Anita, Al, and all,
So how about the matter of Chun Eunghwi's nomination?
Option 1: nominated by jinbonet and RitsCSM, endorsed by this caucus
Option 2: nominated by this caucus and individual organizations
Time is short so I hope I can get some clear idea.
Gabi
On 4/14/06 15:41, "Al Alegre" <alalegre@fma.ph> wrote:
> 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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