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

Thu Mar 2 08:04:02 EST 2017

Cher Arsène,

Oui nous avons suivi les évènements et nous sommes scandalisés par
l'attitude envers les représentants ÉLUS de la Société Civile.
Tout notre soutien à toi et aux autres représentants,

Chantal Lebrument
Courriel: c <lebrument at open-root.eu>hlebrum at gmail.com
Mob: +33 6 8369 5460

2017-03-01 20:31 GMT+01:00 Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com>:

> 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
>
> ------------------------
> **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>
>
> 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.
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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