[governance] CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - WSIS FORUM HIGHLEVELTRACK FACILITATORS

Sat Mar 26 00:22:44 EDT 2016

Dear all, FWIW, this is as we all know a long-standing problem.

My thought is that a solution might be to ask if those of you with access to funders could put together a proposal for a pool to be available every year for a handful of key meetings that would allow those without travel support to have a chance to attend these meetings. Perhaps ISOC would be a contributor to it, or coordinate with it to try and leverage this new mechanism to bring more people to the events where ISOC provides travel funding for some.

That said, FWIW, the WSIS Forum is not really politically impactful in my experience - most Geneva based delegates don’t attend if they can help it, for example.

> On 26 Mar 2016, at 05:14, Michael Gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I must say that I find this process from the UN (again) completely ridiculous however, I think that this one may be material in allowing for some possibly useful inputs from participants as "facilitators"
> 
> I might for example, be interested in volunteering as a "facilitator" but would be immediately (self) excluded because of the requirement that participants need to be self-funded. There is no way I could find funding for this participation including because the time available is way too short to do any useful fundraising and of course NAm folks are automatically excluded from any of the more general funding envelopes.
> 
> What this type of "invitation" does is to more or less automatically exclude everyone from CS who isn't a trustfundarian, a resident of Geneva or the environs, or a staff member of a major NGO with sufficient discretionary funding.  This of course is highly highly discriminatory/exclusionary as we all know and has the effect of drastically skewing results of such processes and thus presumably of their outcomes as well.
> 
> In most cases it doesn't matter as the "opportunity" is of little consequence.  In this instance it looks like it may be of more consequence and thus does matter.
> 
> Could I suggest that the CSCG lodge an appropriate protest in this regard.
> 
> M
> 
> 
> From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org <mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org>[mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org <mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org>] On Behalf Of Ian Peter
> Sent: March 24, 2016 1:08 PM
> To: Analia Aspis <analia.aspis at gmail.com <mailto:analia.aspis at gmail.com>>; governance at lists.igcaucus.org <mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
> Subject: Re: [governance] CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - WSIS FORUM HIGHLEVELTRACK FACILITATORS
> 
> attached the document Analia is referring to below.
> 
> From: Analia Aspis <mailto:analia.aspis at gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2016 1:13 AM
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> Subject: [governance] CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - WSIS FORUM HIGHLEVELTRACK FACILITATORS
> 
> Dear members,
> 
> The WSIS Forum will take place in Geneva from May 2-6 this year. The Civil Society Co-ordination Group (CSCG) has been asked to forward four names of civil society representatives to be High Level Track Facilitators (joining facilitators from other stakeholder groups).
> 
> The attached document gives details of what is required. Please note:
> 
>  High Level Track Facilitators are expected to cover their own fares and accommodation expenses:
> 
>  The main task of each facilitator is to moderate a high level policy session and provide a written executive summary based on interventions and discussion during the session, while capturing the vision, identifying emerging trends, opportunities and challenges shared by the high level speakers.
> 
>  Successful candidates must be able to demonstrate previous experience in this area, combined with a good general knowledge of WSIS issues.
> 
>  Nominations or self-nominations should be sent DIRECTLY to nomcom07 at internetgov-cs.org <mailto:nomcom07 at internetgov-cs.org> no later than midnight UTC on Wednesday, April 6.
> 
> 
> 
> The nominations should include basic biographical information, plus a brief statement outlining relevant experience in similar moderation/ facilitation exercises.
> 
> Best,
> Analía
> IGC co-coordinator
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