[governance] Nomination

Fri Sep 6 06:28:46 EDT 2019

Wonderful, thanks Sheetal.

On Thu, 5 Sep 2019, 11:40 pm Sheetal Kumar, <sheetal at gp-digital.org> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Thank you again to Deirdre for the nomination, and to the returning
> officers for all their efforts so far. I include below my statement.
>
> *My name is Sheetal Kumar, and I’m based in London, UK where I’m a
> Programme Lead at Global Partners Digital (GPD). I believe the role of IGC
> coordinator requires enthusiasm, understanding of internet policy issues,
> organisational and facilitation skills. At GPD, I have experience in
> facilitating civil society engagement in internet policy and governance
> spaces, including at the global level where I’ve been working on ensuring
> greater openness, inclusivity and transparency for civil society engagement
> in multistakeholder and multilateral processes. For example, I’ve supported
> coordination of civil society in the WSIS+10 Review Process, and other
> global processes including the ICDPPC, the G20, the UNHRC and more recently
> the HLP and the UN First Committee. Currently, I lead a cybersecurity
> capacity building programme which supports civil society organisations to
> promote and protect human rights in relevant discussions at the national
> and global levels. *
>
>
>
> *In addition, I represented Bestbits at the CSCG where I helped to
> coordinate the involvement of the previous Bestbits network in the CSCG.
> I’ve also been an active participant in the civil society pre-IGF
> coordination mee*tings, *as well as a participant of the IGF and its
> intersessional activities, most recently the BPF on cybersecurity.*
>
>
>
> *I’ve been helping to lead the discussions regarding the closure of
> Bestbits and been involved in the related discussions regarding the IGC’s
> revival. As the internet and digital technologies become increasingly
> relevant, we need a coordinated and strong civil society presence which
> meaningfully involves a diverse and wide range of voices more than ever. I
> believe my experience in the field of internet policy, relationships with a
> wide range of stakeholders in the community, and my facilitation of the
> closing of Bestbits process, as well as my strong organisational skills
> will support me to carry out a role as IGC coordinator. *
>
>
> On Thu, 29 Aug 2019 at 00:06, ahmed eisa <kassmoor22 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear friends
>> I support the nomination of Sheetal because she is one of the best active
>> civil society I met and she deserve the nomination
>> Ahmed eisa Sudan
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 6:13 PM Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> Thank you to Deirdre for the nomination, and to others for their
>>> expression of support so far. I appreciate the trust and support and I'll
>>> send the 300 word statement as requested in the next week.
>>>
>>> Best wishes
>>> Sheetal.
>>>
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>>>
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>>>> On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 7:30 PM Nadira Alaraj <
>>>> governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I second Deirdre nomination to Sheetal Kumar,
>>>>> Sheetal is an achiever, she never leaves any unfinished task before
>>>>> being accomplished.
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope Sheetal will accept to be one of the coordinators to IGC.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nadira AL-Araj
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Aug 27, 2019, 20:29 Deirdre Williams <
>>>>> governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Sheetal Kumar
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Country of residence: UK
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Country of origin: UK
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I nominate Sheetal Kumar to be one of two co-coordinators for the
>>>>>> Internet Governance Caucus (IGC). While several people have been working
>>>>>> steadily for more than six months to re-awake and unify a voice of civil
>>>>>> society in the internet governance debate, it has been Sheetal’s
>>>>>> persistence that has provided the “glue” to hold the group together. She
>>>>>> has been open to all points of view, patient, diplomatic, working towards
>>>>>> consensus without steering things towards her own preference, while keeping
>>>>>> the group together to produce results. IGC needs these skills if it is to
>>>>>> survive as an effective actor.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Deirdre Williams
>>>>>>
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>>>
>>> *Sheetal Kumar*
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> *Sheetal Kumar*
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