<div dir="auto"><div>Hi Farzaneh,</div><div dir="auto">I'm putting some information that could be an answer to one of your inquiries. Taken from <a href="http://internetgov-cs.org">http://internetgov-cs.org</a><br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Dec 17, 2018, 23:34 farzaneh badii <<a href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com">farzaneh.badii@gmail.com</a> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I think the most important is to discuss why BestBits was created and whether the reasons still stand and how BestBits members feel about the merge.</div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><div style="padding-right:15px;padding-left:15px;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto"><div><div style="min-height:1px;padding-right:15px;padding-left:15px"><div><div style="float:left"><i></i></div><div><h4 style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:inherit;margin:0px 0px 5px;font-size:18px"><strong><a href="http://igcaucus.org/" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(66,139,202);text-decoration-line:none">Internet Governance Caucus (IGC)</a></strong></h4><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:10px 0px;text-align:justify">Our vision is that Internet governance should be inclusive, people centered and development oriented. Our contributions to the various forums relevant to Internet governance, will strive to ensure an information society which better enables equal opportunity and freedom for all. </p></div></div></div><div style="min-height:1px;padding-right:15px;padding-left:15px"><div style="margin-top:0px"><div style="float:left;margin-right:10px"><i></i></div><div><h4 style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:inherit;margin:0px 0px 5px;font-size:18px"><strong><a href="http://bestbits.net/" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(66,139,202);text-decoration-line:none">Best Bits</a></strong></h4><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:10px 0px;text-align:justify">Best Bits is a civil society network on Internet governance and Internet rights. It offers an open space where each group can present and advocate for the initiatives that they believe offer the best positive agenda for advancing broadly shared civil society interests in Internet governance. </p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 9:00 AM Arsène Tungali <<a href="mailto:governance@lists.riseup.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">governance@lists.riseup.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi everyone,<br>
<br>
You have probably seen this already on a different thread but thought<br>
it well to have this discussion solely on the IGC list (as I expect<br>
Best Bits to do the same), that's why i started this thread hoping to<br>
hear from you on this important question.<br>
<br>
This need for merging was raised by some IGC members during a civil<br>
society call that had mostly IGC and Best Bits participants; many of<br>
whom are both IGC and Best Bits (BB) members. The call happened last<br>
week and Farzaneh offered to share the link to the recording.<br>
<br>
I will not go into much details about the rationale but would welcome<br>
anyone to weigh in and share their reasoning on whether or not we<br>
should merge both lists. We will need to also answer the question on<br>
how (who is doing what?) will this happen? Is the IGC going to become<br>
BB or the latter becoming IGC? Or are we working towards a different<br>
group where members of both groups will all be added?<br>
<br>
This brings back to my memory the whole hassle we had to migrate<br>
(SAVE?) this list and allow us to have this discussion list (which<br>
hasn't been quite active for a few months but where many feel safe to<br>
share IG related updates). So i hope we discuss and take into account<br>
the technical cost of the merging process (should it happen).<br>
<br>
I am also not sure how we will gauge consensus about this question on<br>
this list? Should we vote? How long do we take to decide? Should we<br>
consult IGC 'founders' or former Co-coordinators separately and ask<br>
them what they think?<br>
<br>
During the call, Bruna and I offered to have a decision by mid-January<br>
and we hope this is realistic given the holiday season. We will then<br>
report to the group.<br>
<br>
I just wanted to throw this all here and would REALLY appreciate a<br>
discussion that will help us move forward and come to a conclusion.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Arsene<br>
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