Dear Robin, I am emailing on behalf of NPOC Executive Committee which reached an agreement and wishes to nominate two candidates: Klaus Stoll and myself. 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 > > > > > >