Wow this seems surprising given the lack of support from the major stakeholders, I didn't expect to see them form a council without key players involved!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/24/internet_governance_group_pushes_forward_without_internet_organizations/ Steve On 28 December 2014 at 23:37, Fahd Batayneh <[email protected]> wrote: > > https://www.netmundial.org/blog/secretariat/netmundial-initiative-announces-formation-its-inaugural-coordination-council-and > > > > Fahd Batayneh > > ICANN > > > > > > Submitted by Secretariat on Tue, 12/23/2014 - 16:52 > > > > Today the NETmundial Initiative announced the members of its Inaugural > Coordination Council and outlined next steps in the process. The > announcement follows a series of open dialogues and consultations across > all sectors of the global community that have helped inform and shape the > way forward. > > > > The open call for nominations for the inaugural Coordination Council was > answered with strong voluntary community participation. A total of 46 high > quality nomination submissions were made for the 20 seats available, > reflecting a broad and diverse representation of stakeholders from all > sectors and geographies. The final selection decisions are based on the > criteria developed in consultation with respective stakeholder groups, in > full transparency. > > > > The responsibilities of the Inaugural Coordination Council will be limited > to facilitating global support for the Initiative, including promoting the > distributed Internet governance model, and attracting ideas, individuals, > organizations, and funding in order to enable interested parties to take > voluntary actions on the platform. The Council will have no mandate to > intervene on any initiatives advanced through the platform. Prior to the > Council’s first meeting, the Terms of Reference (ToR) for the NETmundial > Initiative will be developed through an inclusive, bottom-up, and > consultative process, open to the global community. > > > > The Inaugural Coordinating Council members listed below are distributed > across four sectors and five geographies: > > > > *Sector: Academia, Technical Community and Foundations* > > 1. *Nii Narku Quaynor*, University of Cape Coast, Ghana – Africa > 2. *Akinori MAEMURA*, Japan Network Information Center – Asia & Oceania > 3. *Jean-François Abramatic*, W3C – Europe > 4. *Marília Maciel*, Center for Technology and Society - Getulio > Vargas Foundation School of Law – Latin America & Caribbean > 5. *William Drake*, Media Change and Innovation Division, IPMZ, > University of Zurich – North America > > > > *Sector: Civil Society* > > 1. *Anriette Esterhuysen, *Association for Progressive Communications, > APC – Africa > 2. *Ian Peter, *Nomination as an individual - Asia & Oceania > 3. *Jean-Jacques Subrenat, *EURALO - Europe > 4. *João Carlos Rebello Caribé, *Movimento Mega - Latin America & > Caribbean > 5. *Eileen Donahoe, *Human Rights Watch - North America > > > > *Sector: Governments and Intergovernmental Organizations* > > 1. *Atef Helmy*, Minister of Communications & Information Technology, > Egypt – Africa > 2. *Lu Wei*, Minister for Cyberspace Affairs Administration, China – - > Asia & Oceania > 3. *Andrus Ansip*, European Commission, Vice-President for the Digital > Single Market – Europe > 4. *Juan Cruz González Allonca*, National Director for Personal Data > Protection, Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, Argentina – Latin America > & Caribbean > 5. *Penny Pritzker*, Secretary of Commerce, U.S. Department of > Commerce – North America > > > > *Sector: Private Sector * > > 1. *Andile Ngcaba*, Convergence Partners Investments – Africa > 2. *Jack Ma, *Alibaba Group – Asia & Oceania > 3. *Christoph Steck*, Telefonica, S.A. – Europe > 4. *Pablo Bello Arellano*, AHCIET (Asociación Iberoamericana de > Centros de Investigación y empresas de Telecomunicaciones) – Latin America > & Caribbean > 5. *James Poisant*, The World Information Technology & Services > Alliance > > > > *Organizing Partners* > > 1. *Virgilio Augusto Fernandes Almeida*, The Brazilian Internet > Steering Committee > 2. *Fadi Chehadé*, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers > 3. *Richard Samans*, World Economic Forum > > > > The organizing partners will leave open two additional liaison seats (one > each) for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and the technical Internet > community (I* group), which they are welcome to fill at any time. The > NETmundial Initiative must and will actively work to strengthen the IGF and > extend its valuable work at the global, regional, and national levels. > > > > In addition, Professor Wolfgang Kleinwächter from the University of Aarhus > will be appointed as Special Ambassador of the NETmundial Initiative to > increase collaboration and dialogue with the global Internet community. > > > > The NETmundial Initiative remains an iterative process that can only > evolve through the broad-based involvement of stakeholders from across the > world. The recent joint statement (link is external) > <http://www.internetsociety.org/news/joint-statement-isoc-icann-meeting> > issued by ISOC and ICANN is welcomed. The NETmundial Initiative will > embrace the suggestions in the ISOC/ICANN statement to engage the community > in developing the Initiative’s ToR, and to explore with the community what > they need on the NETmundial platform to advance their Internet governance > activities. > > > > The first formal meeting of the Inaugural Coordination Council will be > held on March 31, 2015 (location to be finalized). The first three months > of 2015 will be a period of broad engagement across the global community. > The Initiative’s secretariat will work closely with members of the > Inaugural Coordination Council and/or their staff to coordinate the global > bottom-up consultation to finalize the Initiative’s ToR and to develop a > framework for the NETmundial solutions’ platform – prior to the Council’s > first meeting. > > > > The Inaugural Coordination Council will be in place for a period of 18 > months to ensure the development of the Initiative during its startup > phase. The NETmundial Transitional Committee – which was formed to > facilitate the formation of the Inaugural Coordination Council – has > completed its task and is therefore now dissolved. > > _______________________________________________ > Menog mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.menog.org/mailman/listinfo/menog > > -- Director / Founder IX Reach Ltd E: [email protected] M: +44 7966 048633 Tempus Court, Bellfield Road, High Wycombe, HP13 5HA, UK.
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