[governance] CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - WSIS FORUM HIGHLEVELTRACK FACILITATORS

Ginger Paque gpaque at gmail.com
Tue Mar 29 13:59:31 EDT 2016 

Hello, Cisse and all,
Thanks for your engagement and interest Cisse. Five organisations currently
have representatives on the CSCG, Best Bits (Nadira), JNC (Norbert), IGC
(Analia), NCSG (Robin Gross) and APC (Chat Garcia). Each of these
representatives carry the CSCG discussions into their named group
discussions. It is true that much of Civil Socity is outside of these
groups, and must be included peripherally for the moment, and we are
reviewing membership and procedures as possible, but have been very busy
with just NomComs so far this year. So, the discussions here on the IGC
group are the IGC discussing the work of the CSCG. They are not CSCG-wide,
they are IGC. Similar discussions should be taking place on the other
lists, and their summaries brought into the CSCG work by their
representatives.

Language is a definite concern, but without any funding, and with all CSCG
members working as volunteers, we count on our readers to use Babel,
GoogleTranslate or another app to translate into their own working
languages. We simply don't have the bandwidth for translations, but are
open to any offers for volunteers to work on this. We do have an IGC
volunteer working just starting to discuss the possibility of working on
the CSCG webpage, to make it more informative and more updated. Again, with
absolutely no funding, and our small group stretched to the limit, it is an
important, but slow process.

Enlarging the group, rotating members, and rotating NomComs are high on the
list of CSCG priorities.

Choice of representatives for speaking at global meetings are handled on an
ad hoc basis, and CS groups work together, when possible with the CSCG, to
choose speakers that represent CS.

Your request to have ACSIS considered as a new member of the CSCG has been
noted, but has not yet been considered.

Some of you may know that I have resigned as independent co-chair of the
CSCG (for personal/family reasons), and that complicates procedures as the
CSCG decides how to move ahead on this circumstance as well. I am
continuing until a solution is found, at least as a collaborating observer.

I encourage everyone to be involved in the work of the CSCG on their
respective lists (IGC/BB/JNC/NCSG/APC) and through their representatives.
This is an important function of CS, and is worth the investment of time
and energy in support of better CS representation.

Best wishes to all,
Ginger

Ginger (Virginia) Paque
DiploFoundation

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On 29 March 2016 at 12:23, cisse.kane at bluewin.ch <cisse.kane at bluewin.ch>
wrote:

> (FRANçAIS PLUS BAS)
>
> Dear Ginger and all
>
> First I wanted to thank and congratulate CSCG leading team for the efforts
> in coordinating Civil Society activities.
> I see also a common will to improve things. I call you upon to have an
> open discussion on the list about these possible improvements.
> Apart from financing Civil Society engagement in important foras I propose
> that you open a phase were people can make proposals on the followings
> - Representativity of the IGC list: If I am not mistaken we are exchanging
> now on IGC list. Is this list representing overall Civil Society ? I see
> that there are other Civil Society platforms. Are they all included in this
> IGC list ? If not, can we imagine a plaform where all relevant lists are
> représented so that we can share information at the same level. I remember
> that the question was raised somehow during CSTD nomination process
> - language : all these debate are only in english. Can we move to a more
> multilingual system in order to be more inclusive ?
> - Nomination process to be standardized
> - Who should talk on behalf of Civil Society during important gathering
> and what would be the format ?
>
> As far as ACSIS is concerned, one of my first actions as new ACSIS chair
> was to request to Ian (6 months ago) an then to you a better involvement of
> African Civil Society. ACSIS wishes to be considered as the Civil Society
> Platform représenting Africa as geographical entity and actively
> participate. In this regard, we are ready to assit with website and work on
> CSCG initiatives as requested by Ginger.
>
> With my best regards
>
> Cisse Kane
> ACSIS Chair
>
>
> Cher Ginger et tous
>
> Je voudrais tout d'abord remercier et féliciter l'équipe de la CSCG pour
> ses efforts louables dans la coordination des activités de la Société
> Civile.
> Je note aussi qu'il y a une volonté générale d'en améliorer le
> fonctionnement. Je vous invite donc à ce à ouvrir une discussion sur les
> améliorations possibles.
> Mis à part le financement de la participation de la Société Civile dans
> les foras importants, je propose que vous ouvriez une période de discussion
> où il y aura des propositions sur les améliorations possibles. Parmi les
> points qui pourraient être soumis à discussion il y a :
> - La représentativité de la liste IGC par rapport à la CSCG : sauf erreur
> de ma part, nous échangeons présentement uniquement sur la liste IGC.
> Est-ce que cette liste est représentative de toute la CSCG ? Apparemment il
> y a plusieurs plateformes. Sont-elles toutes représentées dans la liste IGC
> ? Si la réponse est négative, peut-on imaginer une plateforme où toutes les
> lists importantes sont représentées pour que tout le monde soit au même
> niveau d'information? Je me souviens qu'il y a eu un débat sur cette
> question lors du lancement des nominations pour la CSTD.
> - la question linguistique : tous les débats sur cette list sont (presque
> exclusivement) en anglais. Y a-t-il un moyen de d'aller vers un minimum de
> multilinguisme dans nos échanges pour favoriser l'inclusion ?
> - la standardisation des processus de nomination
> - qui doit parler au nom de la Société Civil et selon quel format ?
>
> Concernant ACSIS, l'une des premières actions que j'ai entreprises en tant
> que responsable de cette structure est d'écrire à Ian puis à Ginger pour
> solliciter une plus grande implication de la Société Civile Africaine.
> ACSIS souhaite être considérée comme une des plateformes de la Société
> Civile qui représente l'Afrique en tant qu'entité géographique et
> participer activement. Dans cette perspective, nous sommes prêts à assister
> la CSCG concernant le site Internet et aussi par rapport aux initiatives de
> la CSCG selon la demande de Ginger.
>
> Avec mes meilleures salutations.
>
> Cissé Kane
> Président ACSIS
>
>
>
> ----Message d'origine----
> De : gpaque at gmail.com
> Date : 29/03/2016 - 15:29 (GMT)
> À : governance at lists.igcaucus.org, compsoftnet at gmail.com
> Cc : gurstein at gmail.com, ian.peter at ianpeter.com
> Objet : Re: [governance] CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - WSIS FORUM HIGHLEVELTRACK
> FACILITATORS
>
>
> Hello again,
> When I mention 'Are there people whose organisations might assist with
> website, or paid time to work on CSCG initiatives?' I am suggesting that
> you might ask your employer/university/organisation to allow you to work on
> CSCG initiatives during normal working hours, so you can get paid for some
> of the work you do. Some organisations allow, for example 10-20% of an
> employee's time to be spent on initiatives like this. Ask! You never know,
> they might say yes. :)
> Cheers,
> Ginger
>
> Ginger (Virginia) Paque
> DiploFoundation
>
> *DiploFoundation upcoming online courses:*
> http://www.diplomacy.edu/courses
> * <http://www.diplomacy.edu/courses>*
>
>
> On 28 March 2016 at 06:32, Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I strongly support Ian's points. Now we need to widen the discussion and
>> to add specific suggestions and steps for change.
>>
>> Are there people whose organisations might assist with website, or paid
>> time to work on CSCG initiatives? Think about it. This is close to home--we
>> are working to get our representatives placed and heard -- we must invest
>> in the process to select them. If you have ideas or offers, you can post
>> here, or privately to me or Ian.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Happy (spring/fall) renewal!
>> Ginger
>>
>> Ginger (Virginia) Paque
>> DiploFoundation
>>
>> *DiploFoundation upcoming online courses:*
>> http://www.diplomacy.edu/courses
>> * <http://www.diplomacy.edu/courses>*
>>
>>
>> On 28 March 2016 at 04:30, Akinremi Peter Taiwo <compsoftnet at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Timely and right discussion.
>>> On Mar 26, 2016 12:29 AM, "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] *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
>>>> *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:* 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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