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<DIV>Great report, Jeremy. Best Bits are to be congratulated for some excellent
results at a time when civil society as represented in IGC was factionalised,
divided, and non productive. </DIV>
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<DIV>It will be interesting to see what the future brings for both IGC and Best
Bits, and how the inter-relationship pans out over time. In the mean time Best
Bits is making an excellent current contribution which I hope continues.</DIV>
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<DIV>Ian Peter</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jeremy@ciroap.org
href="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org">Jeremy Malcolm</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 31, 2014 10:59 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=bestbits@lists.bestbits.net
href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net">mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</A>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [bestbits] 2013 report from Best Bits interim steering
commitee</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none; DISPLAY: inline">Please
find attached a 2013 report from the Best Bits interim steering committee, in
response to a good suggestion last November from Anriette Esterhuysen that this
would improve transparency, and lay a path for renewal of the steering committee
after the interim group had served one year.
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<DIV>Even for those who did not have concerns about transparency, you will still
find the report useful to read, because of the way that it maps the different
workstreams that have been undertaken or proposed last year. It is very
easy to get lost with different activities and conversations going on in
different places, so we hope this helps to make things much clearer!
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<DIV>If anyone has any questions about the report please feel free to
ask.<BR><BR>
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<P style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black"><B>Dr Jeremy Malcolm<BR>Senior Policy
Officer<BR>Consumers International | the global campaigning voice for
consumers</B><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
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Please find attached a 2013 report from the Best Bits interim steering
committee, in response to a good suggestion last November from Anriette
Esterhuysen that this would improve transparency, and lay a path for renewal of
the steering committee after the interim group had served one year.<BR><BR>Even
for those who did not have concerns about transparency, you will still find the
report useful to read, because of the way that it maps the different workstreams
that have been undertaken or proposed last year. It is very easy to get
lost with different activities and conversations going on in different places,
so we hope this helps to make things much clearer!<BR><BR>If anyone has any
questions about the report please feel free to ask.<BR><BR>-- <BR>Dr Jeremy
Malcolm<BR>Senior Policy Officer<BR>Consumers International | the global
campaigning voice for consumers<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<BR><BR>WCRD 2014 - Fix Our Phone Rights! |
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