[governance] A letter to IGF Secretariat re: the outcome of the MAG Nominations 2017

Wed Mar 1 14:31:49 EST 2017

Thank you very much dear Carlos,

Our CS MAG members are on different lists and I am sure they have seen this
even if we would have hoped them to bring this to the MAG and protest about
less representation this year.

Regards,
Arsene

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**Arsène Tungali**
Co-Founder & Executive Director, *Rudi international
<http://www.rudiinternational.org>*,
CEO,* Smart Services Sarl <http://www.smart-serv.info>*, *Mabingwa Forum
<http://www.mabingwa-forum.com>*
Tel: +243 993810967
GPG: 523644A0
*Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo*

2015 Mandela Washington Felllow
<http://tungali.blogspot.com/2015/06/selected-for-2015-mandela-washington.html>
(YALI) - ISOC Ambassador (IGF Brazil
<http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf-ambassadors-programme/Past-Ambassadors>
& Mexico
<http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/Current-Ambassadors>)
- AFRISIG 2016 <http://afrisig.org/afrisig-2016/class-of-2016/> - Blogger
<http://tungali.blogspot.com> - ICANN Fellow (Los Angeles
<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-18-en> & Marrakech
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/marrakech55-attendees-2016-03-14-en>
). AFRINIC Fellow (Mauritius
<http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1907-afrinic-25-fellowship-winners>)*
- *IGFSA Member <http://www.igfsa.org/> - The HuffingtonPost UK
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2017-03-01 21:24 GMT+02:00 Carlos Vera <cveraq at gmail.com>:

> Very concrete an to the point letter.
>
> This kind of empties on regulations often give as as a result the
> discretional use of the rules.
>
> We sincerely hope that our representatives (as civil society) has
> something to say about this.
>
> I suggest to copy this letter to that members of civil society in MAG also
>
> Carlos Vera
> IGF Ecuador
>
> On Mar 1, 2017, at 12:19 PM, Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> [Copied from a colleague from the CSCG]
>
>
>
> Dear all,
>
>
>
> I'm writing regarding the outcome of the MAG nomination process this year.
> As you know, the CSCG ran a nomination process to select candidates to the
> MAG 2017 nominations and submitted the three names selected  (Norbert
> Bollow, Jeremy Malcolm, Arsene Tungali) by the deadline, 16 December.
>
>
>
> The CSCG was informed of the outcome on 27 February. We received the
> communication that "there will be no new Civil Society MAG member being
> added".
>
> The IGF 2017 MAG has now been been approved by the Secretary-General's
> office. The list of members can be found on the following url:
> https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-2017-members.
> <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-2017-members>
>
>
>
> In response, we have sent the following letter to the IGF Secretariat,
> copied in full under the dotted line below. The first Open Consultations
> and MAG meeting of the IGF 2017 preparatory cycle are taking place now
> (01-03 March) in Geneva, so we expect for this to be brought up during the
> course of the discussions there, and to receive a response soon.
>
>
>
> Should you have any questions at all,
>
>
>
> Best
>
> Arsene, IGC Co-coordinator.
>
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>
>
>
>
>
> 1 March 2017
>
>
>
> Dear Chengetai,
>
>
>
> We are writing, as members of the Civil Society Coordination Group (CSCG),
> to respectfully express our concern at the notice received via the Internet
> Governance Forum’s (IGF) Secretariat, that there will be no new civil
> society member added to the Internet Governance Forum's Multistakeholder
> Advisory Group (MAG) this year (2017). The reason provided to the CSCG was
> that there is no civil society MAG member being rotated out.
>
>
>
> The Civil Society Coordination Group (CSCG) exists solely to ensure a
> coordinated civil society response and conduit when it comes to making
> civil society appointments to outside bodies. Please see the website for
> more information on the mechanism: <http://internetgov-cs.org/#about>
> http://internetgov-cs.org/#about.
>
>
>
> According to the FAQ provided
> <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-renewal-2016>,
> there is not a fixed number of civil society representatives. We understood
> that one of the current members (Ms. Amelia Andersdotter
> <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/Ms-Amelia-Andersdotter>)
> has served three terms and would be be rotated out. On the IGF website
> <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-members-0>, her
> affiliation is listed as Civil Society, we therefore do not fully
> understand the explanation provided about her past and current affiliation
> in your email (dated 27 February) 2017 to us. We understand that, apart
> from Amelia Andersdotter's retirement,  another civil society vacancy has
> been created by John Dada stepping down over the last year. This vacancy we
> understand was never filled.
>
>
> Once again, it was our understanding from the beginning that at least one,
> perhaps two, vacant position(s) was available and to be filled by a Civil
> Society representative. The CSCG conducted an open, transparent and
> democratic selection process, following which three candidates were
> selected. These three names were submitted
> <http://www.internetgov-cs.org/2016-12-15> before the deadline to UNDESA
> for consideration.
>
>
> However, the decision to not elect a civil society representative to
> replace the outgoing member comes as both a surprise and disappointment to
> the CSCG. The selection process conducted via CSCG paid respect to the
> factors outlined by UNDESA, “notably: priorities for regional diversity,
> with an emphasis on representation from developing and least developed
> countries; gender balance; and diversity of institutions and organizations
> with which members are affiliated”.
>
>
> We strongly regret that, following an open, transparent and democratic
> selection process, we will not be able to provide a satisfactory
> explanation for this situation to the members of the various constituencies
> which we represent. Moreover we are concerned about the possibility that
> this situation may deter, or at least reduce willingness of, civil society
> members to engage in the process going forward considering the time lost
> and unaccounted for on this occasion.
>
>
> While we would like to thank the UNDESA for its leadership we hereby
> respectfully request that UNDEA reconsider its decision and agree to
> appoint at least one additional representative from civil society on the
> basis of our proposal, or, at a minimum, that UNDESA provide further
> explanation as to the decision not to nominate a replacement for the
> outgoing civil society MAG member.
>
>
> Thank you for your time and consideration of this matter.
>
> With best wishes,
>
> The CSCG.
> ------------------------
> **Arsène Tungali**
> Co-Founder & Executive Director, *Rudi international
> <http://www.rudiinternational.org>*,
> CEO,* Smart Services Sarl <http://www.smart-serv.info>*, *Mabingwa Forum
> <http://www.mabingwa-forum.com>*
> Tel: +243 993810967 <+243%20993%20810%20967>
> GPG: 523644A0
> *Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo*
>
> 2015 Mandela Washington Felllow
> <http://tungali.blogspot.com/2015/06/selected-for-2015-mandela-washington.html>
> (YALI) - ISOC Ambassador (IGF Brazil
> <http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf-ambassadors-programme/Past-Ambassadors>
> & Mexico
> <http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/Current-Ambassadors>)
> - AFRISIG 2016 <http://afrisig.org/afrisig-2016/class-of-2016/> - Blogger
> <http://tungali.blogspot.com> - ICANN Fellow (Los Angeles
> <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-18-en> & Marrakech
> <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/marrakech55-attendees-2016-03-14-en>
> ). AFRINIC Fellow (Mauritius
> <http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1907-afrinic-25-fellowship-winners>
> )* - *IGFSA Member <http://www.igfsa.org/> - The HuffingtonPost UK
> <http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/liza-bel/drc_b_8958150.html>
>
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