[governance] IGC nominees for MAG

[Parminder]

Fouad is one of those who have joined the IGC in the last 24 hours after I
sent out an email to CS participants at Athens inviting them to join the
IGC. Welcome Fouad, and all others who have joined. I expect at least a few
more to join...


Meanwhile, I must inform the new members that they will be eligible for
voting (if they have subscribed to the charter in their acceptance email)
only after being on the list for 2 months. Same goes for IGC positions,
including nomcom etc... I am sure you will appreciate the logic of this
rule. 

So welcome once again, and thanks for sharing about all the interesting
activities you are involved in.. 

Parminder 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fouad Riaz Bajwa [mailto:fouadbajwa at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 11:17 AM
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
> Subject: RE: [governance] IGC nominees for MAG
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> My name is Fouad Bajwa and I am new to this list, thanks to Parminder for
> inviting me to join. Just as a brief introduction, my engagement with IG
> with a particular focus on ICT4D and Free and Open Source Software/Access
> to
> Knowledge began many years ago and participation in the WSIS was part of
> our
> efforts.
> 
> I bring with me a background spanned over more than a decade of working in
> the government, academia, civil society and private sector. Advocacy,
> online
> journalism and ICT4D reporting & analysis have been a parallel activity
> for
> me throughout my career and I have been contributing to the BytesForAll
> South Asia Network [ http://www.bytesforall.net &
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BytesForAll ] as a member.
> 
> I received a DiploFoundation Internet Governance Capacity Building
> Programme
> 2006 IGCBP'06 scholarship and participated in core IG activities since
> then,
> my focus being IG issues for Pakistan, human rights violations and cyber
> crimes, global ICT4D low-cost access and the global digital commons (with
> a
> focus on Asia).
> 
> A key subject of my advocacy was the issue about Patenting the Internet
> and
> I have deliberated on various platforms in the region on this issue.
> Currently I am co-authoring/editing a document on the Asia Commons [
> http://www.asia-commons.net & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Commons ]
> that will serve as guidance to the Asian community with respect to the
> Digital Commons in Asia, their contributions and curation of the Public
> Domain, Countering Intellectual Property Rights Propaganda, Access to
> Knowledge/Open Publishing, Free and Open Source Software, Grey Market
> Economics, Internet Governance. The proceedings of Asia Commons can be
> viewed through the following link:
> http://wikis.bellanet.org/asia-commons/index.php/Main_Page
> 
> There is also space for realizing the Universal Commons of Human Beings
> where the Internet can be prevented from being patented, protecting our
> rights on the Internet, keeping it open and free in terms of End-to-End
> networking and countering the IPR propaganda. This forum proves to be just
> the answer to these issues and much more.
> 
> We want to bring to IGF the Asian civil society perspectives on IPR, and
> defense of the Digital Commons from our region, you will be able to read
> that anticipation in "Asia Commons Learning Guide And The Way Ahead"
> http://wikis.bellanet.org/asia-commons/index.php/Learning_Document and in
> the meantime. I am not alone; there are various issues, actors and
> activities that are a part of this effort and I would like to represent
> these on this forum to the IGF.
> 
> I look forward to contributing effectively. If required, I would like to
> volunteer for the NomCom as a first step.
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> Fouad Bajwa
> DiploFoundation IGCBP'06 Alumnus
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Parminder [mailto:parminder at itforchange.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 10:03 AM
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; 'Vittorio Bertola'
> Subject: RE: [governance] IGC nominees for MAG
> 
> 
> > Anyway, I volunteer for the Nomcom.
> 
> Wait a minute, Vittorio. You are still a co-coordinator (even if at this
> stage a little reluctant one) till we have the new co-coordinator. :)
> 
> We may need to consult on some issues during the process, so Id like it
> best
> if you stayed out of the nomcom.
> 
> As for co-coordinator elections, as you know, we now have a voting
> software,
> and ill quickly get down to work on it. Thanks.
> 
> Parminder
> 
> 
> 
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