[governance] Call for Nominations - Brazil committees

Jeanette Hofmann jeanette at wzb.eu
Fri Jan 3 07:54:06 EST 2014 

So do I. jeanette

Am 03.01.14 12:30, schrieb Suresh Ramasubramanian:
> I second Adam's nomination
>
> Adam Peake [03/01/14 20:23 +0900]:
>> Hi Ian, all.
>>
>> I'm putting my name forward for consideration as a civil society
>> representative on the Multi-stakeholder Executive Committee (EC).
>>
>> I hope my experience satisfies most of the criteria including the
>> additional:
>>
>> 7.      Includes perspectives/representation of groups typically
>> under-represented in global IG processes
>>
>> I was coordinator of the IGC during the Tunis phase of WSIS and along
>> with my colleagues was able to successfully bring a broad range of CS
>> points of view into the process that eventually saw the creation of
>> the IGF.  Easier times as we had the WSIS civil society plenary list
>> and "family" to reach out to, but it still took hard work.  I was a
>> member of the MAG for the first two years of the IGF.  In both these
>> roles I hope people will remember that I consulted widely, reported
>> regularly and tried to be fair when representing the views of others,
>> whether I shared those views or not.
>>
>> I am experienced in working with other stakeholder groups, and am able
>> to persuade others of CS positions; WSIS Tunis and the first two years
>> of MAG are testament to that.
>>
>> As a volunteer in IGF and ICANN activities, as well as my professional
>> work and teaching, I know Internet governance issues well, have a very
>> good understanding of CS positions and also the positions of other
>> stakeholders.
>>
>> I live and work in Japan, but my experience of working on Internet
>> governance/policy is much broader; example I have been involved in
>> organizing and supporting the East Africa IGF (2008, '09, '10) and
>> Asia Pacific regional IGF.
>>
>> I have been a consultant for the IGF Secretariat at five IGF
>> meetings.  I understand the complexities of organizing the agendas of
>> multi-stakeholder processes, and something of the diplomatic
>> necessities.  I've had experience doing many of the tasks the EC will
>> be expected to do.  I am experienced at working at the senior level
>> required.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
>> Adam Peake is a senior researcher at the Center for Global
>> Communications (GLOCOM), International University of Japan. He works
>> on telecommunications, Internet and broadband policy.  Adam has been
>> active in policy-making activities for the deployment and development
>> of the Internet since the mid-1990s.  He is an expert on the
>> development and deployment of the broadband networks, services and
>> applications in Japan, and has conducted numerous studies for Japanese
>> corporate clients on telecommunications/Internet/ICTs in the United
>> States, Europe, Africa and Asia.  Adam teaches a short course on
>> Internet policy for MBA students at the International University of
>> Japan (IUJ).  Full CV on request.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 3, 2014, at 6:35 AM, Ian Peter wrote:
>>
>>> Just a reminder re this – nominations close midnight UTC January 7.
>>>
>>> From: Ian Peter
>>> Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2013 3:41 PM
>>> To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
>>> Subject: [governance] Call for Nominations - Brazil committees
>>>
>>> This is a call for nominations to represent civil society on planning
>>> committees in preparations for the “Global Multistakeholder Meeting
>>> on Internet Governance”, to be held in Sao Paulo Brazil on April 23
>>> and 24 2014.
>>>
>>>
>>> • Committee No. 1:  Multistakeholder High­Level Committee (HLC)
>>>
>>> This committee will set the high ­level political tone and objectives
>>> of the
>>> conference.  Committee members will engage on a global level with
>>> stakeholders to
>>> encourage participation in the conference and maximize its chances of
>>> success.
>>>
>>> This committee will include 4 civil society representatives.
>>>
>>> • Committee No. 3:  Multistakeholder Executive Committee (EC)
>>>
>>> This committee owns the full responsibility of organizing the event,
>>> including: defining
>>> conference purpose/agenda, managing invitations, organizing input
>>> received into a coherent set of proposals for the conferees to
>>> address, managing conference proceedings and process, and directing
>>> all communications activities pre/­during/­post conference.  This
>>> committee will include 2 civil society representatives
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The deadline for submitting expressions of interest is midnight UTC 7
>>> January 2014.
>>>
>>> If you are interested, you are invited to send a brief biography and
>>> a statement of relevant background and experience in response to this
>>> topic, or if you would prefer, you can send it to
>>> ian.peter at ianpeter.com (pending the appointment of a replacement IGC
>>> representative on the co-ordination group). At the closing date for
>>> nominations, nominations submitted to various civil society networks
>>> will be compiled and assessed by the Civil Society Co ordination Group.
>>>
>>> Please indicate clearly at the beginning of your application whether
>>> it is for the High Level Committee (HLC) or Executive Committee (EC)
>>> or both.
>>>
>>>
>>> CRITERIA
>>>
>>> The following factors (among others) will be used to assess the
>>> suitability of candidates
>>>
>>> 1.      Able to represent civil society as a whole, not just your
>>> individual civil society organisation(s)
>>> 2.      Able to work collegiately with other stakeholder groups in a
>>> multistakeholder setting
>>> 3.      Able to consult widely with civil society groups and to
>>> report back as the process progresses
>>> 4.      Ability to represent civil society at a senior level in these
>>> discussions
>>> 5.      Broad knowledge of internet governance issues and the range
>>> of civil society perspectives on these issues
>>> 6.      Capacity to participate assertively and creatively
>>>
>>> Explanation of process
>>>
>>> The civil society coordinating group is a loose peak body that came
>>> together this year to facilitate joint civil society participation in
>>> several nominating processes.  It currently comprises persons from
>>> the most active civil society coalitions or networks in the Internet
>>> governance space, which in no particular order are the Internet
>>> Governance Caucus, Diplo Foundation, Best Bits, the Non Commercial
>>> Stakeholder Group of ICANN, and the Association for Progressive
>>> Communications.  The current liaisons are Virginia Paque, Jeremy
>>> Malcolm, Robin Gross and Chat Garcia Ramilo, with Ian Peter as an
>>> independent facilitator.  Its current composition is imperfect - the
>>> boundary between an organisation and network is grey, and so is the
>>> scope of "Internet governance".  In particular, we are reaching out
>>> to other civil society networks to further broaden the inclusiveness
>>> of the group and have developed a draft set of criteria to assist in
>>> this process.
>>>
>>> Likewise, the process for gathering and reaching consensus is also a
>>> work in progress, but progressive improvements to the process have
>>> been put in place since the group's first nomination.  These
>>> improvements include refinement of criteria for each member network
>>> to consider when putting forward names for consideration.  Other
>>> suggested changes to the process, such as the use of a
>>> randomly-selected nominating committee, have not met with consensual
>>> support from within the group and so have not been adopted for this
>>> nomination.  However, the coordinating group welcomes other
>>> suggestions for improvement of the joint process.
>>>
>>> Ian Peter
>>>
>>>
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