[governance] Nomination for civil society representative to IGF MAG

Deirdre Williams williams.deirdre at gmail.com
Thu Dec 8 22:19:34 EST 2016


Thank you Norbert

On 8 December 2016 at 20:55, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:

> (Cc to IGC's governance list as per IGC policy)
>
> Richard,
>
> in view of having been endorsed by CSCG for an appointment to the MAG
> during the last round, but then not actually having been appointed by
> the UN "blackbox", I consider it appropriate to be a bit stubborn and
> try again.
>
> See below for the required information.
>
> Greetings,
> Norbert
>
>
> > Candidates must provide the following information, which is required
> > to fill in the IGF nomination form:
> >
> > Surname
>
> Bollow
>
> > First Name
>
> Norbert
>
> > Job Title
>
> co-convenor
>
> > Organization
>
> Just Net Coalition
>
> > City of Residence
>
> Grüt (Gossau ZH)
>
> > Country of Residence
>
> Switzerland
>
> > Nationality
>
> Germany
>
> > Contact E-Mail
>
> nb at bollow.ch
>
> > Contact Telephone number, including the country code
>
> +41 44 972 20 59
>
> > Justification for the nomination, providing relevant background
> > information (no more than 250 words)
>
> Norbert has a background in mathematics, physics and IT, and he also
> has many years of experience in civil society activism on a wide range
> of information society topics including advocacy for human rights and
> Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). He has participated in the
> consultations that preceded the first IGF and he has since then
> participated in many IGFs, including several times as a workshop
> organizer. Norbert is a member and past co-coordinator of the Civil
> Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC). He currently serves as
> president of Digital Society Switzerland, a human rights and consumer
> protection NGO addressing digital topics, see
> https://digitale-gesellschaft.ch/ (website in German). He also serves
> as co-convenor of the Just Net Coalition http://JustNetCoalition.org/ ,
> an international civil society coalition with a focus on demands that
> the Internet must advance human rights and social justice, and that
> Internet governance must be truly democratic. The Just Net Coalition
> has among its members more than 30 organizations, some of them
> themselves networks, see http://justnetcoalition.org/jnc-members .
>
> If appointed to the MAG, Norbert will focus on the following:
> * liaising with civil society in the European part of WEOG, and
> * working towards enabling the IGF to become a venue where discourses
> take place. (Discourse is a form of discussion in which assertions can
> be challenged an invalidated, and where it is assured that points which
> are valid and relevant become part of the output document.)
>
> > Candidatures must be sent by E-Mail by 9 December, to the non-voting
> > chair of the NomCom: rhill at hill-a.ch
>
>
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