[WSIS CS-Plenary] Up date on renewal of GAID structures (Strategy Council and Steering Committee)

[CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam]

Dear all, 

 

As indicated in my previous e-mails, the renewal of the membership of GAID
structures was postponed, to allow for greater consultation among
stakeholders' groups. The deadline for nominations is 30 November 2007. We
therefore have until that date to come out with a CS self-organised
recommendation on the membership of both the Steering Committee and the
Strategy Council. Is there anyone among you willing to moderate any of these
self-nomination processes?

 

Our problem so far is that we have not yet any idea of who, among the
outgoing StratC and Steering Committee members, will be maintained and which
ones will go out. The GAID Secretariat had asked all outgoing members to
express their interest to continue. 

 

As regards the Steering Committee, I understood that both Titi and Renate
informed the GAID Secretariat of their interest to continue one more year.
But there is no more information so far on who would stay on Board. There
were also some discussions on whether the Steering Committee membership
should be increased to 12 members (currently 10), but there is not yet any
definite information on this (hopefully this would be one more for CS). 

 

As for the Strategy Council, it is understood that approximately one-third
of the membership should rotate. But I have very little information of who
expressed the willingness to continue. Out of 10 CS members so far, this
would mean that 3 or 4 new members should be identified. But the deadline
for expression of renewal by outgoing members is also 30 November, meaning
that we would not be able to know before 30 Nov. who would go out.

 

We would anyway need to have 2 parallel processes to go with by 30 November,
in identifying one individual for the Steering Committee membership. Any
process such as this one would approximately need one month to be finalised,
so that we need to start both no later that end October (next week!). 

 

A note by the GAID secretariat might be circulated soon, but I preferred to
forward you what we knew so far!

 

Let me remind that the deadlines for the nominations and appointment
processes are as follows:

 


 

GAID Steering Committee

GAID Strategy Council


Deadline for expression of renewal by outgoing members

 

15 August 2007

 

30 November 2007


Deadline for new nominations for membership 

 

30 November 2007

 

30 November 2007


Announcement of the Appointment of new members

 

End of December 2007

 

End of December 2007


Office taking of the new members

 

1 April 2008

 

1 April 2008


Date of the GAID structure with its renewed membership

May 2008

Kuala Lumpur

May 2008

Kuala Lumpur

 

All the best, 

 

Philippe

 

 

Philippe Dam
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