[governance] CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - WSIS FORUM HIGHLEVELTRACK FACILITATORS
Sonigitu Ekpe
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Sat Mar 26 09:47:52 EDT 2016
+++1 for Ian's comment.
One perfect way is to institutionalize CSCG and all shall be solved.
My 50cents.
Sonigitu Ekpe
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On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 8:42 AM, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:
> This is a timely discussion, because what is evident is that the number of
> organisations wanting CSCG to assist in selecting civil society
> representatives for various bodies is increasing – as indeed is the extent
> to which our nominations are being accepted; even if there is a long way to
> go to completely establish the principle that we select our own
> representatives.
>
> CSCG is now conducting its 4th Nomcom since December, and I think the
> strain is starting to show on representatives who have to devote a lot of
> time on top of their already considerable contributions to civil society
> organisations to assessing candidates; and indeed, both Ginger and I as
> Co-chairs are finding the work burden pretty heavy – particularly when
> quite a lot of correspondence and positioning is added to the nomcom
> processes. This is something CSCG has to have a serious discussion about as
> soon as we get a chance; perhaps rotation of members in nomcoms might be
> necessary, perhaps some structural changes; all of that needs discussing.
>
> But the issues raised here as regards funding our representatives add
> additional context to this –and I agree that a pool of funding, linked to
> selection processes,would be really helpful for civil society
> representation .
>
> CSCG has no organisational structure capable of receiving funds; for that
> to happen, an institutional home would have to be found and agreed to. I
> think this would be a good step forward. Some sort of institutional home
> might also allow CSCG to formalise its presence, reduce the administrative
> burden, fix its website, etc.
>
> That is not a trivial undertaking. But for now, if anyone who has some
> time and skills they would be able to devote to helping CSCG with its
> workload, or a potential institutional home, it would be great to hear from
> you. I think we are reaching a point where some effort in consolidating
> civil society’s presence in the internet governance sphere is becoming very
> necessary and would be very useful .
>
> Ian Peter (speaking for myself only, not in any official capacity with
> CSCG).
>
> *From:* parminder <parminder at itforchange.net>
> *Sent:* Saturday, March 26, 2016 4:27 PM
> *To:* governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> *Subject:* Re: [governance] CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - WSIS FORUM
> HIGHLEVELTRACK FACILITATORS
>
>
>
> On Saturday 26 March 2016 09:52 AM, Nick Ashton-Hart wrote:
>
> 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.
>
>
> Funders can make a pool but they should not decide who gets funded... From
> self organised nominee selection process, we should also move to self
> organised CS nominee selection process, and that can/ should use a pool to
> which funders can contribute..... CSCG should write out a proposal and
> approach those who typicall fund travel to IG related meetings and ask for
> a pool to 'neutrally' fund CS participation....parminder
>
>
>
> 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>
> governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org[
> <governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org>
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> <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>;
> <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>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 <analia.aspis at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, March 25, 2016 1:13 AM
> *To:* <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
> *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 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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