[bestbits] Proposal on Best Bits governance

[Adam Peake]

Could you resend your counter proposal.

Adam


On Dec 2, 2013, at 2:16 PM, michael gurstein wrote:

> For the third time I am indicating that I do not accept this proposal and I would ask that my counter-proposal also be considered and/or reasons given for it not being “endorsed” by the “interim” Steering Committee.
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> From: bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net [mailto:bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net] On Behalf Of Jeremy Malcolm
> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 7:43 PM
> To: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net
> Subject: Re: [bestbits] Proposal on Best Bits governance
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> I for one can fully accept and endorse Anriette's helpful proposal.  Others?
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> On 22/11/13 17:56, Anriette Esterhuysen wrote:
> Dear all
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> [Please note that this proposal is not about the Brazil meeting or civil
> society nomcoms.]
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> In some of the recent threads people have called to question the
> legitimacy of the Best Bits steering committee, and of transparency and
> accountability in Best Bits.  I agree it will be good to strengthen Best
> Bits internal processes, but we should do this in a way that does not
> undermine trust in people who have worked hard to bring Best Bits to
> where it is, or in one another.  We should also not undermine our
> ability to work together at a time when civil society is having to rise
> to some pretty daunting challenges.
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> In particular, we should try not to discourage those individuals who
> have been volunteering their time on Best Bits bits work - either on the
> SC, or on drafting inputs. Without their effort we would be in a far
> weaker position than we are now. We would not have had the benefit of
> two face-to-face meetings, or of several substantial letters/other
> inputs submitted in response to strategic opportunities for raising
> civil society voices.
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> I would therefore like to propose the following:
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> 1) We ask the current Best Bits Steering Committee, a group of people
> who started to volunteer their time in this capacity in July 2013, to
> continue to serve until 31 July 2014.
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> 2) We ask them to present us with a short overview report of the work
> they did in 2013 by the end of this year.
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> 3) We ask them to, by the end of the first quarter of 2014, to propose a
> process for the renewal of the Best Bits Steering Committee.
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> Best
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> Anriette
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