[bestbits] SC Candidate SOI: A few ideas for Bestbits

[Ayden Férdeline]

Renata, thank you for sharing your thoughts on how BestBits could evolve in the future. I appreciate how seriously you have taken your candidature and echo your views that BestBits morphing into a civil society advocacy platform for Internet governance issues would really add value.

I am very glad you are looking to serve on the Steering Committee. In your work on the NCUC's Executive Committee I have seen how well you understand that outreach, engagement, and mentorship are critical to maintaining a sustainable stream of volunteers, and have seen you (consistently) go the extra mile to make sure said volunteers are well-versed in relevant policy issues and able to effectively engage in the community’s work.

For those who have not had the pleasure of interacting with Renata before, she is a persistent advocate for widening and equalising the participation of non-commercial users and interests in broader Internet governance policy-making processes at the national, regional, and global level. She has been a mentor to ICANN fellows, a returning track lead for the Internet Freedom Festival, a member of the Civil Society Information Society Advisory Council of the OECD, and sits on the IGF’s Multistakeholder Advisory Group.

I think we would be very fortunate to have her on the BestBits Steering Committee.

Best wishes,

Ayden Férdeline
[linkedin.com/in/ferdeline](http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline)

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> Subject: [bestbits] SC Candidate SOI: A few ideas for Bestbits
> Local Time: 23 August 2017 3:19 PM
> UTC Time: 23 August 2017 14:19
> From: raquino at gmail.com
> To: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net> < <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>
>
> Hello
>
> Jeremy, thanks for setting up the process of the new Bestbits SC
>
> All our bios are on the link for voting members received
>
> But I thought, as a statement of interest, I"d send a few ideas for
> the Steering Committee"s actions in the future.
>
> After reading the previous SC meeting minutes, it became clearer to me
> the nature of Bestbits and the potential for some actions
>
> * An advocacy platform for IG - there are so many groups and issues in
> IG today, Bestbits can help visualize what these groups advocate and
> be an important ally on moving issues forward. For that, a more
> intense use of the statements space can be encouraged and liasons to
> other groups can be very adequate for this
>
> * Periodical meetings - Bestbits has done onsite meetings in annual
> basis and occasional informal meetings. It is possible to extend this
> activity with online strategy and discussion meetings as well as
> repositioning the community as an actor in the calendar of internet
> governance events where civil society can have a voice.
>
> I hope these are good ideas to start with and certainly it would be
> great to hear more and continue collaboration moving forward.
>
> Thanks
>
> Renata Aquino Ribeiro
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