CSISAC Steering Committee Nomination Process

August 27, 2009

To vote in the CSISAC Steering Committee Election, you must be a CSISAC member as of January 2009. All civil society participants that signed the Civil Society Seoul Declaration are considered founding members of the CSISAC. The list of organizations and of individuals who signed the Declaration has been public since June 2008 (Seoul conference).

Nomination Process: The nomination process was open by July 31. Deadline for submitting nominations: Monday August 31, 2009, 14:00 GMT. The Liaison will then send the list of nominees to NIC .br by Wednesday September 2, 2009, 14: 00 GMT together with the voter list.

To run for an elected position on the CSISAC Steering Committee you must be a CSISAC member as of January 2009. Individuals or organizations interested in running might self nominate or CSISAC members can nominate another CSISAC member.

Founding CSISAC members: : To apply or nominate someone, please send to The Public Voice List a statement of interest or to Katitza AT EPIC DOT org. One page maximum, please.

All statements of interest will be published on the CSISAC webpage and CSISAC wiki. http://csisac.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Your statement should include:
- Subject Line: CSISAC Steering Committee;
- Full Name and cc the e-mail address of the person or organization being nominated, when you are not submitting a self-nomination;
- Indication of whether the nominee is an individual or an organization. If not a self-nomination, the nominee should have agreed to have their name put forward.
- Country/region (person and, if applicable, organization).
- A selection of CSISAC Goals (identified on the right column at http://csisac.org/) related to your/your organizationʼs main competence Optionally, a link to your/your organizationʼs website / blog.
- A brief biography including achievements relevant to the CSISAC steering committee, past work with CSISAC and the Public Voice Coalition and other relevant committees or processes.
- A brief statement of what you or your organization can contribute to the coalition and the issues at the OECD-ICCP

The Civil Society Information Society Advisory Council (CSISAC) is the voice of civil society at the OECD Committee for Information, Computer and Communications Policy (ICCP). CSISAC's mission is to contribute constructively to the policy work of the and to promote the exchange of information between the OECD and the civil society participants most active in the information technology field.

Original source: http://csisac.org/elections-08-10-2009-vf.pdf