[governance] Call for Nominations - Brazil committees

Lee W McKnight lmcknigh at syr.edu
Sun Jan 5 20:27:09 EST 2014 

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Subject: Re: [governance] Call for Nominations - Brazil committees

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Norbert Klein



On 1/3/2014 7:54 PM, Jeanette Hofmann 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
Thanks for this.

>>>
>>> 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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