[governance] IGC Nomcom - Slate of candidates

Carlos Afonso ca at rits.org.br
Thu Apr 24 11:11:44 EDT 2008 

I am not. The LA&C Caucus is, with a good reason -- we have chosen the 
reps through an open, quite extensive process in which nearly all 
organizations interested in IG issues in the region have participated.

We also know (the LA&C Caucus) that we can (and should) direct our 
indications to the secretariat, so we of course did it. But receiving 
proper support for the names indicated from the IGC would add legitimacy 
  and reinforce relationships with regional efforts.

It is curious that the arguments I have read so far try to convince us 
numbers are irrelevant, so why then resist to include one more from our 
list??

--c.a.

Milton L Mueller wrote:
> Carlos,
> You seem to be interpreting the number of names per region as an
> indicator of the level of representation a region will get. This is
> completely wrong, as others have explained. The MAG members from that
> list -- if in fact there are any -- will be chosen by the Secretariat
> and the UN SG. The lower the number of names in a region, the more
> likely those people are to be selected if the UN SG chooses to get
> someone from that region. Indeed, your LA&C caucus can submit 100 other
> names directly to Kummer, and as far as we know those names have the
> same chance as the IGC submissions.  
> 
> I think the caucus has more important things to discuss than the
> difference between 2 and 3 names in a list that has no binding effect.
> Can we move on, please?
> 
> Milton Mueller
> Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
> XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology
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> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: carlos a. afonso [mailto:ca at rits.org.br] 
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 7:46 AM
>> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; vcretu at cmb.md
>> Cc: Jeanette Hofmann; lists at privaterra.info; alc-cmsi at wsis-cs.org
>> Subject: Re: [governance] IGC Nomcom - Slate of candidates
>>
>> Dear people,
>>
>> It is important to take into account that, as facilitator of 
>> the online
>> voting process by the LA&C Caucus, I am expressing these concerns
>> regarding regional balance in the final list of indications by the IGC
>> NomCom on behalf of the LA&C Caucus -- who has submitted a 
>> list of five
>> names to the IGC (and to the IGF secretariat as well), and 
>> this is what
>> makes it even more difficult to understand the NomCom's decision
>> regarding our region.
>>
>> frt rgds
>>
>> --c.a.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: vcretu at cmb.md
>> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org, "Carlos Afonso" <ca at rits.org.br>
>> Cc: governance at lists.cpsr.org, "Jeanette Hofmann" <jeanette at wzb.eu>,
>> lists at privaterra.info, alc-cmsi at wsis-cs.org
>> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:08:12 -0400 (EDT)
>> Subject: Re: [governance] IGC Nomcom - Slate of candidates
>>
>>> Greetings, just a brief comment/question: when we are talking about
>>> Europe
>>> we definitely do not see Central and Eastern Europe nor we see Newly
>>> Independent States (NIS) either ... Any applications received from
>>> these
>>> parts of the world?!
>>>
>>> regards from Moldova,
>>> Veronica Cretu
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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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