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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'>Hmmm…<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"'>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>Jeremy Malcolm<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 10, 2014 9:40 PM<br><b>To:</b> parminder<br><b>Cc:</b> William Drake; Joana Varon; Best Bits; governance@lists.igcaucus.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [bestbits] [discuss] [governance] Meeting in São Paulo on Friday, January 10th, is between the LOG and 1Net<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>[MG>] snip…<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Well lack of transparency, lack of processes for legitimate accountability, self and insider dealing, self-interested processes of exclusion, delegitimizing and marginalizing of critical or alternative perspectives, i.e. an overall illegitimacy of process and outcome are what they are and so far no one has either disputed or responded to my calling various of the self-appointed “Coordinators, Steering committee members, Facilitators etc.etc.” out on these “bad behaviours”… </span></i></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Rather, the civil society IG coordination group has handled (or is handling) the process for nominations. (We do realise that Michael Gurstein is not happy about this, nor is he happy about 1net, or Best Bits, or....)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>[MG>] My problem/”unhappiness” results from the fact that I would very much like to see the Brazil process succeed… I think the Internet and all of it’s users (and non-users) would benefit from such a “success” but I’m having considerable difficulty in seeing how outcomes contributory to the general good can emerge from input processes such as these.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>M<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hopefully this clarifies the process, and sorry that it wasn't clear enough already. Parminder I realise that point 5 above is likely unsatisfactory to you because it doesn't firmly break the plank of legitimacy that the LOG has extended to 1net, but... it's intended as a bit of a compromise.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ian can clarify further if needs be, since he is the chair of the coordination group.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>-- </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>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";color:black'><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;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>Explore our new Resource Zone - the global consumer movement knowledge hub |</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.consumersinternational.org/news-and-media/resource-zone"><span style='background:white'>http://www.consumersinternational.org/news-and-media/resource-zone</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>@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 style='background:white'><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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