[governance] Call for Nominations for IGC Co-coordinator

[Parminder]

>This is an election, therefore anyone IGC member who feels able to do this
should feel free to nominate, and each of us will have our own criteria for
the ideal >candidate. I should say that in my mind an ideal candidate will
be someone who is already involved with IGC, IGF and its processes, is able
to fund their >participation in IGF meetings, has good people skills and
consensus seeking skills, lots of energy, and a small amount of time to
devote to this each week.

 

My personal thoughts on the criterion of "> is able to fund their
>participation in IGF meetings" are as follows.

 

I think we should try to find a way around this, because such a
consideration especially dissuades possible candidates from developing
countries, while having an impact on effective functioning of a
co-coordinator from any part of the world. We know that even some MAG
members from developing countries have not been able to participate in MAG
meetings in the past (which is such a mockery of a public institution)
though the situation seems to be improving now. 

 

First of all, I think there seem to be some funds for facilitating
participants from developing countries in MAG meetings and the IGF, and
especially if we make an appeal form the IGC it should be possible that the
IGF co-coordinator's participation can be funded. 

 

I also mooted a funding proposal for the IGC a few times earlier here, and
will want to bring the issue up again. If it is fine with the group I will
like to put together a quick two pager of a proposal that highlights the
very significant role played by the IGC in global public interest advocacy
in the IG arena and seeks a basic funding for a part time intern, and about
4 international trips for its co-coordinators. Shouldn't be more that 25 -
30,000 USD. And prima facie to me at least it looks like a good case for any
progressive funder to support. Comments, suggestions and further ideas are
welcome.

 

If we agree on something before the IGF, the proposal can be discussed at
the IGC meeting at the IGF and taken up post IGF. We may though make
exploratory efforts with some funders even before that.

 

Parminder 

 

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From: Ian Peter [mailto:ian.peter at ianpeter.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 5:46 AM
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
Subject: [governance] Call for Nominations for IGC Co-coordinator

 

This is a call for nominations for a Co-coordinator of the Internet
Governance Caucus to replace Parminder, whose term expires at the end of the
Hyderabad meeting. An election will be held as soon as is practical after
the end of this years IGF meeting.

 

Either self nominations or third party nominations are perfectly acceptable
and should be sent to me by private email (ian.peter at ianpeter.com). If
nominating another person, however, I would ask that you check with them as
to their willingness to take this on. I will acknowledge nominations
received by return email. 

 

I will periodically announce nominations that have been received.
Nominations will close December 7 when I will release a final list of
nominations with short biographical details. An election will then be held.

 

Please give serious thought to this. The Co-cordinator position is for a two
year term. This will be an important period for us as it will lead us to the
end of the fifth (and perhaps final) IGF meeting. The first and most
important duty of the coordinator(s) is to facilitate the discussions and
enable the members of the caucus to reach consensus whenever possible.

 

This is an election, therefore anyone IGC member who feels able to do this
should feel free to nominate, and each of us will have our own criteria for
the ideal candidate. I should say that in my mind an ideal candidate will be
someone who is already involved with IGC, IGF and its processes, is able to
fund their participation in IGF meetings, has good people skills and
consensus seeking skills, lots of energy, and a small amount of time to
devote to this each week.

 

Please feel free to contact me if you need further information. I welcome
all nominations and look forward to receiving them. 

 

 

Ian Peter ( ongoing Co-coordinator)

 

 

 

 

 

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