+1 Thanks for stepping up Nuno! On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Nuno Garcia <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear colleagues, I'm not sure if there is an academia representative. > > If there is not, I volunteer. > > Warm regards, > > Nuno > > On 9 December 2013 17:49, Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Yes, Adiel of 1Net made some premature claims about 1Net appointing > people > > to the organizing committees for the Brazil meeting, however those claims > > turned out to be unsupported by any facts after further questioning. > > > > CBI.BR is organizing the Brazil meeting and CGI.BR will provide the > > deadlines and numbers of representatives per SG that will participate on > > those organizing committees. Civil Society will work directly with > CBI.BR > > rather than through the 1Net layer for the Brazil meeting. So we wait > for > > the details to come from CGI.BR about impaneling the Brazil meeting > > organizing committees (which should be any day). > > > > In the meantime, we are proposing representatives to the 1Net Steering > > Committee for civil society. The deadline for making these nominations > is > > today 9 Dec. 23:59 UTC via this list. So far the following have been > > nominated for this committee: > > Rafik Dammak > > Marie-laure Lemineur > > Remmy Nweke > > Klaus Stoll > > > > Please let me know if I've missed any nomination or if there are others > > before the deadline today at 23:59. > > > > Thanks, > > Robin > > > > > > On Dec 9, 2013, at 7:42 AM, marie-laure Lemineur wrote: > > > > Dear Robin, > > > > Many thanks. I have one question and please forgive me if the answer to > my > > questions have already been discussed in some emails. There are so many > > emails threads that it is easy to miss key information and get a little > > confused :). > > > > I read a recent email (last Thursday) from Adiel informing that they > were > > looking for the nomination of 2 reps for the Multistakeholder High Level > > Committee, 2 reps for the Multistakeholder Executive Committee and 5 reps > > for the 1Net Steering Committee. That Civil Society, as well as other > > sectors, will appoint those 9 reps. And in you email below you just call > for > > nomination for the Steering Committee. Thus I was wondering, what is the > > planned process for the other two committees since in the case of the > three > > committees, the deadline for nominations given by Adiel is December 15. > > > > Best, > > > > Marie-laure > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 2:49 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 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > >