[governance] CSTD nominations ** APC endorsements

[Valeria Betancourt]

Hi all,

The APC policy team was very pleased to see such an extensive and  
qualified list of nominations for the CSTD working group. We are  
confident that from this list of people we will be able to choose  
excellent CS representatives and believe that the scope and depth of  
experience on this list is a reflection of all of the good work we  
have done in the IG space over the last 10 years.

However, given the fact that choices must be made, the APC policy team  
created a list of individuals we would like to endorse. These  
nominations in no way imply that we believe that the invidviduals we  
do not endorse are anything less than excellent candidates. Regardless  
of outcome, we look forward to working with the members of the  
committee.

The APC policy team would like to endorse the nominations of the  
following people:

Anriette Esterhuysen, APC Executive Director:
Anriette has been APC's representative in the CSTD since it started  
dealing with WSIS follow-up in 2007. She has been one of the two or  
three civil society people that has worked hard in this space where  
non-governmental stakeholders have a precarious position in that they  
can speak in the open sessions, but only observe (with a few  
exceptions) during negotiation of resolutions to ECOSOC. Anriette  
strongly supports the IGF but has consistently proposed improvements.  
Being from Africa, means she has a useful understanding of how  
developing country stakeholders, particularly from Africa, experience  
the IGF. Anriette has never been nominated for or served on the MAG.

Parminder Jeet Singh, IT for Change:
Similar to Anriette, Parminder has been active in the CSTD and we  
think familiarity and experience with CSTD processes are important  
criteria when selecting candidates for this working group.

Julian Casasbuenas, Colnodo:
Julian has been active in all the LAC IGFs and in the global IGF. He  
is an active member of ISOC and will bring both civil society and  
technical community perspectives to the working group.

Shahzad Ahmad, Bytes for All:
Shahzad is very active in internet rights campaigns and would bring  
both an Asian and a human rights perspective. He has been involved in  
all the IGFs to date.

Marilia Maciel, Center for Technology and Society, Getulio Vargas  
Foundation:
Marilia would bring a solid understanding of remote participation and  
has also expressed a desire to be more involved in IG spaces via her  
nomination for IGC coordinator. She will bring a regional perspective,  
and through her association with Diplo, she has a really good  
understanding of the capacity building opportunities, and challenges,  
in the IGF process.

Bill Drake:
Bill has been a pioneer of inclusive IG processes with a long history  
of constructive support and criticism. He is based in Geneva which  
could be very important as it is not certain that there will be  
funding for working group members to travel to all the meetings. His  
commitment to the development agenda in the IGF is very important.  
Developing country participation is something that IGF improvements  
has to address seriously.

Michael Gurstein:
Michael is a very active CS member and brings a community informatics  
perspective to the IGF.

Divina Frau-Meigs:
Divina is a WSIS veteran with a solid understanding of the information  
society policy issues. She also brings the important perspectives  
someone concerned with of education, cultural and linguistic  
diversity. Her understanding of UNESCO will also be useful to the  
working group.

Katitza Rodriguez, Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Originally from Peru, Katitza is EFF's International Rights Director.  
Her knowledge on cybersecurity at the intersection of privacy, freedom  
of expression, and copyright enforcement would bring an important  
integral perspective to the working group.

Best,

Valeria Betancourt




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Valeria Betancourt
Directora / Manager
Programa de Políticas de Information y Comunicación / Communication  
and Information Policy Programme
Asociación para el Progreso de las Comunicaciones / Association for
Progressive Communications, APC
http://www.apc.org





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