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<p>On 11/9/18 7:00 AM, farzaneh badii wrote:<br>
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style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Just wanted to tell you
why we are not having an organized CS gathering this year so
that you can prevent it from happening next year.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">We used to have a
civil society day arranged before the IGF. It did not
happen this time because Jeremy (<span class="gmail-gr_
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initiator and cornerstone</span> of these
events)decided not to <span class="gmail-gr_ gmail-gr_21
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this year and I was not sure whether I would make it
either. <span class="gmail-gr_ gmail-gr_25
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being cut short <span class="gmail-gr_ gmail-gr_22
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style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">We need a better
approach for civil society <span class="gmail-gr_
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Perhaps we can shift the civil society meeting to <span
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RightsCon or <span class="gmail-gr_ gmail-gr_17
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They can be shorter and not a full day. </div>
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<div class="gmail_default" dir="auto"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Anyhow, I think
we should not drop the ball like this year because some
of us could not make it or thought they could not. <br>
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To add to this, the bestbits.net domain name and website is
available for use for coordination. It has been paid for for five
years but is lying idle, and just needs someone else to take it up
again. It won't be me because I have moved on to focus on my new
nonprofit, Prostasia Foundation, but I am happy to take a limited
role in transferring control to others. At one point there was a new
Best Bits steering committee that had planned to revitalize it, but
this didn't come to pass and their term has now lapsed.<br>
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Jeremy Malcolm PhD LLB (Hons) B Com
Internet lawyer, ICT policy advocate, geek
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