[bestbits] Proposal on Best Bits governance

[William Drake]

For the second time I endorse Anriette’s proposal but with Adam’s additional request for some clarifications, e.g. what this SC would be doing, on who’s behalf.  In addition, to the extent that there’s a claim of interest representation, it’d be good to understand the relationship to the IGC, in which the same actors are gathered.  Would for example BB be expecting a slot on the 1net coordination group alongside the IGC?  Alternatively, if BB is saying that it doesn’t accept the 1net mechanism as an interface with the Brazilian conference planning process and will maintain its own independent relationship via the 4 liaisons, perhaps it shouldn’t be requesting one of the five slots, right?

Friendly message, just wondering if this stuff’s been thought through off line but not stated yet.

Thanks,

Bill


On Dec 2, 2013, at 6:16 AM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> 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?
> 
> On 22/11/13 17:56, Anriette Esterhuysen wrote:
> Dear all
>  
> [Please note that this proposal is not about the Brazil meeting or civil
> society nomcoms.]
>  
> 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.
>  
> 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.
>  
> I would therefore like to propose the following:
>  
> 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.
>  
> 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.
>  
> 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.
>  
> Best
>  
> Anriette
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William J. Drake
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  Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ
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  ICANN, www.ncuc.org
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