<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Jeremy and all,</div><div> </div><div>Thank you for your initiating this. I recently joined BB list expecting more "actions" rather than discussion. I have been engaged with "critical Internet resource" related Internet governance issues since the beginning of ICANN under different settings including WSIS,IGF. I have followed up "big data or cloud data governance" dialogues and learned they do have global governance challenges including privacy/security issues like PRISM. </div>
<div> </div><div>Lastly, glad to see many familiar names pop up in this list. I used to put my name YJ Park and still use the name in the global setting. Now I am back in S.Korea where people prefer full name. I present my name as Youn Jung Park in the header but I will still use YJ in my mails. I do not represent any civil society group here but myself as individual. I work at Department of Technology and Society, SUNY Korea. (<a href="http://www.sunykorea.ac.kr">www.sunykorea.ac.kr</a>)</div>
<div> </div><div>Look forward to working with you down this road. </div><div>YJ </div><div> </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Jeremy Malcolm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org" target="_blank">jeremy@ciroap.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Thanks to the new participants who have joined the Best Bits list
recently, some due to the joint statement at
<a href="http://bestbits.net/prism-nsa" target="_blank">http://bestbits.net/prism-nsa</a> (which now has 114 endorsements). I'm
also one-time cc'ing the other lists that were cross-posted during
that work (and bcc'ing the personal addresses).<br>
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I won't take up much of your time, but thought a few paragraphs of
introduction to Best Bits would be in order for the new or curious.<br>
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Best Bits is a network of civil society groups who work individually
- and sometimes together - on issues that are variously described as
"Internet governance", "Internet freedom" or "Internet rights/human
rights", depending on your preferred framing. Best Bits is a loose
unifying framework for that work that brings together groups from
global North and South. <br>
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There are three main resources that Best Bits provides: the mailing
list, face to face strategy meetings (including at least an annual
meeting alongside the IGF), and the website which is used for joint
statements and a shared event calendar (under construction, but
largely functional already).<br>
<br>
There is currently no organisational structure for Best Bits, though
we are intending to put together a loose and balanced steering group
any time now. There is not even a formal membership, though if you
are a Best Bits participant and wish to list your civil society
organisation as a supporter, your logo can be added to our website
at <a href="http://bestbits.net" target="_blank">http://bestbits.net</a>.<br>
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I hope this helps but for any other questions, please ask away.<br>
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