[WSIS CS-Plenary] recommendations for WGIG

Bertrand de LA CHAPELLE lachapelle at openwsis.org
Thu Oct 7 13:10:22 BST 2004


Dear Martin,

You wrote :
>In your candidates list for WGIG are not listed Enrique 
Chaparro
>(Argentina), Beatriz Busaniche (Argentina) and Mario Teza 
(Brazil), who
>were nominees by the LAC caucus. They should be included, 
why are they not there?


35 nominations were received from the different geographic 
and thematic caucuses; given the expectation that the WGIG 
itself is going to be about 30 people, the goal was to 
identify a slate of about 10 people, which, given the effort 
at geographical balance, made about 2 names per region.

This is why all nominees from a given caucus could not be 
included and a selection had to be made. 

I am sorry I realize I did not cc to the plenary the mail 
announcing the slate and briefly describing the process 
followed. Please find it below :


Dear all,

After the first round of consultations in Geneva on 
September 20-21, the size, composition and mandate of the 
WGIG remain in discussion. This makes the selection of 
potential members from civil society a delicate issue that 
the Internet Governance Caucus wanted to address in the most 
transparent and inclusive manner. 

In its contribution to the September Consultations, the 
IG Caucus indicated its recommendations for the WGIG :

- a limited size (20-30 members) 
- a facilitating role for a larger group of stakeholders 
rather than a high level decision-making group
- a fully balanced composition (1/3 governments, 1/3 private 
sector, 1/3 civil society) 

The IG Caucus therefore decided to designate a slate of 
about 10 people, aiming as much as possible for a 
geographical, gender, age and profile balance. 

The Internet Governance Caucus also considered that although 
the origin of the WGIG creation was to address principally 
the Domain Name System and ICANN, it will progressively 
cover a broader definition of Internet Governance and 
will need to expand its competence pool accordingly. 

Finally, the main purpose of the WGIG should be to 
facilitate an iterative consultation and drafting process 
within the larger group of concerned stakeholders, via both 
physical meetings and online consultations. 

In that context, the IG Caucus not only determined a list of 
nominees for itself but also invited other regional and 
thematic civil society caucuses to identify potential 
candidates to be taken into consideration. This dual and 
bottom-up process process produced a list of 35 nominees 
and the profiles of nominees wer publicly posted on 
http://www.net-gov.org/wgig/

. 
At the initiative of one of the Caucus co-coordinators, a 
small NomCom was formed to review the list of nominees and 
facilitate identification of an appropriately balanced slate 
to be transmitted to the Secretary General.

This process was not easy and resulted in two complementary 
sets of names.

First, a limited slate of candidates for the WGIG itself :

- Carlos Afonso (Brazil), Technical Development Director, 
RITS
- Karen Banks, (Australia), Association  for Progressive 
communications
- Vittorio Bertola (Italy), Chair, ICANN At Large Advisory 
Committee
- Avri Doria, (USA), Lulea University, Sweden
- William Drake (USA), President, Computer Professionals for 
Social Responsibility
- Raul Echeberria, (Uruguay), LACNIC CEO
- Wolfgang Kleinwächter (Germany), Professor for 
International Communication Policy and Regulation, 
University of Aarhus, 
Denmark
- Marlyn Tadros, (Egypt), Executive Director, Virtual 
Activism
- Ang Peng Hwa, (Singapore), Dean of School of Communication 
& Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 


Second, based on the submissions from other Civil Society 
thematic caucuses, a list of "connectors" has been 
established to facilitate interaction with various thematic 
constituencies as the process expands to a broader range of 
issues :

- Jonathan Cave (UK), senior Economist, Rand Europe; 
connector for the Scientific Information Working Group
- Georg Greve (Germany), President, Free Software 
Foundation Europe, connector for the Patents, Copyrights and 
Trademanrks WG;
- Gus Hosein (Canada), Fellow Information Systems, London 
Schoold of Economics and Senior Fellow, Privacy 
International; connector for Privacy and Security WG;
- Joseph Sarr (Senegal), President, NTIC Commission of the 
Dakar Regional Council; connector to the Cities and Local 
Authorities Caucus
- Robert Sagun (Philippines), Policy Coordinator of the WSIS 
Youth Caucus
- Hiroshi Kawamura (Japan), Japanese Society for the 
Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities (JSRPD), Daisy 
Consortium Board member; connector to the Persons with 
Disabilities caucus
- Aidan White (Ireland), General secretary of the 
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), connector for 
the Media caucus;
- Jacqueline A. Morris (Trinidad and Tobago), connector for 
the Gender Caucus.

(A full list of Civil Society caucuses and Working Groups is 
available at : http://www.wsis-cs.org/caucuses.html
 )

These connectors will follow closely the work of the WGIG 
and participate in its process to help ensure a good 
articulation between the different issues. Should the WGIG 
decide to create sub-groups on thematic issues, these 
connectors will also help mobilize the relevant actors.

This dual list intends to cover on the one hand the 
immediate nomination needs in the WGIG creation phase and, 
on the other hand, to anticipate its future activities. 
 
No list or suggestion can be perfect and the members of the 
NomCom tried their best to pay tribute to the broad range of 
competences available. We hope the above-mentionned lists - 
that will be sent to Markus Kummer for his meetings in New 
York tomorrow - will facilitate the full participation of 
civil society in the WGIG.  

The NomCom was composed of Adam Peake, Renate Bloem, Izumi 
Aizu, Valeria Betancourt and Bertrand de La Chapelle. 

Sincerely

Bertrand de La Chapelle






---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 13:09:34 +0200
>From: Martin Olivera <martin_olivera at yahoo.com.ar>  
>Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] recommendations for WGIG  
>To: plenary at wsis-cs.org
>
>In your candidates list for WGIG are not listed Enrique 
Chaparro
>(Argentina), Beatriz Busaniche (Argentina) and Mario Teza 
(Brazil), who
>were nominees by the LAC caucus. They should be included, 
why are they
>not there?
>
>En tu lista de candidatos para el WGIG no estan Enrique 
Chaparro
>(Argentina), Beatriz Busaniche (Argentina) y Mario Teza 
(Brasil), que
>fueron nominados por el caucus LAC. Ellos deberúian estar 
incluidos, por
>que no estan alli?
>
>El mié, 06-10-2004 a las 15:19, Adam Peake escribió:
>> A list of candidates, 9 recommendations for the 
>> working group and a second slate of 8 
>> "connectors" were sent to Markus Kummer yesterday.
>> 
>> Due to an oversight (I was travelling from the US 
>> to Japan) Jacqueline A. Morris was omitted from 
>> the list of connectors.  This oversight has been 
>> corrected and Markus Kummer informed. 
>> Jacqueline is from Trinidad and Tobago and was 
>> recommended by the WSIS-Gender Caucus.
>> 
>> Slate of candidates for the WGIG itself:
>> 
>> * Carlos Afonso (Brazil)
>> * Karen Banks (Australia)
>> * Vittorio Bertola (Italy)
>> * Avri Doria (USA/Israel)
>> * William Drake (USA)
>> * Raul Echeberria, (Uruguay)
>> * Wolfgang Kleinwächter (Germany)
>> * Marlyn Tadros (Egypt)
>> * Ang Peng Hwa (Singapore)
>> 
>> Slate of "connectors":
>> 
>> * Jonathan Cave (UK), Scientific Information WG
>> * Georg Greve (Germany), Patents, Copyrights and 
Trademarks WG
>> * Gus Hosein (Canada), Privacy and Security WG
>> * Joseph Sarr (Senegal), Cities and Local Authorities 
Caucus
>> * Robert Sagun (Philippines), Youth Caucus
>> * Hiroshi Kawamura (Japan), Persons with Disabilities 
Caucus
>> * Aidan White (Ireland), Media Caucus
>> * Jacqueline A. Morris (Trinidad and Tobago), Gender 
Caucus
>> 
>> Note that the African Caucus sent a list of names 
>> separately to Markus Kummer, we did not know who 
>> was on their list until late yesterday so were 
>> unable to include their recommendations and did 
>> not try to duplicate.
>> 
>> The recommendations were sent to Markus Kummer 
>> yesterday by Izumi Aizu.  Izumi's emails to Mr. 
>> Kummer copied below.
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> 
>> Adam
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> >
>> >Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 18:35:37 +0900
>> >To: Markus KUMMER <mkummer at unog.ch>
>> >From: Izumi Aizu <iza at anr.org>
>> >Subject: Civil Society Plenary Recommendation for the 
Members of the
>> >   WGIG
>> >Cc: Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette at wz-berlin.de>,
>> >	Bertrand de LA CHAPELLE <lachapelle at openwsis.org>,
>> >	Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp>, rbloem at ngocongo.org, 
valeriab at apc.org,
>> >	iza at anr.org
>> >
>> >Dear Markus,
>> >
>> >Here attached is the Civil Society Plenary's slate of 
people for the
>> >Members of the Working Group on Internet Governance.
>> >
>> >This selection is done through extensive online process 
and also some off-line
>> >discussions among all the caucus and family 
>> >members of the Civil Society Plenary
>> >of the WSIS.
>> >
>> >We have setup a website for all the candidates 
recommended from
>> >different Caucuses and Working Group/Families:
>> >
>> >http://www.net-gov.org/wgig/
>> >
>> >The final selection was carried out by small number of 
volunteers acted as
>> >"NomCom", facilitated by the two co-coordinators of the 
Internet Governance
>> >Caucus, Jeanette Hofmann and Adam Peake, though Jeanette 
did not directly
>> >participate the nomination/selection, but remained as 
more of procedural and
>> >logistical coordinator. All NomCom members were, by 
default, excluded from
>> >the selection.
>> >
>> >NomCom members include:
>> >
>> >Bertrand de LA CHAPELLE <lachapelle at openwsis.org>
>> >Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp>
>> >Renata Bloem <bloem at ngocongo.org>
>> >Valeria <valeriab at apc.org>
>> >Izumi Aizu  <iza at anr.org>
>> >
>> >On behalf of the co-coordinators, and in the interest of 
time,
>> >I am sending this to you, since Adam is still on the 
road and
>> >Jeannete also is going to travel today.
>> >
>> >We hope you will find these people all well qualified 
and be of your
>> >help in the final selection.
>> >
>> >all the best,
>> >
>> >izumi
>> >
>> >
>> >                    >> Izumi Aizu <<
>> >
>> >             Institute for HyperNetwork Society
>> >
>> >New Institute for Social Knowledge and Collaboration
>> >              Kumon Center, University of Tama
>> >                           IGTF-J
>> >              Internet Users Network, Tokyo
>> >                          * * * * *
>> >      << Writing the Future of the History >>
>> >                        www.anr.org
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> >
>> >Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 20:29:49 +0900
>> >To: wgig at unog.ch
>> >From: Izumi Aizu <iza at anr.org>
>> >Subject: Internet Governance Caucus submission, on 
behalf of Civil
>> >   Society/WSIS
>> >Cc: Bertrand de LA CHAPELLE <lachapelle at openwsis.org>,
>> >	Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette at wz-berlin.de>,
>> >	Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp>, rbloem at ngocongo.org, 
valeriab at apc.org,
>> >	iza at anr.org, iza at anr.org
>> >
>> >Dear Markus and WGIG secretariat,
>> >
>> >Just sending this to the other address you indicated for 
submission.
>> >
>> >One thing, the recommendation is not "precisely" 
>> >of the Civil Society Plenary, per se,
>> >but the Internet Governance Caucus took the lead to 
collect names from
>> >all of the caucuses and families of the Civil Society, 
with no objection, and
>> >then formed a NomCom including non-members of IG Caucus, 
and finalized
>> >this. So broadly speaking, this is still the Civil 
Society recommendation,
>> >but in a narrow term, it was facilitated and selected by 
Internet Governance
>> >Caucus.
>> >
>> >best,
>> >
>> >izumi
>> >
>> >                    >> Izumi Aizu <<
>> >
>> >
>> >             Institute for HyperNetwork Society
>> >
>> >
>> >New Institute for Social Knowledge and Collaboration
>> >              Kumon Center, University of Tama
>> >                           IGTF-J
>> >              Internet Users Network, Tokyo
>> >                          * * * * *
>> >      << Writing the Future of the History >>
>> >                        www.anr.org
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >                        >> Izumi Aizu <<
>> >
>> >                    New E-mail Address!!
>> >                        <iza at anr.org>
>> >                         www.anr.org
>> >
>> >           Institute for HyperNetwork Society
>> >
>> >         << Writing the Future of the History >>
>> 
>> 
>> (Bertrand de La Chapelle's email explaining the 
>> recommendations, was subject "Re: [governance] 
>> Proposition de candidats pour le WGIG")
>> 
>> >Dear all,
>> >
>> >After the first round of consultations in Geneva on
>> >September 20-21, the size, composition and mandate of the
>> >WGIG remain in discussion. This makes the selection of
>> >potential members from civil society a delicate issue 
that
>> >the Internet Governance Caucus wanted to address in the 
most
>> >transparent and inclusive manner.
>> >
>> >In its contribution to the September Consultations, the
>> >IG Caucus indicated its recommendations for the WGIG :
>> >
>> >- a limited size (20-30 members)
>> >- a facilitating role for a larger group of stakeholders
>> >rather than a high level decision-making group
>> >- a fully balanced composition (1/3 governments, 1/3 
private
>> >sector, 1/3 civil society)
>> >
>> >The IG Caucus therefore decided to designate a slate of
>> >about 10 people, aiming as much as possible for a
>> >geographical, gender, age and profile balance.
>> >
>> >The Internet Governance Caucus also considered that 
although
>> >the origin of the WGIG creation was to address 
principally
>> >the Domain Name System and ICANN, it will progressively
>> >cover a broader definition of Internet Governance and
>> >will need to expand its competence pool accordingly.
>> >
>> >Finally, the main purpose of the WGIG should be to
>> >facilitate an iterative consultation and drafting process
>> >within the larger group of concerned stakeholders, via 
both
>> >physical meetings and online consultations.
>> >
>> >In that context, the IG Caucus not only determined a 
list of
>> >nominees for itself but also invited other regional and
>> >thematic civil society caucuses to identify potential
>> >candidates to be taken into consideration. This dual and
>> >bottom-up process process produced a list of 35 nominees
>> >and the profiles of nominees wer publicly posted on
>> >http://www.net-gov.org/wgig/
>> >.
>> >At the initiative of one of the Caucus co-coordinators, a
>> >small NomCom was formed to review the list of nominees 
and
>> >facilitate identification of an appropriately balanced 
slate
>> >to be transmitted to the Secretary General.
>> >
>> >This process was not easy and resulted in two 
complementary
>> >sets of names.
>> >
>> >First, a limited slate of candidates for the WGIG 
itself :
>> >
>> >- Carlos Afonso (Brazil), Technical Development Director,
>> >RITS
>> >- Karen Banks, (Australia), Association  for Progressive
>> >communications
>> >- Vittorio Bertola (Italy), Chair, ICANN At Large 
Advisory
>> >Committee
>> >- Avri Doria, (USA), Lulea University, Sweden
>> >- William Drake (USA), President, Computer Professionals 
for
>> >Social Responsibility
>> >- Raul Echeberria, (Uruguay), LACNIC CEO
>> >- Wolfgang Kleinwächter (Germany), Professor for
>> >International Communication Policy and Regulation,
>> >University of Aarhus,
>> >Denmark
>> >- Marlyn Tadros, (Egypt), Executive Director, Virtual
>> >Activism
>> >- Ang Peng Hwa, (Singapore), Dean of School of 
Communication
>> >& Information, Nanyang Technological University, 
Singapore
>> >
>> >
>> >Second, based on the submissions from other Civil Society
>> >thematic caucuses, a list of "connectors" has been
>> >established to facilitate interaction with various 
thematic
>> >constituencies as the process expands to a broader range 
of
>> >issues :
>> >
>> >- Jonathan Cave (UK), senior Economist, Rand Europe;
>> >connector for the Scientific Information Working Group
>> >- Georg Greve (Germany), President, Free Software
>> >Foundation Europe, connector for the Patents, Copyrights 
and
>> >Trademanrks WG;
>> >- Gus Hosein (Canada), Fellow Information Systems, London
>> >Schoold of Economics and Senior Fellow, Privacy
>> >International; connector for Privacy and Security WG;
>> >- Joseph Sarr (Senegal), President, NTIC Commission of 
the
>> >Dakar Regional Council; connector to the Cities and Local
>> >Authorities Caucus
>> >- Robert Sagun (Philippines), Policy Coordinator of the 
WSIS
>> >Youth Caucus
>> >- Hiroshi Kawamura (Japan), Japanese Society for the
>> >Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities (JSRPD), 
Daisy
>> >Consortium Board member; connector to the Persons with
>> >Disabilities caucus
>> >- Aidan White (Ireland), General secretary of the
>> >International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), connector 
for
>> >the Media caucus;
>> >
>> >(A full list of Civil Society caucuses and Working 
Groups is
>> >available at : http://www.wsis-cs.org/caucuses.html )
>> >
>> >These connectors will follow closely the work of the WGIG
>> >and participate in its process to help ensure a good
>> >articulation between the different issues. Should the 
WGIG
>> >decide to create sub-groups on thematic issues, these
>> >connectors will also help mobilize the relevant actors.
>> >
>> >This dual list intends to cover on the one hand the
>> >immediate nomination needs in the WGIG creation phase 
and,
>> >on the other hand, to anticipate its future activities.
>> >
>> >No list or suggestion can be perfect and the members of 
the
>> >NomCom tried their best to pay tribute to the broad 
range of
>> >competences available. We hope the above-mentionned 
lists -
>> >that will be sent to Markus Kummer for his meetings in 
New
>> >York tomorrow - will facilitate the full participation of
>> >civil society in the WGIG. 
>> >
>> >The NomCom was composed of Adam Peake, Renate Bloem, 
Izumi
>> >Aizu, Valeria Betancourt and Bertrand de La Chapelle.
>> >
>> >Sincerely
>> >
>> >Bertrand de La Chapelle
>> >
>> >
>> >_______________________________________________
>> >governance mailing list
>> >governance at lists.cpsr.org
>> >https://ssl.cpsr.org/mailman/listinfo/governance
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