[governance] [bestbits] CSCG nominations for civil society speakers at IGF
Anja Kovacs
anja at internetdemocracy.in
Sun Nov 1 01:05:11 EST 2015
Fabulous choices! Congratulations to both, I too am proud and happy to be
represented by you.
Warmly,
Anja
On 1 November 2015 at 09:29, Mike Baak <mikedbaak at gmail.com> wrote:
> I see arguments for both sides. Usually, the opening ceremony is the
> event regarded as the primary event to set up the whole tone of the meeting
> and send out powerful message. However, if CS people are going to be
> presented for this 2015 IGF's closing ceremony (and I assume CS ppl will
> not make speeches during the opening ceremony), then strategically it'd be
> better to have a Brazilian at the closing ceremony to tie the CS's
> arguments into the Brazilian national situation.
>
> And it also depends on the local culture, I guess.
>
>
> Thank you,
> Michael Baak
>
> International Policy Fellow, Public Knowledge
> J.D., Cornell Law School
>
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 6:44 PM, Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette at wzb.eu> wrote:
>
>> Hi Carolina,
>>
>> why would the closing ceremony be the better choice? Isn't better for
>> Joana to speak at the opening ceremony when national politicians and the
>> press are around?
>>
>> Jeanette
>>
>>
>> Am 31.10.15 um 18:31 schrieb Carolina Rossini:
>>
>>> Good that you sent an updated bio Jo, I was about to do that when I saw
>>> Ian's email.
>>>
>>> I am very happy about the nominations, but I would invert the order of
>>> possible. Having a Brazilian at the end, as we had Grace and Burcu as CS
>>> for closing ceremony, is VERY important politically.
>>>
>>> Not just for CS, but actually more as a opportunity to have the closing
>>> speech also refer to national issues and ask specific commitments from
>>> the Brazilian policy makers there. As Joana is incredible aware, since
>>> she is deeply involved in the discussions, folks are trying to
>>> puncture Marco Civil and cut back on other digital rights in Brazil...
>>> We - the digital rights community - lost a lot of attention due to all
>>> the political corruption that has take over all the media attention.
>>>
>>> We need to have Joana - as a Brasilian - putting the "country" against
>>> the wall in front of everybody. And I feel the closing ceremony is
>>> better for that purpose.
>>>
>>> I am saying all this without having spoken with Joana. So, I am not sure
>>> if she is available.
>>>
>>> But I wanted to make sure to leave my opinion on this issue.
>>>
>>> C
>>>
>>> On Friday, October 30, 2015, <joana at varonferraz.com
>>> <mailto:joana at varonferraz.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks, Ian and everyone!
>>>
>>> I cannot express how honored I'm for this nomination. I hope I can
>>> respond to the task with the bright it entails.
>>>
>>> As soon as nomination is confirmed I will share a pad for people to
>>> bring inputs. Will already be dreaming with some insights.
>>>
>>> Just a correction in my institutional presentation as I'm not CTS
>>> for more then 1 and half year now :):
>>>
>>> I'm founder director and creative chaos catalyst of Coding Rights, a
>>> women lead think-and-do tank with the mission to bring hackers,
>>> geeks, artists, researchers and activists together to protect,
>>> promote and mainstream digital rights and empower women on ICTs.
>>> More on @codingrights or codingrights.org <http://codingrights.org>
>>> (still temporary work in progress)
>>>
>>> Thank you once again and have safe travels to João Pessoa. We will
>>> be waiting for you all to cheer with caipirinhas or fresh coconut
>>> water.
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> Joana
>>>
>>> On 30 Oct 2015 17:36, Lea Kaspar <lea at gp-digital.org
>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','lea at gp-digital.org');>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Congratulations to both, proud to be represented by these women.
>>>
>>> Many thanks to the CSCG for their work - excellent choices.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>> Lea
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 7:15 PM, Ian Peter
>>> <ian.peter at ianpeter.com
>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ian.peter at ianpeter.com');>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Below are the two nominations from Civil Society
>>> Coordination Group for speakers for this years IGF opening
>>> and closing ceremonies. They were chosen from a field of 20
>>> names submitted from various civil society coalitions, and
>>> have been forwarded to the IGF Secretariat. I must say that
>>> any of the 20 names submitted could have represented us
>>> admirably, and that it was a tough decision for the CSCG
>>> members to come up with 2 names.
>>> Joana Varon (Brazil) – opening ceremony –
>>> joana at varonferraz.com
>>> Nadine Moawad (Lebanon) – closing ceremony –
>>> nadine at apcwomen.org
>>> For those who don’t know them,
>>> Joana Varon Ferraz is a researcher and project coordinator
>>> at the Centre for Technology and Society from Fundação
>>> Getulio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro
>>> Nadine Moawad is a Lebanese feminist activist and
>>> grasssroots worker who leads Association for Progressive
>>> Communication (APC)'s sexual
>>> rights work.
>>> We commend them both as informed excellent communicators to
>>> represent civil society. They have both been informed of
>>> their nominations.
>>> Ian Peter (Independent Chair, Civil Society Coordination
>>> Group)
>>>
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