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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Dear Jeremy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Could you please be more specific as to why there is a need to go private here?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I have subscribed but on so doing I have also generated yet another list for my inbox! There are several lists up and running the predate Best Bits and also
feed in and out of Best Bits. Unless this is a specific working group task that requires some off list comms then I am still unclear as to why all this energy is being expended going private.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Do not get me wrong here, the work achieved on the letter has been exemplary, thanks to the leadership but also, let us not forget, the ability for people on
all lists to multi-task, deal with their email traffic in ways that work for then, and also respond in the multiple roles we all play in real life.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Openness and transparency have their downside but short of vetting everyone who signs up, or intervenes, or reads without comments we have to be on the side
of inclusiveness and diversity in the long run. The IRP Charter and Ten Principles, the APC internet rights are human rights campaign, and all those preceding and accompanying these initiatives are all basing themselves on the argument that secrecy is a tool
wielded by the powerful against those with less power. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">It is a fundamental principle of equality surely online too? Openness and transparency are what we are fighting for, no?<br>
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best<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">MF<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> bestbits-request@lists.bestbits.net
[mailto:bestbits-request@lists.bestbits.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeremy Malcolm<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 14 June 2013 04:48<br>
<b>To:</b> Best Bits<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [bestbits] New private list private@lists.bestbits.net<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I have just created a private Best Bits list for civil society participants only, without public archives. This is not intended as a replacement for the main list, as there are several participants who have
strong views about in general being as open as we can be, and by and large I'm one of those. But there are also times when discretion is required, and the private list may be useful for those times.<br>
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Nobody is being automatically subscribed to the private list. If you do wish to do so, you can request subscription here:<br>
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<a href="http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/subscribe/private">http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/subscribe/private</a><br>
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Subscription requests will be vetted by the moderator, which is currently me, and if I am in doubt (eg. because I don't know who you are), then I will consult with the steering committee (or until that exists, on the main list) first.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Dr Jeremy Malcolm<br>
Senior Policy Officer<br>
Consumers International | the global campaigning voice for consumers</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><br>
Office for Asia-Pacific and the Middle East<br>
Lot 5-1 Wisma WIM, 7 Jalan Abang Haji Openg, TTDI, 60000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<br>
Tel: +60 3 7726 1599<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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www.facebook.com/consumersinternational</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#999999">Read our <a href="http://www.consumersinternational.org/email-confidentiality" target="_blank">
email confidentiality notice</a>. Don't print this email unless necessary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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