Deadline for MAG candidates ? Re: [governance] Stepping down

Wed Apr 30 09:20:02 EDT 2008

Dear Meryem
Dear friends
Dear Markus

c/c Markus Kummer
c/c IGC  list
c/c WSIS-Gov list

Yes indeed, seeing the diligence of the IGC to nominate candidates to 
the MAG, I thought I have been missing
something ( I have been overworked lately and did not have time to read 
all the mails on the IGC list. )

Following informal discussions we had, Louis, Michel, Chantal, me and 
others, with Markus last Monday morning,
it appears that the secretariat is going to announce shortly a call for 
candidates for the MAG in conditions
that would be clearly enunciated. A delay of one month should be given 
between the official call and
the response to call, leaving a decent time for various constituencies 
to propose  their slate of candidates.
I have put Markus in c/c so that he could clarify issues for both the 
IGC and WSIS-Gov groups,
and correct my understanding if needed.

My guess, to be confirmed by Louis,  is that the WSIS-Gov group is going 
to wait for  the official announcement,
before starting a process for proposing candidates, because otherwise, 
it is like shooting in the dark.
It is necessary to know who are going to leave the MAG in the first place.

It seems to a few of us,  that the deadline for application for 
workshops was really too early, 
making difficult for  many people to present a rather delineated 
proposal as requested,
resulting into a rather selective, non-inclusive process.
It is my understanding that the secretariat will be flexible for the 
deadlines, and would be satisfied with
declaration of intent to be completed at a later stage.  It is my 
understanding the intent of such an early
call is to have a first rough assessment of the number and nature of 
workshops.

There are some points where we are expecting some more information from 
the organizers, especially the
ICT village with booths.
This would be particularly relevant to main workshops related to the 
theme*  */low cost sustainable access/
where low cost devices could be displayed in booths and demonstrated to 
stakeholders, as for example,
it is under consideration to do within a contribution from the
Digital World Forum on Accessible and Inclusive ICT 
<http://www.digitalworldforum.eu/>
What is the size of the place ? size of the booths ?
The question is whether the ICT Village would be entirely into the UN 
zone, or we could have a separate
exhibition place outside the UN zone where it would be easier place for 
an exhibition.

As many people are focusing their attention to the 12-23 May 2008 
Cluster of WSIS-related events <http://wsis-si.org/cluster-may08.html>
my own suggestion is that more precise information about workshops 
proposals; ( and
new proposals )  should be allowed to be given in  the end of June, 
beginning of July,
to take full advantage of the Cluster of WSIS-related events 
<http://wsis-si.org/cluster-may08.html> so that people have more time
and opportunity to network and bring synergies,
for example concerning the themes :
/Arrangements for Internet governance /
with the Stakeholder Consultation on Public Participation in Internet 
Governance <http://www.unece.org/env/pp/related.htm> ( UNECE / APC )

/Multilingualization /with the
  <http://wsis-si.org/diversity.html>C8. Cultural diversity and 
identity, linguistic diversity and local content 
<http://wsis-si.org/diversity.html> action
line meeting, or concerning

/low cost sustainable access /with initiatives
that could emerge from the WSIS  C7 e-learning 
<http://wsis-si.org/e-learning.html> action line meeting
( Open Consultative meeting on low-cost devices for education: ICT 
Applications:)
and the  C2.Information and communication infrastructure 
<http://www.itu.int/wsis/c2/index.html> meeting.

All the best

Francis

> Hi all,
>
> I'm unable to find a deadline for MAG candidates nominations. Does 
> anyone know when it is? We need to know if we have time to do anything 
> with the rather confused current situation.
>
> Thanks,
> Meryem
>
> Le 30 avr. 08 à 05:06, Robert Guerra a écrit :
>
>>
>> I tried best I could when I had time to work on bringing the nomcom 
>> to some kind of closure. The traffic over the last week is - well, is 
>> far too much for me to handle in this moment in time for me.
>>
>> So, having contributed my input, funds to make the conference calls 
>> possible, and technical assistance to make the nomcom wiki and 
>> mailing list possible - i respectfully resign effective immediately 
>> as IGC nomcom chair due to inability to contribute the time, energy 
>> and effort needed.
>>
>> I will work with whom ever the nomcom chooses as its new chair to 
>> complete remaining tasks.
>>
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Robert Guerra
>>
>>
>>
>>
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