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On Dec 5, 2013 1:24 AM, "Remmy Nweke" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Robin,
> Having following trends on the subject matter, I wish to nominate myself
> to serve on this steering committee.
> My name is REMMY NWEKE, Member, Executive Board of Nigeria Internet
> Registration Association (NIRA) and chairman, Communication & Publicity,
> member Accreditation sub-committee of NIRA; Lead Strategist, DigitalSENSE
> Africa Media - organisers of DSA Forum Series including Nigeria Internet
> Governance for Development (IG4D); Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable and Member, LOC
> Nigeria Internet Governance Forum among others. A Diplo Alumni. Founding
> member, Open Source Foundation - Nigeria among others.
>
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> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 10:00 PM, Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Thank you, Joana.  Those of us on the civil society coalition steering
>> committee thought it would be best if we would not be eligible for any of
>> the committee seats ourselves, so as to avoid messy conflicts of both
>> seeking a seat while also serving on the committee making the decision
>> about the seats.   Since I said I would represent NCSG in the coalition, I
>> won't be eligible for any of the committee seats myself.  BUT I will work
>> hard to get the best people into those seats who will represent civil
>> society well and especially NCSG in these important policy inputs.
>>
>> Thanks again,
>> Robin
>>
>>
>> On Dec 4, 2013, at 12:53 PM, Joana Varon wrote:
>>
>> Dear Robin, are you eligible as well? It would be great if you were.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 6:49 PM, Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> Friends,
>>>
>>> We've been told by Adiel that each of the following stakeholders will
>>> receive 5 spots on the 1Net Steering Committee: business, civil society,
>>> academia, technical.  Therefore the coalition of civil society networks
>>> (NCSG, APC, Diplo, IGC, Best Bits) is working to nominate 5 representatives
>>> for civil society to the 1Net Steering Committee.  We are using the same
>>> committee and process that we used to nominate the 2 civil society
>>> representatives to the High Level Panel on IG last week.
>>>
>>> Therefore, we are now accepting nominations for civil society
>>> representatives to the 1Net Steering Committee until Monday 9 December
>>> 23:59 UTC.  You can nominate someone else or yourself by posting the
>>> nomination to this list before then.  Before you nominate another please be
>>> sure that your nominee has already agreed to serve on the 1Net Steering
>>> Committee if she/he is selected by the larger coalition as one of the five
>>> civil society representatives.
>>>
>>> Also bear in mind that we will be similarly impaneling the civil society
>>> representatives to the Brazil meeting organizing committees in the coming
>>> weeks also, but the 1Net Steering Committee's establishment has a tighter
>>> deadline so we are dealing with it first.
>>>
>>> Of course it would helpful to know just what 1Net has been set up to do
>>> and what is the scope of its work before agreeing to serve on its steering
>>> committee, but those things haven't been set yet - its largely a chicken
>>> and egg paradox.   Therefore, those people who are most interested in
>>> shaping the form and direction of 1Net should consider serving on its
>>> initial steering committee.
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>> Robin
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> Joana Varon Ferraz
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