[governance] IGC Nomcom - Slate of candidates

Carlos Afonso ca at rits.org.br
Tue Apr 22 17:52:17 EDT 2008


Interesting... but argument valid for all regions, of course. Still does 
not explain why our region got only two indications as compared to all 
others.

frt rgds

--c.a.

Jeanette Hofmann wrote:
> Hi Carlos,
> 
> I am not sure the number of nominees really matters that much. Since it 
> is unlikely that civil society will be able to increase its share on the 
> MAG, less than half of the nominees have a chance to be selected. More 
> candidates from a region means that the secretariat has more choice. It 
> certainly won't lead to a larger representation from that region.
> jeanette
> 
> Carlos Afonso wrote:
>> Hi people,
>>
>> My immediate reaction: Latin America and the Caribbean have only two 
>> candidates indicated (none of the two are from the Caribbean), while 
>> all other regions have at least three -- I note particularly that 
>> Europe and North America (developed regions) have three each. I do not 
>> think the NomCom was very successful regarding regional balance, to 
>> put it diplomatically.
>>
>> fraternal regards
>>
>> --c.a.
>>
>> lists at privaterra.info wrote:
>>> As IGC 08 Nomcom chair, it is my pleasure to announce the slate of
>>> candidates the nomcom has come to agreement on.
>>>
>>> A complete final report will follow ASAP documenting - process 
>>> followed by
>>> the nomcom, evaluation criteria and issues discussed, recommendation for
>>> IGC and future nomcoms to consider as well as set of complete bio 
>>> profiles
>>> for the candidates.
>>>
>>> The nomcom requests at this time that the candidates listed below please
>>> send an email to - nomcom08 at lists.privaterra.org - confirming two 
>>> things -
>>> 1. their interest in being recommended to the MAG and 2. committing to
>>> regularly post updates to the IGC mailing list. The confirmation will be
>>> included in the final report.
>>>
>>> I thank all the persons who submitted their name for consideration 
>>> and the
>>> nomcom for its very hard work and engaging discussions.
>>>
>>> We still have a report to complete, but our task is almost done...
>>>
>>>
>>> regards
>>>
>>> Robert Guerra
>>> 2008 IGC Nomcom Chair.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----
>>>
>>>
>>> # of nominations submitted: 33
>>>
>>> Total # of candidates recommended by Nomcom : 15
>>>
>>> Statistics:
>>> - Regional allocation : Africa (3), Asia Pacific (4), Europe (3), LAC 
>>> (2),
>>> North America (3)
>>> - Female: 7 (46.6%) , Male 8 (53.3%)
>>>
>>> Africa
>>>
>>> Natasha Primo
>>> Dawit Bekele
>>> Ken Lohento
>>>
>>> Asia
>>>
>>> Adam Peake
>>> Izumi Aizu
>>> Y. J. Park
>>> Iffat Rose Gill
>>>
>>> Europe
>>>
>>> William Drake
>>> Vittorio Bertola
>>> Jeanette Hofmann
>>>
>>>
>>> LAC
>>>
>>> Valeria Betancourt
>>> Graciela Selaimen
>>>
>>>
>>> North America
>>>
>>> Robin Gross
>>> Milton Mueller
>>> Michael Gurstein
>>>
>>>
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