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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>For the third time I am indicating that I do not accept this proposal and I would ask that my counter-proposal also be considered and/or reasons given for it not being “endorsed” by the “interim” Steering Committee.<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'>M<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><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span 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> Sunday, December 01, 2013 7:43 PM<br><b>To:</b> bestbits@lists.bestbits.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [bestbits] Proposal on Best Bits governance<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I for one can fully accept and endorse Anriette's helpful proposal. Others?<br><br>On 22/11/13 17:56, Anriette Esterhuysen wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>Dear all<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>[Please note that this proposal is not about the Brazil meeting or civil<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>society nomcoms.]<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>In some of the recent threads people have called to question the<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>legitimacy of the Best Bits steering committee, and of transparency and<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>accountability in Best Bits. I agree it will be good to strengthen Best<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Bits internal processes, but we should do this in a way that does not<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>undermine trust in people who have worked hard to bring Best Bits to<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>where it is, or in one another. We should also not undermine our<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>ability to work together at a time when civil society is having to rise<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>to some pretty daunting challenges.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>In particular, we should try not to discourage those individuals who<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>have been volunteering their time on Best Bits bits work - either on the<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>SC, or on drafting inputs. Without their effort we would be in a far<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>weaker position than we are now. We would not have had the benefit of<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>two face-to-face meetings, or of several substantial letters/other<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>inputs submitted in response to strategic opportunities for raising<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>civil society voices.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>I would therefore like to propose the following:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>1) We ask the current Best Bits Steering Committee, a group of people<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>who started to volunteer their time in this capacity in July 2013, to<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>continue to serve until 31 July 2014.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>2) We ask them to present us with a short overview report of the work<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>they did in 2013 by the end of this year.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>3) We ask them to, by the end of the first quarter of 2014, to propose a<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>process for the renewal of the Best Bits Steering Committee.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Best<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Anriette<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><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><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Explore our new Resource Zone - the global consumer movement knowledge hub | <a href="http://www.consumersinternational.org/news-and-media/resource-zone">http://www.consumersinternational.org/news-and-media/resource-zone</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>@Consumers_Int | <a href="http://www.consumersinternational.org">www.consumersinternational.org</a> | <a href="http://www.facebook.com/consumersinternational">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>. 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