[governance] Re: [nomcom] Re: APC's Application

Thu Feb 23 18:17:02 EST 2012

Dear colleagues

I would like to clarify the following with regard to APC's MAG
nominations to the IGC NomCom.

1.  APC submitted our names for consideration by the IGC nomcom on 20
January in the template provided by the Secretariat, addressed to
jam at jacquelinemorris.com. We did not receive a bounce of any kind and
assumed our names were received.

2. After the NomCom published their selection on 1 February we wrote
again to ask for confirmation that our names were received as only one
of the names we proposed made it onto the list and we new that person
had also been nominated by someone else. We were not questioning
the NomCom process, we just wanted to check that all our names were
considered.

3. Sala responded on 2 February to say we would need to wait for the
NomCom report.

4. When the report was published on 15 February we noted that our names
were not in the pool of names considered and we asked for clarification.
We have still not received an explanation for why our names were not in
the pool considered by the NomCom.

We want to make it clear that:

* APC did not question or criticize the NomCom process, we just wanted
to know why the APC names were not considered, or, if it was just a case
of a technical/spam issue resulting in the message not being received.

* We did not ask the IGC at any time to endorse our names or forward
them to the Secretariat.

* We appreciate the IGC NomCom's offer to reopen the process but, as we
said already, we feel this would not be fair to the current IGC
nominees. We have in any case already sent our names directly to the
Secretariat.

Anriette Esterhuysen

> 
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 5:32 AM, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:
>> Sala,
>>
>> It’s not improper for the IGC to support nominees submitted by other
>> organisations, or positions advocated by other organisations. The Nomcom is
>> only responsible for submitting and deciding on IGC nominees – I am not
>> suggesting at all that we change that or add additional names to IGC
>> nominations. I agree that would be improper. However I don’t see why we
>> shouldn’t express support for nominees of other organisations.
>>
>> The only reason we are discussing this at all is because of some sort of
>> administrative stuff up that I don’t understand yet.  I appreciate that the
>> Nomcom has attempted to make amends at the last moment but the simple fact
>> is that due to some process issue some very good names were not considered.
>>
>> Those good names of civil society people have been forwarded anyway. I think
>> it is proper to indicate to the powers that be that we are supportive of
>> those names being considered in addition to those IGC submitted,
>> particularly in the circumstance where the number of names submitted by IGC
>> is less than the number of vacancies that are out there to be filled.
>>
>> Ian
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro" <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:11:43 +1200
>> To: Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com>
>> Cc: <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>, Thomas Lowenhaupt
>> <toml at communisphere.com>, Valeria Betancourt <valeriab at apc.org>,
>> <nomcom at lists.igcaucus.org>, Jacqueline Morris <jam at jacquelinemorris.com>,
>> shaila mistry <shailam at yahoo.com>, Anriette Esterhuysen <anriette at apc.org>
>> Subject: Re: [governance] Re: [nomcom] Re: APC's Application
>>
>>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> The selection is purely something for the NomCom to do without interference
>> from any of us. Hence the decision to review or add names must be their
>> decision solely and this is to preserve some level of independence. Once the
>> NomCom makes the selection, the recommendations are then put forward by the
>> IGC through the coordinators the Secretariat. In this case, one of the
>> Coordinators is a nominee nad has recused himself from dealing with this
>> administrative issue.
>>
>> For the IGC to indicate to the Secretariat support of APC's list of Nominees
>> would be improper unless the APC list was within the basket of nominees that
>> they were considering and decide on their own accord that they accept the
>> candidates and list them with other nominees. In this instance, APC has
>> withdrawn its list of candidates from the NomCom and the NomCom should only
>> review the list of candidates within its current basket.
>>
>> Yes I agree that when the air is clearer, we can then discuss ways we can
>> improve the processes etc.
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:
>>
>> All,
>>
>> As a quick way to deal with this, can the coordinators write to the relevant
>> UN authority and express that, in addition to the names submitted, IGC is
>> also supportive of the names submitted by APC? I think most people on this
>> list would support such an action.
>>
>> (When the air is clearer I think there are a few things we need to learn
>> from the issues that arose with this years Nomcom and a few matters that
>> need further clarification. But for now, it would be good if IGC expressed
>> support for the APC nominees. That’s an IGC decision, not a Nomcom one, and
>> may be our easiest path forward in the circumstances.)
>>
>>
>> Ian Peter
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Thomas Lowenhaupt <toml at communisphere.com
>> <http://toml@communisphere.com> >
>> Reply-To: <governance at lists.igcaucus.org
>> <http://governance@lists.igcaucus.org> >, Thomas Lowenhaupt
>> <toml at communisphere.com <http://toml@communisphere.com> >
>>
>> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:41:52 -0500
>> To: Valeria Betancourt <valeriab at apc.org <http://valeriab@apc.org> >
>> Cc: "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro" <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com
>> <http://salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com> >, <nomcom at lists.igcaucus.org
>> <http://nomcom@lists.igcaucus.org> >, Jacqueline Morris
>> <jam at jacquelinemorris.com <http://jam@jacquelinemorris.com> >, shaila mistry
>> <shailam at yahoo.com <http://shailam@yahoo.com> >, Anriette Esterhuysen
>> <anriette at apc.org <http://anriette@apc.org> >,
>> <governance at lists.igcaucus.org <http://governance@lists.igcaucus.org> >
>>
>> Subject: [governance] Re: [nomcom] Re: APC's Application
>>
>>
>>    All,
>>
>>  The NomCom has been discussing adding APC names to the list to be
>> submitted, and not subtracting those whom we had already selected, agreeing
>> this would be unkind and unfair.
>>
>>  If this agreeable, let us know.
>>
>>  Best,
>>
>>  Tom Lowenhaupt
>>
>>  On 2/22/2012 10:28 AM, Valeria Betancourt wrote:
>>
>>
>> Dear Sala and members of the IGC NomCom,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Given that APC's nominations for the MAG has been forwarded for the IGC
>> NomCom for consideration, we would like to express that while we regret that
>> the NomCom did not consider the names submitted by the APC in the first
>> phase of the process, we would rather not have the process reopened as this
>> is not fair to the current list of nominees.  We have submitted our names
>> directly to the Secretariat.  We do hope that the IGC can clarify its
>> procedures in the future.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Valeria
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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