[governance] Brief report Re: Civil society representation at WSIS+10 in Paris

[Baudouin Schombe]

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Baudouin


2013/2/20 Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch>

> Dear all
>
> As I mentioned before, Janis Karklins of UNESCO requested Marianne
> Franklin (one of two co-chairs of the Internet Rights and Principles
> Coalition) and myself to suggest speakers for the Paris WSIS+10 main
> sessions to represent civil society. In the absence of any really
> convincing answer to the question of who else should do this :-) we
> have done so.
>
> By necessity my participation in this process was not a formal
> nomination activity of the Caucus, which would have required a NomCom,
> and without a standing NomCom available for any tasks that might come
> up, there was simply not enough time for initiating a NomCom
> process.
>
> First there was the request regarding the opening session, and very
> recently the request regarding the other sessions. In each case a
> reasonably quick response was expected.
>
> I recommend that for future major events, a NomCom should be set up well
> in advance, and it should prepare well in advance with thoughts on
> potential nominees and selection criteria.
>
> For the current WSIS+10 event, a very much ad hoc process was used,
> where I have done my best to take into account the responses to the call
> for expressions of interest that I posted here on the list.
>
> I believe that we have a very good end result:
>
>
> Opening session:
>   Grace Githaiga
>
> "High level" session on Monday afternoon:
>   Anriette Esterhuysen and Michael Gurstein
>
> Closing:
>   Anita Gurumurthy
>
>
> I have also encouraged these civil society representatives to consult
> widely, as per the email message pasted below.
>
> Greetings,
> Norbert
>
>
> --snip------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Janis Karklins <j.karklins at unesco.org> wrote:
>
> > I am writing to you with proposal to take the floor on behalf of the
> > civil society
>
> Dear Anita, Anriette, Grace and Michael (the civil society
> representatives at the plenaries of WSIS+10)
>
> As you probably know, Janis Karklins of UNESCO had requested Marianne
> and myself to suggest speakers for the WSIS+10 main sessions to
> represent civil society. In the absence of any really convincing answer
> to the question of who else should do this :-) we have done so.
>
> Speaking just from my personal perspective right now, I would like to
> encourage all of you to consult widely on what are important points to
> make, using the mailing lists of the Internet Governance Caucus and the
> Internet Rights and Principles coalition and whatever other networks
> you're active in.
>
> Of course if you do that, given the great breadth and diversity of
> civil society, you're going to get more suggestions than you can use,
> and it's of course each panelist's discretion to select which of the
> points you want to mention and which of them you want to specifically
> emphasize and how much you want to add from your personal perspective -
> also taking into account what in your view may have been
> underemphasized by other civil society speakers.
>
> Overall (and I emphasize again that I'm speaking just from my personal
> perspective here), I think that it is particularly important to clearly
> draw attention to important points that have so far been largely
> overlooked or ignored in the IGF process and other WSIS followup
> processes.
>
> Greetings,
> Norbert
>
>
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