[governance] IGC nominees for MAG

Tue Mar 18 02:55:37 EDT 2008

Thank you for the invitation Parminder. My name is Jan Philipp Schmidt and I
am based at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa, where I
manage a research group working on open innovation in higher education. I am
also involved in a number of civil society organisations, including Freedom
To Innovate South Africa and currently investigating opportunities for
setting up a non-profit organisation that will connect the individual
researchers working on A2K issues in the country.
I am a bit overwhelmed by the amount of traffic on this list and just trying
to keep up for now. The voting rule makes a lot of sense.

Best, P

On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 8:46 AM, Parminder <parminder at itforchange.net>
wrote:

>
>
> 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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-- 
Philipp Schmidt
University of the Western Cape, South Africa
United Nations University MERIT
E: phi.schmidt at gmail.com
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