[governance] CS speaker suggestions for the opening and closing

[William Drake]

Hi

Just a small suggestion—with whether and in what form the IGF will be renewed up in the air and a lot of back channel politics in intergovernmental and UN circles taking place, it would be desirable for CS interventions in the opening and closing sessions to be fully sensitive to what's going on and calibrated accordingly.  Presumably it would be a bad idea to adopt a negative tone and directly take on the actors who are pushing for a more intergovernmental and/or NY-based configuration. But the case for retaining the core features we favor could be made in a positive manner that nevertheless effectively responds to the arguments for "improvements."  Given the stakes at this particular juncture, we should be somewhat strategic about how we use these opportunities and perhaps even coordinate a bit on the message.  This relates to selecting nominees as well—consider the panels they'll be on, the kinds of people and discussions (texts and subtexts) that will be involved, and optimize to these parameters.

Best,

Bill




On Aug 19, 2010, at 4:21 PM, Ginger Paque wrote:

> Thanks Graciela, Nomination of Valeria noted. 
> Valeria, please advise of acceptance and post a short bio here asap.
> 
> I thank Tracy Hackshaw for the nomination, but as I will be very busy in remote participation and other activities, I prefer that someone else take on this role. Valeria (and Marilia) more than covers my Spanish-speaking, female, LAC roles :)
> 
> Best, Ginger
> 
> On 8/19/2010 9:42 AM, Graciela Selaimen wrote:
>> 
>> Hello, 
>> 
>> speaking form LAC, I suggest Valeria Betancourt as a speaker. She's doing a remarkable work in the region, organizing the IGF LAC preparatory meeting and mobilizing actors from different sectors around the issue of Internet Governance. 
>> 
>> best, 
>> Graciela 
>> 
>> Tracy F. Hackshaw @ Google escreveu: 
>>> Hello: 
>>>   
>>> I would like to nominate Marilia Maciel and Ginger Paque to treat with the issues raised below. 
>>>   
>>> Thanks, 
>>>   
>>> Tracy 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>   
>>> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com <mailto:gpaque at gmail.com>> wrote: 
>>> 
>>>     I was about to reply to Natasha when Hartmut's post came in. I 
>>>     would say: 
>>> 
>>>     Thanks, Natasha, for this important news. 
>>> 
>>>     Everyone: May we please have nominations for consideration for 
>>>     Opening and Closing session CS speakers? 
>>> 
>>>     I am sure my biases will show here, but I think we should prefer 
>>>     two women and two men, or three women, one man, in order to 
>>>     balance the overall speaker selection (taking into account two 
>>>     nominations for each slot). 
>>> 
>>>     Geographically, I think we particularly need someone from Latin 
>>>     America/Caribbean as an underrepresented region. 
>>> 
>>>     Other general guidelines and suggestions welcome. 
>>> 
>>>     I personally do not mind self-nominations, but people should take 
>>>     Hartmut's comment into consideration, as he is probably not the 
>>>     only one who feels that way. If you would like to be considered, 
>>>     perhaps you should discuss it with a colleague and ask them to 
>>>     nominate you if they think it is appropriate. To maintain 
>>>     partiality, I will not nominate anyone. 
>>> 
>>>     Please post your nominations and suggestions as soon as possible. 
>>>     I will check with Markus to define the final date for our submission. 
>>> 
>>>     Thanks, any other comment, Jeremy? 
>>>     Best, Ginger 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>     On 8/18/2010 3:07 PM, Hartmut Richard Glaser wrote: 
>>>> 
>>>>     Hi Natasha, 
>>>> 
>>>>     My message was not related to your name ...! 
>>>> 
>>>>     all the best 
>>>> 
>>>>     Hartmut 
>>>> 
>>>>     =================================== 
>>>>     On 18/8/2010 16:25, Natasha Primo wrote: 
>>>>>     Hi, 
>>>>> 
>>>>>     Thanks Hartmut. Just so we're clear: I'm not nominating myself :) 
>>>>> 
>>>>>     Natasha 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>     On 18 Aug 2010, at 9:14 PM, Hartmut Richard Glaser wrote: 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>     Dear All, 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>     I never like self nomination. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>     rgds 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>     Hartmut 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>     =================================== 
>>>>>>     On 18/8/2010 15:55, Natasha Primo wrote: 
>>>>>>>     Dear All (esp. Ginger and Jeremy), 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>     Today I checked with Markus Kummer about the opening and 
>>>>>>>     closing sessions, and he confirmed that we need to propose 
>>>>>>>     names to fill the CS stakeholder slot on the two panels in 
>>>>>>>     question. The IGF secretariat would like more than one name 
>>>>>>>     (per panel) to consider, so it can balance the diversity 
>>>>>>>     criteria among/of the panelists. 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>     I guess the sooner we get these in, the better. Jeremy and/or 
>>>>>>>     Ginger, I'm handing this over to you to coordinate/collate 
>>>>>>>     then. I hope thats in order. 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>     Regards, 
>>>>>>>     Natasha 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>     //\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\/ 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>     Natasha Primo 
>>>>>>>     Association for Progressive Communications 
>>>>>>>     Johannesburg, South Africa 
>>>>>>>     Tel/Fax: +27118372122 
>>>>>>>     Skype/Yahoo: natashaprimo 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 

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