<div dir="ltr">Hi Arsene,<div><br></div><div>That is exactly what I was hoping to learn. Thanks for sharing!</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Best,<br>-Michael</font><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"></div></div>
</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 1:50 PM Arsène Tungali <<a href="mailto:arsenebaguma@gmail.com">arsenebaguma@gmail.com</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 all,<br>
<br>
Thanks Farzaneh for starting this thread and thanks everyone who took<br>
the time to attend the call.<br>
<br>
Thanks also for offering to give a hand of support with some task<br>
within the IGC, we will take this discussion (as well as the one on<br>
merging) to the IGC list soon for a more elaborate discussion.<br>
<br>
And please do share the recording to give everyone an idea of what was<br>
discussed.<br>
<br>
I wanted to offer a quick reaction to Nadira and Michael's comments.<br>
<br>
During the call, we did not discuss much about the CSCG which is a<br>
coordination group where IGC is a member, alongside other members such<br>
as APC, Just Net Coalition, Best Bits and the ICANN's NCSG.<br>
<br>
About the merging question, this one will affect (if it happens), the<br>
number of CSCG members but the CSCG itself cannot be merged with<br>
anything (keeping this within the context). If BB and IGC merge, then<br>
the CSCG will now have 4 members than 5.<br>
<br>
R. Hill who is co chair of the CSCG said that once the merging<br>
question is cleared, then only a discussion within CSCG's structure<br>
and future will happen.<br>
<br>
Bruna and I, as IGC co-cos agreed to start a discussion within the IGC<br>
to explore the possibilities of merging IGC with BB.<br>
<br>
Hope this helps.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Arsene<br>
<br>
2018-12-17 10:33 UTC+02:00, "Michael J. Oghia" <<a href="mailto:governance@lists.riseup.net" target="_blank">governance@lists.riseup.net</a>>:<br>
> He everyone,<br>
><br>
> Thank you for this summary Farzi. I think Nadira makes a good point about<br>
> looking into that. I'm it sure how each of these three organisations are<br>
> structured, but perhaps we should consider consolidation of all three (if<br>
> possible).<br>
><br>
> Best,<br>
> -Michael<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Sun, Dec 16, 2018, 11:09 PM Nadira Alaraj <<a href="mailto:nadira.araj@gmail.com" target="_blank">nadira.araj@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Thank you Farzaneh for your briefing.<br>
>><br>
>> I would like to comment on the merging consequences that it will affect<br>
>> the structure of the<br>
>> <a href="http://internetgov-cs.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://internetgov-cs.org</a> or the CSCG. The objective of "The CSCG has<br>
>> co-operated with such bodies as international Telecomunication Union,<br>
>> WSIS+10, UNDESA, Internet Governance Forum, CSTD Working Group on<br>
>> Enhanced<br>
>> Cooperation, Netmundial Conference and Intiative and 1Net Initiative to<br>
>> nominate a diverse range of civil society members as speakers and members<br>
>> of committees and working groups"<br>
>><br>
>> I'm not sure if CSCG structure have been discussed or not. It would be<br>
>> good to look into as well.<br>
>> Best,<br>
>> Nadira<br>
>><br>
>> On Sun, Dec 16, 2018, 23:10 farzaneh badii <<a href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com" target="_blank">farzaneh.badii@gmail.com</a><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Dear all,<br>
>>><br>
>>> We had a good online meeting with up to 25 civil society members in<br>
>>> attendance on 13 December. I have the recording I can share with you. (I<br>
>>> have asked if sharing the recording was ok with the participants there<br>
>>> was<br>
>>> no objection, but I give it a couple of more days before I share the<br>
>>> recording)<br>
>>><br>
>>> There was a brief overview of what was done during last year in venues<br>
>>> such as RightsCon etc.<br>
>>> The issues that were discussed (as much as I remember):<br>
>>><br>
>>> We also discussed the merge of IGC and BestBits. It was decided that the<br>
>>> co-coordinator of BB and IGC discuss and give a couple of weeks deadline<br>
>>> to<br>
>>> come to a conclusion on whether a merge would be good.<br>
>>><br>
>>> the suggestion to merge comes from the fact that civil society IG<br>
>>> activities (especially at IGF) became fragmented. We need to pool our<br>
>>> resources and I think Jeremy mentioned that the reasons behind the<br>
>>> creation<br>
>>> of BB are not around anymore. I believe we should make a decision on<br>
>>> that<br>
>>> soon hopefully and start pooling our resources into one effort.<br>
>>><br>
>>> The idea of mapping initiatives and focal points:<br>
>>> To keep things going and be more active in 2019, it would be good to map<br>
>>> initiatives (Collin Kurre from Article 19 has good ideas about that)<br>
>>><br>
>>> I also suggested that we have focal points for each event or forum if we<br>
>>> want to for example organize a session or be more coordinated in our<br>
>>> efforts.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I volunteered to help IGC with coordination for IGF 2019, and civil<br>
>>> society pre-event. I will also help IGC with drafting something a public<br>
>>> comment for IGF taking stock call.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Best<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Farzaneh<br>
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