[governance] Call for Nominations for IGC Co-coordinator

[Ian Peter]

Parminder, I fully support what you propose and would be keen to help. I had
intended to take up the funding issue post Hyderabad, but if we can do so
beforehand all the better.


Ian Peter
PO Box 429
Bangalow NSW 2479
Australia
Tel (+614) 1966 7772 or (+612) 6687 0773
www.ianpeter.com
 
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Parminder [mailto:parminder at itforchange.net]
> Sent: 14 November 2008 18:01
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; 'Ian Peter'
> Subject: RE: [governance] Call for Nominations for IGC Co-coordinator
> 
> >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
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> 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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