[governance] Re ignorance of the IGC charter

ian.peter at ianpeter.com ian.peter at ianpeter.com
Thu Jul 18 17:17:22 EDT 2019


Hi Becky,

I dont think there have been any updates or changes for several years to 
the IGC Charter.

Here is I think the accurate version of the Charter (courtesy the 
wonderful work of the Internet Archive)

http://web.archive.org/web/20161109171019/http://igcaucus.org/charter

Ian

------ Original Message ------
From: "Becky Lentz" <roberta.lentz at mcgill.ca>
To: "governance" <governance at lists.riseup.net>
Sent: 19/07/2019 6:44:40 AM
Subject: [governance] Re ignorance of the IGC charter

>Please excuse if I’ve missed this already, but can someone please 
>confirm where to access the current Charter? If nothing has been 
>updated for 2 years, I’m concerned I may be consulting the wrong 
>version.
>
>Also, what if any links are there to previous discussions about how to 
>help fund the work of the IGC?
>
>Thank you.
>>Becky Lentz, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, McGill 
>University (through December 31, 2019)
>
>Effective January 1, 2020: Faculty Fellow with the RGK Center for 
>Philanthropy and Community Service at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, 
>the University of Texas at Austin (becky.lentz at utexas.edu)
>
>
>
>
>From: <governance-request at lists.riseup.net> on behalf of "\"Salanieta 
>T. Tamanikaiwaimaro\" (via governance Mailing List)" 
><governance at lists.riseup.net>
>Reply-To: <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com>
>Date: Thursday, July 18, 2019 at 3:14 PM
>To: Bruna Santos <bruna.mrtns at gmail.com>
>Cc: farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>, governance 
><governance at lists.riseup.net>
>Subject: Re: [governance] Overdue IGC Co-coordinator Elections and 
>Request for Update on Website/ Was Re: Who are the IGC Co-coordinators?
>
>Dear All,
>
>1.The IGC's first priority should be in electing a new co-coordinator 
>to replace the vacancy from 2017. 2 years has lapsed which is 
>substantial delay.
>
>2.The conflict stemming from several discussions lie in ignorance of 
>the IGC charter which could have easily been avoided if the 
>coordinators delivered the website in 2017 as was promised then. The 
>website also contains a record of members.
>
>3.Jeremy has offered to pay for IGC website hosting. It follows that 
>Bruna needs to find someone to build the website.
>
>4. It is not good practice to have a single coordinator as two are 
>needed to reason, and work together. Bruna cannot be expected to do 
>things alone hence the need to accelerate the overdue electoral 
>process.
>
>5. In terms of the electoral process, if Bruna is struggling, a call 
>may be put to the Community to recommend a neutral entity or create a 
>platform to conduct the elections.
>
>6.It is the height of irony to desire to put external civil society 
>coordination, before cleaning up our organisational mess and getting 
>our coordinators in place.
>
>7.Delaying the elections to November means that we will be calling for 
>both coordinators replacements as Bruna rotates out once call is issued 
>and there is no sustainability as is why one would rotate out one year 
>and the other the next.
>
>8.As has been the practice, we engage in discussion on the list until 
>we reach consensus which is the role of the coordinators to facilitate.
>
>With best wishes,
>Sala
>
>
>On Thu, 27 Jun 2019, 9:08 am Bruna Martins dos Santos, 
><bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>Dear Sala,
>>
>>Thank you very much for your email. I agree with many of the points 
>>raised here by you and Ian.
>>
>>I will chat with Arsene this week just so we can kick off a new 
>>election process and will be referring back to the list asap. As for 
>>the website, I think we will take on @farzaneh badii 
>><mailto:farzaneh.badii at gmail.com> offer in order to revitalize it and 
>>bring back the archives and so on.
>>
>>I also hope we can take this very fortunate event in which there is a 
>>considerable amount of consensus around the need for more CS 
>>coordination and manage to arrange a Day Zero meeting for Berlin. 
>>These spaces and coordination made a lot of difference in the past and 
>>I do think we have been missing it as a stakeholder group.
>>
>>
>>Best,
>>Bruna
>>
>>Le mer. 26 juin 2019 à 20:47, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro 
>><salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> a écrit :
>>>That's fantastic Farzaneh.
>>>In total agreement with Ian, doing nothing is not an option.
>>>
>>>On Wed, 26 Jun 2019, 11:31 pm farzaneh badii, 
>>><farzaneh.badii at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>Hello Sala
>>>>
>>>>As to the archive and bringing the website back, I can work with 
>>>>Bruna and others to bring the website back and revitalize archives 
>>>>etc.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Farzaneh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 10:13 AM "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro" 
>>>><governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>>>>Dear Colleagues,
>>>>>
>>>>>It would appear from a copy of the email to the IGC Mailing list 
>>>>>that one of our co-coordinator's (Arsene) term would have lapsed 
>>>>>last year in December, 2018 where the elections for a new 
>>>>>co-coordinator should have been held to ensure rotation. IC 
>>>>>co-coordinators serve for a term of 2 years. Arsene was elected and 
>>>>>began serving in March 2016 following the February 2016 elections 
>>>>>facilitated by Analia.Bruna and Arsene should have started the Open 
>>>>>Call for candidates in December and held the elections by February 
>>>>>2019. The co-coordinators have been working with the community on 
>>>>>migrating the content as you can see from the email below of April 
>>>>>27, 2017 and preparing a new website. The website mentioned in that 
>>>>>email was www.igcaucus.org Moreover, on September, 2016, Arsene had 
>>>>>informed the IGC that whilst he had received 3 statement of 
>>>>>interests to do the website, he had accepted Akinremi Peter. In 
>>>>>essence work on the website would have been from September 2016 and 
>>>>>onwards.Kindly advise what the new website is and whether the 
>>>>>migration of content  was completed.An election should be held 
>>>>>immediately to replace the vacancy that currently exists. I would 
>>>>>encourage energetic and committed members to apply (looking at 
>>>>>Sheetal and Farzaneh) and non-discriminately encouraging others 
>>>>>too.An update should be sent to all members about the status of the 
>>>>>IGC, and strategic framework for engagement within the IGF, WEF, 
>>>>>WTO and diverse fora.There have been some content about a 
>>>>>rudderless IGC and we have to encourage Bruna to get on with it as 
>>>>>per the Charter and provide an update. Should any of the 
>>>>>co-coordinators need assistance there are many past coordinators 
>>>>>who can give advice offline.There is need to align the IGC to the 
>>>>>Charter and if the Charter needs changing and leadership needs 
>>>>>revamping so be it!
>>>>>Sincerely,
>>>>>Sala
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>>>>From: Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com>
>>>>>Date: Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 10:07 AM
>>>>>Subject: [governance] New IGC Co-coordinator: Nominations open 
>>>>>until May 10th!
>>>>>To: Internet Governance <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Dear colleagues,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>It is time to elect a new Co-coordinator for the Caucus, to replace 
>>>>>Analía who has already completed her two-year term, and to work 
>>>>>with me (Arsene). As you know, the IGC is operating with two 
>>>>>volunteers called “Co-coordinators”.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I would like to send my apologies for the time it took me to quick 
>>>>>start this process; as you know, we have been busy with migrating 
>>>>>our server but also I informed that I will be launching this once 
>>>>>we have submitted our workshop proposal to the upcoming IGF (which 
>>>>>we did today). This is an usual process and I beg you to bear with 
>>>>>me. You will remember I did launch this call while we were still 
>>>>>working on the server but so many of you only saw it later on when 
>>>>>the system was restored back.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>We invite members of the IGC to nominate candidates (please check 
>>>>>with them first about their willingness to serve), or to nominate 
>>>>>themselves as Co-coordinator to serve for 2 years, from 2017-2019. 
>>>>>All you need to do is to send TO THE LIST your statement of 
>>>>>interest (in the body of an email and attached in a .doc file) with 
>>>>>the following elements:
>>>>>
>>>>>-          Your full name
>>>>>
>>>>>-          Your country of origin and of residence
>>>>>
>>>>>-          Anything we need to know about your work/involvement 
>>>>>with IGC/IGF/Civil Society activities. (200 words max)
>>>>>
>>>>>-          Why do you think you can be a good Co-coordinator for 
>>>>>the IGC? (Max 200 words)
>>>>>
>>>>>-          What’s your vision for the IGC during your term if 
>>>>>elected? Pick up to 3 current issues we face in the group that you 
>>>>>will consider as priority during your first year. (Max 200 words)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>The nomination period will be open until midnight UTC on May 10th, 
>>>>>2017. After this date, we will circulate a resume of candidate's 
>>>>>profiles and enable a voting link to all IGC members in order to 
>>>>>elect our new co-coordinator.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>You can check duties and responsibilities on our website 
>>>>>(www.igcaucus.org)
>>>>><http://igcaucus.org/charter>
>>>>><http://igcaucus.org/charter>I do encourage all of you who wish to 
>>>>>have a different experience with international advocacy or Internet 
>>>>>public policy issues to consider applying. Also, we need to 
>>>>>revitalize our group so we need someone very dynamic that will 
>>>>>bring a push to support me.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Kind regards,
>>>>>
>>>>>Arsene
>>>>>
>>>>>IGC Co-coordinator
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>------------------------
>>>>>*Arsène Tungali <http://about.me/ArseneTungali>*
>>>>>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/> - Internet Governance - 
>>>>>Internet Freedom.
>>>>>
>>>>>Check the 2016 State of Internet Freedom in DRC report 
>>>>><http://cipesa.org/?wpfb_dl=234>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 4:33 AM Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro 
>>>>><salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>Dear Bruna, Arsene,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thank you such a relief.Can you advise when (dates) in which you 
>>>>>>were both elected? Basically month and year.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On another note, Sheetal and Farzaneh have raised issues that 
>>>>>>deserve discussion.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Notably in the threads, there have been links provided on archived 
>>>>>>info so hoping you can consolidate and advise us what our current 
>>>>>>site is.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Have you made an open call to the community to map areas of 
>>>>>>participation etc?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Kind Regards,
>>>>>>Sala
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On Mon, 24 Jun 2019, 5:33 pm Bruna Martins dos Santos, 
>>>>>><bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>Dear Sala,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Right now the co-coordinators are Arsene Tungali and myself.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Best,
>>>>>>>Bruna
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Mon, 24 Jun 2019, 17:21 "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro", 
>>>>>>><governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>Dear All,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Can someone advise me who the co-coordinators are?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Many thanks,
>>>>>>>>Sala
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala T
>>>>>P. O. Box 17862
>>>>>Suva
>>>>>Republic of Fiji
>>>>>
>>>>>Cell: +679 7656770;
>>>>>Home: +679 3362003
>>>>>Twitter: @SalanietaT
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is 
>>>>>the greatest quality of the mind next to honour."
>>>>>
>>>>>Aristotle
>>>>>
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>>
>>--
>>Bruna Martins dos Santos
>>
>>Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>@boomartins
>>
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