[governance] IGC endorsements for MAG 2016 CS reps

Ginger Paque gpaque at gmail.com
Wed Jan 20 08:56:29 EST 2016 

Dear Renata and all,

Parminder has written to me offlist, to point out some miscommunication
from my post (thanks Parminder).

1. The CSCG NomCom can and does consider any CS nominations sent to it,
from CS organisations, from individuals, and other groups, whether within
or outside of endorsements by organisations. We have in fact, received such
requests for consideration from groups/individuals not represented in the
CSCG already this year.

In addition, please remember that the IGF Secretariat/UNDESA considers ALL
nominations made through the IGF application process, by no means only
those endorsed by the CSCG and others. Every application is taken seriously
on its own merit.

2. The IGC has no procedure in place for this endorsement process as it is
being handled in the short time allowed this year. The IGC should normally
constitute a NomCom, as per the charter of the IGC, which seems not to be
practical, given the timeline.

In addition, Parminder did not mention this, but I am aware that it is not
my place to make the post that I did, as I cannot in any way suggest that
the IGC do things in a particular way, except as any other member of the
IGC can do. I took the liberty of making my post because of the short
timeline, and the need I felt to push the process along. I appreciate your
accepting my post in the spirit it was made, that of offering information
in the hope of a more transparent and effective process.

It is important that we learn from this year's experience, so that we put
in place better and more transparent strategies and processes for next year.

Thanks to all.
Ginger

Ginger (Virginia) Paque
DiploFoundation

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On 20 January 2016 at 07:05, Renata Aquino Ribeiro <raquino at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Ginger, Arsene and IGC
>
> Thank you for the clarification. I'll follow the recommendations.
>
> Some of the groups that I am involved in are not interacting in IGC so
> I'll forward their messages.
>
> As for IGC, I had assumed that the community would have to gather the
> names of their members that were nominated and follow if they have support.
>
> Therefore, I'd just confirme
>
> *  I have been nominated for the MAG and accepted it in the beginning of
> January.
>
> * My candidacy is about the context of internet governance debates within
> sustainable and regional development initiatives. I was nominated by a
> citizen of João Pessoa, Brazil, where the last IGF occurred and part of the
> region I am currently living in. Bringing regional voices to IGFs is a
> mission for me, having also worked already in Guadalajara, Mexico, this
> aspect rings close to home again.
>
> * My goals as a MAG member would be to overturn the lack of access to IG
> initiatives by a great deal of CS organizations due to language barriers,
> cultural differences and simple misinformation about what the IGF truly is
> and how to go on to participate on it. I've seen resistence,
> disinformation, discouragement upfront and how to deal with it.
>
> * Last by not least, prior to IGF in Brazil I've participated in other IG
> debates in regional IGFs, CGI.br courses, ICANN events (all as a fellow or
> similar initiatives) and for 15+ years I've been advocating for the
> increase in connectivity in schools and universities and professional
> development programs for teacher w/ technology.
>
> Recently, I've joined efforts with Amazon Federal Rural University
> Computer Science researchers and we've now merged North and Northeastern
> Brazilian activists groups for internet governance and open standards
> research. Opening up internet governance debates to the Amazon region is
> strategic and fundamentally challenging.
>
> So, again, thank you all in this community for the space in which to put
> forward those plans and I ask for your consideration of these efforts with
> the MAG nomination support
>
> []s
>
> Renata
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 8:43 AM, Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Renata, Arsene, and all.
>> The confusion is understandable, Renata. Arsene answered with the short
>> version (thanks). Here is the long version.
>>
>> The IGF Secretariat/UNDESA application process closes Feb. 1st (not 31
>> January as I said). BUT that also means that the CSCG must submit our
>> letter of endorsements by then also.
>>
>> Anyone who wants to, from any stakeholder group, can submit a nomination
>> application until Feb. 1st.
>>
>> The Civil Society Coordination Group - CSCG  channels civil society
>> endorsements to assist the selection process, working to ensure that the
>> final selections are in line with the consensus/preferences of as many CS
>> members as possible, so that CS has a voice in the selection of our
>> representatives.
>>
>> If someone wants the CSCG to consider them for endorsement to the IGF
>> Secretariat/UNDESA MAG selection process, they must be endorsed by their
>> civil society representative group(s). In this case, it would seem that you
>> should ask for endorsement by the IGC (this list), and the IGC should, as a
>> group, discuss all IGC CS endorsement requests. The IGC co-coordinators
>> should submit the IGC endorsements through your representative on the CSCG
>> -- in this case, Analia.
>>
>> In order for the CSCG NomCom to carefully consider the names from member
>> groups of the CSCG, we need to have the names of nominees from the CSCG
>> groups by 25 January.
>>
>> I  hope this helps. If you have any other questions, please let me know,
>> here on the list, or offlist.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ginger
>>
>> Ginger (Virginia) Paque
>> DiploFoundation
>>
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>>
>> Ginger (Virginia) Paque
>> DiploFoundation
>>
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>>
>> On 20 January 2016 at 01:56, Arsene TUNGALI (Yahoo) <
>> arsenebaguma at yahoo.fr> wrote:
>>
>>> Renata, I think you got it right.
>>>
>>> CSCG needs to submit their nominations/endorsements to the IGF
>>> Secretariat before Feb 1st, that's my understanding of Ginger's email.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> A
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> Le Mercredi 20 janvier 2016 0h25, Renata Aquino Ribeiro <
>>> raquino at gmail.com> a écrit :
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Ginger
>>>
>>> I'm a bit confused by the timeline
>>> In the call, the nomination period ends at Feb 1st
>>> http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/magabout/mag-renewal-announcement
>>>
>>> However, CSCG slate must be appointed before that time?
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>>
>>> Renata
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 7:11 PM, Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> I have not seen any discussion on this list about the IGC endorsements
>>> for MAG 2016 CS slots. The IGC is a member of the CSCG, and should present
>>> its endorsements for consideration. This requires group consensus.
>>>
>>> Although we do not know how many CS MAG members will be appointed, we
>>> should/will present a good slate of CS endorsements to the IGF Secretariat.
>>>
>>> The CSCG need the list of IGF endorsements (nominees should already have
>>> submitted their applications to the IGF Secretariat), ideally a maximum of
>>> 3, with short bios/qualifications, by 25 January, so that the CSCG NomCom
>>> can make final selections, and send them to the IGF Secretariat/UNDESA.
>>>
>>> To avoid unnecessary controversy, you/we should be doing this in an open
>>> and transparent manner, facilitated by your co-coordinators, with members
>>> discussing qualifications and characteristics, and expressions of support,
>>> so that the IGC can reach consensus on your endorsements.
>>>
>>> If you have any questions, Analia, your CSCG representative, should
>>> answer them for you, although Ian and I, as independent co-chairs are also
>>> willing to assist.
>>>
>>> Expressions of support for your colleagues might be a good way to start.
>>>
>>> Best regards to all,
>>> Ginger
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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