[governance] CSCG membership - comments sought

[Ian Peter]

Hi Louis,

I  have no particular organisations, coalitions or persons in mind.  But there are a lot of very impressive people and organisations around the civil society groups, and in affiliated organisations which are not purely civil society (eg Diplo, dynamic coalitions etc).

So no, no particular people or organisations in mind at all – and in any case any decision on who would might be added to CSCG would not be mine. More it’s the idea that we might be more effective and more representative if some additional members were added that I wanted to get feedback on.

Ian

From: Louis Pouzin (well) 
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 2:16 PM
To: Ian Peter 
Cc: governance at lists.igcaucus.org 
Subject: Re: [governance] CSCG membership - comments sought

Hi Ian,

Do you have in mind some large CS coalitions that could be an effective increment to the CSCG ?
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Best. Louis.
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On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 12:17 AM, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:


  I am writing this, purely as an individual, to get some feeling for how civil society members feel about expanding the membership of the Civil Society Coordination Group (CSCG).

  CSCG was established a few years ago as a conduit for the selection of civil society members to outside bodies. In the last 12 months, it has been successful in being recognised by bodies such as IGF, UNDESA, 1Net, and NMI. In particular, in last years MAG nominations, we were able to get significantly better representation than in previous years.

  There is no thought to expand the limited and specific scope of what CSCG does; it’s mission is purely to work on selection of civil society members to outside bodies. But there has been discussions since its inception about its make up and how that might evolve.

  The current members of CSCG are NCSG, Best Bits, Just Net Coalition, IGC, and APC – all large coalitions of civil society groups and individuals, and all represented by busy individuals. Until recently, Diplo Foundation was also a member; however, while still very supportive of CSCG, they felt that, as they were not a civil society specific organisation nor a coalition, perhaps their membership was not appropriate as an organisation.

  My own role is as an independent chair for a fixed term. I am happy to continue facilitating processes where civil society representatives need to be chosen for outside bodies, but I am not in a position to carry out other tasks that would be useful for CSCG at this time – getting together a simple charter, a web presence, etc.

  It is these issues, plus the more overall question as to how we can best represent the diversity of civil society voices, that lead me to suggest that perhaps the group should be expanded to include say 2-3 individuals well respected people actively involved with civil society networks and organisations.

  I am interested in what people think of this idea. On the one hand, it would move CSCG away from the pure “coalition of coalitions” model; but on the other hand, it would allow the involvement of other organisations and individuals.

  Comments please. There are differing opinions within CSCG about this, I am interested in a wider consultation to see what the broader group thinks.

  If there was broad support for moving in this direction, I would imagine CSCG would conduct an Expressions of Interest (EOI) process to identify interested parties.

  Feel free to copy to other lists – but as I might not read them perhaps copy any suggestions back here or send to me directly.

  Ian Peter


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