<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 10:08 AM farzaneh badii <<a href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com">farzaneh.badii@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Hi Sala</div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Answers in line </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-3505878161862190867m_-807623143635823787m_-5667514224385982589gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Farzaneh </font></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 2:35 PM "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro" <<a href="mailto:governance@lists.riseup.net" target="_blank">governance@lists.riseup.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Guys,</div><div><br></div><div>I did not like seeing the proposal for there merger between the IGC and Best Bits brought up FIRST outside the IGC List as opposed to this being an in-house discussion first. On the notion that there are some in IGC who are also in Best Bits and the same can be said for several other organisations, however this does not necessarily call for mergers with those organisations. What the Coordinators should be doing and soliciting input from its members are in identifying key strategic forums that the IGC can prepare to engage in.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">No sorry, this is wrong. it was not outside of IGC/BestBits list. We had it on the agenda of the meeting (IGC and BestBits cc'd) and had the meeting as BestBits and IGC. Arsene can also share the call for merge with Bestbits list. Nothing was decided during the meeting and Arsene is just raising it on this list. ( I cc'd them already) </div></div></div></blockquote><div><font color="#cfe2f3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#0000ff">Sala: There was no mandate nor authorisation from the IGC to raise this in discussions, unless I missed the memo, which could have happened. </font></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">We have problems with not being focussed and coordinated as much as we can especially at IGF. Balls get dropped and no one pick them up. </div></div></div></blockquote><div><font color="#0000ff">Sala: The solution is not a Merger but better coordination from within the IGC and other stakeholders.</font> <br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Jeremy has been asking for someone to take over the BestBits website and other management issues and no one volunteers. Obviously we don't have much resources to maintain both.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><font color="#0000ff">Sala: Not the IGC's problem! I speak for myself within the IGC space, I am more than willing to help the coordinators of the IGC to focus their submissions into the IGF spaces and other spaces and to do this we need a strategic plan. </font></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> Civil Society fragmentation is also very confusing to outsiders. We have to coordinate better and we can't do that by being fragmented. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><div>Sala: The IGC needs to focus on being relevant and engaging strategically and systematically. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div>The IGC should be preparing input into the key global initiatives,</div><div><br></div><div>(1) The Digital Cooperation. <span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The four additional channels for input from organizations and the public, which are summarized here: </span><a href="https://digitalcooperation.org/get-involved/" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://digitalcooperation.org/get-involved/</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. The Secretariat team will synthesize any written contributions that come in by Jan. 31th 2019.</span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(2)Freedom of Expression Online. Given that we have IGC members who sit on key panels such as the Information Democracy Commission launched within the last quarter of this year, the IGC should have no problem submitting a global study and report to some of these key bodies. Just a matter of organising cross collaboration of individuals and agencies.</span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(3) Input into the Open Consultations facilitated by the IGF Secretariat that will take place in Geneva at the end of January, 2019. </span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(4) Preparing for the WSIS in April, 2019 and to see if the IGC can host some workshops or have a booth in Geneva.</span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(5) Engagement in the review of the SDGs pertaining to the Internet in New York and co-hosting workshops at the UN HQ in New York.</span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(6) Co-hosting side events or sessions at the Technical Community meetings. This can take place by involving and working with technical community members who are part of the IGC and work towards engaging valuable discussions.</span></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">In my opinion IGC should really go back to the mandate De was referring. We can see how we have evolved but it is all easy to say we need to contribute to all these initiatives and then no one does anything. </div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I would also like to see better participation from the IGC within the IGF Intersessionals such as the Best Practice Forums and the Dynamic Coalitions and effective engagement with the National and Regional IGFs. This obviously calls for a robust review of the current IGC and its systems and if we see that there is a need for the merger and subject to the broad consensus of the IGC, I do not see why not.</span></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">IGC is a caucus of various busy civil society organizations and individuals. Being involved with so many IG initiatives is not possible, especially on behalf of IGC. Our individual members are involved already with many of the groups you suggested.</div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Agree on number six, but not as side-event. We can have online meetings if we want to discuss issues with other stakeholder groups. We can also collaborate on submitting workshops and discussing the agenda of IG events.</div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">But if anyone wants to volunteer and get us somewhere in those forum, I think they can do so. <br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I have volunteered to help IGC draft input to IGF for taking stock. I think we need to also ask the MAG members from Civil Society to update us and have a stronger interaction.</div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Anyhow this thread is about the merge of BestBits with IGC and I will respond to Arsene's email with BestBits cc'd separately. </div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">With every best wish,</span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sala</span></div></div></div>
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