[governance] Final list - MAG 2016

Analia Aspis analia.aspis at gmail.com
Thu Jan 28 11:25:55 EST 2016 

Thank you Peter :)

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 7:51 AM, Akinremi Peter Taiwo <compsoftnet at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Good job Analia. I respect your commitment.
>
> Peter
> On Jan 26, 2016 6:05 PM, <jfcallo at ciencitec.com> wrote:
>
>> Analia
>> y ¿Carlos Vera?, que pasó
>> Atentamente
>>
>> Analia Aspis <analia.aspis at gmail.com> escribió:
>>
>> Thanks a lot Arsene for your words :)
>>>
>>> Kind regards and very goog luck!
>>> Analía
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 3:24 AM, Arsene TUNGALI (Yahoo) <
>>> arsenebaguma at yahoo.fr> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear colleagues,
>>>>
>>>> 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 <+243%20993810967>
>>>> @arsenebaguma
>>>> Democratic Republic of Congo
>>>> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone <https://yho.com/footer0>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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!
>>>> Analía
>>>> IGC 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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>>>>
>>>>
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