[bestbits] new BB statement - reflections on NM

[Eduardo Bertoni]

Dear Colleagues,

I am a bit confused. Maybe my confusion comes because, as I asked in the
meeting in Bali, it is not clear what bestbits is. Is it a network of
organizations? A platform for open discussions? etc.

At the end of NetMundial a document called "
Civil society closing statement at NETmundial 2014
 " was distributed. My understanding was that it was our 'bestbits'
"closing" statement. Then I read statements coming from many individual
organizations. That, of course, is perfectly fine. And now I see there is
another document distributed by Carolina, with a different tone and a
different perspective, also in bestbits. The new title is
 Civil society statement: reflections on NETmundial

So, just to understand clearly: Why is it necessary to issue a new bestbits
document? Don´t you think that having too many documents with different
views about NetMundial demonstrates the lack of consensus of civil society
about the final output of NetMundial?

Apologies in advance if I am misunderstanding these two documents. But I
think the tone in each is entirely different, and since I signed the first
one, it would be hard to sign the second one.

The fact that there is no consensus is not necessarily a problem. However,
it could be used by governments and others to stop listening to us because
they could point out that we don't have a common understanding of critical
issues. Why should we open the door to that?

Best

Eduardo Bertoni

Eduardo


On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Carolina Rossini <
carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> During the last few days, and to deal with the frustration some of us have
> been feeling, I put together a basic statement text that has received
> inputs from many of you so far. It grow from 1 page to almost 2. I do feel
> we have reached a point where the text is closed and round. So I write to
> you to ask you consider signing it. It bring reflections on the NetMundial
> results. I hope this is more representative of how many of us feel. And I
> do think it is a good closure step.  It was in a google document
> until recently, but Jeremy did the favor to put it online, behind a
> password.
>
> http://bestbits.net/netmundial-reflections/
> pass: bestbits
>
> Adam as suggested small changes - mostly regarding flow, and I will look
> for Jeremy online to adopt those.
>
> I hope you can consider signing it.
>
> Thank you
>
>
> --
> *Carolina Rossini*
> http://carolinarossini.net/
> + 1 6176979389
> *carolina.rossini at gmail.com*
> skype: carolrossini
> @carolinarossini
>
>
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