[bestbits] Programme for Best Bits annual meeting

Tue Aug 13 10:16:18 EDT 2013

This is great, Parminder. I leave it to others to comment on whether it
should be the sole focus of CSO discussions at Bali, or one strand among
others - but it is definitely something that Best Bits and Web We Want
could plan together, as it's an excellent fit with the Web We Want mission
of consolidating and promoting a positive vision for the future of the open
Web.
Beyond coming out with a statement ... even better would be coming out with
an action plan!
cheers
Anne

On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 4:18 AM, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net>wrote:

>
> Thanks to the steering committee for this great start....
>
> I havent much to say about day 1. Maybe a few things, but that later...
>
> Abut day 2
>
> I think we would do well if we try not to look very ITU centric ( and I
> can assure, we do)... Last year was different with the WCIT in the offing,
> but this year I dont see why a session should focus on ITU.
>
> As to saying that Snowden or NSA revelations can become a sub item of this
> ITU discussion, quite the opposite is what I think would be in order..
>
> Lets be honest, and do justice to the people of the world in whose name we
> assemble, work and expend monies.... Internet governance to the world right
> now is completely focussed on the Snowden affair. Not only among the laity,
> but even the politically well informed and articulate.
>
> It is bad enough that the IGF wont largely be about NSA revelations (even
> to the extent that Kenya IGF was about the India's CIRP proposal) although
> I will be happy to be pleasantly surprised. But I cant see how a civil
> society meeting can afford to be not about it. This is my basic
> proposition..
>
> I think we need to have a session on something very roughly like the 'The
> global Internet after Snowden - What will balkanise the Internet and what
> can keep it sufficiently global' - and if possible come out with a
> statement about it.
>
> At the time of formation of BB, we had promised ourselves a positive
> agenda , and flogging ITU over a day once again is not what I think takes
> us towards that. (Disclaimer: I have long held that the ITU is not the
> right place for most global IG work.)
>
> People are interested to know in which directions would post Snowden
> global Internet go. And we should discuss this.
>
> Lets cut the chaff and go directly to what is/ are the issue(s) of global
> governance of the Internet today. For instance - what are the global
> ethics, norms, principles and legal frameworks for trans-border flow of
> data, information and digital services? Who should develop ( ensure their
> compliance) and how?
>
> And wh- at is the meaning of ownership of our digital lives, and how
> statist and corporatist controls play with such rightful ownership.
>
> That is what people right now most want to know... Do we have anything to
> say to them, and perhaps say on the behalf of them?
>
> parminder
>
>
>
>
> On Saturday 10 August 2013 09:06 PM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
>
> Since the good news that the 2013 IGF will be going ahead after all, it's
> time to revise and finalise the programme for our annual meeting in Bali.
>  The interim steering group has been talking about this, and here was their
> suggestion for topics (the descriptions are mine though):
>
> *Day 1*
>
>  1) Best Bits itself: goals, structure, processes, fundraising,
> interactions with other groups, etc. The interim steering group is working
> on a documents with our brainstorming about all this, which we will share
> soon.  The purpose of this session is to reach a consensus that we are
> heading in the right direction (or not), and to provide a mandate to carry
> out proposals that will help us grow and become stronger and more
> sustainable.
>
>  2) Global Internet governance principles and Enhanced Cooperation.  As
> you know, there are groups at the IGF MAG and the CSTD discussing these
> issues, but until now there has been no strong unified civil society
> position about the evolution of Internet governance arrangements, and this
> equivocation has played into the wrong hands.  We have been largely split
> between groups that are averse to any changes, and those with proposals for
> changes that are seen as radical.  The purpose of this session (as I see
> it, anyway) is to get together behind a shared position that can become a
> solid base for advocacy.  We already have a working group arguing over
> these issues (in a good way), which will report back to this main list soon.
>
>  *Day 2*
>
> 3) The ITU processes, up to the ITU Plenipotentiary in 2014 and the
> WSIS+10 review.  What is coming up?  What is our long term strategy?  Have
> we responded adequately to the ITU's most recent refusal to open up the
> Council Working Group on Internet Policy to stakeholders?  If we still
> don't see change at the Plenipotentiary, what then - do we disengage?
>
> 4) The NSA surveillance issue may become a sub-item of the ITU discussion,
> given that there are countries that may bring this debate to the ITU. But
> it will also include an update on the Human Rights Council, stateside
> developments, how this has altered the Internet governance landscape in the
> long term, and general strategy going forward.
>
> There's also a lot of other work to be done between now and then,
> including work on the website (so that you can actually register for the
> meeting!) and on fundraising (to help pay for it).  I'll be posting more
> about that very soon.
>
> Meanwhile your comments are invited on the programme...
>
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