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<div dir="auto">Good points there. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I'd support a pre-event for RightsCon. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">How i was myself unable to make it (I'm still on my way to Paris) i appreciate the effort on organizing the meeting. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cheers </div><div dir="auto">Jean</div><div dir="auto"><br></div>
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<p style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 8pt 0;">On November 9, 2018 16:01:01 farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii@gmail.com> wrote:</p>
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<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" 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><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr"><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_ gmail-gr_20 gmail-gr-alert gmail-gr_spell gmail-gr_inline_cards gmail-gr_run_anim gmail-ContextualSpelling gmail-ins-del" id="gmail-20" style="font-size:inherit;color:inherit;display:inline;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;background-repeat:no-repeat">the initiator and cornerstone</span> of these events)decided not to <span class="gmail-gr_ gmail-gr_21 gmail-gr-alert gmail-gr_spell gmail-gr_inline_cards gmail-gr_run_anim gmail-ContextualSpelling gmail-ins-del gmail-multiReplace" id="gmail-21" style="font-size:inherit;color:inherit;display:inline;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;background-repeat:no-repeat">participate</span> in this year and I was not sure whether I would make it either. <span class="gmail-gr_ gmail-gr_25 gmail-gr-alert gmail-gr_gramm gmail-gr_inline_cards gmail-gr_run_anim gmail-Punctuation gmail-only-ins gmail-replaceWithoutSep" id="gmail-25" style="font-size:inherit;color:inherit;display:inline;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;background-repeat:no-repeat">Also</span> IGF being cut short <span class="gmail-gr_ gmail-gr_22 gmail-gr-alert gmail-gr_spell gmail-gr_inline_cards gmail-gr_run_anim gmail-ContextualSpelling gmail-ins-del gmail-multiReplace" id="gmail-22" style="font-size:inherit;color:inherit;display:inline;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;background-repeat:no-repeat">didn't</span> help. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" dir="auto" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">We need a better approach for civil society <span class="gmail-gr_ gmail-gr_18 gmail-gr-alert gmail-gr_spell gmail-gr_inline_cards gmail-gr_run_anim gmail-ContextualSpelling gmail-ins-del gmail-multiReplace" id="gmail-18" style="display:inline;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;background-repeat:no-repeat;color:inherit;font-size:inherit">pre-events</span>. Perhaps we can shift the civil society meeting to <span class="gmail-gr_ gmail-gr_19 gmail-gr-alert gmail-gr_spell gmail-gr_inline_cards gmail-gr_run_anim gmail-ContextualSpelling gmail-ins-del gmail-multiReplace" id="gmail-19" style="display:inline;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;background-repeat:no-repeat;color:inherit;font-size:inherit">pre-events</span> for RightsCon or <span class="gmail-gr_ gmail-gr_17 gmail-gr-alert gmail-gr_spell gmail-gr_inline_cards gmail-gr_run_anim gmail-ContextualSpelling gmail-ins-del gmail-multiReplace" id="gmail-17" style="display:inline;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;background-repeat:no-repeat;color:inherit;font-size:inherit">similar</span> events. They can be shorter and not a full day. </div><div class="gmail_default" dir="auto" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><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.  </div><div class="gmail_default" dir="auto" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" dir="auto" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div></div></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_967579819743773952m_7246276012715685841gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Farzaneh </span></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 9:54 AM Leena Romppainen <<a href="mailto:leena.romppainen@effi.org">leena.romppainen@effi.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    <p>Hi Sheetal</p>
    <p>A group from Electronic Frontier Finland will be around, but we
      are flying in on Sunday so depending on time and place we might or
      might not make it. Please send me the info and we'll see.<br>
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    <p>Cheers,</p>
    <p>Leena</p>
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    <div class="m_-3337360787714108574moz-cite-prefix">On 09/11/2018 14.20, Sheetal Kumar
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        <div>Hi Collin, <br>
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        <div>Great! I'll add you to the thread and then you can loop in
          colleagues who are available on the Sunday to attend.</div>
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        <div>Looking forward to seeing you soon! <br>
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        <div>Best</div>
        <div>Sheetal. <br>
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        <div dir="ltr">On Fri, 9 Nov 2018 at 12:16, Collin Kurre <<a href="mailto:collin@article19.org" target="_blank">collin@article19.org</a>>
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            <div>Chiming in to say that there will be quite a few folks
              from ARTICLE 19 present in Paris, and we would definitely
              be interested in contributing to a civil society
              coordination meeting on Sunday.</div>
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            <div>Thanks for organizing,</div>
            <div>Collin</div>
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                  <div>On Oct 30, 2018, at 10:51 AM, Sheetal Kumar <<a href="mailto:sheetal@gp-digital.org" target="_blank">sheetal@gp-digital.org</a>>
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                      <div>Hi Ginger <br>
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                      <div>As far as I know, there isn't a joint civil
                        society/'Bestbits' meeting this year. However, a
                        few of us are gathering on the Sunday afternoon
                        (time & location TBC) to discuss inputs into
                        the <a href="http://www.un.org/en/digital-cooperation-panel/" target="_blank">High
                          Level Panel on Digital Cooperation </a>(HLPDC)
                        process. <br>
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                      <div>I had floated focusing the meeting on the
                        HLPDC with the groups that organise the civil
                        society coordination meeting a while back and
                        those interested and following the panel are
                        getting together informally to discuss our
                        inputs into the consultation. <br>
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                      <div>If that's of interest to anyone please let me
                        know as soon as you can as I'll confirm the room
                        sometime this week.<br>
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                      <div>Best</div>
                      <div>Sheetal.</div>
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                      <div dir="ltr">On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 at 19:06,
                        Ginger Paque <<a href="mailto:gpaque@gmail.com" target="_blank">gpaque@gmail.com</a>>
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                        <div dir="ltr">Hello all...
                          <div>Are there plans for a BB or CS meeting at
                            the IGF in Paris? I know it's difficult with
                            no day zero and a compressed schedule, but
                            I'm hoping we get together. I haven't seen
                            anything, so please repeat the info if I
                            missed it. Hoping to see many of you there!</div>
                          <div>Best regards,</div>
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