[bestbits] Update about João Pessoa Best Bits meeting on 8 November

[Deirdre Williams]

Will there be the possibility of remote participation?
Thanks
Deirdre

On 29 October 2015 at 06:19, Jeremy Malcolm <jmalcolm at eff.org> wrote:

> We look forward to seeing many of you next week at the fourth annual Best
> Bits pre-IGF meeting in João Pessoa next Sunday, 8 November.
>
> *Registration*
>
> This email is being sent to those who have already registered, and to
> those whom I know that plan to be there but who haven't registered yet, and
> to the the main Best Bits mailing list for good measure.  Officially,
> registrations have already closed and the venue has reached the booked
> capacity (40 pax); nevertheless if you do still plan to be there, you have
> two more days to register so that we can give the venue a week's notice of
> the increased numbers.  Registering is a simple process of visiting
> http://bestbits.net/events/best-bits-2015/ and clicking the "RSVP" button
> on the right.
>
> *Schedule*
>
> Please also take a look at the latest revised schedule, which remains
> subject to change.  You can do this by visiting
> http://bestbits.net/events/best-bits-2015/ and clicking the "Latest
> agenda" tab.  We have had to shift the times back to accommodate an evening
> event at the hotel, which means that registration will begin at 8:30am
> allowing us to commence the proceedings promptly at 9:00am, and the meeting
> will end at 5:00pm.  If you would like to volunteer for any session as a
> presenter, timekeeper, moderator etc, please let us know.
>
> *Background documents*
>
> Our website includes the facility for any user who has registered for the
> meeting to upload background documents for the sessions that they are
> participating in.  To save time, we ask that anyone has reviewed these
> documents ahead of time.  To save paper, we will not have printed copies of
> all of the documents for participants (though copies of some may be
> available).  Currently there are four uploaded PDF documents and one linked
> document related to the meeting sessions, but more will be added as the
> meeting date approaches, so please remember to check back.
>
> *Dinner*
>
> There has been interest in a dinner on the Saturday night before the
> meeting.  It will likely be a no-host (ie. user-pays) dinner (unless we end
> up with money left over from our budget, which might go into a round of
> drinks for everyone).  We are still confirming the time and venue, but if
> you would be interested in attending that dinner, please let me know by
> email so that I can get an idea of numbers.
>
> If you have any other questions, please let me know.
>
> Finally I would like to publicly express a note of thanks to Renata
> Ribeiro for her logistical help on the ground, without whom this meeting
> would have been, if not impossible, at least a lot more difficult!  Thanks
> Renata.
>
> --
> Jeremy Malcolm
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> Electronic Frontier Foundationhttps://eff.orgjmalcolm@eff.org
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