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

Thu Feb 23 18:21:14 EST 2012

Dear Anriette,

Thank you for your email and the clarifications. I had sent a message
offline that the NomCom had indicated that they would address it in their
report. I wish the APC candidates well in the selection process.

Kind Regards,
Sala

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Anriette Esterhuysen <anriette at apc.org>wrote:

> 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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