[governance] Call for Nominations - Brazil committees
Ken Stubbs
kstubbs at afilias.info
Fri Jan 3 09:02:02 EST 2014
I fully support Adam
Ken Stubbs
"Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" <wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de> wrote:
>Adam has my full support
>
>wolfgang
>
>
>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>Von: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org im Auftrag von William Drake
>Gesendet: Fr 03.01.2014 14:17
>An: Governance
>Betreff: Re: [governance] Call for Nominations - Brazil committees
>
>Agree, Adam would be a perfect fit for the Multistakeholder Executive
>Committee.
>
>Bill
>
>On Jan 3, 2014, at 1:54 PM, Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette at wzb.eu> wrote:
>
>> 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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>William J. Drake
>International Fellow & Lecturer
> Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ
> University of Zurich, Switzerland
>Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency,
> ICANN, www.ncuc.org
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