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<font face="Verdana">Dear Deborah<br>
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Mine is an overall process point - either a statement is a
BestBits statement or not (although BB elist may get used for some
organisations to rally around a joint position, its web facility
for sign-ons may also get used). In making such statements, the
term BestBits is not used inside the statement as it is being used
in the present case. If you use the name BestBits inside the
statement, it gives a storng impression to outside parties, not
steeped in our internal processe nuances, that it is a BB
statement. I think all (certianly most) earlier joint statements
of some CS actors - but not BB statements - did not use the term
BB inside, meaning as a part of, the statement. <br>
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parminder<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Tuesday 26 November 2013 02:06 AM,
Deborah Brown wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Dear Parminder,
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<div>Thank you for quick reply and feedback.</div>
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<div>My understanding of the proposal for the joint letter of
support is exactly what you suggest: some people and
organisations sending support for some names together. Since
the individuals in question initially sought support through
Best Bits, it seems appropriate that sign on to the letter
could be facilitated through the platform. If you feel that
the letter goes beyond what is suggested above, then please
feel free to suggest edits in the pad. I have done so, as I
feel the text needs to be more precise as to who is endorsing
the candidates. </div>
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<div>As for your observation about Best Bits being mentioned
again and again, I see it mentioned only twice in the current
text (perhaps other references have been edited out). I don't
see how either of those mentions are controversial -- that
those who sign the letter identify themselves as participants
in Best Bits and that there was a discussion of this subject
on the list between the dates noted. </div>
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<div>Looking forward to working with you all to improve these
processes on an ongoing basis. </div>
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<div>Kind regards, </div>
<div>Deborah </div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 12:23 PM,
parminder <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <font face="Verdana">Everything
in the draft letter </font>makes it look like a Best
Bits nominations.... If it is not a Bestbits nomination
why does the name Bestbits come again and again in the
letter. why dont we just stop playing around with the
process... If some people and organisations want to send
some names let them do it together.... parminder
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<div>On Monday 25 November 2013 09:12 PM, Jeremy
Malcolm wrote:<br>
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Jeremy Malcolm <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div>To summarise the current status of
discussions as I perceive them:</div>
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<ul>
<li>Rather than picking and choosing
between the existing civil society
representatives, we should simply
support the continuation of all civil
society representatives who have served
less than a three-year term.</li>
<li>But if one or more spots are vacant,
some affirmative support has been
received for the self-nominations
of Matthew Shears, Nnenna Nwakanma,
Bertrand de la Chapelle to fill them.</li>
<li>Self-nominations from Ana Perdigao and
Imran Ahmed Shah are yet to receive
affirmative support.</li>
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<div>So, as our contribution, we could add a
paragraph simply saying the above to the
joint civil society MAG nomination letter
(see below).</div>
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<div>Sorry for the delay in following up on this.
Taking into account the various process
objections, we are going to fall back to a less
contentious and more familiar process, which is
that of the sign-on letter. By no means does
this mean that Best Bits should limit its
actions to sign-on letters, and nor does it
imply acceptance of all the objections to the
nomination process that we proposed (some of
which will be addressed separately). But it
does mean that, with only days to go before the
deadline, it makes sense to return to something
tried and tested while we work out the kinks.</div>
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<div>So a draft letter (or section of a joint
letter, that could be submitted with the IGC and
Diplo) is at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://igcaucus.org:9001/p/mag-nomination"
target="_blank">http://igcaucus.org:9001/p/mag-nomination</a>
for your consideration. The nominees shown in
the draft letter are those that received
affirmative support on this list during the
discussion period from at least one person other
than themselves. The nominees also fulfil the
criteria that we suggested, which were:</div>
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<ul>
<li>Must be active civil society participants <br>
</li>
<li>Should be at least 2 from each of the 5
geographical regions if possible</li>
<li>Should attempt to achieve gender balance <br>
</li>
<li>Should include as much diversity as
possible; e.g. for skill and knowledge set,
age, disability, etc.</li>
<li>Should include people who have shown
commitment to keeping CS updated on
developments</li>
<li>Should be people who have shown some
ability in advocacy with governments and the
private sector in order to help achieve CS
positions</li>
</ul>
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<div>Earlier the same new nominees shown in the
letter (though not the renewing ones, as at that
time there was no clear consensus on whether to
include them) were also sent to the IGC nomcom
for consideration in their own nomination
process. To forestall further procedural debate
about this, I just forwarded the names to the
IGC in an individual capacity, with Anja also
supporting; though we are steering committee
members, any individual could have done the
same.</div>
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<div>The nominations are to be sent to the IGF
Secretariat by 1 December, so we will close edits
to the draft letter at midnight GMT on 29
November, and open it for endorsements from 1am.
Please let us have your thoughts by then, either
by editing the pad or replying on this thread.</div>
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