[governance] Re: [nomcom] Nominations for the IGC Appeals team

[Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond]

An excellent team of very experienced individuals.
I have no doubt that they'll be fair in case they would be called upon,
hoping that ultimately they won't need to be called upon!
Warmest regards,

Olivier

Le 28/11/2010 12:48, Guru गुरु a écrit :
> On behalf of the Nomcom, the following were chosen as members of the
> IGC civil society Appeals Team.
> Avri Doria
> Charity Gamboa-Embley
> Fouad Bajwa
> Ginger Paque
> Lee McNight
>
> Nomcom Report
> The Nomcom was briefed  on October 30, and was asked to complete this
> task in a reasonable time frame. The Nomcom members are Qusai
> Al-Shatti, Gurumurthy K, Hempal Shrestha, Jacquiline Morris and Ian
> Peter. Gurumurthy was elected Chair for this exercise.
>
> Our first step was to call for nominations to be clarified or added to
> (original nominations were made in conjunction with the co coordinator
> ballot on October 10) which included-
> Imran Ahmed Shah
> Dr. Olivier Crepin-Leblond
> Ginger Paque
> Divina Frau-Meigs
> Fearghas McKay
> Nnenna Nwakanma
> Fouad Bajwa
> Avri Doria
> Kwasi Adu-Boahen Opare
> Rudi Vansnick
> Charity Gamboa-Embley
> Ben Akoh
>
> One late nominations was received from Lee McNight which was also
> considered by the NonCom. 
>
> In terms of process, the nomcom  followed these  steps
> a. discuss the parameters
> b. individually weigh and rank the candidates
> c. the individual ranks are collated by the chair and common
> selections if any identified
> d. discuss remaining candidates/slots and finalise
>
> The  selection criteria for Appeals team membership as per charter
> (quoted below), was considered as follows:
> A) Qualified IGC member
> Appeals team should be Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (CS
> IGC) members.
> Anyone who have subscribed to the IGC Charter and subscribed to the
> IGC caucus mailing list for 2 months prior to the announcement of the
> appeals team Nomcom process is eligible to be a candidate.
>
> B) Qualifications
> Nomcom will primarily select persons based on their knowledge and
> experience of issues faced by the caucus and their neutrality.
> The successful candidate should be a person with thoughtful and
> unbiased consideration and have a stated (and demonstrated) commitment
> to consultation and dialogue with the community.
>
> C) Diversity and balance
> Appeal Team collectively should have good diversity and balance. The
> attributes to be considered include, but not limited to Geographic and
> cultural diversity, - Gender, Age,  Skill set and knowledge, Disability
>
> These will be treated as a goal, but not as the absolute requirement.
>
> D) Others
> To avoid capture, no more than one employee/representative of a
> particular organization should serve on the Appeal Team at any given time.
>
> Nomcom members then scored candidates individually and each nomcom
> member who participated came up with a list of 5 names. These were
> collated, with some of the candidates on our final list being
> initially selected by all participating nomcom members. The Nomcom
> then discussed finalisation of the slate and the merits of respective
> candidates, bearing in mind geographic and gender balance as much as
> possible to come up with a final list.
>
> The Nomcom also considered the organisational affiliations of nominees
> and took a fairly liberal view since many IGC members are also members
> of other groups. However, members considered that  there was little
> fear of capture from the current slate of names.
>
> Gurumurthy K
> On behalf of Nomcom
> Gurumurthy Kasinathan
> IT for Change | www.ITforChange.Net | Tel:98454 37730
> What is Public Software? see http://public-software-centre.org/node/31
>
> Guru गुरु wrote:
>> Friends,
>>
>> The Nomcom having completed the selection of nominees for the CSTD
>> working group has now begun work on constituting the Internet
>> Governance Caucus Appeals Team. As the chair for this task (the other
>> members of NOMCOM are Ian Peter, Qusai Al-Shatti, Hempal Shrestha and
>> Jacquiline Morris), I would like to share the the list of candidates
>> (in no particular order) we have from the recent ballot and
>> questionaire - (excluding those who are members of the nomcom and
>> have withdrawn their nominations)
>>
>> Imran Ahmed Shah
>> Dr. Olivier Crepin-Leblond
>> Ginger Paque
>> Divina Frau-Meigs
>> Fearghas McKay
>> Nnenna Nwakanma
>> Fouad Bajwa
>> Avri Doria
>> Kwasi Adu-Boahen Opare
>> Qusai Al-Shatti
>> Rudi Vansnick
>> Charity Gamboa-Embley
>> Ben Akoh
>>
>> If you are on the list above and no longer wish to be considered,
>> please advise within 48 hours so we can finalise the slate by writing
>> to nomcom at igf-online.net
>>
>> *The role of the Appeals team (see below) is very important, and we
>> actively encourage more members to send in their nominations. If you
>> would like to be added to this list for consideration, please also
>> write to nomcom at igf-online.net within 48 hours.
>> *
>> The purpose of the Appeals Team as stated in our charter
>> (http://www.igcaucus.org/charter) is as follows: "Any time 4
>> individual members of the IGC co-sign a statement on the main IGC
>> mailing list they can appeal any decision of the coordinators. When a
>> decision is appealed, the appeals team will review any discussions
>> that occurred and will request comments from the IGC membership.
>> Based on the information they collect and discussion, they will
>> decide on the merit of the appeal."
>>
>> The criteria for selection of Appeals Team members are as follows:
>> A) Qualified IGC member
>> Appeals team should be Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (CS
>> IGC) members.
>> Anyone who have subscribed to the IGC Charter and subscribed to the
>> IGC caucus mailing list for 2 months prior to the announcement of the
>> appeals team Nomcom process is eligible to be a candidate.
>>
>> B) Qualifications
>> Nomcom will primarily select persons based on their knowledge and
>> experience of issues faced by the caucus and their neutrality.
>> The successful candidate should be a person with thoughtful and
>> unbiased consideration and have a stated (and demonstrated)
>> commitment to consultation and dialogue with the community.
>>
>> C) Diversity and balance
>> Appeal Team collectively should have good diversity and balance. The
>> attributes to be considered include, but not limited to Geographic
>> and cultural diversity, - Gender, Age,  Skill set and knowledge,
>> Disability
>>
>> These will be treated as a goal, but not as the absolute requirement.
>>
>> D) Others
>> To avoid capture, no more than one employee/representative of a
>> particular organization should serve on the Appeal Team at any given
>> time.
>>
>> Nominations may be sent to this mailing list, or to myself as chair
>> of the Nomcom.  Self-nominations are permitted (and encouraged),
>> though a seconding member may help your application. Five members of
>> the Appeals Team are required. 
>>
>> And finally - as not all nomcom members know all the candidates, we
>> invite all nominees to send some brief information about themselves
>> and their suitability to represent IGC - again to
>> nomcom at igf-online.net within 48 hours.
>>
>> regards
>> Guru
>> -- 
>> Gurumurthy Kasinathan
>> IT for Change | www.ITforChange.Net | Tel:98454 37730
>> What is Public Software? see http://public-software-centre.org/node/31

-- 
Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
http://www.gih.com/ocl.html

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