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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body 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'>Hi Brett,<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'>Thanks for this, I think the Community Informatics community might be interested in contributing on and through (and of course to promote </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>J</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>) our Declaration.<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'>Let me/us know… what might be useful.<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'>Mike<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><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> bestbits-request@lists.bestbits.net [mailto:bestbits-request@lists.bestbits.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brett Solomon<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 28, 2013 10:00 AM<br><b>To:</b> Marilia Maciel<br><b>Cc:</b> Deborah Brown; Andrew Puddephatt; Jeremy Malcolm; <,bestbits@lists.bestbits.net>,<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [bestbits] Save the Date: RightsCon Silicon Valley March 3rd-5th, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'd be in favor of a session at RightsCon that can be used as a space to cross pollinate ideas and understandings on governance from a diverse set of civil society actors. Many of the US based orgs will be there, as well as CS from across the world, and unpacking perspectives and mapping out plans could be useful at this stage. I also think its an opportunity to grow our sector by bringing in new actors who are not familiar with the Brazil event or the reasons that have lead to it. Let's think more about how to make this productive, and we very much welcome your input in developing the session further Marilia. Brett<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Brett Solomon<br>Executive Director | Access<br><a href="http://accessnow.org" target="_blank">accessnow.org</a> <br>+1 917 969 6077 | skype: brettsolomon | @accessnow<br>Key ID: 0x312B641A<i><br><br><b>RightsCon Silicon Valley,</b> March 3-5, 2014. <a href="http://www.rightscon.org" target="_blank">Register interest now</a>!</i><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 8:41 PM, Marilia Maciel <<a href="mailto:mariliamaciel@gmail.com" target="_blank">mariliamaciel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hello all, this will certainly be a great session. I will definitely connect remotely, if I am not in SF. I would just like to make a suggestion. I agree with Jeremy that the session could be a moment to discuss and plan CS participation in the meeting in Brazil. But I also feel that there is a valuable opportunity to foster more understanding among US-based CS and global CS, and to make the concerns of actors in the developing world regarding the IG regime better understood. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>For example, the way that several US non-gov campaigns get framed as "hands off the Internet" or against a supposed UN power grab always made me feel a bit uncomfortable. Although this ideas are easy to communicate to broader audience, I believe that, particularly during WCIT, they caused misunderstanding by mixing up the positions countries like Russia and Brazil, which have been historically different, and by demonizing the UN and non-multistakeholder spaces as a whole. Since WCIT is one of the major references to US organizations, as Jeremy mentioned, maybe the scope of the session could be a bit broader in order to discuss what were the problems and disfunctionalities in the regime that pushed many actors (CS, iStars) to support change, in other words, to mention the underlying reasons that led to Brazil. Problems have been pointed out before Snowden. When setting the background of the RightsCon session, it would be important to show that the meeting in Brazil may have been triggered by mass surveillance, but the issue goes beyond it and precedes it. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Marília<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Deborah Brown <<a href="mailto:deborah@accessnow.org" target="_blank">deborah@accessnow.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Yes, I think that's a great idea. Perhaps what makes the most sense is to use the session for those in the network who are planning to develop ideas and submissions for Brazil and have discussions on the concrete proposals with the wider community. We can also make available some space for a side meeting/strategy session if there is interest. For both options, we would make sure that remote participation is available. Interested in hearing others' ideas as well. Please feel free to contact me on or off list if you're interested in discussing this further. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Kind regards, <br>Deborah <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Andrew Puddephatt <<a href="mailto:Andrew@gp-digital.org" target="_blank">Andrew@gp-digital.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Could we host a session focused on IG given that by then we should have put together some ideas of our own for Brazil?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><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:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Jeremy Malcolm <<a href="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org" target="_blank">jeremy@ciroap.org</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Saturday, 14 December 2013 06:36<br><b>To: </b>"<<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.%20net">bestbits@lists. net</a>>" <<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" target="_blank">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [bestbits] Save the Date: RightsCon Silicon Valley March 3rd-5th, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>To follow up on Brett's message, just to let everyone know that we a placeholder "Best Bits" session has been submitted for RightsCon, though the original idea of using it to finalise inputs for the Brazil meeting won't work out - because the deadline for those inputs is slightly too soon. So, we need to find another theme for the meeting. Since many of the US groups at RightsCon will be new to the international Internet governance debates (except for maybe ICANN and WCIT), a couple of us considered that it might be worthwhile to structure a session around more closely integrating US based civil society into our community (which was one of my original aims for Best Bits).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Anyway, who is interested in sharing ideas (either these or other ideas) and developing the session further? Deborah has offered to manage a workflow for the session, if we are all happy for her to do that. What do you all think?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Also, separately to RightsCon, I should flag early that I have the opportunity to arrange a Best Bits pre-meeting in S?o Paulo immediately prior to the Brazil meeting, which would be hosted by IDEC, the largest Brazilian consumer group. Of course at this stage, we don't know who will be attending the Brazil meeting, so plans are at an early stage. But if anyone is interested in hearing or discussing more about that, you can also get in touch (perhaps off-list for now, until plans and funding are firmer).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>On 6 Dec 2013, at 11:40 pm, Brett Solomon <<a href="mailto:brett@accessnow.org" target="_blank">brett@accessnow.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Dear friends,<br><br>As you may know, <a href="http://rightscon.org/" target="_blank">RightsCon Silicon Valley</a> is taking place March 3-5 in San Francisco at Mission Bay Conference Center. This is an opportunity for different communities to come together - global activists, companies, thinkers, investors, engineers and government officials - to discuss the tensions and opportunities at the intersection of human rights and the internet.<br><br>RightsCon Silicon Valley has a particular focus on technology companies and aims to create a space for multistakeholder dialogue on human rights best practices and learnings in the context of the private sector. The event also takes place 7 weeks before the Brazil meeting and as I mentioned could be used as a venue to discuss strategy and plans for April.<br><br>The program is open to submissions, and we're looking to a range of networks, including the Bestbits community to help shape the agenda. Here is the link to <a href="https://www.rightscon.org/submit-a-session/why/" target="_blank">propose a session</a>. <br><br>The deadline for submission is December 20th. If you have questions, check out the website at <a href="http://rightscon.org/" target="_blank">rightscon.org,</a> or email Rian Wanstreet at <a href="mailto:rian@accessnow.org" target="_blank">rian@accessnow.org</a>, or we can chat more on this list. <br><br>For those of you who have participated in RightsCon in the past, we look forward to seeing you again.<br><br>Enjoy your weekends!<br><br>Brett<br><br><b>Speakers to date include: </b>Rebecca MacKinnon (Ranking Digital Rights); Alaa Abd El Fattah (one of Egypt's most respected activists and software engineers (currently detained)); Jim Cowie (CTO, Renesys); John Donahoe (President & CEO, eBay); Moez Chakchouk (Founder of Tunisia's IXP and 404Labs); Brad Burnham (Union Square Ventures); Colin Crowell (Head of Global Public Policy, Twitter); Michael Posner (NYU Professor of Business and Society); Eileen Donahoe (former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Human Rights Council); Jillian York (Director for International Freedom of Expression, EFF); ; Richard Stallman (Founder GNU Project and Free Software Foundation); David Gorodyansky (CEO & Founder, AnchorFree); Mitchell Baker (Chairperson, Mozilla Corporation) and many more. <br><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Brett Solomon<br>Executive Director | Access<br><a href="http://accessnow.org/" target="_blank">accessnow.org</a> <br><a href="tel:%2B1%20917%20969%206077" target="_blank">+1 917 969 6077</a> | skype: brettsolomon | @accessnow<br>Key ID: 0x312B641A<i><br><br></i><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>____________________________________________________________<br>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br> <a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" target="_blank">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>.<br>To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:<br> <a href="http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits" target="_blank">http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>-- </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Dr Jeremy Malcolm<br>Senior Policy Officer<br>Consumers International | the global campaigning voice for consumers</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><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: <a href="tel:%2B60%203%207726%201599" target="_blank">+60 3 7726 1599</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Explore our new Resource Zone - the global consumer movement knowledge hub |<a href="http://www.consumersinternational.org/news-and-media/resource-zone" target="_blank">http://www.consumersinternational.org/news-and-media/resource-zone</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>@Consumers_Int | <a href="http://www.consumersinternational.org/" target="_blank">www.consumersinternational.org</a> | <a href="http://www.facebook.com/consumersinternational" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/consumersinternational</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#999999'>Read our <a href="http://www.consumersinternational.org/email-confidentiality" target="_blank">email confidentiality notice</a>. 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