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

[Izumi AIZU]

Many thanks for Guru and Nomcom for the excellent selection
for the Appeals Team. And Thanks also for those selected.

As co-coordinator, we will try not to waken you guys up ;-).

izumi


2010/11/28 Guru गुरु <Guru at itforchange.net>:
> 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
>
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