<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /></head><body>Hi,<br>
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I am generally fine with a group doing a good job in an unstructured environment continuing for an additional year. So sure why not, as long as a major part of their task includes insuring we don't get back here again next year.<br>
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Btw who its on this steering committee we are endorsing the continuation of ? Apologies if I missed it. Or if it is posted another obvious place I can't find. (I did check the website quickly)<br>
Avri Doria<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">"genekimmelman@gmail.com" <genekimmelman@gmail.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
To be more specific, maybe those with lingering concerns need to decide whether they want to participate on the best bits platform or not. You decide. If you think you can make it work better, please offer ideas like Anriette, Michael and others have done. I believe we decided in Bali on an approach and I endorse Anriette's path toward formalizing this. And I suggest we wrap up this conversation for now and move on to substance. Otherwise we delegitimze the broad support people worked towards over two days in Bali and make it more difficult to prepare for Brazil. <br /><br /><br />-------- Original message --------<br />From: Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak@gmail.com> <br />Date: 12/02/2013 8:22 AM (GMT-05:00) <br />To: genekimmelman@gmail.com <br />Cc: William Drake <william.drake@uzh.ch>,Parminder <parminder@itforchange.net>,bestbits@lists.bestbits.net <br />Subject: Re: [bestbits] Best Bits MAG nominations for your approval - UR!
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/> <br /><br /><div dir="ltr">every response with such reluctance and such kind of arguments raise more questions than giving answers or appeasing those with concerns.<div>as reminder BestBits initiative started in august 2012 when people were talking about WCIT and prepared first meeting IGF Baku, we will be in 2014 in few weeks and we are still with temporary settings.</div>
<div><br /></div><div>Rafik<br /><div class="gmail_extra"><br /><div class="gmail_quote">2013/12/2 <a href="mailto:genekimmelman@gmail.com">genekimmelman@gmail.com</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:genekimmelman@gmail.com" target="_blank">genekimmelman@gmail.com</a>></span><br />
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>Internal accountability to a group with shared goals may differ from societal/global policy goals that the group will agree to if all others with power agree as well. Best not to confuse these. We should be accountable but not create internal processes that make it impossible to coordinate policy actions. <div class="im">
<br /><br /><br />-------- Original message --------<br />From: William Drake <<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch" target="_blank">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>> <br />Date: 12/02/2013 3:52 AM (GMT-05:00) <br />To: Parminder Singh <<a href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net" target="_blank">parminder@itforchange.net</a>> <br />
Cc: "<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" target="_blank">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>> Best Bits" <<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" target="_blank">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>> <br />
Subject: Re: [bestbits] Best Bits MAG nominations for your approval - URGENT <br /> <br /><br /></div><div class="im">+1! <div><br /><div><div>On Dec 2, 2013, at 9:23 AM, parminder <<a href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net" target="_blank">parminder@itforchange.net</a>> wrote:</div>
<br /><blockquote type="cite"><span style="text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-variant:normal;text-align:start;font-style:normal;display:inline!important;font-weight:normal;float:none;line-height:normal;text-transform:none;font-size:18px;white-space:normal;font-family:Verdana;word-spacing:0px">Civil society must always remain very vary of thinking of themselves as somehow so morally superior that they are exempt from normal accountability and transparency requirements</span></blockquote>
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