[governance] Call for Nominations - Brazil committees

Kabani kabani.asif at gmail.com
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On 6 January 2014 10:02, Fatima Cambronero <fatimacambronero at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi All,
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> I also support Adam's nomination.
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> Fatima
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> 2014/1/5 Lee W McKnight <lmcknigh at syr.edu>
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>> +1
>> ________________________________________
>> From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [
>> governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] on behalf of Norbert Klein [
>> nhklein at gmx.net]
>> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2014 8:09 PM
>> To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
>> Subject: Re: [governance] Call for Nominations - Brazil committees
>>
>> +1
>>
>> Norbert Klein
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>>
>> 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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