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Please add my name in the NomCom.<br><br>
Best regards,<br>
Hakik<br><br>
Dr. Md. Hakikur Rahman<br>
Chairman<br>
SchoolNet Foundation Bangladesh<br>
web:
<a href="http://www.schoolnetbd.org/" eudora="autourl">
www.schoolnetbd.org</a>,
<a href="http://www.hakik.org/" eudora="autourl">www.hakik.org</a> <br>
email: email@hakik.org, hakikur.rahman@gmail.com<br><br>
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<font size=2 color="#000080">Thanks Lisa, <br>
<br>
Yes there is on line a list of volunteers to serve in the NomCom and of
self nominations for the CS membership into the GAID Strategy Council we
received so far. The description of the whole process as previously
circulated on this list is available on:
<a href="http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=news&id=10462">
http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=news&id=10462</a>. As you
know, the GAID Secretariat announced that 3 to 4 <b>CS seats in the
Strategy Council</b> will be renewed (corresponding to approximately one
third of the 10 CS members of the Strategy Council, composed of a total
of 40 members).<br>
<br>
-</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=1 color="#000080">
</font><a href="http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=pag&id=10463">
<font size=2 color="#000080"><b>Volunteers to serve in the
NomCom</a></b>: We only have 13 volunteers so far and as you know we
would need 25 to make the selection completely random. The <b>deadline
for volunteering is TODAY at 0.00</b>. The random selection process will
indeed take place tomorrow. If we don’t reach this number of 25, we would
have to consider cancelling the whole self nomination process and would
not be in a position to submit a recommendation for the new CS members of
the Strategy Council to the GAID Secretariat.<br>
<br>
-</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=1 color="#000080">
</font><a href="http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=pag&id=10464">
<font size=2 color="#000080"><b>Nominated candidates for the GAID
Strategy Council</a></b>: I only received so far 4 nominations. We also
need much more to make this process meaningful. Deadline for nominations
of candidates is <b>25 November</b>. Nominations could be
self-candidatures of nominations by others. To nominate through this
process, send to <a href="mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org">wsis@ngocongo.org</a>
the following information:<br>
</font><font size=2><i>Name:<br>
CS Affiliation(s):<br>
Country:<br>
</i>Gender:<br>
<i>Age:<br>
Biographical Statement:<br>
Vision of their specific contribution to the GA Strategy Council:<br>
</i></font><font size=2 color="#000080"> <br>
<br>
<br>
In parallel to that, one CS seat of the GAID <b>steering committee</b> is
also going to be open to rotation. The Steering Committee is composed of
10 members, including 2 from civil society. As also previously announced,
I am also trying to mobilize the CS outgoing members of the Strategy
Council and the HL Advisors to make a recommendation to the GAID
Secretariat on the CS seat of the GAID Steering Committee to be renewed.
I would come back to you later about that.<br>
<br>
Best, <br>
<br>
Philippe<br>
<br>
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Lisa M. Dr.<br>
<b>Envoyé :</b> vendredi, 16. novembre 2007 21:27<br>
<b>À :</b> Virtual WSIS CS Plenary Group Space<br>
<b>Objet :</b> Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Update on the CS self-nomination
process for GAID Strategy Council - need more volunteers and more
candidates<br>
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</font><font face="Verdana" size=2>Philippe, I volunteer to be a member
of the noncom. Please will you share the list of those who’ve already
volunteered as well as the names of those put forward for nomination to
the strategy council?<br><br>
Best,<br><br>
Lisa McLaughlin<br><br>
<br><br>
Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D.<br>
Mass Communication & Women’s Studies<br>
Williams Hall<br>
Miami University, Ohio 45056<br>
USA<br>
tele: +1 513 5293547<br>
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Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Suggested guidelines - CS Self-Nomination
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<font size=2>Dear all, <br>
<br>
This is to suggest that we go into CS self-nomination <b>through a NomCom
process</b> for the membership of the <b>GAID Strategy Council</b>
(reminder: see GAID Secretariat note attached). As you know, 3-4 CS
position of this structure might be open for rotation. Nomination are
open until 30 November 2007, so that a CS self-nomination process should
be finalized by that time (some flexibility might allow us to finish it
in the early days of December). <br>
<br>
<b>Please start volunteering</b> to the NomCom according to the proposed
guidelines below. I’ll inform you about the webpage in which the names
will be published. Depending on when the seeds for the randomization
process in selecting NomCom members would be drawn (I will have more
information about that very shortly), the various deadlines could be
slightly adjusted, but the process could remain unchanged.<br>
<br>
<b><i>Selection of a CS Nomination Committee<br>
</i></b>The Nom Com will be composed of 5 CS representatives, acting in
their personal capacity and randomly selected among those who would
volunteer. For the selection of 5 names to be random, we should try to
have 5 times as many volunteers (25) for the volunteer pool as we want
Nom Com members.<br>
<br>
Volunteers for serving in the Nomination Committee should announce
themselves <b>no later than 20 November 2007 </b>(stating its name and CS
affiliation at
<a href="mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org">wsis@ngocongo.org</a>).</font>
<font size=2>The list of names of the volunteers, ordered by date of
receipt of message indicating interest, will be published online.<br>
<br>
The Nom Com would be selected through a random selection process on 21
November 2007. <br>
<br>
</font><font face="Symbol" size=1>·</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=1>
</font>Members of
the Nominations Committee will preferably have to demonstrate a
long-standing engagement in the Information Society-related processes
within the UN, in particular WSIS, as well as a good experience of civil
society self-organised working processes.<br>
<font face="Symbol" size=1>·</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=1>
</font>Volunteering for the pool does NOT disqualify anyone from
selection for the Strategic Council, BUT serving on the Nom Com (that is,
if you are randomly selected) does. <br>
<font face="Symbol" size=1>·</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=1>
</font>The more
people who volunteer the better chance we have to get a representative
selection in the Nom Com. <br>
<font face="Symbol" size=1>·</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=1>
</font>There will
not be two persons from the same organisation in the Nomination
Committee.<br>
<font size=2> <br>
The Nomination Committee would start working on line fairly intensively
on 21 November 2007 until 30 November 2005. Its work will be facilitated
by a non voting facilitator (<i>if nobody volunteers to do so, and if
nobody objects, I would be happy to serve in this position</i>).<br>
<br>
If the number of volunteers to serve in the NomCom does not reach 25
persons by 19 November, we would have to consider that there is no
interest among this group to go into a self-nomination process for the
Steering Committee CS membership. We would leave it completely to the
GAID Secretariat to identify such membership.<br>
<br>
<b><i>Candidates for the CS membership to the GA Strategy Council<br>
</i></b>Candidatures for the CS membership to the GA Strategy Council is
open to all representatives from civil society, including CS entities
accredited to WSIS, NGOs with ECOSOC status and all other CS actors
interested in ICT for Development and involved in the UN development
agenda towards achieving the MDGs.<br>
<br>
Nominations (including self-nominations) and all relevant information
must be sent to the NomCom facilitator <b>NO LATER THAN 25 NOVEMBER 2007,
22:00 p.m. GMT / 24:00 p.m. Geneva Time</b> with the following
information:<br>
<i> <br>
Name:<br>
CS Affiliation(s):<br>
Country:<br>
</i>Gender:<br>
<i>Age:<br>
Biographical Statement:<br>
Vision of their specific contribution to the GA Strategy Council:<br>
</i> <br>
The members of the NomCom will determine in due time their guidelines and
criteria.<br>
They will be requested to come out with a recommendation to be forwarded
to the GAID Secretariat on 1 December 2007.<br>
Since there would be 3 or 4 seats to be opened to rotation, it is
expected that the NomCom recommends 4 to 6 names to the GAID Secretariat,
to allow for some flexibility in the final membership of the Strategy
Council.<br>
<br>
<br>
As a matter of principle, I strongly encourage you to contribute to this
CS self-nomination process and to make it successful.<br>
Looking forward to reading you in this regard.<br>
<br>
Best regards, <br>
<br>
Philippe<br>
<br>
</font><font size=2 color="#000080"><b>Philippe Dam<br>
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Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: [GAID Steering] Renewal of Membership
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<font size=2 color="#000080">Dear all, <br>
<br>
This is the note of the GAID Secretariat regarding the renewal of
membership of the GAID Strategy Council and Steering Committee. <br>
I also re-attached the recent e-mail I circulated in this regard a couple
of days ago.<br>
<br>
As discussed, the <b>deadline for nominations is 30 November 2007</b>. As
previously announced, we have not yet any idea of who, among the outgoing
Strategy Council (see
<a href="http://www.un-gaid.org/en/council/members">membership here</a>)
and Steering Committee members (see
<a href="http://www.un-gaid.org/en/steering/members">membership
here</a>), will be maintained and which ones will go out.<br>
<br>
I’ll come back to you early next week with some proposals regarding a
<b>CS self nomination process</b> (please send any comment on that
matter).<br>
<br>
The timeline as confirmed by the GAID Secretariat note is as
follows:<br>
<br>
</font><font size=2> <br>
GAID Steering Committee<br>
GAID Strategy Council<br>
Deadline for expression of renewal by outgoing members<br>
</font><div align="center"><font size=1> <br>
</font><font size=2>15 August 2007<br>
</font><font size=1> <br>
</font><font size=2>30 November 2007<br>
</div>
Deadline for new nominations for membership <br>
</font><font size=1> <br>
</font><div align="center"><font size=2>30 November 2007<br>
</font></div>
<font size=1> <br>
</font><div align="center"><font size=2>30 November 2007<br>
</div>
Announcement of the Appointment of new members<br>
</font><font size=1> <br>
</font><div align="center"><font size=2>End of December 2007<br>
</font></div>
<font size=1> <br>
</font><div align="center"><font size=2>End of December 2007<br>
</div>
Office taking of the new members<br>
</font><font size=1> <br>
</font><div align="center"><font size=2>1 April 2008<br>
</font></div>
<font size=1> <br>
</font><div align="center"><font size=2>1 April 2008<br>
</div>
Date of the GAID structure with its renewed membership<br>
<div align="center">May 2008<br>
Kuala Lumpur<br>
May 2008<br>
Kuala Lumpur<br>
</font></div>
<font size=2 color="#000080"> <br>
Best regards, <br>
<br>
Philippe Dam<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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Khan<br>
<b>Envoyé :</b> lundi, 29. octobre 2007 15:38<br>
<b>À :</b> steering@un-gaid.org<br>
<b>Objet :</b> [GAID Steering] Renewal of Membership in the GAID Strategy
Counciland Steering Committee<br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times"> <br>
Dear Colleagues, <br><br>
To ensure continuity and renewal of membership in the GAID Strategy
Council and Steering Committee, the GAID Secretariat initiated a
nomination process last 31 July 2007 for membership in both bodies. It is
envisioned that approximately one-third of the membership in the Strategy
Council and Steering Committee should rotate. <br><br>
According to the Terms of Reference adopted at the 27 September 2006
meeting of the Steering Committee (see attached), the term of the members
of the GAID Steering Committee was due to end in September 2007, and the
term of members of the GAID Strategy Council will conclude before the
next meeting of the Strategy Council on May 2008 in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, during the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT)).
<br><br>
However, as agreed by the Steering Committee in its meeting last 19
September 2007 in New York, more time is needed for the consultation
process for nominations, particularly to membership in the Steering
Committee. It has been agreed that the term of the present membership in
the Steering Committee be continued through March 2008 and to extend the
Steering Committee consultation process to align with the timeframe for
the process of rotation in the Strategy Council. <br><br>
The terms of the next GAID Steering Committee and Strategy Council would,
therefore, run as follows: <br><br>
Steering Committee (one year term) <br>
1 April 2008 - 31 March 2009 <br><br>
Strategy Council (two year term) <br>
1 April 2008 31 March 2010 <br><br>
<br>
RENEWAL OF MEMBERSHIP OF EXISTING MEMBERS <br><br>
The Secretariat kindly requests current members, who have not yet done
so, to indicate whether they would be available and interested to be
considered as a candidate for renewal. <br><br>
We would be grateful to receive this information (addressed to
dejesus3@un-gaid.org) no later than 30 November 2007, both for Steering
Committee members and Strategy Council members. <br><br>
<br>
NOMINATIONS OF NEW CANDIDATES <br><br>
The Secretariat invites nominations for new candidatures for the Steering
Committee for approximately 4 seats, and the Strategy Council for
approximately 20 seats (1/3 of the membership of each stakeholder group)
by 30 November 2007. (Please see
http://www.un-gaid.org/en/about/howgaidworks for the list of current
members.) <br><br>
As is established practice, nominations for Member States are being
solicited through the United Nations regional groups. Civil society and
trade organizations are being invited to identify nominations from among
their constituencies. There is no limit to the number of nominations that
may be submitted. Qualified organizations may also independently express
interest in membership. Nominations should be submitted to the
Secretariat by the appropriate deadline noted above through the email
address nominate@un-gaid.org. <br><br>
<br>
APPOINTMENT <br><br>
The list of recommended candidates will be developed, following
consultations with the Strategy Council and the Steering Committee, and
approved on behalf of the Secretary-General by the
Under-Secretary-General of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
The appointment of new members is anticipated to be announced by the end
of December 2007. <br><br>
With my best personal regards, <br><br>
Sincerely, <br><br>
Sarbuland Khan<br>
</font><br><br>
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<font size=2>Dear all, <br>
<br>
As indicated in my previous e-mails, the renewal of the membership of
GAID structures was postponed, to allow for greater consultation among
stakeholders’ groups. The <b>deadline for nominations is 30 November
2007</b>. We therefore have until that date to come out with a CS
self-organised recommendation on the membership of both the Steering
Committee and the Strategy Council.<b> Is there anyone among you willing
to moderate any of these self-nomination processes?<br>
</b> <br>
Our problem so far is that we have not yet any idea of who, among the
outgoing StratC and Steering Committee members, will be maintained and
which ones will go out. The GAID Secretariat had asked all outgoing
members to express their interest to continue. <br>
<br>
As regards the <b>Steering Committee</b>, I understood that both Titi and
Renate informed the GAID Secretariat of their interest to continue one
more year. But there is no more information so far on who would stay on
Board. There were also some discussions on whether the Steering Committee
membership should be increased to 12 members (currently 10), but there is
not yet any definite information on this (hopefully this would be one
more for CS). <br>
<br>
As for the <b>Strategy Council</b>, it is understood that approximately
one-third of the membership should rotate. But I have very little
information of who expressed the willingness to continue. Out of 10 CS
members so far, this would mean that 3 or 4 new members should be
identified. But the deadline for expression of renewal by outgoing
members is also 30 November, meaning that we would not be able to know
before 30 Nov. who would go out…<br>
<br>
We would anyway need to have 2 parallel processes to go with by 30
November, in identifying one individual for the Steering Committee
membership. Any process such as this one would approximately need one
month to be finalised, so that we need to start both no later that end
October (next week!). <br>
<br>
A note by the GAID secretariat might be circulated soon, but I preferred
to forward you what we knew so far!<br>
<br>
Let me remind that the deadlines for the nominations and appointment
processes are as follows:<br>
<br>
<br>
GAID Steering Committee<br>
GAID Strategy Council<br>
Deadline for expression of renewal by outgoing members<br>
</font><div align="center"><font size=1> <br>
</font><font size=2>15 August 2007<br>
</font><font size=1> <br>
</font><font size=2>30 November 2007<br>
</div>
Deadline for new nominations for membership <br>
</font><font size=1> <br>
</font><div align="center"><font size=2>30 November 2007<br>
</font></div>
<font size=1> <br>
</font><div align="center"><font size=2>30 November 2007<br>
</div>
Announcement of the Appointment of new members<br>
</font><font size=1> <br>
</font><div align="center"><font size=2>End of December 2007<br>
</font></div>
<font size=1> <br>
</font><div align="center"><font size=2>End of December 2007<br>
</div>
Office taking of the new members<br>
</font><font size=1> <br>
</font><div align="center"><font size=2>1 April 2008<br>
</font></div>
<font size=1> <br>
</font><div align="center"><font size=2>1 April 2008<br>
</div>
Date of the GAID structure with its renewed membership<br>
<div align="center">May 2008<br>
Kuala Lumpur<br>
May 2008<br>
Kuala Lumpur<br>
</div>
<br>
All the best, <br>
<br>
Philippe<br>
<br>
<br>
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