[governance] Call for nominations for Civil Society representation on the IGF's MAG

Thu Sep 18 16:38:49 EDT 2014

Dear all,

Following our notice and call for comments posted here on Sept 12 (below
for your reference), here is the formal call for nominations for civil
society representatives for the IGF Multistakeholder Advisory group (MAG).

This nomination process in 2014 will be run across several civil society
coalitions, including Best Bits, IGC, APC, Diplo, NCSG, and Just Net
Coalition, who together comprise the Civil Society Coordination Group. You
are welcome to nominate through any of the above individual coalitions.
Nominations close on Tuesday, September 30, 2014.

If you wish to nominate via IGC, or you have been nominated and wish to
accept, please do so either on list or by email to kichango at gmail.com (by
reply to this email or in a new email with 'MAG nomination' in the subject
line.)

Please include in your nomination the nominee's name, country of residence,
country of nationality, and gender. Please also specifically address each
of the selection criteria below, giving us examples and evidence of how the
nominee meets each of the individual selection criteria.

CRITERIA

* Past record of active engagement as part of civil society groups working
on internet governance issues, acting or speaking out assertively on behalf
of public interest concerns.

* Willingness and commitment to consult with and report back to CS networks
(including beyond those focused on internet governance where appropriate) on
MAG discussions.

* Previous attendee at IGF at a global or regional level.

* Willing, available and able to participate effectively and constructively
in the MAG deliberations.

Existing MAG members seeking CSCG endorsement should also follow this
process.

Nominations must close on Tuesday, September 30. The list of candidates
endorsed by CSCG will be published no later than October 16.

More about the IGF and the MAG can be obtained from www.intgovforum.org
Best regards,
Mawaki
IGC Co-coordinator

On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Mawaki Chango <kichango at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> Folks, this is a lengthy message requesting your feedback as regards
> Internet Governance Forum Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) nominations
> and the role that the Internet Governance Civil Society Co ordination Group
> (CSCG) might play.
>
> The history that led to this has been that, in the past various, civil
> society groups have nominated separately, with the result being that the
> Secretariat made its own decisions, including in some cases people with no
> active involvement with the civil society groups. Last year for the first
> time we were able to achieve a degree of cross-endorsements between our
> groups, but this was still confusing to the IGF Secretariat. To remedy
> this, we are looking this year for the first time to have a more
> comprehensive civil-society endorsement process for candidates.
>
> In this respect, we expect to issue a call for candidates next Thursday
> (September 18). In the meantime, as we finalise this approach, your
> comments are sought on the following.
>
>
>
> TIMETABLE
>
>
>
> The draft timetable is as follows. Bear in mind that each coalition member
> will be calling for its own nominations which will be collated with others
> at a later stage
>
> Thurs, Sep 18 - release call for nominations and final selection criteria
>
>
>
> Tues, September 30 - close of nominations
>
>
>
> October 1-3 - collation of nominations and shortlisting from various
> coalitions
>
>
>
> October 4- 14 - completion of selections and publication of names to lists
>
>
>
> October 16 - forwarding names to IGF Secretariat.
>
>
>
>
>
> Your comments on this are welcome.
>
> PROCEDURES
>
> The draft procedures follow. These are still being refined within CSCG,
> but your input is welcome.
>
>
>
> The role of CSCG is to ensure a co-ordinated civil society response and
> conduit when it comes to making civil society appointments to outside
> bodies.
>
>
>
> The following is the procedure which CSCG follows when a request for civil
> society appointments is received.
>
>
>
> 1.       CSCG may be involved in nominations when requested to do so by
> either one
> of its members or by an outside organisation requesting CS involvement.
> When
> such a request is received, CSCG will clarify what has been requested and,
> in
> a case where CS already has representation, consult with existing
> representatives in clarifying the involvement required.
>
> 2.       CSCG will not be involved in any appointments of CS
> representatives if more than 35% of its coalition members determine not to
> be involved in the process, or where the number with a clear determination
> to be involved does not exceed those expressing a wish not to be involved.
> (Others may have a neutral or undecided stance) Where coalition members
> choose not to be involved and a decision to proceed is made, their decision
> to do so will be announced (if they so wish) as part of any announcement of
> chosen representatives. The decision to be involved or not is the primary
> responsibility of each constituency.
>
> 3.       Any CSCG member who wishes to be eligible for selection as part
> of any process must announce that intention before a call for candidates is
> announced, and may nominate another representative of their coalition to
> take their place on the Nomcom.
>
> 4.       CSCG as a whole will determine selection criteria for any
> appointments and announce them as part of a call for candidates.
>
> 5.       CSCG will determine and manage a timetable for the process.
>
> 6.       A separate CSCG mailing list will be established for each
> nomination process.
>
> 7.       Unless otherwise determined by CSCG members, each coalition will
> issue its own call for candidates, and forward appropriate names to CSCG at
> the nominated close of nominations. Coalitions are at liberty to shortlist
> their own candidates and only submit appropriate names, or to forward all
> names received
>
> 8.       Where time permits and as appropriate, candidates may be asked
> to address selection criteria in their nominations.
>
> 9.       The CSCG Nomcom will consist of all voting members and the non
> voting chair, with the exception of representatives of coalitions who
> choose not to participate in a particular process.
>
> 10.   The Nomcom in making its decisions should determine appropriate
> procedures to arrive at a final decision. But unless circumstances suggest
> otherwise, it is suggested that selection should begin with a shortlisting
> process, which will assist in identifying most favoured candidates and
> which candidates should be examined more closely. Following from
> shortlisting, which is a guide only and not an indication of which
> candidates should be selected,  Nomcom members will arrive at the final
> candidates list, using on line exchanges and if necessary conference
> linkups to determine the final slates.
>
> 11.   All members of the Nomcom are required to consider the interests of
> civil society as a whole, and not just their own coalition, in determining
> appropriate representatives
>
> 12.   All Nomcoms will take into account geographic and gender balance in
> determining their final selections, while considering also the need for
> the breadth of viewpoints/worldviews represented within civil society to be
> represented.  While realising that complete balance will not be able to
> be achieved in every individual instance. CSCG members are requested to
> take into account any such deficits in balances in previous CSCG decisions
> in making selections, with an objective of achieving balance over a period
> of time which may not be achievable in every particular case.
>
> 13.   The records of each Nomcom will be destroyed six months after the
> process is completed.
>
>
>
>
>
> SELECTION CRITERIA
>
> The following are suggested selection criteria for MAG for your comments
> (see also comments above re achieving balance across the slate of
> candidates)
>
>
>
> 1.       Past record of active engagement as part of civil society groups
> working on internet governance issues
>
> 2.       Consultative style
>
> 3.       Previous attendee at IGF
>
> 4.       Able to work constructively with other stakeholder groups
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> A period for comments and suggestions is now open. A call for candidates
> will be issued on Thursday, September 18.
>
>
>
> Ian Peter
>
> (Independent Chair, CSCG)
>
>
>
> CSCG members are:
>
> Association for Progressive Communications,  represented by Chat Garcia
> Ramilo, Deputy Executive Director
>
> Best Bits, represented by Jeremy Malcolm, Steering Committee member
>
> Civicus, represented by Mandeep Tiwana, Head of Policy and Research
>
> Diplo Foundation,  represented by Ginger (Virginia) Paque,  Internet
> Governance Programmes
>
> Just Net Coalition, represented by Norbert Bollow, Co-convenor
>
> Internet Governance Caucus, represented by Dr Mawaki Chango, Co-Coordinator
>
> The Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group, (NCSG) represented by Robin Gross,
> NCSG Executive Committee
>
>
>
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