[bestbits] Logistical note for Best Bits meeting participants

Andrew Puddephatt Andrew at gp-digital.org
Wed Oct 16 08:51:07 EDT 2013


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From: Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org<mailto:jeremy at ciroap.org>>
Date: Wednesday, 16 October 2013 11:30
To: "<bestbits at lists. net>" <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net<mailto:bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>>
Subject: [bestbits] Logistical note for Best Bits meeting participants

Thank you everyone for your overwhelming interest in the upcoming Best Bits meeting in Bali that begins this Saturday!  This email is to give some logistical details about the event.  We are now rather over-full for the space that we have (and the catering that we have paid for), so please no more registrations from now on, except for remote participants.

The two-day meeting has been divided roughly into four half-day sessions, covering just about all of the most critical Internet policy issues of the moment.  Although the agenda<http://bestbits.net/bestbits2013> (particularly for Day 1 morning) is still slightly fluid, we will cover mass government surveillance, the Brazil/ICANN plan for globalisation of Internet goverernance, Internet principles, and the processes underway at WSIS+10 and the Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation, plus more.

One of the important (and distinctive) things about Best Bits is that we want the meeting to produce concrete outcomes.  Thus every session has a series of planned output documents or other deliverables that we aim to produce.  Please take a look at these and come prepared to contribute productively and supportively.

Where possible, work has already begun online.  Links to working drafts and background documents are available under the "Papers" heading on the event page<http://bestbits.net/bestbits2013>, as well as under the tab "Background papers".  Please read these in advance, and check for new additions as Saturday approaches.  You can also upload your own background papers - just click the new "Upload" link near the top of the page.

The meeting venue is the Mantra Nusa Dua hotel on Jalan Raya Nusa Dua Selatan, Sawangan, Bali.  The official taxi counter is located outside the arrivals hall (exit arrivals turn right). You should be paying about 95,000 rupiah to get to the hotel.  Lunches and snacks during the event will be catered, with thanks to those who contributed money to make this possible.

After we wrap on Sunday, we have a joint dinner with folks from the Web We Want initiative at the Nusa Dua Beach Grill<http://www.letseat.at/NusaDuaBeachGrill>.  It is a private buffet at own expense, and transport will be provided.  Please bring 200,000 rupiah in cash for your meal (this is about USD$17.60).  If you will be at Best Bits and don't intend to join us at the dinner (but please do!), then let me know.

If you are a member of the Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/events/432718540170910> or Google+<https://plus.google.com/events/cn83oe9033vo0h57mr7qngb6ij8> social networks the event is being shared there, and we are also on Twitter<https://twitter.com/_bestbits>.  The event itself will also be streamed on our website<http://bestbits.net/streaming/> (though some sensitive discussions might be closed off - the openness of our discussions is itself one of the items for discussion).

Finally if you are not on the main Best Bits mailing list (this seems to apply to 26 of you, who are bcc'd) please join<http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits> as list membership is an indispensable part of participation in the Best Bits network.

If you have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to tell me or another member of the interim steering committee.  For those who will be in Bali we look forward to seeing you soon!

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Dr Jeremy Malcolm
Senior Policy Officer
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