FW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Renewal of membership in the GAIDSteeringCommittee

[mgurst at vcn.bc.ca]

I support the approach suggested by CONGO and reaffirmed by Parminder
and I'm willing to participate in and contribute to a Civil Society
initiated process for identifying CS participation in the GAID Steering
Committee as might be useful.

I should also add that I have considerable (and oft expressed) concerns
that such participation should include those with direct on the ground
experience and knowledge of the use of ICT for Development, something
which I believe, could make a considerable contribution to the on-going
activities of the GAID.

Best,

MG 

Michael Gurstein, Ph.D.

Member of the GAID HL Panel of Advisors

Centre for Community Informatics Research, Training and Development Ste.
2101-989 Nelson St. Vancouver BC CANADA v6z 2s1
http://www.communityinformatics.net
tel./fax +1-604-602-0624

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De : plenary-bounces at wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-bounces at wsis-cs.org] De
la part de karen banks Envoyé : mardi, 21. août 2007 12:06 Objet : Re:
[WSIS CS-Plenary] Renewal of membership in the GAID Steering Committee


>>Some support to this proposal was expressed on the CS Plenary 
>>Listserv. Parminder proposed that a nominations committee composed of 
>>CS members of the Strategy Council / High Level Advisors (involved in 
>>CS processes in WSIS and post WSIS) would recommend three names to the

>>GAID Secretariat for the Steering Committee seat  (See e-mail 
>>attached).
>
>so, this would be different to last time round -  the nomcom would 
>consist of current GAID SC/AG members and they would identify potential

>candidates (3) for the SC..
>

Due to the time available and the number of seats, but also in order to
increase the ownership of the recommendation, it was indeed proposed
that a nominations committee for the *steering committee* seat would be
identified through the out-coming CS members of the Strategy Council and
HL Advisors.

The last CS self-nomination process for GAID in May 2006 was for the
*Strategy Council*. I think that a wide and open ended process, similar
to the last round, should be run for the Strategy Council renewal (to be
finalised in November 2007). 

>philippe - could you post a list of current members?  ad the various
>layers etc
>
>i have to admit i've forgotten exactly who everyone is.. and, why are
>we talking about 3 candidates - is that how many seats are currently 
>occupied by CS folk? (again, apologies, should know this but have 
>>forgotten)
>

Find below and attached the list of outgoing CS members of the GAID main
structures (Steering Committee, Strategy Council and HL Panel of
Advisors).

There are 2 CS representatives (currently Renate and Titi) in the 10
member Steering Committee. For the sake of continuity, the GAID
Secretariat is willing to maintain one of them and to renew the other
one. The GAID Secretariat did not yet announce who will stay (fyi,
Renate informed the GAID Secretariat that she is available and willing
to serve for one more year). 

>>Such a process seems workable even through the short deadlines. If
>>there is no objection, I would be happy to quickly refine the process 
>>guidelines and timelines in that spirit (based on your feedback 
>>please!). Urgent issues:
>>-          identifying volunteers for the nominations committee 
>>among CS members of Strategy Council / HL Advisors;
>>-          identifying candidates for the CS seat in the Steering
>>Committee;
>
>well, without having given much thought, nor having consulted APC
>colleagues, it sounds like a sensible plan..
>(so, this is my personal opinion)
>
>karen
>

Steering Committee (CS members) – One seat to be renewed according to
the GAID Secretariat guidelines
Titi Akinsanmi 	 
Renate Bloem 	 


Strategy Council (CS members)
1.	Kamel Ayadi, President, World Fed. of Engineering Associations
(Tunisia) 	 
2.	Rodrigo Baggio, Executive Director, Committee for Democracy in
Information Technology (Brazil)  
3.	Peter Bruck, President, World Summit Award (Austria)  
4.	Astrid Dufborg, Executive Director, GeSCI 	 
5.	Hiroshi Kawamura, Daisy Consortium, (Japan) 	
6.	Janet Longmore, President, Digital Opportunity Trust (Canada)

7.	Tracey Naughton, Media Caucus (S. Africa/Australia) 	 
8.	AHM Bazlur Rahman, CEO, Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and
Communication 	 
9.	Lynn St. Amour, President/CEO, Internet Society 	 
10.	Lynn M. Wanyeki, Executive Director, FEMNET (Kenya) 	 


High Level Panel of Advisors (CS members)
1.	Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Global Knowledge Partnership, Malaysia

2.	Izumi Aizu, GLOCOM, Japan 	 
3.	Qusai Al-Shatti, Kuwait Iformation Technology Society 	 
4.	Roberto Bissio, Instituto del Tercer Mundo, Uruguay 	 
5.	Derrick Cogburn, Professor, Syracuse University 	 
6.	Papa Ndiaye Diouf, African Diaspora for the Information Society,
Switzerland 	 
7.	William Drake, Graduate Institute for International Studies,
Switzerland 	 
8.	Tatiana Ershova, Institute for Information Society, Russia 	
9.	Anriette Esterhuyzen, Association for Progressive
Communications,
South Africa 	 
10.	Michael Gurstein, Global Telecenter Alliance, Canada 	 
11.	Ann-Kristin Hakansson, Indigenous ICT Task Force, Sweden

12.	Wolfgang Kleinwaechter, Aarhus University, Denmark 	 
13.	John Mathiason, Syracuse University, USA 	 
14.	George Sadowsky, Global Internet Policy Initiative, USA

15.	Henning Wegener, World Federation of Scientists, Germany



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