[cooperation-wg] Seeking technical community candidates for IGF MAG

Dear colleagues, 

As noted last week, there is currently an open call for anyone interested to nominate as a technical community candidate for the Internet Governance Forum Mutlistakeholder Advisory Committee. Please see below for all of the details - the deadline is 6 December 2016. 

Cheers
Chris

> Begin forwarded message:
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> Call for Nominations: 2017 MAG Renewal
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> The Internet Society (ISOC) is facilitating a process leading to recommendations from the Internet Technical Collaboration Group for participation in the 2017 Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG). This process is for the technical community candidates only and candidate evaluations will include their relationship to that community. Other communities have their own processes.
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> The purpose of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) is to advise the U.N. Secretary General on the programme and schedule of the Internet Governance Forum meetings. The MAG comprises of 55 Members from governments, the private sector and civil society, including representatives from the academic and technical communities. Those nominated should expect to attend two virtual MAG meetings per month as well as typically three face to face meetings per year.
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> Individuals interested in being suggested by the Nominating Committee are invited to complete the Nomination Form in full and return it to information.itcg at gmail.com by 2359 UTC on Tuesday, December 6th. In addition, applicants are asked to provide responses to a set of Questions that are specific to the Internet technical community. Applications with incomplete responses to either set of questions will not be considered. Preferred formats for document submissions are .pdf and .txt. ISOC will transmit the names of nominees to the United Nations no later than December 16th 2016.
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> Both sets of questions should be answered completely. Responses need not necessarily be lengthy, but they must be sufficiently content-full that the Nominating Committee can accurately judge from them the extent and specifics of your background. If the applicant believes that an existing CV or biographical sketch would contribute to the Nominating Committee’s understanding of the candidacy, such a document may be provided in either PDF form or in the form of a link.
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> In terms of attendance at physical meetings, potential funding for MAG members (selected applicants)  is available through the IGF “Participant funding” program outlined at http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/participant-funding. Note that this program is targeted only toward participants from Least Developed Countries, Developing Countries or Transitional Economies.
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> 2017 MAG NomCom Members:
> 	• Michael Nelson
> 	• Scott Mansfield
> 	• Nigel Hickson
> 	• Chris Disspain
> 	• Adiel Akplogan
> 	• Pablo Hinojosa
> 	• Alejandro Pisanty
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> Quick Links:
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> 	• Nomination Form (2017): http://www.internetcollaboration.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/11/2017-MAG-Nomination-Form_2017.docx
> 	• Supplementary Questions Form (2017): http://www.internetcollaboration.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/11/Supplementary-Questions-Form-2017.docx
> 		• Submit both forms to: information.itcg at gmail.com
> 	• Potential UN funding for applicants for attendance at physical meetings: http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/participant-funding
> 	• UN Call for Nominations: http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/announcement-from-mr-wu-hongbo-under-secretary-general-for-economic-and-social-affairs
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> Privacy Statement
> The nominating committee is required to forward information provided by nominees on the MAG Nomination Form to the United Nations for purposes of the nomination.  With the exception of candidates naming themselves, information provided to the NOMCOM for its consideration shall be treated in the strictest confidence.






> On 25 Nov 2016, at 15:05, Chris Buckridge <chrisb at ripe.net> wrote:
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> Dear colleagues, 
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> Please see the notice below - I will follow up when the application details are available, but in the meantime, I am happy to answer any questions that RIPE community members might have about this role (as, I’m sure, could those community members who have previously served on the MAG). 
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> Cheers
> Chris
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> ——
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> Dear colleagues,
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> This note is to inform you that ISOC is facilitating the organisaton of a selection process to identify individuals from the Internet technical community in response to the call for nominations to the 2017 Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG). It is understood that other processes, including self-nominations from individuals of the technical community may occur at the same time. 
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> Details about this process and how to nominate will follow shortly, as the NomCom is currently being formed, but we wanted to let you know that this is underway as soon as possible given the short time-frame between the UN’s announcement and the deadline for nominations. Please keep an eye out on this list for more information.
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> About the MAG
> The purpose of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) is to advise the U.N. Secretary General on the programme and schedule of the Internet Governance Forum meetings. The MAG comprises of 55 Members from governments, the private sector and civil society, including representatives from the academic and technical communities. Those nominated should expect to attend two virtual MAG meetings per month as well as typically three face to face meetings per year. 
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