[bestbits] BB pre-IGF MTG FOLLOW-UP AND REPORT

[Carolina Rossini]

Dear BB community and colleagues,

Firstly, the Steering Committee and co-organizers would like to thank you
for attending the Best Bits pre-IGF meeting in Istanbul last week. Over 85
of you attended, and your active participation and engagement was a great
step forward for BB.

As a follow up, here is the meeting report:
https://docs.google.com/a/publicknowledge.org/document/d/18sFwkzlxiRKryWhIhVC8c5aYr-OL2d02rdpH6cRLS-w/edit.
It is locked for edits in order to ensure that there is a consistent
version on the BB site, but please feel free to add comments where you see
fit.

Secondly, one of the major outcomes of the meeting was the creation of
three working groups. Some general updates for each of the groups are below:

   - *IGF renewal working group: *A BB statement on the IGF (which included
   support of IGF renewal) is already out:
   http://bestbits.net/igf-statement-2014/. Please feel free to endorse it
   as an individual or organization. Further, some BB members and others
   worked on this statement on IGF continuation: http://igfcontinuation.org/.
   This can also be signed as a organization or individual. Both statements
   were delivered at the closing ceremony of the IGF and are also finding
   their ways through the IGF renewal process.


   - *ITU working group:* A group of volunteers (see the list in the BB
   report) has been formed. If you'd like to join, please contact Anne Jellema
   <anne at webfoundation.org> and myself.


   - *WSIS+10 working group: *A group of volunteers (see the list in the BB
   report) has been formed. If you'd like to join, please contact  Deborah
   Brown <deborah at apc.org> or Anja Kovacs <anja at internetdemocracy.in>.

If you have not seen, please check the briefings we - at PK - prepared on
those topics. See under section "links" at
http://bestbits.net/events/best-bits-2014/.

Regarding meeting costs. The total cost of the meeting was U$ 2610
(30US$/person). We are very glad that folks at the meeting chipped in
the equivalent of US$654. APC has provided U$1000 and GPD is covering the
difference. So, I thank you all again for your contributions.

For those who I "BCC" and were present at the meeting, if you still want to
join the main Best Bits mailing list, please *send an email to
**sympa at lists.bestbits.net
<sympa at lists.bestbits.net>* (any questions, follow the instructions at
http://lists.bestbits.net/help/user#subscribe or email Jeremy at Jeremy
Malcolm <jeremy at malcolm.id.au> (He is one of the lists admins).

Finally, *in the upcoming days you all will receive a follow-up survey on
the meeting.* I hope you take 5 minutes to answer that, so we can - as a
community - keep improving the way we interact, communicate and build
collaborative strategy.

Thanks again for all of you who participated, and we look forward to seeing
you at the next meeting.


Best Regards,





-- 
*Carolina Rossini *
*Vice President, International Policy*
*Public Knowledge*
*http://www.publicknowledge.org/ <http://www.publicknowledge.org/>*
+ 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini
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