried out over a very short
>> period of time. CSCG can be a rather cumbersome process.
>>
>> Suggestion: we don’t have to wait for the last minute. We know how many
>> terms civil society MAG members have served so we have an idea of how many
>> replacements will be needed. A call could be made at a convenient time and
>> Nomcoms could meet in anticipation of the renewal call and have a slate of
>> candidates ready. Then when the call comes it is just a case of checking
>> that those chosen for endorsement are still available. (Won’t help this
>> time, but worth thinking about)
>>
>> Scope: How do we make CSCG truly representative of the diversity of civil
>> society?
>>
>> Suggestions: CSCG began with 6 member coalitions. CIVICUS and Diplo have
>> both dropped out. Do the four that are left represent the range of civil
>> society? (I don’t think so.) Can we find a way to use the growing body of
>> local and regional IGFs and other national and regional initiatives (NRIs)
>> to help to create a more inclusive CSCG? Is there another way to do this?
>>
>> Criteria for selection: What attributes do we require in a civil society
>> MAG member?
>>
>> Suggestions: For the MAG endorsement it should be possible to decide the
>> type of candidate that civil society needs. At bottom the MAG is about
>> running the IGF. Therefore some experience of the IGF is needed (not
>> necessarily in situ, but certainly evidence of previous engagement and
>> experience; this is not the right place for “giving the newbies a chance”).
>> What other criteria are needed? Demonstrated willingness to work? Ability to
>> work as part of a team? (I would add ability to listen as well as to talk
>> because candidates will be representing civil society as a whole if they are
>> eventually selected – they need to be aware of the range of what civil
>> society as a group is thinking.) I’m sure there are other criteria. This
>> should be a continuing discussion.
>>
>> Participation: How should the Nomcom deal with a situation of having to
>> function more or less without one or more of its members? Are valid
>> decisions possible in these circumstances?
>>
>> Suggestions: Don’t leave things to the last moment. Do insist that
>> volunteers demonstrate their commitment. Arrange for alternates so that in
>> the case of a real emergency there is someone else ready to take the place
>> of the affected member.
>>
>> CSCG is supposed to be the creation of global civil society. It’s
>> important that we think about these things because CSCG is supposed to be
>> making decisions on OUR behalf about who are the best people to represent
>> US. Each of us should ensure that the process is being carried out as we
>> would want it to be.
>>
>> This is an issue that needs our urgent attention.
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> Deirdre
>>
>>
>> --
>> “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William
>> Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979
>>
>> ____________________________________________________________
>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
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>>      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
>
>
>
>
> --
>
>
> Sheetal Kumar
> Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
> Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
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From williams.deirdre at gmail.com  Mon Oct 16 15:32:29 2017
From: williams.deirdre at gmail.com (Deirdre Williams)
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 15:32:29 -0400
Subject: [bestbits] APC
Message-ID: <CAMz5XN7PzGG6L8vtRujQwXUoqBr8FSUSa4UO=ntb8tBS1X=vwg@mail.gmail.com>

Apologies for cross-posting.
David - can you please pass on for me again?
Dear All,
A very serious omission to have left out APC. My apologies.
But I still contend that CSCG should be as welcoming and inclusive as
possible.
Best wishes
Deirdre

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From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro)
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 19:23:05 -0200
Subject: [bestbits] Crowdfunded journalism agency - Choose the news topic at
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From raquino at gmail.com  Wed Oct 18 14:17:26 2017
From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro)
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 16:17:26 -0200
Subject: [bestbits] MAG 2018 Renewal criteria - inc geographic
Message-ID: <CAMokdMyEQSrHFWDK0hzHHMjirLaJWSvX_zuP-oCtpPT5Dv3ECg@mail.gmail.com>

Hi everyone

Just to clarify and complement Sheetal's post, take a good look at the
MAG 2018 Renewal criteria

https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0

I'd note this more importantly:

Regional Group Balance

Regional Group - Available seats for the MAG 2018 Renewal

Africa 3
Asia Pacific 0
Eastern Europe 7
GRULAC 3
WEOG 6

And

"Please note that these breakdowns are provided for general guidance
only, and that the overall composition depends on several
considerations including the nominations received, as well as the
final decision of the UN Secretary-General."

From deborah at apc.org  Wed Oct 18 16:21:26 2017
From: deborah at apc.org (Deborah Brown)
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 16:21:26 -0400
Subject: [bestbits] MAG 2018 Renewal criteria - inc geographic
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Thanks for this Renata. 

The guidance says: Each of the MAG members who is rotating out, is
freeing up one seat for the Regional and Stakeholder Group they
initially occupied.

But the number of CS seats has been reduced by 3 (13 seats down to 10)
and the regional breakdown has also changed. For SH group, it looks like
an effort to reduce the overall MAG size back to 50, but it would be
good to understand how it was decided that the CS and private sector
allocations should be reduced.

On regional breakdowns,  there are 3 MAG members from Asia Pacific
rotating out (all CS, as it happens), but there are no available seats
for anyone from Asia Pacific. In 2017 the region had 14 seats, and for
2018 it has 11. Is anyone aware of an explanation for this?

All the best,
Deborah


On 10/18/17 2:17 PM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> Just to clarify and complement Sheetal's post, take a good look at the
> MAG 2018 Renewal criteria
>
> https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0
>
> I'd note this more importantly:
>
> Regional Group Balance
>
> Regional Group - Available seats for the MAG 2018 Renewal
>
> Africa 3
> Asia Pacific 0
> Eastern Europe 7
> GRULAC 3
> WEOG 6
>
> And
>
> "Please note that these breakdowns are provided for general guidance
> only, and that the overall composition depends on several
> considerations including the nominations received, as well as the
> final decision of the UN Secretary-General."
>
>
> ____________________________________________________________
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From raquino at gmail.com  Wed Oct 18 19:04:51 2017
From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro)
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 21:04:51 -0200
Subject: [bestbits] MAG 2018 Renewal criteria - inc geographic
In-Reply-To: <53c74a8c-9033-379f-a1b8-6d48ef122ba7@apc.org>
References: <CAMokdMyEQSrHFWDK0hzHHMjirLaJWSvX_zuP-oCtpPT5Dv3ECg@mail.gmail.com>
 <53c74a8c-9033-379f-a1b8-6d48ef122ba7@apc.org>
Message-ID: <CAMokdMzYKnhzLt6BojqXbC+9DRf_4QKv=Ymg7qxoZMLxGmO5Gg@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Deborah

I know just that is on the link too but the way I understood there will be
a final balance, the same number per each stakeholder group, as well as
regional and gender balance.
For any more questions, I'd advise asking Secretariat at igf at unog.ch

Best,

Renata

On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 6:21 PM, Deborah Brown <deborah at apc.org> wrote:

> Thanks for this Renata.
>
> The guidance says: Each of the MAG members who is rotating out, is freeing
> up one seat for the Regional and Stakeholder Group they initially occupied.
>
> But the number of CS seats has been reduced by 3 (13 seats down to 10) and
> the regional breakdown has also changed. For SH group, it looks like an
> effort to reduce the overall MAG size back to 50, but it would be good to
> understand how it was decided that the CS and private sector allocations
> should be reduced.
>
> On regional breakdowns,  there are 3 MAG members from Asia Pacific
> rotating out (all CS, as it happens), but there are no available seats for
> anyone from Asia Pacific. In 2017 the region had 14 seats, and for 2018 it
> has 11. Is anyone aware of an explanation for this?
>
> All the best,
> Deborah
>
>
> On 10/18/17 2:17 PM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote:
>
> Hi everyone
>
> Just to clarify and complement Sheetal's post, take a good look at the
> MAG 2018 Renewal criteria
> https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0
>
> I'd note this more importantly:
>
> Regional Group Balance
>
> Regional Group - Available seats for the MAG 2018 Renewal
>
> Africa 3
> Asia Pacific 0
> Eastern Europe 7
> GRULAC 3
> WEOG 6
>
> And
>
> "Please note that these breakdowns are provided for general guidance
> only, and that the overall composition depends on several
> considerations including the nominations received, as well as the
> final decision of the UN Secretary-General."
>
>
>
> ____________________________________________________________
> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
>      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
>
>
> --
>
> Deborah Brown
> Global Advocacy Lead
> Association for Progressive Communications (APC)www.apc.orgdeborah at apc.org
> @deblebrown
>
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From nadira.araj at gmail.com  Wed Oct 18 23:46:28 2017
From: nadira.araj at gmail.com (Nadira Alaraj)
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 06:46:28 +0300
Subject: [bestbits] MAG 2018 Renewal criteria - inc geographic
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Message-ID: <CAJdpWNALyQ=H5JDOmiJeNxP90nk=JmFBsgQGbnoZWaN8eE_OMw@mail.gmail.com>

Renata, Deborah and all,

From sheetal at gp-digital.org  Tue Oct  3 09:29:16 2017
From: sheetal at gp-digital.org (Sheetal Kumar)
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 20:29:16 +0700
Subject: [bestbits] [UPDATE - time sensitive] Open CS letter to the
 ICDPPC: open for signatures until COB Monday 18 September
In-Reply-To: <CAK78muRqMe4PyPVzxTgaYk7g9TcTugqvmr-zydQF-s-WD6P+KQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAK78muQR1ssvfpEGP1_g0UkmeR+-Gkw5tpfZy+jfdPmZQZL+Xg@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAK78muRqMe4PyPVzxTgaYk7g9TcTugqvmr-zydQF-s-WD6P+KQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAK78muQkaW-6ZujoRvo6+EZdXQa2Dq9NCjcFnuxuHtXUtAVV_g@mail.gmail.com>

Dear all,

This letter is now also live on bestbits, where signatures can continue to
be added:

https://bestbits.net/icdppc/

Do feel free to share with your networks and if you have a data protection
authority in your respective country or region, please also share it with
the respective Commissioner/s or other relevant persons.

Do let us know if you have any questions! Thanks for your support.

Best
Sheetal.

On 27 September 2017 at 17:38, Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> (With apologies for cross-posting)
>
> I previously shared the joint civil society letter to the ICDPPC organisers
> to the bestbits community (in the previous email below).
>
> A group of us are now at the ICDPPC in Hong Kong. Having received some
> responses from Commissioners, we have drafted a response in the form of
> statement, welcoming the responses and the positive steps taken so far but
> also reiterating the points made in the letter.
>
> We plan to take advantage of the ongoing Conference to present this
> statement to the outgoing and incoming Executive Committees and to the
> ICDPPC Secretariat. You can find the statement below:
>
> https://pad.riseup.net/p/qjfjAhCwVfi7
>
> We plan to present this on Friday AM Hong Kong time, before the close of
> the Conference and welcome sign-ons until COB Thursday, 28 September. Note
> the statement will remain open for signature past the 28 September deadline
> but we strongly encourage sign on beforehand so that we can add the
> signatures to the statement that will be presented during the Conference
> itself. Should you have any trouble adding your organisational signature,
> please let me know.
>
> In case you can't access the letter please find it below in full below the
> dotted line.
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> *DRAFT JOINT PRESS RELEASE/STATEMENT*
>
> *Joint global civil society statement on the International Conference of
> Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners*
>
> To the outgoing and incoming Executive Committees of the ICDPPC
>
> *Hong Kong *– Ahead of the 2017 International Conference of Data Protection
> and Privacy Commissioners (ICDPPC) held in Hong Kong between September 25
> to 29, a group of more than 30 civil society organisations sent a letter to
> the organisers and data protection authorities calling for greater
> inclusion of NGOs in the event.
>
> We acknowledge the positive steps forward, taken during the Hong Kong
> conference, in particular by lifting the participation fee for several
> civil society groups. As a result, this year's conference has already
> acknowledged the value of civil society participation and active dialogue
> with data protection authorities.
>
> Despite these improvements, civil society continues to be kept at the
> periphery of the event, absent from the programming committee and
> underrepresented at public sessions. To that effect we call on the
> Executive Committee to:
>
>     1. Include civil society in the Programme Committee to guarantee civil
> society representation in developing the agenda
>     2. Promote diversity and inclusion through public consultations
>     3. Restore space and visibility for civil society speakers at the
> sessions. This includes the restoration of the full day joint civil
> society-DPA event in the official programme and ensuring a civil society
> representative is included when non-members of the ICDPPC are part of the
> deliberations which lead to the official outcomes
>     4. Enhance civil society participation and meaningful dialogue by
> removing the access fee and providing travel support for civil society
> representatives
>     5. Increase transparency of the event sessions and deliberations
> through remote participation and publication of draft resolutions
>
> We look forward to cooperation with the incoming Secretariat, Executive
> Committee and hosts of the upcoming Conference in 2018.
>
> --
>
>
> *Sheetal Kumar*
> Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
> Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
> T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258 0337| M: +44 (0)7739569514 <+44%207739%20569514>  |
> PGP ID: AAEDBF8AFE87EF53  | PGP Fingerprint: 9CD3 46A5 21A1 DFD9 FDD0 457D
> AAED BF8A FE87 EF53 |
>
>
> On 15/09/2017, Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org> wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I'm writing to share an open letter to the organisers of the
> International
> > Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners (ICDPPC
> > <https://icdppc.org/>) which has been drafted by civil society groups
> and
> > signed on to by more than 25 civil society groups from around the world.
> >
> > The letter calls for a more open, inclusive and transparent Conference
> and
> > includes concrete recommendations to the ICDPPC. Find the letter in the
> > etherpad below:
> >
> > https://pad.riseup.net/p/wvDnM0Z05bE9
> >
> > With apologies for the short notice, should you or your organisation be
> > interested in signing onto this letter, we welcome signatures until *COB
> > Monday 18 September.* The letter will be presented to the organisers of
> the
> > Conference before the start of the next Conference proceedings, which
> start
> > on 25 September in Hong Kong.
> >
> > In case of interest, for more information about the ICDPPC, GPD and
> Access
> > Now have worked together on tools which provide an introduction to the
> > ICDPPC for human rights advocates and which you can find by following the
> > links below:
> >
> >
> >    - *Navigating human rights in the digital environment: the ICDPPC: *
> >
> > http://www.gp-digital.org/publication/navigating-human-
> rights-in-the-digital-environment-the-icdppc
> >    - *Understanding the ICDPPC (podcast):*
> >    http://www.gp-digital.org/multimedia/understanding-the-icdppc/
> >    - *Recording of a webinar & live Q&A on the ICCDPC:  *
> >    https://soundcloud.com/globalpartnersdigital/the-
> icdppc-live-qa-140917
> >    <https://soundcloud.com/globalpartnersdigital/the-
> icdppc-live-qa-140917>
> >
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Sheetal.
> >
> > --
> > *Sheetal Kumar*
> > Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
> > Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
> > T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258 0337| M: +44 (0)7739569514  |
> > PGP ID: AAEDBF8AFE87EF53  | PGP Fingerprint: 9CD3 46A5 21A1 DFD9 FDD0
> 457D
> > AAED BF8A FE87 EF53 |
> >
>
>
> --
>
>
> *Sheetal Kumar*
> Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
> Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
> T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258 0337| M: +44 (0)7739569514  |
> PGP ID: AAEDBF8AFE87EF53  | PGP Fingerprint: 9CD3 46A5 21A1 DFD9 FDD0 457D
> AAED BF8A FE87 EF53 |
>



-- 


*Sheetal Kumar*
Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258 0337| M: +44 (0)7739569514  |
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From ian.peter at ianpeter.com  Thu Oct 19 01:34:22 2017
From: ian.peter at ianpeter.com (Ian Peter)
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 16:34:22 +1100
Subject: [bestbits] MAG 2018 Renewal criteria - inc geographic
In-Reply-To: <CAJdpWNALyQ=H5JDOmiJeNxP90nk=JmFBsgQGbnoZWaN8eE_OMw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAMokdMyEQSrHFWDK0hzHHMjirLaJWSvX_zuP-oCtpPT5Dv3ECg@mail.gmail.com> <53c74a8c-9033-379f-a1b8-6d48ef122ba7@apc.org> <CAMokdMzYKnhzLt6BojqXbC+9DRf_4QKv=Ymg7qxoZMLxGmO5Gg@mail.gmail.com> <CAJdpWNALyQ=H5JDOmiJeNxP90nk=JmFBsgQGbnoZWaN8eE_OMw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <E9E4503CEB1747E7AA69387D1CE7608C@LAPTOP93L8QKEK>

The whole thing is, they want to pick a MAG that has gender, regional, geopolitical and stakeholder balance – all at once. And that is not always easy.

So in the final mix a lot comes into play and civil society will do better if it thinks things through strategically.

For instance – if, for instance,  there is a lack of candidates from the Arab world, and a lack of female candidates as well, if civil society puts up a good female candidate from that area, there is a good chance that an extra civil society candidate will be selected. And indeed in the past the gender balance question has resulted in extra civil society reps being selected because other stakeholder group nominations tended to be male dominated. (Conversely, sometimes good civil society male candidates miss out for the same reason).

So it is useful for civil society to endorse a diverse range of candidates, in excess of what on the surface appears to be the likely number of seats to be allocated. Within that group it is possible to give a more preferential endorsement to specific candidates, but the endorsement of extra names, particularly from regions or sub-regions which are underrepresented  can be beneficial.


Ian Peter

From: Nadira Alaraj 
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 2:46 PM
To: Renata Aquino Ribeiro 
Cc: <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net> ; Deborah Brown 
Subject: Re: [bestbits] MAG 2018 Renewal criteria - inc geographic

Renata, Deborah and all, 

From imran at igfpak.org  Thu Oct 19 05:33:16 2017
From: imran at igfpak.org (imran at igfpak.org)
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 04:33:16 -0500
Subject: [bestbits] MAG 2018 Renewal criteria - inc geographic
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References: <CAMokdMyEQSrHFWDK0hzHHMjirLaJWSvX_zuP-oCtpPT5Dv3ECg@mail.gmail.com>
 <53c74a8c-9033-379f-a1b8-6d48ef122ba7@apc.org>
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Message-ID: <20171019043316.Horde.FQaUXVBVOvjhL1O7Oy4nkzZ@carrera.websitewelcome.com>

  Dear Ian Peter, and Dear All,

Thanks for explaining the optimistic approach and opportunities of  
forming a balanced constituency with the CS recommendations on the  
basis of addressing the weak areas.

After a reviewing the list of the rotating out representatives of the  
Civil Society stakeholder group, I think following information would  
be helpful for the CS candidates:

   *   One male and 8 female CS Representatives are due to be rotated  
out. All of them have served their 3 years terms. One out of them is  
from Africa, 3 Three are from Asia Pacific, 3 Three are from Eastern  
Europe, none from GRULAC and Two from WEOG. 

   *   For Africa, there is only one seat available for CS out of  
three open seats making total 10 seats.
   *   For Asia Pacific, there is no seat available for any of the  
stakeholder group (including CS) because all 11 seats are already  
occupied (after reducing few numbers of seats).
   *   For Eastern Europe, there are three seats available for CS out  
of seven open seats, making the total of 9 seats.
   *   For GRULAC, there is no seat available for CS out of three open  
seats, making the total of 10 seats.
   *   For WEOG, there are two seats available for CS out of six open  
seats, making the total of 10 seats.
Summary:
CS Representatives are required to fill up at least following  
region-wise Six seats:

   *   Africa – 1
   *   Eastern Europe – 3
   *   WEOG – 2
Interestingly, it is more encouraging statistics for the women of our  
civil societies that this year IGF MAG requires larger ratio of female  
representatives making the right balance, in replacement of previous 8  
female CS representatives rotating out, out of 9 CS members.

Thanks and Best Regards

Imran Ahmed Shah

  Quoting Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com>:

> The whole thing is, they want to pick a MAG that has gender,  
> regional, geopolitical and stakeholder balance – all at once. And  
> that is not always easy.
>      
>     So in the final mix a lot comes into play and civil society will  
> do better if it thinks things through strategically.
>      
>     For instance – if, for instance,  there is a lack of candidates  
> from the Arab world, and a lack of female candidates as well, if  
> civil society puts up a good female candidate from that area, there  
> is a good chance that an extra civil society candidate will be  
> selected. And indeed in the past the gender balance question has  
> resulted in extra civil society reps being selected because other  
> stakeholder group nominations tended to be male dominated.  
> (Conversely, sometimes good civil society male candidates miss out  
> for the same reason).
>      
>     So it is useful for civil society to endorse a diverse range of  
> candidates, in excess of what on the surface appears to be the  
> likely number of seats to be allocated. Within that group it is  
> possible to give a more preferential endorsement to specific  
> candidates, but the endorsement of extra names, particularly from  
> regions or sub-regions which are underrepresented  can be beneficial.
>      
>      
>     Ian Peter
>                 
>              FROM: Nadira Alaraj[1]
>        SENT: Thursday, October 19, 2017 2:46 PM
>        TO: Renata Aquino Ribeiro[1]
>        CC: <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>[1] ; Deborah Brown[1]
>        SUBJECT: Re: [bestbits] MAG 2018 Renewal criteria - inc geographic
>
>       
>
>          Renata, Deborah and all,            From past experience  
> the balance may not be of same number across stakeholder group,  
> particularly now with the intended decrease of MAG members.
>       There is not a clear cut quota per each stakeholder.
>        
>       Individual members addressing the Secretariat might not get a  
> clear answer.
>        
>       The CSCG have been demanding such information but was not  
> possible, and surprises happened on the announcement of the selected  
> candidates not only at the CS level but it happened too at the  
> technical community candidates.
>       Nadira
>        
>               
>        On Oct 19, 2017 2:05 AM, "Renata Aquino Ribeiro"  
> <raquino at gmail.com[1]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Deborah                     
>>           I know just that is on the link too but the way I  
>> understood there will be a final balance, the same number per each  
>> stakeholder group, as well as regional and gender balance.
>>           For any more questions, I'd advise asking Secretariat at  
>> igf at unog.ch[1]
>>            
>>           Best,
>>            
>>           Renata
>>
>>                                
>>            On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 6:21 PM, Deborah Brown  
>> <deborah at apc.org[1]> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for this Renata.
>>>
>>>               The guidance says: Each of the MAG members who is  
>>> rotating out, is freeing up one seat for the Regional and  
>>> Stakeholder Group they initially occupied.
>>>
>>>               But the number of CS seats has been reduced by 3 (13  
>>> seats down to 10) and the regional breakdown has also changed. For  
>>> SH group, it looks like an effort to reduce the overall MAG size  
>>> back to 50, but it would be good to understand how it was decided  
>>> that the CS and private sector allocations should be reduced.
>>>
>>>               On regional breakdowns,  there are 3 MAG members  
>>> from Asia Pacific rotating out (all CS, as it happens), but there  
>>> are no available seats for anyone from Asia Pacific. In 2017 the  
>>> region had 14 seats, and for 2018 it has 11. Is anyone aware of an  
>>> explanation for this?
>>>
>>>               All the best,
>>> Deborah
>>>
>>>                  
>>>                 On 10/18/17 2:17 PM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi everyone  Just to clarify and complement Sheetal's post, take  
>>>> a good look at the MAG 2018 Renewal criteria   
>>>> https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0 I'd  
>>>> note this more importantly:  Regional Group Balance  Regional  
>>>> Group - Available seats for the MAG 2018 Renewal  Africa 3 Asia  
>>>> Pacific 0 Eastern Europe 7 GRULAC 3 WEOG 6  And  "Please note  
>>>> that these breakdowns are provided for general guidance only, and  
>>>> that the overall composition depends on several considerations  
>>>> including the nominations received, as well as the final decision  
>>>> of the UN Secretary-General."
>>>>                   
>>>>
>>>> ____________________________________________________________ You  
>>>> received this message as a subscriber on the list:       
>>>> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net[1]. To unsubscribe or change your  
>>>> settings, visit:      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
>>>
>>> --   Deborah Brown Global Advocacy Lead Association for  
>>> Progressive Communications (APC)  
>>> www.apc.org[2]deborah at apc.org[1]@deblebrown
>>
>>             
>>
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From raquino at gmail.com  Thu Oct 19 06:47:09 2017
From: raquino at gmail.com (raquino)
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 07:47:09 -0300
Subject: [bestbits] MAG 2018 Renewal criteria - inc geographic
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Hi all

Just a clarification



Each stakeholder group will have 10 members each except for governments who
will have 20.



As detailed in the General Guidance posted by the IGF Secretariat:
https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0


Em 19 de out de 2017 12:46 AM, "Nadira Alaraj" <nadira.araj at gmail.com>
escreveu:

> Renata, Deborah and all,
> From past experience the balance may not be of same number across
> stakeholder group, particularly now with the intended decrease of MAG
> members.
> There is not a clear cut quota per each stakeholder.
>
> Individual members addressing the Secretariat might not get a clear
> answer.
>
> The CSCG have been demanding such information but was not possible, and
> surprises happened on the announcement of the selected candidates not only
> at the CS level but it happened too at the technical community candidates.
> Nadira
>
>
> On Oct 19, 2017 2:05 AM, "Renata Aquino Ribeiro" <raquino at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Deborah
>
> I know just that is on the link too but the way I understood there will be
> a final balance, the same number per each stakeholder group, as well as
> regional and gender balance.
> For any more questions, I'd advise asking Secretariat at igf at unog.ch
>
> Best,
>
> Renata
>
> On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 6:21 PM, Deborah Brown <deborah at apc.org> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for this Renata.
>>
>> The guidance says: Each of the MAG members who is rotating out, is
>> freeing up one seat for the Regional and Stakeholder Group they initially
>> occupied.
>>
>> But the number of CS seats has been reduced by 3 (13 seats down to 10)
>> and the regional breakdown has also changed. For SH group, it looks like an
>> effort to reduce the overall MAG size back to 50, but it would be good to
>> understand how it was decided that the CS and private sector allocations
>> should be reduced.
>>
>> On regional breakdowns,  there are 3 MAG members from Asia Pacific
>> rotating out (all CS, as it happens), but there are no available seats for
>> anyone from Asia Pacific. In 2017 the region had 14 seats, and for 2018 it
>> has 11. Is anyone aware of an explanation for this?
>>
>> All the best,
>> Deborah
>>
>>
>> On 10/18/17 2:17 PM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone
>>
>> Just to clarify and complement Sheetal's post, take a good look at the
>> MAG 2018 Renewal criteria
>> https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0
>>
>> I'd note this more importantly:
>>
>> Regional Group Balance
>>
>> Regional Group - Available seats for the MAG 2018 Renewal
>>
>> Africa 3
>> Asia Pacific 0
>> Eastern Europe 7
>> GRULAC 3
>> WEOG 6
>>
>> And
>>
>> "Please note that these breakdowns are provided for general guidance
>> only, and that the overall composition depends on several
>> considerations including the nominations received, as well as the
>> final decision of the UN Secretary-General."
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> Deborah Brown
>> Global Advocacy Lead
>> Association for Progressive Communications (APC)www.apc.orgdeborah at apc.org
>> @deblebrown
>>
>>
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From nb at bollow.ch  Thu Oct 19 07:04:37 2017
From: nb at bollow.ch (Norbert Bollow)
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 13:04:37 +0200
Subject: [bestbits] MAG 2018 Renewal criteria - inc geographic
In-Reply-To: <CAJdpWNALyQ=H5JDOmiJeNxP90nk=JmFBsgQGbnoZWaN8eE_OMw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAMokdMyEQSrHFWDK0hzHHMjirLaJWSvX_zuP-oCtpPT5Dv3ECg@mail.gmail.com>
	<53c74a8c-9033-379f-a1b8-6d48ef122ba7@apc.org>
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Message-ID: <20171019130437.064c52bb@quill>

On Thu, 19 Oct 2017 06:46:28 +0300
Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Renata, Deborah and all,
> From past experience the balance may not be of same number across
> stakeholder group, particularly now with the intended decrease of MAG
> members.
> There is not a clear cut quota per each stakeholder.

I agree that in the past it was not treated as a clear cut quota per
stakeholder group.

However I would also note that in the past they never posted any
document comparable to
https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0

So maybe it will now be treated as a clear cut quota per
stakeholder group. Or maybe not. I think we simply don't know.

Greetings,
Norbert

Präsident | Digitale Gesellschaft | 4000 Basel | Switzerland

-- 
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in einer vernetzten Welt ein. Ja, http://digiges.ch/ichmachemit

From nadira.araj at gmail.com  Thu Oct 19 07:11:52 2017
From: nadira.araj at gmail.com (Nadira Alaraj)
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 14:11:52 +0300
Subject: [bestbits] MAG 2018 Renewal criteria - inc geographic
In-Reply-To: <20171019130437.064c52bb@quill>
References: <CAMokdMyEQSrHFWDK0hzHHMjirLaJWSvX_zuP-oCtpPT5Dv3ECg@mail.gmail.com>
 <53c74a8c-9033-379f-a1b8-6d48ef122ba7@apc.org> <CAMokdMzYKnhzLt6BojqXbC+9DRf_4QKv=Ymg7qxoZMLxGmO5Gg@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <CAJdpWNBqC5g95t47+NpV4094g_Fko2HOXp+1946rzS+AtpnOnA@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks Norbert,
No, I did know about the upper limit of each stakeholder. It is better
situated than earlier years but still leaves a maneuvering space based on
the stakeholder balances.


On Oct 19, 2017 2:04 PM, "Norbert Bollow" <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Oct 2017 06:46:28 +0300
> Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Renata, Deborah and all,
> > From past experience the balance may not be of same number across
> > stakeholder group, particularly now with the intended decrease of MAG
> > members.
> > There is not a clear cut quota per each stakeholder.
>
> I agree that in the past it was not treated as a clear cut quota per
> stakeholder group.
>
> However I would also note that in the past they never posted any
> document comparable to
> https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0
>
> So maybe it will now be treated as a clear cut quota per
> stakeholder group. Or maybe not. I think we simply don't know.
>
> Greetings,
> Norbert
>
> Präsident | Digitale Gesellschaft | 4000 Basel | Switzerland
>
> --
> Die Digitale Gesellschaft setzt sich für unsere Freiheitsrechte
> in einer vernetzten Welt ein. Ja, http://digiges.ch/ichmachemit
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From sheetal at gp-digital.org  Fri Oct 20 06:06:25 2017
From: sheetal at gp-digital.org (Sheetal Kumar)
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 11:06:25 +0100
Subject: [bestbits] [MAG 2018 ELECTIONS] CSCG call for nominations to Best
 Bits
Message-ID: <CAK78muRZo2yf3Tbhg6+t=mYXJb0BKpfpF=uKzexDWEXy-i423A@mail.gmail.com>

Dear all,

Please find below the details of the process by which all Best Bits members
are invited to submit nominations to the Civil Society Coordination Group
(CSCG) as part of the 2018 elections for the IGF Multistakeholder Advisory
Group (MAG). Our procedures of appointments can be found at this link:
http://www.internetgov-cs.org/procedures

The CSCG exists solely to ensure a coordinated civil society response and
conduit when it comes to making civil society appointments to outside
bodies.

A dedicated Nomination Committee (or NomCom) has been set up to facilitate
this process within the CSCG. The NomCom is comprised of one (1)
representative from our coalition members, namely the Association for
Progressive Communications (APC), Best Bits, Just Net Coalition (JNC),
ICANN’s NCSG and the Internet Governance Caucus (IGC). The NomCom is
coordinated by a non voting chair (Arsene Tungali), supported by CSCG
Co-chair (Richard Hill). You will find all the necessary information below.

The NomCom have been tasked by the Civil Society Coordination Group (CSCG)
to run the process of selection and endorsement of civil society candidates
nominated for the 2018 IGF MAG selection round.

Based on this information (https://www.intgovforum.org/
multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0), this year, there are 6 seats
available for civil society candidates, the CSCG has decided to endorse a
pull of up to 8 names where the IGF Secretariat will choose from. The
deadline for nominations to be sent to the NomCom is *October 31.*

Thank you for being part of this process and please let me know should you
have any questions.

Best
Sheetal.

===========
* 2018 IGF MAG Selection Round – Nominations Selection criteria*
=============

   - Candidates should have extensive linkages with civil society groups.
   - Candidates must be able to provide advice on the programme and main
   themes of the next meeting of the IGF.
   - Candidates must be able attend two to three MAG meetings in Geneva,
   Switzerland, in addition to the annual IGF meeting.
   - They should participate actively in the preparatory process throughout
   the year, through engagement in the online multilateral dialogue among MAG
   members.
   - Candidates should address these selection criteria in their statement.
   - Self-nominations are allowed.

* Timetable for the process*
==============
Here are important dates to consider for this process:

   - *October 20th:* NomCom 11 agree on the process which will be included
   in the call for nominations;
   - *October 21st:* Nomination opens.
   - *October 31:* Deadline for nominations from CSCG constituencies to be
   sent to the CSCG NomCom
   - *1–6 November*: NomCom shortlist and decide on the 8 names to send to
   the IGF Secretariat
   - *November 7th:* Notification to selected candidates.
   - *November 8–10th:* NomCom Chair will fill in the nomination form (as
   Nominator) as well as communicate with the IGF Secretariat through an
   official letter.

* How to seek CSCG endorsement?*
================
Candidates who are willing to go through the endorsement process by the
CSCG should do the following:

Produce a Statement of Interest (SOI) of no more than 2 pages where they
address the selection criteria as set above ;

Send their SOI (in .doc format) to nomcom11 at internetgov-cs.org
copying their constituency’s mailing list and/or their NomCom
representative (for bestbits this is *sheetal at gp-digital.org
<sheetal at gp-digital.org>*) with email subject: “My
[Family Name] 2018 IGF MAG SOI”;

In their SOI, they should include the following information required in the
IGF MAG application form:

   - Gender
   - Family Name
   - Given Name
   - Organization
   - Job Title
   - Email
   - Contact Telephone (including country code)
   - Regional Group
   - Nationality (ies) (multiple nationalities can be specified, must be UN
   countries)
   - Country of Residence
   - City of Residence
   - Justification for the nomination, providing relevant background
   information (no more than 200 words)


* What is the IGF MAG?*
=================

Here is some background information with regards to the IGF MAG:

The 2018 Renewal Call with information about number of available seats
for Civil Society as well as the names of MAG members who are stepping
down : https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0

The 2018 Nomination Form can be accessed here:
https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-
nomination-2018-form-template


[END]
















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From isolatedn at gmail.com  Sun Oct 22 09:22:23 2017
From: isolatedn at gmail.com (Sivasubramanian M)
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2017 18:52:23 +0530
Subject: [bestbits] Live Now Internet Society India Chennai Round Table on
 (Cubersecurity) for stakeholder inputs
Message-ID: <CAHyAo0HNp0oQUjvLm_=3qGhACaeT1-BmHZF35WeJpfdx2p9Wdw@mail.gmail.com>

Hello

Please join us online, now, Sunday, 6 30 pm India time, at the Round Table
on the broader policy aspects of (cyber)Security, organized by the Intenet
Society India Chennai, happening at Chennai, India.  Your opinions would be
of value as preparatory inputs to the forthcoming high level Global
Conference on Cyberspace,  GCCS 2017,  hosted by the Government of India.

Topic: ISOC Chennai - Cyber Security Roundtable
Time: Oct 22, 2017 6:30 PM India

Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/579244395

Or iPhone one-tap :
    United Kingdom: +442036950088,,579244395#
Or Telephone：
    Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location)：
        United Kingdom: +44 (0) 20 3695 0088
        US: +1 408 638 0968  or +1 646 876 9923  or +1 669 900 6833
    Meeting ID: 579 244 395
    International numbers available:
https://zoom.us/zoomconference?m=uWOBnzC2HAPkoZEdNdHPRvbFjE3dZ_xx


Sivasubramanian M
President
Internet Society India Chennai.

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From jmalcolm at eff.org  Mon Oct 23 18:56:33 2017
From: jmalcolm at eff.org (Jeremy Malcolm)
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 15:56:33 -0700
Subject: [bestbits] Civil society pre-IGF meeting: draft agenda published
 and registration NOW OPEN!
Message-ID: <307a3770-e555-623e-591e-58266b59069e@eff.org>

I am glad to announce the opening of registration for this year's
pre-IGF civil society meeting, to be held all day on 16 December.  This
is the meeting that Best Bits has hosted since 2012, but which we now
co-host with the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), Best
Bits, the Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC), the Just Net
Coalition (JNC), and ICANN’s Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG).

The event web site where you can register is here:

https://bestbits.net/events/joint-cs-2017/

The draft agenda posted on the site is open for your comment.  If you
made a suggestion for a topic to discuss, you will probably find it
listed on that agenda, and we will be reaching out to you soon if you
have volunteered to help speak or organize that session.

If you suggested a session topic and it isn't listed, you can find the
organizing committee's working document here, containing some notes
about the (relatively few) sessions that we didn't include:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J0idnFMjZAwJhDBZfQ77HAAI5DXQQAsTkpqN3sNQfjE/edit#

You can add your comments to that page, and you can also use that
document to add your name as a volunteer if you would like to be part of
any of the listed sessions.

Currently we do not have any funding to support travel or accommodation
for people attending the meeting, but if this changes I will communicate
that to you all.  Meanwhile, please register for the meeting only on the
basis that you can cover your own travel and accommodation expenses.

Thanks and we look forward to seeing many of you at the meeting.  Please
let me know if you have any questions about it in the meantime.

-- 
Jeremy Malcolm
Senior Global Policy Analyst
Electronic Frontier Foundation
https://eff.org
jmalcolm at eff.org

Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161

:: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World ::

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From jmalcolm at eff.org  Mon Oct 23 19:51:31 2017
From: jmalcolm at eff.org (Jeremy Malcolm)
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 16:51:31 -0700
Subject: [bestbits] Civil society pre-IGF meeting: draft agenda
 published and registration NOW OPEN!
In-Reply-To: <307a3770-e555-623e-591e-58266b59069e@eff.org>
References: <307a3770-e555-623e-591e-58266b59069e@eff.org>
Message-ID: <af087203-7264-3b5d-483a-055ca41871b4@eff.org>

Sorry, I just discovered that the registration link isn't working.  I
will replace it with a temporary Google Forms registration link until we
can sort this out.  If anyone on this list knows PHP web application
development and can volunteer some time, please let me know.

On 23/10/17 3:56 pm, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
> I am glad to announce the opening of registration for this year's
> pre-IGF civil society meeting, to be held all day on 16 December.  This
> is the meeting that Best Bits has hosted since 2012, but which we now
> co-host with the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), Best
> Bits, the Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC), the Just Net
> Coalition (JNC), and ICANN’s Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG).
>
> The event web site where you can register is here:
>
> https://bestbits.net/events/joint-cs-2017/
>
> The draft agenda posted on the site is open for your comment.  If you
> made a suggestion for a topic to discuss, you will probably find it
> listed on that agenda, and we will be reaching out to you soon if you
> have volunteered to help speak or organize that session.
>
> If you suggested a session topic and it isn't listed, you can find the
> organizing committee's working document here, containing some notes
> about the (relatively few) sessions that we didn't include:
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J0idnFMjZAwJhDBZfQ77HAAI5DXQQAsTkpqN3sNQfjE/edit#
>
> You can add your comments to that page, and you can also use that
> document to add your name as a volunteer if you would like to be part of
> any of the listed sessions.
>
> Currently we do not have any funding to support travel or accommodation
> for people attending the meeting, but if this changes I will communicate
> that to you all.  Meanwhile, please register for the meeting only on the
> basis that you can cover your own travel and accommodation expenses.
>
> Thanks and we look forward to seeing many of you at the meeting.  Please
> let me know if you have any questions about it in the meantime.
>

-- 
Jeremy Malcolm
Senior Global Policy Analyst
Electronic Frontier Foundation
https://eff.org
jmalcolm at eff.org

Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161

:: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World ::

Public key: https://www.eff.org/files/2016/11/27/key_jmalcolm.txt
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From sheetal at gp-digital.org  Wed Oct 25 05:57:32 2017
From: sheetal at gp-digital.org (Sheetal Kumar)
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:57:32 +0100
Subject: [bestbits] [MAG 2018 ELECTIONS] CSCG call for nominations to
 Best Bits
In-Reply-To: <CAK78muRZo2yf3Tbhg6+t=mYXJb0BKpfpF=uKzexDWEXy-i423A@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAK78muRZo2yf3Tbhg6+t=mYXJb0BKpfpF=uKzexDWEXy-i423A@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAK78muS6WZcvzQ1z9yq2E3=foO0hXDzJNQ-xn5K-znRuskcW1w@mail.gmail.com>

Dear all,

This is a gentle reminder to submit your nominations to the CSCG as part of
the 2018 elections for the MAG, by
*Tuesday, October 31.*
We look forward to receiving your nomination and please do let me know
should you have any questions about the process.

Best
Sheetal.

On 20 October 2017 at 11:06, Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Please find below the details of the process by which all Best Bits
> members are invited to submit nominations to the Civil Society Coordination
> Group (CSCG) as part of the 2018 elections for the IGF Multistakeholder
> Advisory Group (MAG). Our procedures of appointments can be found at this
> link: http://www.internetgov-cs.org/procedures
>
> The CSCG exists solely to ensure a coordinated civil society response and
> conduit when it comes to making civil society appointments to outside
> bodies.
>
> A dedicated Nomination Committee (or NomCom) has been set up to facilitate
> this process within the CSCG. The NomCom is comprised of one (1)
> representative from our coalition members, namely the Association for
> Progressive Communications (APC), Best Bits, Just Net Coalition (JNC),
> ICANN’s NCSG and the Internet Governance Caucus (IGC). The NomCom is
> coordinated by a non voting chair (Arsene Tungali), supported by CSCG
> Co-chair (Richard Hill). You will find all the necessary information below.
>
> The NomCom have been tasked by the Civil Society Coordination Group (CSCG)
> to run the process of selection and endorsement of civil society candidates
> nominated for the 2018 IGF MAG selection round.
>
> Based on this information (https://www.intgovforum.org/m
> ultilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0), this year, there are 6 seats
> available for civil society candidates, the CSCG has decided to endorse a
> pull of up to 8 names where the IGF Secretariat will choose from. The
> deadline for nominations to be sent to the NomCom is *October 31.*
>
> Thank you for being part of this process and please let me know should you
> have any questions.
>
> Best
> Sheetal.
>
> ===========
> * 2018 IGF MAG Selection Round – Nominations Selection criteria*
> =============
>
>    - Candidates should have extensive linkages with civil society groups.
>    - Candidates must be able to provide advice on the programme and main
>    themes of the next meeting of the IGF.
>    - Candidates must be able attend two to three MAG meetings in Geneva,
>    Switzerland, in addition to the annual IGF meeting.
>    - They should participate actively in the preparatory process
>    throughout the year, through engagement in the online multilateral dialogue
>    among MAG members.
>    - Candidates should address these selection criteria in their
>    statement.
>    - Self-nominations are allowed.
>
> * Timetable for the process*
> ==============
> Here are important dates to consider for this process:
>
>    - *October 20th:* NomCom 11 agree on the process which will be
>    included in the call for nominations;
>    - *October 21st:* Nomination opens.
>    - *October 31:* Deadline for nominations from CSCG constituencies to
>    be sent to the CSCG NomCom
>    - *1–6 November*: NomCom shortlist and decide on the 8 names to send
>    to the IGF Secretariat
>    - *November 7th:* Notification to selected candidates.
>    - *November 8–10th:* NomCom Chair will fill in the nomination form (as
>    Nominator) as well as communicate with the IGF Secretariat through an
>    official letter.
>
> * How to seek CSCG endorsement?*
> ================
> Candidates who are willing to go through the endorsement process by the
> CSCG should do the following:
>
> Produce a Statement of Interest (SOI) of no more than 2 pages where they
> address the selection criteria as set above ;
>
> Send their SOI (in .doc format) to nomcom11 at internetgov-cs.org
> copying their constituency’s mailing list and/or their NomCom
> representative (for bestbits this is *sheetal at gp-digital.org
> <sheetal at gp-digital.org>*) with email subject: “My
> [Family Name] 2018 IGF MAG SOI”;
>
> In their SOI, they should include the following information required in
> the IGF MAG application form:
>
>    - Gender
>    - Family Name
>    - Given Name
>    - Organization
>    - Job Title
>    - Email
>    - Contact Telephone (including country code)
>    - Regional Group
>    - Nationality (ies) (multiple nationalities can be specified, must be
>    UN countries)
>    - Country of Residence
>    - City of Residence
>    - Justification for the nomination, providing relevant background
>    information (no more than 200 words)
>
>
> * What is the IGF MAG?*
> =================
>
> Here is some background information with regards to the IGF MAG:
>
> The 2018 Renewal Call with information about number of available seats
> for Civil Society as well as the names of MAG members who are stepping
> down : https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0
>
> The 2018 Nomination Form can be accessed here:
> https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-nominat
> ion-2018-form-template
>
>
> [END]
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>
>
> *Sheetal Kumar*
> Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
> Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
> T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258 0337| M: +44 (0)7739569514 <+44%207739%20569514>  |
>
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> 457D AAED BF8A FE87 EF53 |
>
>


-- 


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Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
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From williams.deirdre at gmail.com  Tue Oct  3 12:23:17 2017
From: williams.deirdre at gmail.com (Deirdre Williams)
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 12:23:17 -0400
Subject: [bestbits] [DC] [governance] [Ext] Re: [IGFmaglist] IGF Best
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Thank you Bishakha for supporting my argument - or at least adding
supporting material.
This is the list of issues that was posted for comment:
a) Indigenous women
b) Refugee women
c) Women with disabilities
d) Young women
e) Rural women
Nowhere is there any indication of the diversity of gender you describe.
This is not to say that the diversity is not being addressed, but in the
interest of creating an atmosphere of trust and a sense of fair play the
addressing needs to be SEEN to be done.
Do we need a change of language - is the word "gender" itself part of the
problem? Or do we need a different perception of what gender is - a
spectrum rather than a dichotomy? (Although even that would seem to exclude
the un-gendered.) Should there be a Dynamic Coalition on Women? But then
where would the needs of everyone else be addressed?
Language and how it is defined becomes more and more important to us as the
discussion spreads further and further. Language is the first tool that we
have to begin to find solutions to the problems. As the discussion spreads
so the number of languages which must interact with one another becomes
greater and greater. Accurate translation requires a more than casual
understanding of the original text.
So - back to the question - how do we make "gender" work for us, ALL of us?
Deirdre

On 3 October 2017 at 11:05, Bishakha Datta <bishakha at pointofview.org> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I wanted to jump into the discussion on the use of the term 'gender'.
>
> This is a complex and multi-layered issue.
>
> At the IGF's Dynamic Coalition on Gender and Internet Governance, which
> Jac is very much a part of and has shaped since its inception, we talk
> about gender not to mean one or two genders, but multiple genders - men,
> women, trans persons etc. Several individuals all over the world define
> themselves as neither male nor female, which must also be taken into
> account in any discussion on gender.
>
> Even though we know that there are multiple genders, the reason we focus
> on women and trans persons (sometimes unnamed) in these discussions is
> simply because women as a 'gender' lack power, resources, opportunities,
> decision-making - both online and offline. A focus on women in gender
> discussions does not *exclude *men; it does the reverse. It actually *includes
> *and brings women, who have traditionally been excluded or
> under-represented, into the picture.
>
> Increasing diversity always means looking at - and taking measures to
> include - those who have traditionally been excluded or under-represented.
> From a gender perspective, this means women and trans persons. From a
> language perspective, this means thinking about languages that are
> under-represented online. From the perspective of ability, diversity means
> taking steps to include those who are seen as disability (eg accessibility
> measures etc).
>
> I'm making the broader analogies around diversity only to demonstrate that
> the same 'rule' applies to thinking around diversity and inclusion, not
> only in the context of gender.
>
> Best
> Bishakha
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 9:05 PM, Capda Capda <capdasiege at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Asène,
>>
>> Tu soulèves là un très bon point. J'ai toujours eu comme l'impression que
>> la notion du genre est considérée par la majorité qui y défend comme la
>> problématique de la femme, ce qui constitue une erreur et un déséquilibre
>> grave. Vivement que nous puissions recentrer cette notion importante pour
>> la gouvernance de notre société. Vive la diversité.
>>
>> Cordialement.
>>
>>
>> Hi Asene,
>>
>> You raise a very good point here. I have always had the impression that
>> the notion of gender is considered by the majority who defend it as the
>> problematic of women, which constitutes a mistake and a serious imbalance.
>> We strongly hope that we can refocus this important notion for the
>> governance of our society. Long live for the diversity.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> 2017-10-03 15:45 GMT+02:00 Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Thank you very much Deidre for raising that issue with regards to
>>> "gender". I tend to agree with you on all your points and do believe we
>>> need to reconsider the way we see/talk about  and define gender.
>>>
>>> We might run into the lack of balance if we consider men, leaving women
>>> behind and vice versa. Though i believe we all fight for diversity.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Arsene
>>>
>>> -----------------
>>> Arsène Tungali,
>>> about.me/ArseneTungali
>>> +243 993810967 <+243%20993%20810%20967>
>>> GPG: 523644A0
>>> Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos)
>>>
>>> On Oct 3, 2017, at 2:41 PM, Deirdre Williams <williams.deirdre at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear Jac,
>>>
>>> Dear Jac,
>>>
>>> While I support your work on behalf of women and girls I’m noticing a
>>> trend which is very disturbing – that is the creation of “gender” as being
>>> synonymous with “women/female”, at times almost acting as a euphemism.
>>>
>>> Consider what you wrote yesterday:
>>>
>>> the multiple forms of disparity and discrimination that the diversity
>>> of women face
>>>
>>> and what Michael wrote this morning:
>>>
>>> To put it mildly, helping to empower women and girls with meaningful and
>>> sustainable access is imperative to our future
>>>
>>> Where are the men?
>>>
>>> We seem to be being driven into an unfortunate case of divide and rule.
>>> A huge theme for the internet is inclusion, and yet “gender” is excluding
>>> approximately half of its population. So if we want to say “women” couldn’t
>>> we just say “women”? Do we think it’s a bad word? And if we’re discussing
>>> gender, couldn’t we include the men too? For example there might be
>>> workshops considering things from both sides, offering a male perspective
>>> as well. Are there men who facilitate internet access for women? Are there
>>> men who actively block access? How is this done and what measures have been
>>> implemented to get round the blocking? Are there men who are themselves
>>> denied access to the internet?
>>>
>>> The human race is diverse, in gender as well as in many other things.
>>> Denying diversity has been demonstrated as an unsuccessful way to try to
>>> solve problems, because the diversity persists no matter how much it is
>>> denied.
>>>
>>> What do other people think?
>>>
>>> Best wishes from the Caribbean (where we have a concern about the
>>> “marginalised male”)
>>> Deirdre.
>>>
>>> On 2 October 2017 at 05:52, Jac sm Kee <jac at apcwomen.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Much thanks for all the considered thoughts on this issue. Being a
>>>> committed advocate of this issue, I appreciate the reflection and
>>>> insights on why it is both difficult and important to integrate gender
>>>> into IG and policy conversations, including and esp on access.
>>>>
>>>> I hope this thread of discussion helped to clarify why it doesn't make
>>>> sense to stack the multiple forms of disparity and discrimination that
>>>> the diversity of women face before we take action to address whatever
>>>> that is within our ability, capacity and responsibility to address. Also
>>>> happy to take this conversation further if more doubts or questions
>>>> surface.
>>>>
>>>> In the meantime, we continue to appreciate your support in responding to
>>>> as well as disseminating the survey to your networks who do work in this
>>>> area.
>>>>
>>>> As a reminder, the survey link is:
>>>> https://www.apc.org/limesurvey/index.php/783797/lang-en
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> jac
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------------------------------
>>>> Jac sm Kee
>>>> Manager, Women's Rights Programme
>>>> Association for Progressive Communications
>>>> www.apc.org | www.takebackthetech.net | erotics.apc.org
>>>> Jitsi: jacsmk | Skype: jacsmk | Twitter: @jhybe
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> William Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979
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From mariliamaciel at gmail.com  Wed Oct 25 09:35:49 2017
From: mariliamaciel at gmail.com (Marilia Maciel)
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 15:35:49 +0200
Subject: [bestbits] WTO e-commerce proposals in October
Message-ID: <CACpVkK1DNo2sqXrPcGBHq1kHk0wt=itcqKb9L02wGAbEtTh=iw@mail.gmail.com>

Hello everyone,

As the WTO Ministerial Conference approaches, the number of papers and
proposals advanced by member states on e-commerce multiplies. Following-up
on Diplo's previous efforts to summarise different positions in a concise
manner, please find below an overview of proposals put forth during the
month of October in a new blog post.

https://www.diplomacy.edu/blog/e-commerce-will-compromise-be-possible-wto-
ministerial-buenos-aires

All the best wishes,
Marilia

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From raquino at gmail.com  Thu Oct 26 01:13:21 2017
From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro)
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 10:43:21 +0530
Subject: [bestbits] Pre-event IGF Brazil 13nov Rio
Message-ID: <CAMokdMyedORM=gOGyvtxmg=LdTKw=f-x0qvhK7X7O_HeVHTdng@mail.gmail.com>

Hi

Please find below link to sign up to a civil society organized pre-event to
IGF Brazil (Fórum da Internet Brasileiro).

13nov in OAB Rio auditorium, next to Santos Dumont airport

Any suggestions or questions please contact vivianegvinagre at gmail.com

http://www.oabrj.org.br/evento/20367-encontro-de-governanca-da-internet-da-
sociedade-civil-palestra


Hola

Sigue link para registrarse para evento previo organizado por la sociedad
civil antes del IGF Brasil - Fórum da Internet Brasileiro.

13nov en OAB Rio, próximo al aeropuerto Santos Dumont.

Cualquier sugerencia o comentarios por favor contactar
vivianegvinagre at gmail.com

 http://www.oabrj.org.br/evento/20367-encontro-de-governanca-da-internet-da-
sociedade-civil-palestra


Olá

Inscreva-se abaixo em pré-evento da sociedade civil antes do Fórum da
Internet Brasileiro.

13nov na OAB RJ, próximo ao aeroporto Santos Dumont

Qualquer sugestão ou comentários, por favor contate
vivianegvinagre at gmail.com

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From kk972 at georgetown.edu  Fri Oct 27 00:38:07 2017
From: kk972 at georgetown.edu (Katharine Kendrick)
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 00:38:07 -0400
Subject: [bestbits] Opportunity for input: FOC Advisory Network TOR (by
 November 5)
Message-ID: <CACJPB=h3guGPm9fooPu9vgxbup6L4NmZqduSdW3XxG=y+8kV1g@mail.gmail.com>

Hello all,

The Freedom Online Coalition is creating a new mechanism for
multistakeholder engagement, the FOC Advisory Network. *The FOC has
launched an open consultation seeking input on the design of this network*.

The consultation period runs through *November 5*. You can find a draft
terms of reference and a simple form for feedback here
<https://www.freedomonlinecoalition.com/news/foc-launches-consultation-on-foc-advisory-network-terms-of-reference/>.
The draft TOR goes into detail on the network's proposed mandate, ongoing
exchange with FOC governments, responsibilities, and more.

I'm writing as a member of the chartering group that worked on the first
TOR draft. We're hoping to have a wide range of perspectives shaping this
network, and your input is incredibly helpful. Please let me know if you
have any questions.

Thank you,
Katharine


---
 FOC Launches Consultation on FOC Advisory Network Terms of Reference

The Freedom Online Coalition is pleased to launch the consultation on the
Terms of Reference (ToR) for their new mechanism for multistakeholder
engagement, the FOC Advisory Network. The contributions of representatives
from civil society, private sector, academia, technical groups, and others
are critical in shaping this network to be as effective as possible.

All interested stakeholders are encouraged to participate by completing this
form <https://goo.gl/forms/twPuLCYspD4yQUNJ3> [http://bit.ly/2ySgXWW] by COB
5 November. Please feel free to share this link widely.

At the 6th Annual Freedom Online Conference in Costa Rica,  the Coalition
presented the Outcome Document of the FOC Strategic Review, the San José
Statement. The Statement and accompanying Work Plan set forth the
Coalition’s aims and priority activities and offered a blueprint for
revising the existing Nairobi Terms of Reference to update the FOC
structure and operations to support these objectives. In furtherance of
this aim, the FOC revised its Terms of Reference in May 2017.

The Coalition identified as a priority the need to create a strong
mechanism for ongoing multistakeholder engagement. The  FOC Advisory
Network (FOC-AN) is being established to play that role through regular
engagement with FOC governments.

The objectives of the FOC-AN are:

   - To serve as a mechanism for multistakeholder advice on the aims,
   objectives and activities of the FOC, and pertinent issues related to human
   rights online;
   - To support the FOC’s mission of advancing human rights online through
   stakeholder engagement;
   - To be instrumental in ensuring multistakeholder engagement in the
   planning and organization of and participate in FOC Conferences, as well as
   other FOC events and meetings.

To assist the Coalition in setting up the Advisory Network and developing
its draft terms of reference, the FOC Friends of the Chair established an
ad hoc Advisory Network Chartering Group (CG) comprised of Matthew Shears
(former co-chair of FOC working Group 1), Katharine Kendrick (former
co-chair of FOC Working Group 3), and the governments of Costa Rica,
Finland and Germany.

Over the next month, the CG will be running a public consultation on the
draft of the FOC-AN ToR. Informed by consultations with stakeholders at
RightsCon 2017 and Stockholm Internet Forum 2017, the CG has developed a
draft ToR for the FOC-AN.

You can find the draft Terms of Reference here: http://bit.ly/2ijkGWu

The Chartering Group invites all consultees to review the draft and
complete the corresponding survey in order to share their views on relevant
sections of the FOC-AN ToR.

The comments received will then be collated and consolidated by the CG, and
used to inform the final draft of the Advisory Network ToR. The Advisory
Network will be launched at the FOC Open Forum at the Internet Governance
Forum, where the final ToR will be presented, and open call for
applications will be announced.

If you would like to take part, please ensure you complete this survey by COB
5 November.
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From raquino at gmail.com  Fri Oct 27 18:30:53 2017
From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro)
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 23:30:53 +0100
Subject: [bestbits] IGF MAG selection - candidates from EE and WEOG -
 reminder
Message-ID: <CAMokdMzSN=Vhd1WKdyfc5rFZCiv8WjxJMEdf-i+g7t=Ddjnxhw@mail.gmail.com>

Hi everyone

This is a reminder to consider sending in nominations and outreaching
to your communities for IGF MAG selection


From raquino at gmail.com  Fri Oct 27 18:34:13 2017
From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro)
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 23:34:13 +0100
Subject: [bestbits] IGF MAG Technical Community Nominations
Message-ID: <CAMokdMxp2kT5jCxWJofMM4OZZByZgBcw=FOaA3i_CUUOz+Xttw@mail.gmail.com>

For those who are Technical Community, the nomination form is here

http://www.internetcollaboration.org/nominations/

From raquino at gmail.com  Fri Oct 27 21:53:36 2017
From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro)
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 02:53:36 +0100
Subject: [bestbits] Fwd: TTIGF 2018 - Save the Date!
Message-ID: <CAMokdMxnbWc2pkg6TFYquWajtmgqeLXVBs9LNzv5Dv09n8t0aQ@mail.gmail.com>

Please share among your networks

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Jacqueline Morris" <jam at jacquelinemorris.com>
Date: 20 Oct 2017 3:41 PM
Subject: TTIGF 2018 - Save the Date!
To: "Caribbean ICT stakeholders Virtual Community, (CIVIC)" <
civic at dgroups.org>
Cc:



[image: ttigf-banner.png]

Save the Date!

------------------------------


Mark your calendar for the second Trinidad and Tobago Internet Governance
Forum! The 2018 TTIGF will be held on Friday 26th January, 2018 at Hilton
Trinidad and Conference Centre.

You can expect a programme that focuses on Internet Governance issues that
are relevant to our local concerns, as well as some of the most pressing
international issues. In the next weeks we will share more details about
the 2018 TTIGF.

In the meantime, if you have a topic you'd like to have considered for a
session at the TTIGF, please fill out the form at
http://igf.tt/callfortopics/

You can also check out highlights from the TTIGF 2017
<http://igf.tt/trinidad-and-tobago-internet-governance-forum-2017/>. The
site offers full coverage of the forum and photos.

The IGF is a forum for multistakeholder dialogue on public policy issues
related to key elements of Internet governance issues, such as the
Internet's sustainability, robustness, security, stability and development.

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From sheetal at gp-digital.org  Tue Oct 31 05:49:16 2017
From: sheetal at gp-digital.org (Sheetal Kumar)
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 09:49:16 +0000
Subject: [bestbits] IGF MAG selection - candidates from EE and WEOG -
 reminder
In-Reply-To: <CAMokdMzSN=Vhd1WKdyfc5rFZCiv8WjxJMEdf-i+g7t=Ddjnxhw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAMokdMzSN=Vhd1WKdyfc5rFZCiv8WjxJMEdf-i+g7t=Ddjnxhw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAK78muSnxuoArpNcY=w=7y1MFMANjAgsdZNZaTaEHP_imsHyCA@mail.gmail.com>

Dear all,

Thanks to Renata for this reminder. The CSCG is still accepting nominations
for the MAG nominations today. To clarify, although there are
proportionally more slots available for Eastern Europe and WEOG in terms of
regional representation, we welcome nominations from *all regional
groupings* and in particular from women, as we are lacking in female
nominees.

Please send your nominations by COB today, 31 October today to myself and
nomcom11 at internetgov-cs.org.

Best
Sheetal

On 27 October 2017 at 23:30, Renata Aquino Ribeiro <raquino at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi everyone
>
> This is a reminder to consider sending in nominations and outreaching
> to your communities for IGF MAG selection
>
> From the available Civil Society slots, the criteria states that 3 are
> Eastern Europe and 2 WEOG - West Europe and Other Groups
>
> Deadline is Oct 31
>
> Read more about this and share the call
>
> http://lists.bestbits.net/arc/bestbits/2017-10/msg00064.html
>
> Best,
>
> Renata
>
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From sheetal at gp-digital.org  Tue Oct 31 08:49:44 2017
From: sheetal at gp-digital.org (Sheetal Kumar)
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 12:49:44 +0000
Subject: [bestbits] [MAG 2018 ELECTIONS] CSCG call for nominations to
 Best Bits
In-Reply-To: <CAK78muS6WZcvzQ1z9yq2E3=foO0hXDzJNQ-xn5K-znRuskcW1w@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAK78muRZo2yf3Tbhg6+t=mYXJb0BKpfpF=uKzexDWEXy-i423A@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAK78muS6WZcvzQ1z9yq2E3=foO0hXDzJNQ-xn5K-znRuskcW1w@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAK78muR0Wzk7GUhWcr0YZOf9aLdt5-zMZY9+Wai1gjCKaN2ryw@mail.gmail.com>

Dear all,

As a final reminder, please send nominations for the MAG positions to the
CSCG by *COB today, Tuesday*. Self nominations are welcome, please just
send your Statement of Interest (all details included in my previous email
below) to nomcom11 at internetgov-cs.org and myself.

Nominations from all regional groupings, and in particular from women (due
to a disproportionate lack received so far) are welcome.

Best
Sheetal.

On 25 October 2017 at 10:57, Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> This is a gentle reminder to submit your nominations to the CSCG as part
> of the 2018 elections for the MAG, by
> *Tuesday, October 31.*
> We look forward to receiving your nomination and please do let me know
> should you have any questions about the process.
>
> Best
> Sheetal.
>
> On 20 October 2017 at 11:06, Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Please find below the details of the process by which all Best Bits
>> members are invited to submit nominations to the Civil Society Coordination
>> Group (CSCG) as part of the 2018 elections for the IGF Multistakeholder
>> Advisory Group (MAG). Our procedures of appointments can be found at this
>> link: http://www.internetgov-cs.org/procedures
>>
>> The CSCG exists solely to ensure a coordinated civil society response and
>> conduit when it comes to making civil society appointments to outside
>> bodies.
>>
>> A dedicated Nomination Committee (or NomCom) has been set up to
>> facilitate this process within the CSCG. The NomCom is comprised of one (1)
>> representative from our coalition members, namely the Association for
>> Progressive Communications (APC), Best Bits, Just Net Coalition (JNC),
>> ICANN’s NCSG and the Internet Governance Caucus (IGC). The NomCom is
>> coordinated by a non voting chair (Arsene Tungali), supported by CSCG
>> Co-chair (Richard Hill). You will find all the necessary information below.
>>
>> The NomCom have been tasked by the Civil Society Coordination Group
>> (CSCG) to run the process of selection and endorsement of civil society
>> candidates nominated for the 2018 IGF MAG selection round.
>>
>> Based on this information (https://www.intgovforum.org/m
>> ultilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0), this year, there are 6 seats
>> available for civil society candidates, the CSCG has decided to endorse a
>> pull of up to 8 names where the IGF Secretariat will choose from. The
>> deadline for nominations to be sent to the NomCom is *October 31.*
>>
>> Thank you for being part of this process and please let me know should
>> you have any questions.
>>
>> Best
>> Sheetal.
>>
>> ===========
>> * 2018 IGF MAG Selection Round – Nominations Selection criteria*
>> =============
>>
>>    - Candidates should have extensive linkages with civil society groups.
>>    - Candidates must be able to provide advice on the programme and main
>>    themes of the next meeting of the IGF.
>>    - Candidates must be able attend two to three MAG meetings in Geneva,
>>    Switzerland, in addition to the annual IGF meeting.
>>    - They should participate actively in the preparatory process
>>    throughout the year, through engagement in the online multilateral dialogue
>>    among MAG members.
>>    - Candidates should address these selection criteria in their
>>    statement.
>>    - Self-nominations are allowed.
>>
>> * Timetable for the process*
>> ==============
>> Here are important dates to consider for this process:
>>
>>    - *October 20th:* NomCom 11 agree on the process which will be
>>    included in the call for nominations;
>>    - *October 21st:* Nomination opens.
>>    - *October 31:* Deadline for nominations from CSCG constituencies to
>>    be sent to the CSCG NomCom
>>    - *1–6 November*: NomCom shortlist and decide on the 8 names to send
>>    to the IGF Secretariat
>>    - *November 7th:* Notification to selected candidates.
>>    - *November 8–10th:* NomCom Chair will fill in the nomination form
>>    (as Nominator) as well as communicate with the IGF Secretariat through an
>>    official letter.
>>
>> * How to seek CSCG endorsement?*
>> ================
>> Candidates who are willing to go through the endorsement process by the
>> CSCG should do the following:
>>
>> Produce a Statement of Interest (SOI) of no more than 2 pages where they
>> address the selection criteria as set above ;
>>
>> Send their SOI (in .doc format) to nomcom11 at internetgov-cs.org
>> copying their constituency’s mailing list and/or their NomCom
>> representative (for bestbits this is *sheetal at gp-digital.org
>> <sheetal at gp-digital.org>*) with email subject: “My
>> [Family Name] 2018 IGF MAG SOI”;
>>
>> In their SOI, they should include the following information required in
>> the IGF MAG application form:
>>
>>    - Gender
>>    - Family Name
>>    - Given Name
>>    - Organization
>>    - Job Title
>>    - Email
>>    - Contact Telephone (including country code)
>>    - Regional Group
>>    - Nationality (ies) (multiple nationalities can be specified, must be
>>    UN countries)
>>    - Country of Residence
>>    - City of Residence
>>    - Justification for the nomination, providing relevant background
>>    information (no more than 200 words)
>>
>>
>> * What is the IGF MAG?*
>> =================
>>
>> Here is some background information with regards to the IGF MAG:
>>
>> The 2018 Renewal Call with information about number of available seats
>> for Civil Society as well as the names of MAG members who are stepping
>> down : https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-re
>> newal-0
>>
>> The 2018 Nomination Form can be accessed here:
>> https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-nominat
>> ion-2018-form-template
>>
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>> [END]
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From raquino at gmail.com  Tue Oct 31 12:07:56 2017
From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro)
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 20:07:56 +0400
Subject: [bestbits] Article on Models of Consent
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Interesting theme

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From dhanaraj.thakur at webfoundation.org  Tue Oct  3 12:42:32 2017
From: dhanaraj.thakur at webfoundation.org (Dhanaraj Thakur)
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 12:42:32 -0400
Subject: [bestbits] [DC] [governance] [Ext] Re: [IGFmaglist] IGF Best
 Practice Forum on Gender: Access
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Hi all,

I appreciate the point about looking at gender from all angles including
those of men. We in the Caribbean are in (probably) a unique situation
where women outperform men in various areas (though not the important ones).

However, the IGF BPF on Gender is focused on/Internet access/. Research
(from the Web Foundation, ITU, and others) show that globally when we
look at access in terms of gender, women are less likely to use the
Internet than men. Thus, if we want more people to get online and
benefit from the Internet the way we do, we need to address why this gap
exists. In that sense, we therefore need to focus on women and girls
when it comes to access. This is why the IGF BPF on Gender has this
initiative now to identify ways to improve women's access in these
various areas.

Obviously, in some places women use the Internet at similar levels of
men. In fact in the Caribbean (for the few countries where there data
does exist), it appears that women are more likely to use the Internet
than men. However, that is not the reality for most of the world. As the
IGF BPF is global in scope (and as long as globally the Internet use
rate for women is less than men) I think the focus on women in terms of
gender and access makes sense.


take care,

Dhanaraj


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Senior Research Manager
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On 10/03/2017 12:23 PM, Deirdre Williams wrote:
> Thank you Bishakha for supporting my argument - or at least adding
> supporting material.
> This is the list of issues that was posted for comment:
> a) Indigenous women
> b) Refugee women
> c) Women with disabilities
> d) Young women
> e) Rural women
> Nowhere is there any indication of the diversity of gender you describe.
> This is not to say that the diversity is not being addressed, but in
> the interest of creating an atmosphere of trust and a sense of fair
> play the addressing needs to be SEEN to be done.
> Do we need a change of language - is the word "gender" itself part of
> the problem? Or do we need a different perception of what gender is -
> a spectrum rather than a dichotomy? (Although even that would seem to
> exclude the un-gendered.) Should there be a Dynamic Coalition on
> Women? But then where would the needs of everyone else be addressed?
> Language and how it is defined becomes more and more important to us
> as the discussion spreads further and further. Language is the first
> tool that we have to begin to find solutions to the problems. As the
> discussion spreads so the number of languages which must interact with
> one another becomes greater and greater. Accurate translation requires
> a more than casual understanding of the original text.
> So - back to the question - how do we make "gender" work for us, ALL
> of us?
> Deirdre
>
> On 3 October 2017 at 11:05, Bishakha Datta <bishakha at pointofview.org
> <mailto:bishakha at pointofview.org>> wrote:
>
>     Hello all,
>
>     I wanted to jump into the discussion on the use of the term 'gender'.
>
>     This is a complex and multi-layered issue. 
>
>     At the IGF's Dynamic Coalition on Gender and Internet Governance,
>     which Jac is very much a part of and has shaped since its
>     inception, we talk about gender not to mean one or two genders,
>     but multiple genders - men, women, trans persons etc. Several
>     individuals all over the world define themselves as neither male
>     nor female, which must also be taken into account in any
>     discussion on gender.
>
>     Even though we know that there are multiple genders, the reason we
>     focus on women and trans persons (sometimes unnamed) in these
>     discussions is simply because women as a 'gender' lack power,
>     resources, opportunities, decision-making - both online and
>     offline. A focus on women in gender discussions does not /exclude
>     /men; it does the reverse. It actually /includes /and brings
>     women, who have traditionally been excluded or under-represented,
>     into the picture.
>
>     Increasing diversity always means looking at - and taking measures
>     to include - those who have traditionally been excluded or
>     under-represented. From a gender perspective, this means women and
>     trans persons. From a language perspective, this means thinking
>     about languages that are under-represented online. From the
>     perspective of ability, diversity means taking steps to include
>     those who are seen as disability (eg accessibility measures etc).
>
>     I'm making the broader analogies around diversity only to
>     demonstrate that the same 'rule' applies to thinking around
>     diversity and inclusion, not only in the context of gender.
>
>     Best
>     Bishakha
>
>
>
>
>
>
>     On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 9:05 PM, Capda Capda <capdasiege at gmail.com
>     <mailto:capdasiege at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Hi Asène,
>
>         Tu soulèves là un très bon point. J'ai toujours eu comme
>         l'impression que la notion du genre est considérée par la
>         majorité qui y défend comme la problématique de la femme, ce
>         qui constitue une erreur et un déséquilibre grave. Vivement
>         que nous puissions recentrer cette notion importante pour la
>         gouvernance de notre société. Vive la diversité.
>
>         Cordialement.
>
>
>         Hi Asene,
>
>         You raise a very good point here. I have always had the
>         impression that the notion of gender is considered by the
>         majority who defend it as the problematic of women, which
>         constitutes a mistake and a serious imbalance. We strongly
>         hope that we can refocus this important notion for the
>         governance of our society. Long live for the diversity.
>
>         Best Regards,
>
>         2017-10-03 15:45 GMT+02:00 Arsène Tungali
>         <arsenebaguma at gmail.com <mailto:arsenebaguma at gmail.com>>:
>
>             Hi all,
>
>             Thank you very much Deidre for raising that issue with
>             regards to "gender". I tend to agree with you on all your
>             points and do believe we need to reconsider the way we
>             see/talk about  and define gender. 
>
>             We might run into the lack of balance if we consider men,
>             leaving women behind and vice versa. Though i believe we
>             all fight for diversity.
>
>             Regards,
>             Arsene
>
>             -----------------
>             Arsène Tungali,
>             about.me/ArseneTungali <http://about.me/ArseneTungali>
>             +243 993810967 <tel:+243%20993%20810%20967>
>             GPG: 523644A0
>             Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
>
>             Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos)
>
>             On Oct 3, 2017, at 2:41 PM, Deirdre Williams
>             <williams.deirdre at gmail.com
>             <mailto:williams.deirdre at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>>             Dear Jac,
>>
>>             Dear Jac,
>>
>>             While I support your work on behalf of women and girls
>>             I’m noticing a trend which is very disturbing – that is
>>             the creation of “gender” as being synonymous with
>>             “women/female”, at times almost acting as a euphemism.
>>
>>             Consider what you wrote yesterday:
>>
>>             the multiple forms of disparity and discrimination that
>>             the diversity of women face
>>
>>             and what Michael wrote this morning:
>>
>>             To put it mildly, helping to empower women and girls with
>>             meaningful and sustainable access is imperative to our future
>>
>>             Where are the men?
>>
>>             We seem to be being driven into an unfortunate case of
>>             divide and rule. A huge theme for the internet is
>>             inclusion, and yet “gender” is excluding approximately
>>             half of its population. So if we want to say “women”
>>             couldn’t we just say “women”? Do we think it’s a bad
>>             word? And if we’re discussing gender, couldn’t we include
>>             the men too? For example there might be workshops
>>             considering things from both sides, offering a male
>>             perspective as well. Are there men who facilitate
>>             internet access for women? Are there men who actively
>>             block access? How is this done and what measures have
>>             been implemented to get round the blocking? Are there men
>>             who are themselves denied access to the internet?
>>
>>             The human race is diverse, in gender as well as in many
>>             other things. Denying diversity has been demonstrated as
>>             an unsuccessful way to try to solve problems, because the
>>             diversity persists no matter how much it is denied.
>>
>>             What do other people think?
>>
>>             Best wishes from the Caribbean (where we have a concern
>>             about the “marginalised male”)
>>
>>             Deirdre.
>>
>>             On 2 October 2017 at 05:52, Jac sm Kee <jac at apcwomen.org
>>             <mailto:jac at apcwomen.org>> wrote:
>>
>>                 Much thanks for all the considered thoughts on this
>>                 issue. Being a
>>                 committed advocate of this issue, I appreciate the
>>                 reflection and
>>                 insights on why it is both difficult and important to
>>                 integrate gender
>>                 into IG and policy conversations, including and esp
>>                 on access.
>>
>>                 I hope this thread of discussion helped to clarify
>>                 why it doesn't make
>>                 sense to stack the multiple forms of disparity and
>>                 discrimination that
>>                 the diversity of women face before we take action to
>>                 address whatever
>>                 that is within our ability, capacity and
>>                 responsibility to address. Also
>>                 happy to take this conversation further if more
>>                 doubts or questions
>>                 surface.
>>
>>                 In the meantime, we continue to appreciate your
>>                 support in responding to
>>                 as well as disseminating the survey to your networks
>>                 who do work in this
>>                 area.
>>
>>                 As a reminder, the survey link is:
>>                 https://www.apc.org/limesurvey/index.php/783797/lang-en
>>                 <https://www.apc.org/limesurvey/index.php/783797/lang-en>
>>
>>                 Best,
>>                 jac
>>
>>
>>                 ---------------------------------
>>                 Jac sm Kee
>>                 Manager, Women's Rights Programme
>>                 Association for Progressive Communications
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>>                 <http://erotics.apc.org>
>>                 Jitsi: jacsmk | Skype: jacsmk | Twitter: @jhybe
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From anivar.aravind at gmail.com  Wed Oct  4 00:58:29 2017
From: anivar.aravind at gmail.com (Anivar Aravind)
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 10:28:29 +0530
Subject: [bestbits] Biometric IDs & Right to Life + Worldbank's baseless
 figures on Aadhaar savings
Message-ID: <CA+nuCJZmPq8NCAh4XpVrX4AS3BO1O9RpvrL09eoxVsh3DHi12A@mail.gmail.com>

Dear all,

Just want to share a paper & a report related to India's biometric ID
project .


1.IIT Delhi Professor Reetika Khera's academic  paper examining the
evidence on aadhaar in welfare programmes:*The ‘right to privacy’ challenge
to the Aadhaar project has received a lot of attention, but the ‘right to
life’ challenge to it has thus far not been adequately highlighted. *This
paper attempts to fill that gap.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3045235

Impact of Aadhaar in Welfare Programmes

Abstract

Aadhaar, India's ambitious biometric ID project, was portrayed as one that
would enhance India's welfare efforts by promoting inclusion and reducing
corruption. From being a voluntary ID, it has become de facto compulsory
for most welfare programmes such as the National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act (NREGA) and the Public Distribution System (PDS). Despite early
warnings of its limited role in its stated objected, successive
government's have ramped up its use. Using a variety of data sources, this
paper reviews the impact of Aadhaar on welfare programmes. Far from being
inclusive and reducing corruption, Aadhaar is becoming a tool of exclusion,
with little evidence of an impact on corruption in NREGA, PDS and pensions,
etc. The government's estimates of savings are examined, but these do not
stand scrutiny. What passes as 'savings' is often the result of denial of
legal entitlements for lack of Aadhaar. In that sense, the Aadhaar project
undermines the right to life.

2. World Bank report on digital dividends estimated that Aadhaar has the
potential to save $11 billion in subsidies every year. This  has repeatedly
been used by the Government of India to justify the programme.  This
article scrutinizes this claim and finds *World Bank was quite clearly
mistaken and the claim is baseless. *

*The Curious Case of the World Bank and Aadhaar Savings*

https://thewire.in/183961/the-curious-case-of-the-world-bank-and-aadhaar-savings/
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