[governance] Final list - MAG 2016

Mon Jan 25 01:24:15 EST 2016

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First, let me commend Analiàs' wonderful job coordinating this process. You are such a great person, very detailed but focused. I haven't seen such a transparent process for so long.
Second, i would like to thank you all for your participation in this exercise. Thank you for your valuable inputs into the discussions, about the selection and endorsement process, language, etc. It was good to read from some people i haven't heard from for ages; this group is an important space for real discussions.
Finally, i would like to thank all 4 candidates (including myself) for your dedication and energy for ther past few days. No matter what the results at the end are, you are a great addition to this group and to the IG Community around the world.
Best regards and happy week start! It is 8.21am in Goma, DRC! Gotta go to work!
Arsene

---------------------Arsene Tungali,+243 993810967 at arsenebagumaDemocratic Republic of CongoSent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone

On Monday, January 25, 2016, 4:25 AM, Analia Aspis <analia.aspis at gmail.com> wrote:

Dear members,

This is the final report of the discussion and feedback we have had in the last days with regards the candidates for MAG 2016. You will see the  the names of the candidates with the information they have provided to us along with the support they have received from others IGC members.

Because it is quite a long text, , I do attach in a pdf document including all the comments that were received. If anyone wants me to send it pasted in the mail, please just send me an email).

Finally, as agreed, I will send this report to the CSCG and keep you updated on the discussion in that group and the final endorsement made by it.

Thank you very much for your participation!
AnalíaIGC co-coordinator

1.                                                                                      1. Arsene Tungal (Congo)
Total 8 support from: Baudouin Schombe,  Nnenna Nwakanma, Ephraim Percy Kenyanito, Akinremi Peter Taiwo, Lillian Nalwoga, Mwendwa Kivuva, Chris Prince Udochukwu Njoku, Renata Aquino Ribeiro

Arsene Tungali, 26, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, a blogger and activist. I speak fluently Kiswahili, French and English, interested in a slot in the MAG 2016.

I feel that there is an under representation among Civil Society members for the Francophone African countries and hope to add my voice to those advocating for the underrepresented from these African countries and in that way promote a more multilingual IG. I am a strong advocate for remote participation; also advocate for increasing the youth participation at the IGF and for including more sessions on child online protection and women’s involvement in ICT, which continues to be a barrier in many African countries. I strongly believe the Internet is for everyone and we need to make sure everyone has the ability to participate.

I am familiar with the IGF, took Diplo Foundation IG courses and play an active role in the Central African IGF and the African IGF. I also attended and contributed to the IGF USA in 2015. I am an active member of the newly created dynamic working to host the first IGF in the DRC. I attended the IGF 2015 as an ISOC Ambassador, reported some sessions and blogged about my experience in Diplo’s daily newsletter during the Forum. I contribute to various IG lists and working groups such as with the Internet Governance Caucus, the Youth Coalition on Internet Governance and follow discussions on other lists.I am an active ICANN fellow. I am the Executive of Rudi International, the only youth-led Congolese non-profit working on child online protection and women’s participation in ICT issues. Since 2012, my organization has convened the annual ITU’s Girls in ICT day events and is a member organization that is part of their Child Online Protection (COP) initiative across Africa.

Co-founder and Executive Director, Rudi International

Founder, Mabingwa Forum 

2.    Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro (Republic of Fiji) - I do copy the pdf text of her expression of interest and attach it as well -
Total support 8 from: Chaitanya Dhareshwar, Baudouin Schombe, Ephraim Percy Kenyanito, Ang Peng Hwa, Lillian Nalwoga, Mwendwa Kivuva, Chris Prince Udochukwu Njoku, Renata Aquino Ribeiro  
Expression of Interest

I would like to express my interest in submitting my name for consideration regarding the selection of Civil Society nominees for the Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group (MAG). Kindly find a brief Biography about myself. I would be pleased to channel and be a bridge for civil society interests. I have good working relationships with the sectors such as the Public Sector, Private Sector and the Technical community and am able to raise civil society concerns and engaging in productive dialogue. One of my favourite analogies about Internet Governance was provided by Dr Jovan Kurbalija when he shared the story about the Blind Indostan men and the elephant where each of the blind man only saw in part but together saw a greater whole. This powerful imagery to me captures the conflicts and diverse perspectives within the global internet governance. I am an advocate for an open and free internet.

About Myself

I am Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro also known as Sala T. Originally from Fiji, I am an Indigenous Fijian and passionate about development. I am an Attorney at Law. I am Diplo Foundation Alumni and a European Summer School on Internet Governance Alumni.

Work on Internet Governance

I founded a Think Tank called Pasifika Nexus (our major Project in 2016 is to provide technical and strategic counsel for Parliamentary Opposition in preparation for the debate of 26 Bills that will take place within 4 weeks within Fiji’s Parliament)that is based in Fiji which is geared towards sustainable development and have run several programs in Fiji and the Pacific which have included hosting remote internet governance discussions amongst Pacific communities, Internet Exchange Point Symposiums, Girls and Women in ICT events, Youth Tech Camps, Regional and National Computer Quizzes for Secondary Schools and participated actively in Access for persons with Disabilities and work closely with the Pacific Islands Disabled Persons Forum in advocating “access”. I also founded the Pacific Digital Alliance for Women in ICT and am a keen advocate for Child Online Protection and work closely with several Pacific countries in this area. I have chaired National Cyber Security Working Group within Fiji and worked as a national expert and regional expert in the area in devising Policy and advising several Pacific Governments. I am also the World Summit Award National Expert for several Pacific countries and participated in speaking roles in Pacific Network Operator Group Events, Internet Governance Forums (IGFs), Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF), Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forums (PRiGF), APNIC and Pacific Telecom Council meetings. From time to time, I provide Advisories to the Region on matters of interest regarding ICT or internet governance issues. I enjoy writing opinion pieces on Circle ID.

Areas of Interest in Internet Governance

Human Rights, Access, Critical Internet Resources, ICT, Cyber Security, Gender

Current Key Roles Held

Currently, I am the President of the South Pacific Computer Society (SPaCS) and an Executive Council member of the South East Asia Computer Confederation (SEARCC). I am a member of the Pacific Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC). I am also on the Advisory Council of BrightPath Foundation. I also manage the Japan Pacific ICT Centre within the University of the South Pacific.

Previous Capacities

In previous capacities, I had the privilege of serving as co-coordinator of the Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) for two years where I replaced Dr. Jeremy Malcolm and served alongside Dr Izumi Aizu and then later Norbert Bollow. Two organisations that I am a member of are both accredited At Large Organisations ,namely SPaCS and PICISOC. I was nominated and elected to represent the Asian Pacific Regional At Large Organisation (APRALO) where I served on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) where together with the At

Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) and members of the At Large structure under Dr Olivier Crepin LeBlond’s leadership participated in raising concerns from a global public interest perspective on policy development processes. Over the years, I have presented and facilitated workshops on Internet Governance in various spaces locally, regionally and globally.

3. Deidre Williams ( Trinidad and Tobago)
Total support 7 from: Ephraim Percy Kenyanito, Lillian Nalwoga, Mwendwa Kivuva, Chris Prince Udochukwu Njoku, Renata Aquino Ribeiro, Bruce G. Potter, Carlton Samuels 

Dear IGC members,

I would like to seek your support for nomination as a civil society representative for the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).

I have been involved with Internet Governance (IG) since 2008 and have been working to strengthen the links that bring Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) together since the early 1990s. I have attended every IGF meeting since Hyderabad in 2008 (Nairobi 2011 virtually), and also all of the regional - Latin America and Caribbean Preparatory Meeting for the IGF (LACIGF), and sub-regional – Caribbean IGF, since 2009. My attendance at these meetings was due to a broad range of funders to all of whom I am very grateful.

·  Within the IGF environment I have worked, and am working, particularly with the Dynamic Coalition for Access and Disability (DCAD), with the MAG Remote Participation Working Group, and the now dormant Coalition Dynamique pour la Diversité Linguistique I have contributed to the work of the Dynamic Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles and Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries

·  I follow discussions on Bestbits and the Justnet Coalition Forum, as well as on the Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) list, and in other areas where IG is discussed. I try to be aware of those issues that unite civil society, as well as of those issues about which there are strongly divergent opinions

·  For the last two years I have been one of two Co-coordinators of the IGC.

·  In 2014 I had the honour to be selected as the speaker from civil society at the opening ceremony of the IGF in Istanbul.

·  I was invited, in several different capacities, to be part of the pilot Stanford Deliberative Poll organised for this year’s IGF

·  I have good relationships across the group that identifies itself as civil society and also with those belonging to other constituencies. This is useful because the MAG should finally aim for consensus across all of its constituent groups.

·  My own priorities are in involving ordinary end users in the IG process despite barriers of bdisability, language and culture, gender, education, geographic location, etc. This brings with it a strong interest in the facilitation and improvement of remote participation.

Thank you all for your consideration

Best wishes

Deirdre

 4. Renata Aquino Ribeiro (Brazil)

- version in Spanish and Portuges attached-

 Total support 4 from:  Ephraim Percy Kenyanito, Lillian Nalwoga, Mwendwa Kivuva, Chris Prince Udochukwu Njoku 

Hi!

*  I have been nominated for the MAG (Multistakeholder Advisory Group)
for the IGF (Internet Governance Forum) of the UN and accepted it in
the beginning of January. This message is to ask for your support.

* 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, I've also been to
conferences in Mexico, where the next IGF will be, and I am part of
Latin-American groups and engaged in their demands.

* 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.

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

Thank you

Renata

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