i shall gladly support the normination of Chun.
John FUNG, PhD
Director
Information Technology Resource Centre
The Hong Kong Council of Social Service
url: www.hkcss.org.hk
tel: (852) 2864 2971
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Alan Alegre <alalegre@fma.ph>
Reply-To: communication@wsisasia.org
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 06:49:19 +0800 (PHT)
>Dear Gabi and all
>
>Greetings of solidarity...
>
>Thanks for taking the initiative in this, and I am elated that Chun has
>come up as a nominee--I think he will be a good nomination.
>
>(BTW, in the nomination, it would help to indicate that Chun or any other
>nominee is willing to accept if chosen, just to be sure that it is made
>with his consent and thus avoiding the embarrassment of people declining
>if he will be picked.)
>
>I myself was debating on whether to also submit possible names to the
>group (e.g., Izumi Aizu, Adam Peake, Susanna George, Mavic Balleza etc.)
>but I simply did not have the time to lead this discussion and verify with
>people as to their willingness. As it is, our global association APC has
>nominated several people, and the list includes Adam (from UK but based in
>Japan for a long time, one of the convenors of the IG Caucus), and Mavic
>(from PHilippines but based in US now, to have a strong gender advocate as
>well).
>
>I don't have problems with the Asia Caucus endorsing Chun. However, it
>would also be good to get formal **organizational endorsements**, in case
>some people on the list do not know Chun that well or will not be
>comfortable just giving the caucus blanket endorsement. I am also a bit
>wary of the latter as this caucus has not been too active after WSIS, and
>the deadline is almost upon us to have some decent discussion. (Here in
>our country, we are in the midst of the HOly WEek holidays.)
>
>So if this is the case, you may put our organization, Foundation for Media
>Alternatives-Philippines, as one of the endorsers of Chun's nomination.
>
>Lastly: I gather that this will be submitted directly to the IGF
>Secretariat. This is good, but maybe members of other CS WSIS caucuses can
>also repost the nomination to their lists (e.g., human rights caucus, IG
>caucus etc.) to publicize the nomination and possibly get additional
>support if time allows it.
>
>thanks and advanced EAster greetings
>Al
>
>
>
>> Thanks Al for the update-
>>
>> I coordinated with some Korean members of this caucus and they have
>> prepared
>> this nomination. Because time was short, I have sent it first on behalf of
>> Jinbonet, PeaceNet and my own organization, noting that this Caucus may
>> enforse it.
>>
>> Could we say, if there is no opposition to Chun Eunghwi's nomination by
>> this
>> Caucus within 72 hrs, we consider it endorsed? Is that OK?
>>
>> Gabi
>>
>> ----------
>> Nomination for IGF MAG (Internet Governance Forum Multistakeholder
>> Advisory
>> Group)
>>
>> - Name: Chun Eunghwi (PeaceNet Korea, Korean Civil Society Network for
>> WSIS
>> )
>> - Name of nominator : PeaceNet Korea, Jinbonet (Korea) [contact-
>> patcha@patcha.jinbonet.org], RitsCSM (Ritsumeikan Civil Society Media
>> Research Group Japan); [contact- Gabriele Hadl gabi@bndjapan.org] and
>> WSIS
>> Asian Caucus* (*decision pending);
>> - Nationality: South Korea
>> - Country of Residence : South Korea
>> - Gender : Male
>> - Short Bio relevant to IG
>> Eung Hwi Chung studied Public Policy and International Relations at
>> the KDI School of Public Policy and Management. He received his B.A.
>> in English Literature from Korea University. His current position is
>> General Secretary of PeaceNet Korea, E-Commerce Advisory Member, Green
>> Consumer Network in Korea. Mr. Chun has been actively involved in
>> Internet governance policy issues since 2000. He served as a member of
>> Name & Number Committee, of KRNIC (Korea Network Information Center),
>> the South Korean ccTLD administrator. His organization has been a
>> member of the Noncommercial Users Constituency of ICANN's GNSO since
>> 2001. In that capacity, Chun was elected to the GNSO Council, the
>> policy making body for domain names in ICANN. During the WSIS first
>> phase (2003) Chun was a delegate of Korean Civil Society Network. In
>> 2005 Geneva session for internet governance, he actively joined in
>> UNDP-APDIP forum and Ubiquitous theme conference held in Japan for
>> preparation of 2nd WSIS.
>>
>>
>> - Why the nominee is a good choice for the MAG
>> Mr. Chun has been active in debating and formulating domain name
>> policy in South Korea, including the development of the following
>> papers: "A Prelimanay Review of the 2nd Level Naming Policy in
>> ccTLDs", submitted to a Public Hearing on the 2nd Level Policy of .KR,
>> held in 2004 by the Names and Number Council, KRNIC; and "A Suggestion
>> for Public Policy Response to Spam Issue" (submitted to the Fair Trade
>> Commission of Korean Government in 2004). Up to now, he has frequently
>> witnessed representing users and consumers in many IT-related policy
>> hearings held in National Assembly, which covers broad range of topics
>> from internet governance, internet usage fee scheme, mobile
>> communication usage fee scheme, copyright issues in digital network
>> environment even to digital convergence related issues.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Gabriele Hadl
>> Coordinator, RitsCSM (Ritsumeikan Civil Society Media Research Group)
>> ----
>> http://homepage.mac.com/ellenycx/RitsCSM/
>>
>>
>>
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