HI Anita
Of course...it was an oversight on my part to miss Parminder--he is also in
APC's list! Sorry for the lapse...
I do second the motion that if Asia Caucus is forwarding nominations, then
Parminder of course deserves our endorsement. Please post on thios list his bio
and nomination template for everyone's information.
APC has forwarded therefore 3 nominations from the Asian caucus: Parminder,
Adam, and Mavic. (If we were to include Australia, it would be 4, as APC also
endorsed Paul Wilson.)
I do encourage that the caucus (if it can) or organizations here endorse the
three plus Chun. But as I said, there may not be enough time for this, so
organizational endorsements might be an initial step. (Lets try to find out if
endorsements can be forwarded even after the deadline for nominations.)
FYI Here is APC's list:
Nominations
------------------
Mawaki Chango, Togo
Parminder Jeet Singh, India
Rikke Frank Joergensen, Denmark
Ken Lohento, Benin
William Drake, USA
Milton Mueller, USA
Adam Peake, UK
Paul Wilson, Australia
Mavic Cabrera Balleza (tbc), Philippines
Gustavo Gindre (tbc), Brazil
Endorsements
---------------------
Robin Gross (IP Justice), USA
best
Al
----- Original Message -----
From: Anita <Anita@ITforChange.net>
To: <communication@wsisasia.org>
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 2:12 PM
Subject: [communication 1693] Re: Nomination for IGF MAG: Chun Eunghwi
> Hi Al
>
> I do see your hesitancy in sending nominations from this list. We have not
> been active enough.. However, I do have a couple of thoughts.. and in case
> we are sending nominations, we must consider the involvement of the
> candidate in the IG caucus like forums, (which is often recognized by those
> in IG establishment as one of the main WSIS CS forums for IG) and the issues
> taken up by her/him - in terms of the candidate's main politics. We must
> seek people who can represent the basic development and rights issues in the
> context of IG - and this I think is critical for the region. Though of
> course this should not be the exclusive criterion for nomination.
>
> I would like to recommend Parminder - who you will have noticed is also
> nominated by APC - in case the Asia Pacific caucus is sending a list. He has
> also been supported in addition to APC by various groups like
>
> The Community Informatics Research Network
> The Global Telecenter Alliance
> The Telecenters of the Americas Partnership
>
> As you know, IT for Change has been active since the WSIS days - especially
> the prepcoms of the second phase where both financing and IG got discussed,
> and through the gender caucus where I was Asia Pacific coordinator.
> Parminder fought against the narrow "capacity building" proposal of Canada
> in the last phases of WSIS negotiation, which would have limited the public
> policy function of IGF, and has been fighting for issues like recognition of
> 'right to development' and promotion of public domain in the IG debates more
> recently.
>
> ITfC has also been trying to de-mystify the hyper-technical nature of IG
> debates. Most of the technical aspects are not very relevant to the public
> policy part of these debates, but there is a tendency in some of the
> technical/ academic community (pl excuse my saying this, but it is not a
> blanket assertion) to keep the debate obfuscated in technicalities - which
> denies access to those interested in Internet polices from the broad social
> movements and grassroots communities who are impacted by the Internet and
> hence by Internet related policies.
>
> You spoke of possible nominations of Susanna and Mavic - we will be very
> happy to support theirs.
>
> Pl let me know if you are indeed sending a list. I will be happy to forward
> Parminder's brief bio as sent to IGC.
>
>
> anita
>
>
>
> anita gurumurthy
> IT for Change
> www.ITforChange.net
> Tel:98455 46406
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Alegre [mailto:alalegre@fma.ph]
> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 4:19 AM
> To: communication@wsisasia.org
> Subject: [communication 1690] Re: Nomination for IGF MAG: Chun Eunghwi
>
> 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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