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

Sun Nov 28 18:46:04 EST 2010

Thanks? for selection to the IGC Appeals Team.

Lee McKnight
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From: Fouad Bajwa [fouadbajwa at gmail.com]
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Subject: Re: [governance] Re: [nomcom] Nominations for the IGC Appeals team

Thank you Guru for the update! It is indeed my pleasure to be in this team for the second time now and I hope there is no need to call upon us!

Thank you for IGC's continued trust and support. Hello team!

Fouad Bajwa
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On 28 Nov 2010, at 16:48, Guru गुरु <Guru at ITforChange.net<mailto:Guru at ITforChange.net>> wrote:

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 | <http://www.ITforChange.Net> www.ITforChange.Net<http://www.ITforChange.Net> | Tel:98454 37730
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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 <mailto:nomcom at igf-online.net> nomcom at igf-online.net<mailto: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 <mailto:nomcom at igf-online.net> nomcom at igf-online.net<mailto:nomcom at igf-online.net> within 48 hours.

The purpose of the Appeals Team as stated in our charter (<http://www.igcaucus.org/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 <mailto:nomcom at igf-online.net> nomcom at igf-online.net<mailto:nomcom at igf-online.net> within 48 hours.

regards
Guru
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Gurumurthy Kasinathan
IT for Change | <http://www.ITforChange.Net> www.ITforChange.Net<http://www.ITforChange.Net> | Tel:98454 37730
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