[governance] Preliminary List of Nominees for the 2013 MAG - REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION

parminder parminder at itforchange.net
Wed Jan 16 22:21:05 EST 2013 

On Wednesday 16 January 2013 06:14 PM, William Drake wrote:
> Hi
>
> Parminder you are right, I was reporting what I was told but had not looked again at DESA statement.  I would think that in saying SGs can resubmit the names of current MAG members for "re-election," they're saying that those who might normally be subject to rotation based on length of service might be retained anyway if a SG expresses continuing support for them (as we know there are people who've been on MAG since the beginning).  I would not think that the statement means, e.g., that people who were just put on the MAG in the last cycle and hence wouldn't be subject to rotation based on length of service need to be re-endorsed.

I see the UNDESA statement to mean that existing candidates also be 
renominated, in the sense of, using your term, being re-certified. It is 
well known that the MAG is freshly appointed every year, all its 
members. While there is an unwritten consensus that the number of years 
that any MAG member serves should be limited to three, this cannot be 
taken to mean that MAG members are appointed for a term of three years. 
They are appointed for one year at a time. Normally there should  be no 
reason not to allow any member to do 3 years in a row, which kind of 
consistency has its value. However, it is obviously possible that due to 
whatever reasons any MAG member may not be reappointed after one or two 
year term.

Now, renomination of MAG members should be a decision coming mostly from 
the stakeholder community that s/he represents. It certainly serves 
civil society to undertake a process of specifically renewing (or not) 
the nomination of any of the MAG members nominated by it. Such a process 
builds in accountability, a key civil society value.

To repeat. I have nothing against any existing member, and I am almost 
100 percent sure that all of them will be reconfirmed. But this is a 
specific decision that the nomcom should take on merit. And a regular 
process of always doing such 'recertifying' should become established in 
the IGC.

(By the way, decertifying should extend not to just 1 year old MAG 
members but to all extant IGC nominated members. For instance, the LAC 
IG Caucus has done the right thing in renominating some names. )

> <snip>
>
> In either scenario, I would think Adam's solution is a sensible way to get this done promptly and focus the noncom's effort on what really needs doing.

I do however find it rather odd that an existing IGC nominated MAG 
member should insist that either the matter of recertifying  not be 
taken up at all, or that noncom simple issues a blanket endorsement 
without at all going into the merit of the case, that too without 
appending any disclaimer :).

parminder

>
> On Jan 16, 2013, at 12:14 PM, Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> It says "Can..."
>>
>> So rather than doing something that as Bill says just makes DESA's job
>> harder, how about asking the NomCom to come up with five new names,
>> and in add a covering note saying we support the continuation of the
>> CS members selected in May 2012 (I think three we proposed, Izumi,
>> Bill and Lillian were selected from the names the NomCom selected in
>> 2012, and apologies if I missed anyone).  An endorsement.  And ask
>> that in their next full year they each report back (or they could
>> coordinate and one report back).
>>
>> Seems the MAGs not been too busy.  But would be very good if the
>> digest of MAG mailing list
>> <http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/magabout/110-magdigest> could be
>> updated again.
> Well, debate is starting again on the interim chair position, but until the various SGs complete their own internal off line dialogues and express their preferences (due the 20th) it will be relatively slow…
>
> Bill
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 7:27 PM, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:
>>> On Tuesday 15 January 2013 09:31 PM, William Drake wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>
>>> Put all that together, and the recommendation was: come up with like five
>>> new names that are not already on the MAG.  Names on a smaller list have a
>>> higher probability of being viewed as strongly supported and eventually
>>> picked than names on a big long list.
>>>
>>> The noncom's task will be easier if you skip adding steps DESA didn't ask
>>> for like re-certifying extant members, and work off a shorter list with new
>>> names…
>>>
>>>
>>> However the fact is that DESA did ask for, to use your words 're-certifying
>>> extant members',
>>>
>>> Below is an excerpt from the call for renewal (
>>> http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/121-preparatory-process/1264-announcement-on-the-mag-
>>> )
>>>
>>> "As in previous years, stakeholder groups can resubmit the names of current
>>> MAG members for re-election......"
>>>
>>> This to me is clearly asking for recertifying extant members. And I think it
>>> is a healthy practice.... Not that I have anything against any extant
>>> member.
>>>
>>> Accordingly, I think extant members, on their own nomination or of other
>>> people, should also be considered for nomination, as is the express desire
>>> of UNDESA. And this has always been the practice.
>>>
>>> parminder
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 15, 2013, at 7:32 AM, Thomas Lowenhaupt <toml at communisphere.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> IGC List Members,
>>>
>>> The below 36 people have been self nominated or were nominated by another
>>> IGC member to be on the 2013 MAG (the Internet Governance Forum's
>>> Multistakeholder Advisory Group).
>>>
>>> It's a far larger list than any previous one with which I am familiar. And
>>> the Nominating Committee has very little time to make a selection.
>>>
>>> So that we may properly review all eligible candidates, the Nominating
>>> Committee would greatly appreciate your addressing the following as soon as
>>> practicable.
>>>
>>> If you are not on this list and were inadvertently left off, please inform
>>> the NomCom immediately.
>>> If you are on the list and wish to be removed - that is, you do not wish to
>>> serve on the 2013 MAG - please inform the NomCom as soon as possible.
>>> Those indicating an interest in serving on the MAG and wishing to send
>>> supporting documents, or having others send supporting documents to their
>>> nominations, should assure their arrival by c.o.b. Thursday.  This is
>>> extremely tight but we must have the final decision completed by Saturday
>>> with nominations to IGF by January 21.
>>>
>>> The preliminary full list of nominees are:
>>>
>>> Anriette Esterhuysen
>>> Baudouin SCHOMBE
>>> Brenden Kuerbis
>>> Chaitanya Dhareshwar
>>> Cheryl Langdon-Orr
>>> Excel Asama Abel
>>> Fatima Cambronero
>>> Fouad Bajwa
>>> Francis Augusto Medeiros
>>> Gideon Rop
>>> Ginger Paque
>>> Graciela Selaimen
>>> Hempal Shrestha
>>> Imran Ahmed  Shah
>>> Izumi Aizu
>>> Jamil Goheer
>>> Jean-Yves Gatete
>>> Jeremy Malcolm
>>> Joao Carlos Caribe
>>> José Félix Arias Ynche
>>> Jose Francisco Callo Romero
>>> Juan Manuel  Rojas
>>> Karim ATTOUMANI MOHAMED
>>> Kossi AMESSINOU
>>> Michael Gurstein
>>> Mohamed Zahran
>>> Mohamed Tijani BEN JEMAA
>>> Robert  Guerra
>>> Robin Cross
>>> Rudi Vansnick
>>> Shahid Akbar
>>> Shaila Mistry
>>> Sonigitu Ekpe
>>> Susan Chalmers
>>> Tijani BEN JEMAA
>>> Tim  McGinnis
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Thomas Lowenhaupt, Non-voting chair
>>> The Nominating Committee
>>>
>>> Voting Members of the NomCom:
>>>
>>> Wilson Abigaba
>>> Shahid Akbar
>>> Devon Blake
>>> Dixie Hawtin
>>> Asif Kabani
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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