[bestbits] On the future of Best Bits and the pre-IGF meeting

[Renata Aquino Ribeiro]

Thanks, Jeremy! That's good news. Looking forward for further steps of
the community too.

On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 4:04 PM, Jeremy Malcolm <jmalcolm at eff.org> wrote:
> On 31/7/17 9:51 am, Sheetal Kumar wrote:
>> I agree with the sentiment expressed by Nadira that although this
>> discussion is very welcome, it is so far only been engaged with by a
>> handful of individuals. Would suggesting everyone respond by a
>> specific date (say end of August?) - and perhaps doing offlist
>> outreach to encourage participation -on the two options so far
>> proposed and other suggestions, and agreeing on a rough timeline after
>> the responses from that to chart a way forward be a next step?
>
> Based on the interest expressed so far (albeit by, as you say, a handful
> of people), I've been asked to start a Steering Committee nominating
> process.  I'm happy to do that, but there will also be a "no
> appointment" option so that those who prefer the status quo can vote
> against nominating a committee, in which case things will, by default,
> continue as they are.
>
> It may take me up to a week to get this in place, but I will keep the
> list updated.
>
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