<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Dear BB community and colleagues, </span><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Firstly, the Steering Committee and co-organizers would like to thank you for attending the Best Bits pre-IGF meeting in Istanbul last week. Over 85 of you attended, and your active participation and engagement was a great step forward for BB. </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">As a follow up, here is the meeting report: <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/publicknowledge.org/document/d/18sFwkzlxiRKryWhIhVC8c5aYr-OL2d02rdpH6cRLS-w/edit" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/a/publicknowledge.org/document/d/18sFwkzlxiRKryWhIhVC8c5aYr-OL2d02rdpH6cRLS-w/edit</a>. It is locked for edits in order to ensure that there is a consistent version on the BB site, but please feel free to add comments where you see fit.</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Secondly, one of the major outcomes of the meeting was the creation of three working groups. Some general updates for each of the groups are below:</div><div style><ul style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><li style="margin-left:15px"><b><i>IGF renewal working group: </i></b>A BB statement on the IGF (which included support of IGF renewal) is already out: <a href="http://bestbits.net/igf-statement-2014/" target="_blank">http://bestbits.net/igf-statement-2014/</a>. Please feel free to endorse it as an individual or organization. Further, some BB members and others worked on this statement on IGF continuation: <a href="http://igfcontinuation.org/" target="_blank">http://igfcontinuation.org/</a>. This can also be signed as a organization or individual. Both statements were delivered at the closing ceremony of the IGF and are also finding their ways through the IGF renewal process. </li></ul><ul style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><li style="margin-left:15px"><b><i>ITU working group:</i></b> A group of volunteers (see the list in the BB report) has been formed. If you'd like to join, please contact Anne Jellema <<a href="mailto:anne@webfoundation.org">anne@webfoundation.org</a>> and myself. </li></ul><ul style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><li style="margin-left:15px"><b><i>WSIS+10 working group: </i></b>A group of volunteers (see the list in the BB report) has been formed. If you'd like to join, please contact Deborah Brown <<a href="mailto:deborah@apc.org">deborah@apc.org</a>> or Anja Kovacs <<a href="mailto:anja@internetdemocracy.in">anja@internetdemocracy.in</a>>. </li></ul><div style><font face="arial, sans-serif">If you have not seen, please check the briefings we - at PK - prepared on those topics. See under section "links" at <a href="http://bestbits.net/events/best-bits-2014/">http://bestbits.net/events/best-bits-2014/</a>. </font></div><div style><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style><font face="arial, sans-serif">Regarding meeting costs. <span style="font-size:12.7272720336914px">The total cost of the meeting was U$ 2610 (30US$/person). We are very glad that folks at the meeting </span>chipped<span style="font-size:12.7272720336914px"> in the equivalent of US$</span></font><span style="font-size:12.7272720336914px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">654. APC has provided U$1000 and GPD is covering the difference. So, I thank you all again for your contributions. </span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px"><br></div><div style><font face="arial, sans-serif">For those who I "BCC" and were present at the meeting, if you still want to join the main Best Bits mailing list, please <b><i>send an email to </i></b></font><strong style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Myriad,'Gill Sans','Century Gothic','Bitstream Vera Sans',verdana,lucida,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;border:0px solid rgb(153,153,153);color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px;margin:0px"><i><a href="mailto:sympa@lists.bestbits.net">sympa@lists.bestbits.net</a></i></strong><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Myriad,'Gill Sans','Century Gothic','Bitstream Vera Sans',verdana,lucida,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><b><i> </i></b>(any questions, follow the instructions at </span><font color="#333333" face="Trebuchet MS, Myriad, Gill Sans, Century Gothic, Bitstream Vera Sans, verdana, lucida, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://lists.bestbits.net/help/user#subscribe">http://lists.bestbits.net/help/user#subscribe</a> or email Jeremy at Jeremy Malcolm <<a href="mailto:jeremy@malcolm.id.au">jeremy@malcolm.id.au</a>> (He is one of the lists admins). </font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Finally, <b><i>in the upcoming days you all will receive a follow-up survey on the meeting.</i></b> I hope you take 5 minutes to answer that, so we can - as a community - keep improving the way we interact, communicate and build collaborative strategy. </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Thanks again for all of you who participated, and we look forward to seeing you at the next meeting.</div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Best Regards,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.6666669845581px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">-- </span><br style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.6666669845581px"><i>Carolina Rossini </i></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.6666669845581px"><font color="#666666"><i>Vice President, International Policy</i></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.6666669845581px"><b><font color="#666666">Public Knowledge</font></b></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#0000ff"><span style="font-size:12.6666669845581px"><u><a href="http://www.publicknowledge.org/" target="_blank">http://www.publicknowledge.org/</a></u></span></font><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.6666669845581px"><a value="+16176979389" style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">+ 1 6176979389 | </a><font color="#666666">skype: carolrossini | </font><font color="#0000ff">@carolinarossini</font></div></div></div></div><div><br></div></div>
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