[bestbits] Proposal on Best Bits governance

[matthew shears]

I also support it.

On 02/12/2013 03:43, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
> 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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