[governance] Re: [bestbits] Letters from Indian Civil Society organisations to the Chair of NetMundial regarding appointment of civil society co-chair

[parminder]

I wonder if civil society groups have any response to the below...

this issue was first brought to the notice to global civil society 
groups a few weeks back when almost all civil society organisations from 
India wrote a letter against appointment of Subi as co chair of 
NetMundial... It was most disappointing to face a stony silence from the 
global networks with regard to that representation, which is indeed 
disrespectful of the Indian civil society.

Now, we have a newspaper report 
<http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/executive-of-telecom-giant-that-aided-nsa-spying-is-on-india-s-cyber-security-panel/article1-1205483.aspx> 
which not only produces evidence of plagiarism against Subi but , much 
more importantly, also shows clearly who is behind her installation as 
NetMundial Co chair - the US big business. And still no response.

May I request the IGC co-cos to take up this issue. And also 1Net 
steering committee members, and civil society members of the executive 
committee and high level committee.

At least please respond to the issue.

  If civil society reps wont respond to this issue, I am not sure what 
they would respond to, and in which manner they then 'represent' civil 
society... Here there is practically the entire Indian civil society 
involved in IG writing a representation, about issues that are now 
further exacerbated by the news report 
<http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/executive-of-telecom-giant-that-aided-nsa-spying-is-on-india-s-cyber-security-panel/article1-1205483.aspx> 
in a top national daily of India. And we find no visible support.

Thanks

parminder

On Tuesday 08 April 2014 11:31 PM, Rishab Bailey wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Further to the letter from Indian civil society groups to the Chair of 
> NetMundial (regarding the appointment of the civil society co-chair 
> for the meeting), please find attached:
>
> (a) the original letter from members of Indian civil society to Prof. 
> Virgilio Almeida,
> (b) follow up email from members of Indian civil society to Prof. 
> Virgilio Almeida;
> (b) response of Prof. Almeida to Indian civil society groups.
>
> Also do note a recent article published in a leading Indian newspaper 
> giving some of the context behind this: 
> http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/executive-of-telecom-giant-that-aided-nsa-spying-is-on-india-s-cyber-security-panel/article1-1205483.aspx 
>
>
> Two of the documents referred to in the above article (concerning 
> plagiarism charges) are also attached to this email.
>
> Regards,
> Rishab Bailey
> (for the Society for Knowledge Commons, India)

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