[governance] MAG mandate extended, call for new members: deadline May 21

[Adam Peake]

Markus Kummer just sent a note to the MAG list about the group's 
mandate: the mandate's been extended, and the secretariat is now able 
to issue a formal call for new members.  The deadline will be May 21. 
More about this on the IGF website soon.

Nitin Desai has been asked to continue as chair.

Press release below. The secretary general accepted the MAG's advice 
from the February meeting about rotating up to one third.

(as this list has a delay I expect I won't be the only one sending 
this info...)

Adam



http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2008/pi1829.doc.htm

MANDATE OF ADVISORY GROUP OF INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM EXTENDED

The mandate of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group of the Internet 
Governance Forum has been extended.  The Special Adviser for Internet 
Governance to the Secretary-General, Nitin Desai, has been asked to 
continue as the Chairman of the Advisory Group, which will meet again 
on 13 to 15 May in Geneva before handing over to a renewed group to 
prepare the next Internet Governance Forum meeting in Hyderabad, 
India, on 3 to 6 December.

The Advisory Group will renew up to one third of its members within 
each stakeholder group.  All relevant stakeholder groups, 
representing Governments, private sector and civil society, including 
the academic and technical communities will submit names to the 
Internet Governance Forum Secretariat.  All members serve in their 
personal capacity, but are expected to have extensive linkages with 
relevant stakeholder groups.  Members need to be willing to reach out 
and ensure continuous flow of information to and from interested 
groups and to participate actively and constructively in the Group's 
work.  More details are available on the Internet Governance Forum 
website:  www.intgovforum.org.

The Internet Governance Forum is an outcome of the Tunis phase of the 
World Summit on the Information Society, which took place in 2005. 
In the Tunis Agenda for the Information Society, Governments asked 
the Secretary-General to convene a "new forum for policy dialogue" to 
discuss issues related to key elements of Internet governance and set 
out the Forum's mandate.

The Forum's first two meetings took place in Athens in November 2006 
and in Rio de Janeiro in November 2007.  A stock-taking session in 
Geneva on 26 February 2008 showed broad support for a continuation of 
the multi-stakeholder preparatory process.
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