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PS<br>
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Correction: I am NOT claiming to be speaking for others!<br>
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(this omission was not a Freudian slip...!)<br>
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best<br>
MF<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/11/2013 12:47, Marianne Franklin
wrote:<br>
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Dear all<br>
<br>
I have taken the liberty of revising the original thread title to
address Parminder's request for more clarity about the BB steering
group, at least from my perspective. <br>
<br>
It is an interim steering group in that a number of us
(self)nominated or were nominated to join. I have been on there in
an individual capacity but also on behalf of the IRP Coalition,
both capacities still on an interim basis as setting up Best Bits
was done quite quickly and to date indeed many decisions and
actions have taken place at a fast tempo. <br>
<br>
So, as is the case with all the various networks we are all
participating in I look forward to this interim group becoming an
endorsed or elected one for all the reasons that Parminder and
others have noted. <br>
<br>
To the Statement that Best Bets has authored; this statement,
drafted at the Best Bits pre-IGF meeting in Bali, was indeed
released without all of the Steering Group being present. As it is
now a baseline document for ongoing discussions it now being
public can hopefully focus those discussions as the ICANN-Brazil
Summit meeting remains as yet unclear in terms of participation
and intent. To this end, the report that Joana Varon and others
compiled of the Bali meetings is very helpful for us all to
consider. <br>
<br>
To me, thinking back over several months of intense email traffic
and output emerging from the Best Bits initiative, perhaps the
adage "more haste, less speed" might be one we could apply within
the interim steering group and as a wider network that dovetails
with many others. Ignoring or overlooking these many others is not
the best way forward in the long run, and it is the long run that
matters I think even if things appear to be happening at breakneck
speed. Appearances can be deceiving! <br>
<br>
Hope this clarifies things from one Best Bits Steering group
member perspective; I am claiming here to speak for all others. In
terms of my current responsibility towards informing the IRP
Coalition of key Best Bits outputs, the current steering group is
working on these procedures as indeed we must. <br>
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best<br>
MF<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/11/2013 06:36, parminder wrote:<br>
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type="cite"> <br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Saturday 26 October 2013 05:23
PM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:9E000712-0B79-408E-8E01-B1ACB1BE89F4@ciroap.org"
type="cite">
<div>On 26 Oct 2013, at 11:53 am, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net">parminder@itforchange.net</a>
wrote:</div>
<div><br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Yes it is the same, with those
suggestions incorporated, and reviewed.</blockquote>
<span></span><br>
<span>Thanks for the information, Jeremy...</span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>Who reviewed and incorporated the suggestions, and
'finalised' the statement.</span><br>
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<div><br>
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<div>The steering committee (except Marianne who presented
apologies) at a meeting the previous night.</div>
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<br>
In fact, the lack of clarity of the process is so high that I no
longer know who are members of steering committee... Dont those
who consider themselves members of the BB group kind of need to
know such basic stuff...<br>
<br>
One process issue that was raised repeatedly at the BB f2f
meeting was about clarity about steering committee members and
where they 'came from'..... there was a demand that their
association with groups/ organisation etc be very clear, along
with nature of funding support etc, and I would add - if not
explicit on the respective websites - a basic statement of
organisational objectives, vision/ mission etc, and list of
activities and the such...<br>
<br>
parminder <br>
<br>
<br>
<blockquote
cite="mid:9E000712-0B79-408E-8E01-B1ACB1BE89F4@ciroap.org"
type="cite"><br>
<blockquote type="cite"><span></span><span>My only suggestion
was not incorporated - neither responded to... </span></blockquote>
<div><br>
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<div>That, though, was just an oversight - I really apologise
for that. I actually thought that we had incorporated the
only two outstanding points and evidently overlooked this
one, or thought it had already been incorporated. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Somewhat explaining this lapse, we were very pressed for
time as we wanted it to go public on the last day of the
IGF, and by that time the BB server was already down, though
I didn't yet realise how badly. I spent a few hours that
night trying to bring it back up. </div>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite"><span>It was</span><br>
<span>regarding the main operative part of the sentence -
the second sentence -</span><br>
<span>which seek multistakeholder model of holding the
conference. I had</span><br>
<span>proposed that we instead ask specifically for civil
society to be an equal</span><br>
<span>partner in all processes of holding the
conference..... </span></blockquote>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>However I do think this is covered pretty well anyway, if
you take the statement as a whole. </div>
<div><br>
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<div>-- </div>
<div>
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<div>Jeremy Malcolm PhD LLB (Hons) B Com</div>
<div>Internet and Open Source lawyer, consumer advocate,
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Convener: Global Media & Transnational Communications Program
Co-Chair Internet Rights & Principles Coalition (UN IGF)
Goldsmiths, University of London
Dept. of Media & Communications
New Cross, London SE14 6NW
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Reader
Convener: Global Media & Transnational Communications Program
Co-Chair Internet Rights & Principles Coalition (UN IGF)
Goldsmiths, University of London
Dept. of Media & Communications
New Cross, London SE14 6NW
Tel: +44 20 7919 7072
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