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Dear Jeremy, <br>
The two point agenda seems good enough
to keep the best bits participants focused on outcomes and will
help in finalizing the content to further support the upcoming
workshops. I am happy with agenda and expected outcomes. As per
Baku best bits, are we going to develop an agreed statement?. As
there may be a difference of opinion among civil society members
on " what we want" and " How we can get there".<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
<br>
Farooq<br>
On 3/14/2013 3:07 PM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:<br>
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Hello all,<br>
<br>
This is to follow on from Andrew's summary of the informal Best
Bits meeting in Paris. If you can't find it, it is available in
the web archives of this list at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://lists.igcaucus.org/arc/bestbits">http://lists.igcaucus.org/arc/bestbits</a>.
(Thanks also to Deborah for forwarding the notice about the short
deadline for IGF workshop proposals.)<br>
<br>
On the basis of suggestions and offers made so far, here is what
we are proposing for Best Bits in 2013. It follows from the
discussions in Paris, but is just a rough outline and it is still
open for your comments:<br>
<ul>
<li>A two-day pre-IGF Best Bits meeting on the weekend of 19-20
October in Bali, with an overall theme around a positive
agenda for Internet governance, which (like last time) will
split into two very practical agenda items, one of them
substantive ("what we want"), and the other procedural ("how
we can get it"):</li>
<ul>
<li>Identifying common civil society strategies for advancing
a human rights Internet. This can incorporate related
initiatives such as the IGF MAG's newly-established Internet
principles working group, and the "Web We Want" initiative
that a number of those from this list are involved with.<br>
</li>
<li>A positive agenda for the evolution of Internet governance
arrangements. This will tie in with the work of the CSTD
Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation. The output of this
would be a common civil society position on an enhanced
cooperation mechanism or process (perhaps IGF-based) that we
could support.</li>
</ul>
<li>Two public IGF workshops that would present each of the two
agenda items above to a wider audience, and would include
participation by representatives of the other stakeholder
groups. Global Partners is working on text for the workshop
proposals, and will post them for comment when ready.<br>
</li>
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Meanwhile I am fundraising now to get some more travel funds for
those who will need it, and indeed to broaden the funding base
compared to last time. The funds will also be used for a
permanent website, including a rather sophisticated event
calendar, which will begin as a rather less sophisticated event
calendar, and grow features progressively.<br>
<br>
If you have any comments on the above outline please share them.
Thanks!<br>
<br>
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