Begin forwarded message: > From: "Ian Peter" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [governance] CSCG nominations for civil society speakers at IGF > Date: October 30, 2015 12:15:42 PM PDT > To: <[log in to unmask]>, <[log in to unmask]>, <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: [log in to unmask],"Ian Peter" <[log in to unmask]> > > Below are the two nominations from Civil Society Coordination Group for speakers for this years IGF opening and closing ceremonies. They were chosen from a field of 20 names submitted from various civil society coalitions, and have been forwarded to the IGF Secretariat. I must say that any of the 20 names submitted could have represented us admirably, and that it was a tough decision for the CSCG members to come up with 2 names. > > Joana Varon (Brazil) – opening ceremony – [log in to unmask] > > Nadine Moawad (Lebanon) – closing ceremony – [log in to unmask] > > > For those who don’t know them, > > > Joana Varon Ferraz is a researcher and project coordinator at the Centre for Technology and Society from Fundação Getulio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro > > Nadine Moawad is a Lebanese feminist activist and grasssroots worker who leads Association for Progressive Communication (APC)'s sexual > rights work. > > > We commend them both as informed excellent communicators to represent civil society. They have both been informed of their nominations. > > > > > Ian Peter (Independent Chair, Civil Society Coordination Group) >