By fluke of circumstance I've had the opportunity during the past week to
speak with a few Estonians involved in the HL process, including the Chair
himself for a very few minutes earlier today. As a result of these
conversations I've come away with the thoughts that 1) this currently is an
ICANN driven process, subject to change and 2) we need people participating
who understand how the MS process works in practice as well as in theory.

I concur with those who feel that Bill Drake, by virtue of this work within
both ICANN and the wider IG world, is ideally suited for this role. For the
other position I'd like to propose a new name - Avri Doria - for
consideration. Avri, like Bill, brings multiple abilities to the table.
She's held leadership roles within ICANN (Chair, Council, for example) and
has technical expertise that the small CS contingent might find helpful. Of
greater importance, Avri is a resident expert on the intricacies of the WG
process and how MS works in practice as well as in theory: something I
think could be useful so as to ground the high levelers into reality.



On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 10:59 PM, Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I should note that additional names may be added for consideration within
> the next 24 hours as a consensus must be made by the end of the week.  So
> please provide your input on the names proposed below and any additional
> high-level candidates you wish to see on the HLM next month.<http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/high-level-panel-organizes-to-address-future-of-internet-governance-232274461.html>
> The initial interim steering committee will come to a consensus on *2
> names* by this week's end to represent civil society on the HLM from the
> slate of all of those proposed by the different networks.  This is NCSG's
> opportunity to provide input into this process of selecting the 2 names for
> civil society on the HLM in London next month.
>
> Thanks in advance for your feedback.
>
> Best,
> Robin
>
> On Nov 25, 2013, at 9:54 AM, Robin Gross wrote:
>
> The first task of this initial interim committee for civil society is to
> provide 2 names from civil society to be added to the High Level Meeting in
> London in December.  We know Fadi said to give him 1 name, but he must put
> 2 civil society people on if he wants civil society to participate in 1Net.
>  That is our compromise.  If he wants civil society buy-in, we must be
> provided *equality of representation *on all other panels and committees
> going forward.  We have that much at ICANN and IGF already, so why would be
> backslide that accomplishment at the formation of this new model?
>
> *So NCSG should put forward 2 names for this High Level London Meeting on
> IG.*  So far on the various lists discussing the topic in the IG space,
> the following names have been suggested:
> *Bill Drake, Eben Moglen, Anriette Esterhuysen, Milton Mueller.*
>
> What is NCSG's preference?
>
> Thanks,
> Robin
>
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