[governance] Fwd: IGP Nominees to the MAG

[Lee McKnight]

FYI,

In the spirit of openness being encouraged on the list,
information on the Internet Governance Project's nominees to the MAG are below. Further support is of course welcome.

best,

Lee

Prof. Lee W. McKnight
School of Information Studies
Syracuse University
+1-315-443-6891office
+1-315-278-4392 mobile

>>> Lee McKnight 4/10/2006 9:58 AM >>>
Hi Avri,

On behalf of the the Internet Governance Project, www.internetgovernance.org, I am pleased to nominate Jeanette Hoffman, John Mathiason, and Milton Mueller (listed alphabetically), to be considered as Civil Society candidates for the MAG, to be recommended by the Internet Governance Caucus nominating committe which you are chairing.

The extensive records and diverse but complementary achievements and abilities of all 3 are well-known by civil society.  Their commtment to the successful conclusion of the first Internet Governance Forum is also unquestionable.  

The documents below follow the suggested format and provide you and the other nomcom members with the requested information; should further questions arise please do not hesitate to contact me, or the nominees themselves directly.

best regards, and thanks again for your personal commitment and contributions,

Lee McKnight


Name: Jeanette Hofmann
Name of Nominator: Lee McKnight
Nationality of Nominee: German
Nationality and Country of Residence of Nominee: Germany
Gender of Nominee: Female

Short Bio relevant to IG

Jeanette Hofmann is a researcher at the Social Science Research Center 
Berlin with a focus on the interface of politics and technology. She 
came across Internet Governance at a time when the term didn't yet exist 
and the Net was still run by engineers. A case study on the IETF and the 
development of IPv6 in the mid 1990s constituted her first practical 
experience with decision-making procedures on the Net. A few years later 
ICANN was founded, and she became involved both as a researcher and as 
an "At Large Membership" activist.
In 2000, she was a European candidate in ICANN's first and only online 
election. In the following year, she participated in an NGO and Academic 
Study Group (NAIS) which produced a number of proposals regarding the 
structure of ICANN's "At Large Membership". In 2004 and 2005 she served 
on ICANN's nomcom.
In Fall 2003 Jeanette Hofmann joined the WSIS Civil Society Internet 
Governance Caucus. Throughout 2004 and 2005 she served, together with 
Adam Peake, as co-coordinator of the IG caucus. During the same period, 
she was a member of the German delegation to the World Summit 
representing the German WSIS civil society coordination group (WKK). 
Jeanette Hofmann publishes articles on Internet Governance, and gives 
talks on this subject.

Why the nominee is a good choice for the MAG

Jeanette Hofmann is an expert on Internet Governance, and she has been a 
committed civil society participant throughout the WSIS process. She has 
a great interest in the emergence of legitimate structures of 
transnational decision-making, and she can make substantial 
contributions towards their establishment and success.



Name: John Mathiason
Name of Nominator: Lee McKnight
Nationality of Nominee: USA
Country of Residence of Nominee: USA
Gender of Nominee: Male

Short Bio relevant to IG
John Mathiason, Ph.D. (M.I.T, 1968), is Adjunct Professor of International Relations at the Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, where he teaches in the area of international public and NGO management and is program manager for distance learning in the School's Executive Education Program.  Dr. Mathiason has been concerned with Internet governance since 1998, when he argued for the internationalization of Internet governance in the context of the US green paper on domain names from which ICANN emerged.  Since WSIS I, he has been involved in policy analysis of Internet governance and has participated in meetings of the UN-ICT Task Force as well as WSIS preparatory meetings.  Heundertook an evaluation of the UN-ICT Task Force experience.  He has published on management of the international public sector, including a co-authored book on Eliminating Weapons of Mass Destruction: Prospects for Effective International Verification and the forthcomin!
 g Invisible Governance: International Secretariats in World Politics as well as in journals like Public Administration and Development.  He was an official of the United Nations Secretariat between 1971 and 1997, where he worked on community development, rural development, program planning and support to international negotiations, including managing substantive support to the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, the largest United Nations conference to date.

Why the nominee is a good choice for the MAG

John Mathiason has extensive experience in the management of international negotiations, with knowledge of both possibilities and limitations.  He has been an advocate for the use of innovative approaches to policy development at the international level and in the involvement of different stakeholders.  He has a long-term concern with the issues with which the IGF will deal.

Name Milton Mueller
Name of Nominator: Lee McKnight
Nationality of Nominee: USA
Country of Residence of Nominee: USA
Gender of Nominee: Male

Short Bio relevant to IG
Milton Mueller, Ph.D. (U. Pennsylvania, 1989), is Professor at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies, where he directs its Graduate Program in Telecommunications  and Network Management. Dr. Mueller has experience in both the analysis of Internet policy/politics/economics and in its practical governance. His book "Ruling the Root: Internet  Governance and the Taming of Cyberspace" (MIT Press, 2002) was a favorably reviewed  and prescient overview of the key political issues of IG. He is one of the founding members of  ICANN's Noncommercial Users Constituency and has been elected by its members to serve as Chair and on various Councils and Task Forces making ICANN policy. He served on the U.S. National Academy of Sciences study of  "Internet Navigation and the Domain Name System." He has spoken before the ITU on IPv6  and other Internet governance issues, and published scholarly articles on DNS economics,  ENUM, domain name trademark disputes, WSIS civil socie!
 ty and international institutions in  ICT.

Why the nominee is a good choice for the MAG

Milton Mueller is an experienced participant in the process, having participated in ICANN-civil  society since 1997 and the WSIS Summits and Prepcoms since 2003. He would be a strong  voice for noncommercial interests and maintain a stance of independence relative to the  various economic and institutional interests involved in IGF. He understands well how the  politics and personalities of the Forum relate to those of other international institutions in the  ICT domain. His research and teaching have provided him with in-depth knowledge of the  critical policy issues, how the technology works, and how civil society organizations are  contributing. He believes that as a civil society nominee he should be accountable to the people who nominated him and report frequently on what is going on (subject to any externally-imposed confidentiality requirements). 

Prof. Lee W. McKnight
School of Information Studies
Syracuse University
+1-315-443-6891office
+1-315-278-4392 mobile

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