<div dir="ltr">I do not think it is a contradiction. It just mirrors different reflections by many who did not feel represented in the statement delivered at the end. BB is a platform, not a body or an organization. Not every statement is signed by every organization engaged in BB activities. That is how I see this and - if I understood correctly many of the discussions of this list and face to face meetings - that is how the majority of folks feels about it. </div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Eduardo Bertoni <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ebertoni65@gmail.com" target="_blank">ebertoni65@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=""><div dir="ltr">Dear Colleagues,<div><br></div><div>I am a bit confused. Maybe my confusion comes because, as I asked in the meeting in Bali, it is not clear what bestbits is. Is it a network of organizations? A platform for open discussions? etc.</div>
<div><br></div><div>At the end of NetMundial a document called "</div><h1 style="outline:0px;font-weight:normal;line-height:30px;font-size:27px;background-image:url(http://bestbits.net/wp-content/themes/expo18/img/hr.png);background-color:rgb(245,245,245);padding:0px 0px 13px;color:rgb(0,92,128);font-family:'Open Sans';background-repeat:repeat no-repeat">
Civil society closing statement at NETmundial 2014</h1><div> " was distributed. My understanding was that it was our 'bestbits' "closing" statement. Then I read statements coming from many individual organizations. That, of course, is perfectly fine. And now I see there is another document distributed by Carolina, with a different tone and a different perspective, also in bestbits. The new title is</div>
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Civil society statement: reflections on NETmundial</h1></div><div><br></div><div>So, just to understand clearly: Why is it necessary to issue a new bestbits document? Don´t you think that having too many documents with different views about NetMundial demonstrates the lack of consensus of civil society about the final output of NetMundial?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Apologies in advance if I am misunderstanding these two documents. But I think the tone in each is entirely different, and since I signed the first one, it would be hard to sign the second one.</div><div>
<br></div><div>The fact that there is no consensus is not necessarily a problem. However, it could be used by governments and others to stop listening to us because they could point out that we don't have a common understanding of critical issues. Why should we open the door to that?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Best</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div>Eduardo Bertoni</div>
<br><br></font></span><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="">On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Carolina Rossini <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:carolina.rossini@gmail.com" target="_blank">carolina.rossini@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div>Dear colleagues,</div><div><div><br></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">During the last few days, and to deal with the frustration some of us have been feeling, I put together a basic statement text that has received inputs from many of you so far. It grow from 1 page to almost 2. I do feel we have reached a point where the text is closed and round. So I write to you to ask you consider signing it. It bring reflections on the NetMundial results. I hope this is more representative of how many of us feel. And I do think it is a good closure step. It was in a google document until recently, but Jeremy did the favor to put it online, behind a password. </font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://bestbits.net/netmundial-reflections/" target="_blank">http://bestbits.net/netmundial-reflections/</a><br></font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">pass: bestbits</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Adam as suggested small changes - mostly regarding flow, and I will look for Jeremy online to adopt those. </font></div><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">I hope you can consider signing it.</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
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