[governance] Call for Nominations - Brazil committees
anita
anita at itforchange.net
Tue Jan 7 08:17:03 EST 2014
I would also like to strongly support Norbert's candidature
anita
On Tuesday 07 January 2014 02:36 PM, Jean-Louis FULLSACK wrote:
>
> + one for Norbert
>
> with my best wishes for a succesful mandate
>
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
>
>
>
>
> > Message du 07/01/14 08:25
> > De : "Grace Githaiga"
> > A : "governance at lists.igcaucus.org" , "Mawaki Chango"
> > Copie à : "Norbert Bollow" , "Ian Peter" , "Jeremy Malcolm"
> > Objet : RE: [governance] Call for Nominations - Brazil committees
> >
> >
> + 1 for Nobert.
> >
> >
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> CC: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; nb at bollow.ch;
> ian.peter at ianpeter.com; jeremy at ciroap.org
> > From: ecrire at catherine-roy.net
> > Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 18:15:04 -0500
> > To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; kichango at gmail.com
> > Subject: Re: [governance] Call for Nominations - Brazil committees
> >
> >
> I also support Norbert's candidacy.
>
> >
> Cheers,
>
> > --
> Catherine Roy
> www.catherine-roy.net <http://www.catherine-roy.net>
>
> > On 2014-01-06, at 18:01, Mawaki Chango <kichango at gmail.com
> <mailto:kichango at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >
>
> I support Norbert's self-nomination/expression of interest to
> serve on the Executive Committee.
> I am confident he will be a great asset for ensuring the
> inclusion of broader civil society perspectives during the
> agenda setting exercise for the BR meeting.
> Thanks,
>
> >
> Mawaki
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
> >
> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 9:33 PM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch
> <mailto:nb at bollow.ch>> wrote:
> >
>
> Jeremy and Ian and all,
> >
> > this is an expression of interest to serve on the
> Executive Committee
> > for the São Paulo meeting.
> >
> > My chief interest in this context is to contribute to
> ensuring that
> > the agenda setting process for the São Paulo meeting will be
> > sufficiently inclusive of all relevant perspectives: Of
> course a single
> > two-days event that aims to reach a consensus on an
> outcome document
> > cannot productively address a too big range of topics,
> but I would
> > insist that it is critically important to carefully
> ensure that the
> > framing of the discourse on those topics is open enough
> that no kinds
> > of perspectives, especially no civil society
> perspectves, are excluded
> > from the outset.
> >
> > Brief biography: Born in Germany in 1968 and attended
> public schools
> > there; moved to Switzerland in 1985 and studied
> mathematics and physics
> > and some informatics in Zurich. Significant technical
> experience
> > especially with FOSS technologies and standardization
> work. Active in
> > organized civil society processes related to IT and the
> Internet since
> > 2004. Careful to keep the topics of civil society
> engagement separated
> > clearly from the topics of business interests.
> >
> > Relevant experience includes:
> > * Chairmanship of the “Swiss Internet User Group”
> (SIUG), 2006-2009.
> > * Having successfully negotiated, as a civil society
> person, with
> > Microsoft a fix to their patent non-assertion pledge
> regarding OOXML
> > and some other specifications to resolve a potential
> patent threat
> > to GPL-licensed software. (PJ of Groklaw was so
> surprised that she
> > published a picture of a flying pig, in relation to this.)
> > * Chairmanship of the Swiss mirror committee for
> international
> > standards on “Document Description and Processing
> Languages".
> > * Participation in the drafting process for the outcome
> document of
> > the 2013 WSIS+10 review event in Paris.
> > * Having served as a co-coordinator of the IGC for most
> of 2013.
> > * Participated and organized workshops at multiple IGFs.
> This includes
> > successful cooperation with the “focal points” for the
> CSTD Enhanced
> > Cooperation WG for all non-governmental stakeholder
> constituencies to
> > hold a workshop at the Bali IGF on “MS selection
> processes:
> > accountability and transparency” (workshop 127).
> >
> > Greetings,
> > Norbert
> >
> >
> >
> > Am Sun, 22 Dec 2013 15:41:17 +1100
> > schrieb "Ian Peter" <ian.peter at ianpeter.com
> <mailto:ian.peter at ianpeter.com>>:
> >
>
> > > 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 <mailto: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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