From raquino at gmail.com  Sat Dec  1 17:29:50 2018
From: raquino at gmail.com (Renata Aquino Ribeiro)
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2018 19:29:50 -0300
Subject: [bestbits] Bestbits renewal
Message-ID: <CAMokdMyxAZMx4_r9YsqgsJEYNyrqF1Lmj7eNx+kqMvmGizgd3Q@mail.gmail.com>

Dear all,

I have contacted Jeremy about Bestbits renewal.

Meanwhile, we have one member of the Steering Committe who will stand
for re-election, Poncelet Ileleji.

Should others wish to share these positions they are welcome to chime in.

Best,

Renata

From wisdom.dk at gmail.com  Fri Dec  7 03:23:18 2018
From: wisdom.dk at gmail.com (Wisdom Donkor)
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2018 08:23:18 +0000
Subject: [bestbits] [governance] Civil Society Coordination Meeting -
 thinking 2019 ahead.
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I agree with Farnaneh's suggestion. We can include highlights of 2018 as
Bruna mention in her mail.

*WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)*
President & CEO
Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation (Co-Founder)
P.O. Box CT 2439, Cantonments, Accra
Tel: +233 20 812 8851
Skype: wisdom_dk | Facebook: kwasi wisdom |  Twitter: @wisdom_dk | Linkdin:
Kwasi wisdom
__________________________________________________
Specialization:
E-government Network Infrastructure and E-application, Internet
Governance,  Open Data policies platforms & Community Development, Cyber
Security, Software Engineering, Event Planning & Management,

Member: UN IGF MultistatekeHolder Advisory Group
Member: UN BPF on Policy Option for Connecting and Enabling the Next Billion
Member: UN BPF on Gender and Access
Member: UN IGF National Regional Initiatives
Member: UN BPF on IOT, Big Data and AI
Member: National SDG's data Roadmaps Advisory Committee, Ghana
Member / Fellow: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Member: Internet Society
Member: Freedom Online Coalition (FOC)
Member / Alumni: Diplo Foundation
Member: OGP Open Data WG Member,
Partner: Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition
Member: World Bank Open Data Working Team
Member: Africa Open Data Collaborative
Member: Ghana Energy Commission Data Task-force
Member: Linux Accra Users Group
Information Technology Association of Ghana, National Secretariat Manager



On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 8:24 PM farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Would Google Hang out work for everyone? If not I can provide the virtual
> room but it might not be available for some participants around the world.
>
> I suggest the following agenda:
>
> 1. What are the most important Internet governance issues that civil
> society should address throughout 2019.
> 2. What is the best way to address them? [issuing joint statements,
> issuing public comments, holding sessions etc, working with other
> stakeholders)
> 3. How to best advise Civil Soc MAG representatives on their functions and
> hold them accountable?
> 4. Merging BestBits and IGC?
> 5. Funding to support the coordination effort of the civil society
> network.
>
>
>
> Farzaneh
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 3:00 PM Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I'd like to add 'Bestbits Steering Committee - elections..To have or not
>> to have' on the agenda.
>>
>> Best
>> Sheetal.
>>
>> On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 07:35, Michael J. Oghia <mike.oghia at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I can see if we can use our Zoom account. @Bruna – will you create an
>>> agenda, or should we do it collaboratively?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> -Michael
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 6:56 AM Arsène Tungali <
>>> governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Bruna, all
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for starting this thread and thanks everyone for their
>>>> contributions so far. My apologies as I can only join the discussion now.
>>>>
>>>> It is great that we have a scheduled meeting and i really look forward
>>>> to it. I would encourage us all to contribute to the agenda setting and
>>>> plan on joining the call. Unfortunately, I could not join you all in Paris
>>>> and missed all different CS gatherings.
>>>>
>>>> I would like to suggest an agenda item for the upcoming meeting :
>>>> “Mapping of different existing initiatives and list civil society appointed
>>>> representatives there. How can we better support them?”
>>>>
>>>> The idea here is for us to start a google doc (before the meeting)
>>>> where we list various initiatives/mechanisms such as the HLPDC, IGF MAG,
>>>> etc and identify appointed CS representatives and then discuss how we can
>>>> best support them, amplifying their voice and ensuring they receive and
>>>> channel our contributions/inputs.
>>>>
>>>> During the meeting on Dec 13, we can make sure we invite them to join
>>>> the call and encourage at least one of them to share on the latest
>>>> developments in their group and suggest ways the broader CS groups can
>>>> support them.
>>>>
>>>> I am happy to facilitate this item on the agenda if given the
>>>> opportunity to do so and should we decide to have it on the meeting agenda.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Arsene
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On 05 Dec 2018, at 17:27, Bruna Martins dos Santos (via governance
>>>> Mailing List) <governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks to all who answered to the poll and thread. I have just closed
>>>> the poll and t*he selected date for the meeting is Dec 13th, at 16h00
>>>> UTC*.
>>>>
>>>> Please feel free to suggest agenda items and If anyone would like to
>>>> help facilitating the meeting, just let me know!
>>>>
>>>> best,
>>>> Bruna
>>>>
>>>> Em qua, 5 de dez de 2018 às 12:58, Sheetal Kumar <
>>>> sheetal at gp-digital.org> escreveu:
>>>>
>>>>> I've also filled out the doodle, thanks Bruna!
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 15:17, Carolina Rossini <
>>>>> carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you, Bruna! Filled. :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 9:24 AM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
>>>>>> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Some of us discussed in both the Best Bits and IGC list the need for
>>>>>>> a Civil Society coordination meeting in light of the few opportunities we
>>>>>>> had to meet while in Paris.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I believe the idea for this meeting would be for us to discuss Civil
>>>>>>> Society participation and steps forward, as well as identifying a CS
>>>>>>> Calendar for 2019 and possible areas of collective advocacy. (and a
>>>>>>> possible meeting previous to RightsCon, next june)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For that I have set up this doodle
>>>>>>> <https://doodle.com/poll/23z58b8qz4mnn3gm> - with suggested time
>>>>>>> slots on the 6 and 7 or the 13th and 14th of december.  Please feel free to
>>>>>>> suggest agenda items and also to answer the thread with the date and time
>>>>>>> of your preference - *and also to share it widely*.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>>>>>> @boomartins
>>>>>>> ____________________________________________________________
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Carolina Rossini *
>>>>>> + 1 (617) 697 9389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini
>>>>>> PGP ID:  0xEC81015C
>>>>>> ____________________________________________________________
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Sheetal Kumar*
>>>>> Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
>>>>> Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
>>>>> T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258| M: +44 (0)7739569514  |
>>>>> PGP ID: E592EFBBEAB1CF31  | PGP Fingerprint: F5D5 114D 173B E9E2 0603
>>>>> DD7F E592 EFBB EAB1 CF31|
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>>>
>>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>>> @boomartins
>>>>
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>>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> *Sheetal Kumar*
>> Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
>> Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
>> T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258| M: +44 (0)7739569514  |
>> PGP ID: E592EFBBEAB1CF31  | PGP Fingerprint: F5D5 114D 173B E9E2 0603
>> DD7F E592 EFBB EAB1 CF31|
>>
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From joly at punkcast.com  Fri Dec  7 14:16:24 2018
From: joly at punkcast.com (Joly MacFie)
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2018 14:16:24 -0500
Subject: [bestbits] WEBCAST TODAY: Visions for Internet Governance
Message-ID: <CAM9VJk2OV6mDOWvZ0yL6ry5GTOpegOFw=3uvv3e32Ht=eVmz1A@mail.gmail.com>

Last Tuesday's all-star IG line up in DC, restreamed. Starts now.

<https://livestream.com/internetsociety/DigitalCooperation>

<https://livestream.com/internetsociety/coppaat20>

<https://livestream.com/internetsociety/CITIDFS-ICO>

<https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ConnectedNE>

<https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/js-nyc-nov18>

<https://livestream.com/internetsociety/swissigf18>

<https://livestream.com/internetsociety/iotsecurity2018-4>

<https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ukigf18>

<https://livestream.com/internetsociety/routingsecurity/>

<http://www.mnn.org/live/2-lifestyle-channel>

<https://livestream.com/internetsociety/diversity/>


[image: livestream]
<https://livestream.com/internetsociety/VisionsIG>Today *Friday
December 7 2018* at *2:15 pm ET *(19:15 UTC) the *Internet Society
Livestream Channel <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/>* will
re-stream *Visions for Internet Governance
<https://www.igfusa.us/visions-internet-governance/>* – held in Washington
DC last Tuesday and jointly hosted by the *Internet Society Washington
Chapter <http://isoc-dc.org/>* and* IGF-USA <https://www.igfusa.us/>*. Two
panels reviewed the *2018 ITU Plenipotentiary
<https://www.itu.int/web/pp-18/en/>*, the *Internet Governance Forum
<https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2018-0>*, *ICANN 63
<https://meetings.icann.org/en/barcelona63>* and other recent developments
in IG and what they indicate for the future. Speakers: *Becky Burr*, Deputy
General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer, Neustar; *Susan Chalmers*,
Internet Policy Specialist, US Department of Commerce, NTIA; *Jane Coffin*,
Director of Development Strategy, Internet Society; *Gus Rossi*, Global
Policy Director, Public Knowledge; *Shane Tews*, Co-Chair, IGF-USA; *Jovan
Kurbalija*, Executive Director, Secretariat of the UN Secretary General’s
High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation ; *Robert Strayer*, Ambassador and
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Cyber and International
Communications, U.S. Department of State ; *Andrew Sullivan*, CEO, Internet
Society



*VIEW ON LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/VisionsIG
<https://livestream.com/internetsociety/VisionsIG>AGENDA:
https://www.igfusa.us/visions-internet-governance/
<https://www.igfusa.us/visions-internet-governance/>TWITTER:
#VisionsIG http://bit.ly/visionsig <http://bit.ly/visionsig>*


*Permalink*

https://isoc.live/10728/
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From bruna.mrtns at gmail.com  Sun Dec  9 13:01:58 2018
From: bruna.mrtns at gmail.com (Bruna Martins dos Santos)
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2018 16:01:58 -0200
Subject: [bestbits] [governance] Civil Society Coordination Meeting -
 thinking 2019 ahead.
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Message-ID: <CADAEEV0Tort-sE8nm_K3qR+gcb++m5_-GFm6pyrbpq+xNgAmbQ@mail.gmail.com>

Dear all,

Thank you very much for all the agenda suggestions, from what you sent I
gathered this tentative agenda. Please let me know if I forgot to add
anything.

Civil Society Coordination Meeting - Dec 13th, 16h00 UTC

Agenda

1. 2018 in a nutshell: RightsCon, PP-18, IGF and FOC briefings.

2. Coordination for 2019:

   -

   Issues and forums that we should address as a stakeholder throughout
   2019.
   -

   Best way to address them?[joint statements, public comments, holding
   sessions, working with other stakeholders, etc)


3. Representations and Groups:

   -

   Mapping of different existing initiatives and civil society appointed
   representatives: How can we better support them?
   -

   MAG: How to best advise Civil Soc MAG representatives on their functions
   and hold them accountable?
   -

   BestBits Steering Committee - elections..To have or not to have


   -

   Merging BestBits and IGC?


4. Funding to support the coordination effort of the civil society network.

From farzaneh.badii at gmail.com  Sun Dec  9 13:05:08 2018
From: farzaneh.badii at gmail.com (farzaneh badii)
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2018 13:05:08 -0500
Subject: [bestbits] [governance] Civil Society Coordination Meeting -
 thinking 2019 ahead.
In-Reply-To: <CADAEEV0Tort-sE8nm_K3qR+gcb++m5_-GFm6pyrbpq+xNgAmbQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADAEEV0bD_uBkDRCCy9n3BoHOnWnHwohiuCdfjNE5ubaVSagrw@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <CAN1qJvD_RzwXVxH03t-AU3tKJ6uYOgmSML02GuFOdxOOGJKsEg@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks Bruna


I can offer a Blue jeans room if Zoom not available. It's similiar to zoom
in terms of functioning and restrictions.





On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 1:02 PM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Thank you very much for all the agenda suggestions, from what you sent I
> gathered this tentative agenda. Please let me know if I forgot to add
> anything.
>
> Civil Society Coordination Meeting - Dec 13th, 16h00 UTC
>
> Agenda
>
> 1. 2018 in a nutshell: RightsCon, PP-18, IGF and FOC briefings.
>
> 2. Coordination for 2019:
>
>    -
>
>    Issues and forums that we should address as a stakeholder throughout
>    2019.
>    -
>
>    Best way to address them?[joint statements, public comments, holding
>    sessions, working with other stakeholders, etc)
>
>
> 3. Representations and Groups:
>
>    -
>
>    Mapping of different existing initiatives and civil society appointed
>    representatives: How can we better support them?
>    -
>
>    MAG: How to best advise Civil Soc MAG representatives on their
>    functions and hold them accountable?
>    -
>
>    BestBits Steering Committee - elections..To have or not to have
>
>
>    -
>
>    Merging BestBits and IGC?
>
>
> 4. Funding to support the coordination effort of the civil society
> network.
>
> From all of the discussion points you added, I divided the meeting into 2
> parts - the first one would be dedicated to issues and forums and the
> second part would be directed to the representation issues -. But as
> mentioned, this is a tentative agenda, and we can take out some of the
> items given that with this many items we are probably aiming for a 1,5/2h
> meeting.
>
> Last but not least, it is important to think of an ideal platform for the
> meeting. I dont think google hangouts would work for this specific call
> and, from the organizations that offered a virtual room, would anyone have
> it at the time and date proposed and for 1,5/2h ?
>
> Looking forward to hearing back from you!
>
> best,
>
> bruna
>
>
>
> Em sex, 7 de dez de 2018 às 08:53, Baudouin SCHOMBE <b.schombe at gmail.com>
> escreveu:
>
>> Farzaneh's proposition finds a wide echo:
>> 1.The civil society will have to make an assessment of the major problems
>> discussed in previous years to avoid redundancy in 2019;
>> 2.Thus, public comment broadcasts, the holding of sessions in
>> collaboration with other stakeholders and the publication of joint
>> statements should be considered;
>> 3.As far as civil society representatives to MAG are concerned about
>> their functions and responsibilities, we need a special session where we
>> can discuss the strengths and weaknesses of these representatives. It's
>> just for reframing to get better.
>>
>>
>> *SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN*
>>
>> *SECRETAIRE EXECUTIF FGI-IGF RDC*
>>
>> *COORDONNATEUR NATIONALE CAFECICANN/AFRALO Member*
>> *http://atlarge.icann.org <http://atlarge.icann.org>*
>> *ISOC Member*
>> Téléphone mobile:+243998983491/+243813684512
>> email                  : b.schombe at gmail.com
>> skype                 : b.schombe
>> blog                    : http://akimambo.unblog.fr
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Le ven. 7 déc. 2018 à 08:26, Wisdom Donkor <governance at lists.riseup.net>
>> a écrit :
>>
>>> I agree with Farnaneh's suggestion. We can include highlights of 2018 as
>>> Bruna mention in her mail.
>>>
>>> *WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)*
>>> President & CEO
>>> Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation (Co-Founder)
>>> P.O. Box CT 2439, Cantonments, Accra
>>> Tel: +233 20 812 8851
>>> Skype: wisdom_dk | Facebook: kwasi wisdom |  Twitter: @wisdom_dk |
>>> Linkdin: Kwasi wisdom
>>> __________________________________________________
>>> Specialization:
>>> E-government Network Infrastructure and E-application, Internet
>>> Governance,  Open Data policies platforms & Community Development, Cyber
>>> Security, Software Engineering, Event Planning & Management,
>>>
>>> Member: UN IGF MultistatekeHolder Advisory Group
>>> Member: UN BPF on Policy Option for Connecting and Enabling the Next
>>> Billion
>>> Member: UN BPF on Gender and Access
>>> Member: UN IGF National Regional Initiatives
>>> Member: UN BPF on IOT, Big Data and AI
>>> Member: National SDG's data Roadmaps Advisory Committee, Ghana
>>> Member / Fellow: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
>>> (ICANN)
>>> Member: Internet Society
>>> Member: Freedom Online Coalition (FOC)
>>> Member / Alumni: Diplo Foundation
>>> Member: OGP Open Data WG Member,
>>> Partner: Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition
>>> Member: World Bank Open Data Working Team
>>> Member: Africa Open Data Collaborative
>>> Member: Ghana Energy Commission Data Task-force
>>> Member: Linux Accra Users Group
>>> Information Technology Association of Ghana, National Secretariat Manager
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 8:24 PM farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Would Google Hang out work for everyone? If not I can provide the
>>>> virtual room but it might not be available for some participants around the
>>>> world.
>>>>
>>>> I suggest the following agenda:
>>>>
>>>> 1. What are the most important Internet governance issues that civil
>>>> society should address throughout 2019.
>>>> 2. What is the best way to address them? [issuing joint statements,
>>>> issuing public comments, holding sessions etc, working with other
>>>> stakeholders)
>>>> 3. How to best advise Civil Soc MAG representatives on their functions
>>>> and hold them accountable?
>>>> 4. Merging BestBits and IGC?
>>>> 5. Funding to support the coordination effort of the civil society
>>>> network.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Farzaneh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 3:00 PM Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to add 'Bestbits Steering Committee - elections..To have or
>>>>> not to have' on the agenda.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best
>>>>> Sheetal.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 07:35, Michael J. Oghia <mike.oghia at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can see if we can use our Zoom account. @Bruna – will you create an
>>>>>> agenda, or should we do it collaboratively?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> -Michael
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 6:56 AM Arsène Tungali <
>>>>>> governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Bruna, all
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for starting this thread and thanks everyone for their
>>>>>>> contributions so far. My apologies as I can only join the discussion now.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It is great that we have a scheduled meeting and i really look
>>>>>>> forward to it. I would encourage us all to contribute to the agenda setting
>>>>>>> and plan on joining the call. Unfortunately, I could not join you all in
>>>>>>> Paris and missed all different CS gatherings.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would like to suggest an agenda item for the upcoming meeting :
>>>>>>> “Mapping of different existing initiatives and list civil society appointed
>>>>>>> representatives there. How can we better support them?”
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The idea here is for us to start a google doc (before the meeting)
>>>>>>> where we list various initiatives/mechanisms such as the HLPDC, IGF MAG,
>>>>>>> etc and identify appointed CS representatives and then discuss how we can
>>>>>>> best support them, amplifying their voice and ensuring they receive and
>>>>>>> channel our contributions/inputs.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> During the meeting on Dec 13, we can make sure we invite them to
>>>>>>> join the call and encourage at least one of them to share on the latest
>>>>>>> developments in their group and suggest ways the broader CS groups can
>>>>>>> support them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am happy to facilitate this item on the agenda if given the
>>>>>>> opportunity to do so and should we decide to have it on the meeting agenda.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> Arsene
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 05 Dec 2018, at 17:27, Bruna Martins dos Santos (via governance
>>>>>>> Mailing List) <governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks to all who answered to the poll and thread. I have just
>>>>>>> closed the poll and t*he selected date for the meeting is Dec 13th,
>>>>>>> at 16h00 UTC*.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please feel free to suggest agenda items and If anyone would like to
>>>>>>> help facilitating the meeting, just let me know!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> best,
>>>>>>> Bruna
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Em qua, 5 de dez de 2018 às 12:58, Sheetal Kumar <
>>>>>>> sheetal at gp-digital.org> escreveu:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've also filled out the doodle, thanks Bruna!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 15:17, Carolina Rossini <
>>>>>>>> carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thank you, Bruna! Filled. :-)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 9:24 AM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
>>>>>>>>> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Some of us discussed in both the Best Bits and IGC list the need
>>>>>>>>>> for a Civil Society coordination meeting in light of the few opportunities
>>>>>>>>>> we had to meet while in Paris.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I believe the idea for this meeting would be for us to discuss
>>>>>>>>>> Civil Society participation and steps forward, as well as identifying a CS
>>>>>>>>>> Calendar for 2019 and possible areas of collective advocacy. (and a
>>>>>>>>>> possible meeting previous to RightsCon, next june)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> For that I have set up this doodle
>>>>>>>>>> <https://doodle.com/poll/23z58b8qz4mnn3gm> - with suggested time
>>>>>>>>>> slots on the 6 and 7 or the 13th and 14th of december.  Please feel free to
>>>>>>>>>> suggest agenda items and also to answer the thread with the date and time
>>>>>>>>>> of your preference - *and also to share it widely*.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>>>>>>>>> @boomartins
>>>>>>>>>> ____________________________________________________________
>>>>>>>>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>>>>>>>>>>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
>>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
>>>>>>>>>>      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Carolina Rossini *
>>>>>>>>> + 1 (617) 697 9389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini
>>>>>>>>> PGP ID:  0xEC81015C
>>>>>>>>> ____________________________________________________________
>>>>>>>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>>>>>>>>>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
>>>>>>>>>      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *Sheetal Kumar*
>>>>>>>> Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
>>>>>>>> Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
>>>>>>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=68-80+Hanbury+Street,+London,+E1+5JL&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>>>>>>> T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258| M: +44 (0)7739569514  |
>>>>>>>> PGP ID: E592EFBBEAB1CF31  | PGP Fingerprint: F5D5 114D 173B E9E2
>>>>>>>> 0603 DD7F E592 EFBB EAB1 CF31|
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>>>>>> @boomartins
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>> To unsubscribe: <mailto:igc-unsubscribe at lists.riseup.net
>>>>>>> <igc-unsubscribe at lists.riseup.net>>
>>>>>>> List help: <https://riseup.net/lists>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ---
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>>>>>>> List help: <https://riseup.net/lists>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Sheetal Kumar*
>>>>> Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
>>>>> Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
>>>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=68-80+Hanbury+Street,+London,+E1+5JL&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>>>> T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258| M: +44 (0)7739569514  |
>>>>> PGP ID: E592EFBBEAB1CF31  | PGP Fingerprint: F5D5 114D 173B E9E2 0603
>>>>> DD7F E592 EFBB EAB1 CF31|
>>>>>
>>>>> ____________________________________________________________
>>>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>>>>>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
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>>>>
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>>
>
> --
> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>
> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
> @boomartins
>
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From wisdom.dk at gmail.com  Mon Dec 10 01:13:17 2018
From: wisdom.dk at gmail.com (Wisdom Donkor)
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 06:13:17 +0000
Subject: [bestbits] [governance] Civil Society Coordination Meeting -
 thinking 2019 ahead.
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Yes, Blue Jeans is equally a good platform.

On Sun, Dec 9, 2018, 6:05 PM farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com wrote:

>
> Thanks Bruna
>
>
> I can offer a Blue jeans room if Zoom not available. It's similiar to zoom
> in terms of functioning and restrictions.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 1:02 PM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Thank you very much for all the agenda suggestions, from what you sent I
>> gathered this tentative agenda. Please let me know if I forgot to add
>> anything.
>>
>> Civil Society Coordination Meeting - Dec 13th, 16h00 UTC
>>
>> Agenda
>>
>> 1. 2018 in a nutshell: RightsCon, PP-18, IGF and FOC briefings.
>>
>> 2. Coordination for 2019:
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    Issues and forums that we should address as a stakeholder throughout
>>    2019.
>>    -
>>
>>    Best way to address them?[joint statements, public comments, holding
>>    sessions, working with other stakeholders, etc)
>>
>>
>> 3. Representations and Groups:
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    Mapping of different existing initiatives and civil society appointed
>>    representatives: How can we better support them?
>>    -
>>
>>    MAG: How to best advise Civil Soc MAG representatives on their
>>    functions and hold them accountable?
>>    -
>>
>>    BestBits Steering Committee - elections..To have or not to have
>>
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    Merging BestBits and IGC?
>>
>>
>> 4. Funding to support the coordination effort of the civil society
>> network.
>>
>> From all of the discussion points you added, I divided the meeting into 2
>> parts - the first one would be dedicated to issues and forums and the
>> second part would be directed to the representation issues -. But as
>> mentioned, this is a tentative agenda, and we can take out some of the
>> items given that with this many items we are probably aiming for a 1,5/2h
>> meeting.
>>
>> Last but not least, it is important to think of an ideal platform for the
>> meeting. I dont think google hangouts would work for this specific call
>> and, from the organizations that offered a virtual room, would anyone have
>> it at the time and date proposed and for 1,5/2h ?
>>
>> Looking forward to hearing back from you!
>>
>> best,
>>
>> bruna
>>
>>
>>
>> Em sex, 7 de dez de 2018 às 08:53, Baudouin SCHOMBE <b.schombe at gmail.com>
>> escreveu:
>>
>>> Farzaneh's proposition finds a wide echo:
>>> 1.The civil society will have to make an assessment of the major
>>> problems discussed in previous years to avoid redundancy in 2019;
>>> 2.Thus, public comment broadcasts, the holding of sessions in
>>> collaboration with other stakeholders and the publication of joint
>>> statements should be considered;
>>> 3.As far as civil society representatives to MAG are concerned about
>>> their functions and responsibilities, we need a special session where we
>>> can discuss the strengths and weaknesses of these representatives. It's
>>> just for reframing to get better.
>>>
>>>
>>> *SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN*
>>>
>>> *SECRETAIRE EXECUTIF FGI-IGF RDC*
>>>
>>> *COORDONNATEUR NATIONALE CAFECICANN/AFRALO Member*
>>> *http://atlarge.icann.org <http://atlarge.icann.org>*
>>> *ISOC Member*
>>> Téléphone mobile:+243998983491/+243813684512
>>> email                  : b.schombe at gmail.com
>>> skype                 : b.schombe
>>> blog                    : http://akimambo.unblog.fr
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Le ven. 7 déc. 2018 à 08:26, Wisdom Donkor <governance at lists.riseup.net>
>>> a écrit :
>>>
>>>> I agree with Farnaneh's suggestion. We can include highlights of 2018
>>>> as Bruna mention in her mail.
>>>>
>>>> *WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)*
>>>> President & CEO
>>>> Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation (Co-Founder)
>>>> P.O. Box CT 2439, Cantonments, Accra
>>>> Tel: +233 20 812 8851
>>>> Skype: wisdom_dk | Facebook: kwasi wisdom |  Twitter: @wisdom_dk |
>>>> Linkdin: Kwasi wisdom
>>>> __________________________________________________
>>>> Specialization:
>>>> E-government Network Infrastructure and E-application, Internet
>>>> Governance,  Open Data policies platforms & Community Development, Cyber
>>>> Security, Software Engineering, Event Planning & Management,
>>>>
>>>> Member: UN IGF MultistatekeHolder Advisory Group
>>>> Member: UN BPF on Policy Option for Connecting and Enabling the Next
>>>> Billion
>>>> Member: UN BPF on Gender and Access
>>>> Member: UN IGF National Regional Initiatives
>>>> Member: UN BPF on IOT, Big Data and AI
>>>> Member: National SDG's data Roadmaps Advisory Committee, Ghana
>>>> Member / Fellow: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
>>>> (ICANN)
>>>> Member: Internet Society
>>>> Member: Freedom Online Coalition (FOC)
>>>> Member / Alumni: Diplo Foundation
>>>> Member: OGP Open Data WG Member,
>>>> Partner: Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition
>>>> Member: World Bank Open Data Working Team
>>>> Member: Africa Open Data Collaborative
>>>> Member: Ghana Energy Commission Data Task-force
>>>> Member: Linux Accra Users Group
>>>> Information Technology Association of Ghana, National
>>>> Secretariat Manager
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 8:24 PM farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Would Google Hang out work for everyone? If not I can provide the
>>>>> virtual room but it might not be available for some participants around the
>>>>> world.
>>>>>
>>>>> I suggest the following agenda:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. What are the most important Internet governance issues that civil
>>>>> society should address throughout 2019.
>>>>> 2. What is the best way to address them? [issuing joint statements,
>>>>> issuing public comments, holding sessions etc, working with other
>>>>> stakeholders)
>>>>> 3. How to best advise Civil Soc MAG representatives on their functions
>>>>> and hold them accountable?
>>>>> 4. Merging BestBits and IGC?
>>>>> 5. Funding to support the coordination effort of the civil society
>>>>> network.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Farzaneh
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 3:00 PM Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'd like to add 'Bestbits Steering Committee - elections..To have or
>>>>>> not to have' on the agenda.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best
>>>>>> Sheetal.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 07:35, Michael J. Oghia <mike.oghia at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I can see if we can use our Zoom account. @Bruna – will you create
>>>>>>> an agenda, or should we do it collaboratively?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>> -Michael
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 6:56 AM Arsène Tungali <
>>>>>>> governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Bruna, all
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks for starting this thread and thanks everyone for their
>>>>>>>> contributions so far. My apologies as I can only join the discussion now.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It is great that we have a scheduled meeting and i really look
>>>>>>>> forward to it. I would encourage us all to contribute to the agenda setting
>>>>>>>> and plan on joining the call. Unfortunately, I could not join you all in
>>>>>>>> Paris and missed all different CS gatherings.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I would like to suggest an agenda item for the upcoming meeting :
>>>>>>>> “Mapping of different existing initiatives and list civil society appointed
>>>>>>>> representatives there. How can we better support them?”
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The idea here is for us to start a google doc (before the meeting)
>>>>>>>> where we list various initiatives/mechanisms such as the HLPDC, IGF MAG,
>>>>>>>> etc and identify appointed CS representatives and then discuss how we can
>>>>>>>> best support them, amplifying their voice and ensuring they receive and
>>>>>>>> channel our contributions/inputs.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> During the meeting on Dec 13, we can make sure we invite them to
>>>>>>>> join the call and encourage at least one of them to share on the latest
>>>>>>>> developments in their group and suggest ways the broader CS groups can
>>>>>>>> support them.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am happy to facilitate this item on the agenda if given the
>>>>>>>> opportunity to do so and should we decide to have it on the meeting agenda.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>> Arsene
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 05 Dec 2018, at 17:27, Bruna Martins dos Santos (via governance
>>>>>>>> Mailing List) <governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks to all who answered to the poll and thread. I have just
>>>>>>>> closed the poll and t*he selected date for the meeting is Dec
>>>>>>>> 13th, at 16h00 UTC*.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please feel free to suggest agenda items and If anyone would like
>>>>>>>> to help facilitating the meeting, just let me know!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> best,
>>>>>>>> Bruna
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Em qua, 5 de dez de 2018 às 12:58, Sheetal Kumar <
>>>>>>>> sheetal at gp-digital.org> escreveu:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I've also filled out the doodle, thanks Bruna!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 15:17, Carolina Rossini <
>>>>>>>>> carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thank you, Bruna! Filled. :-)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 9:24 AM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
>>>>>>>>>> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Some of us discussed in both the Best Bits and IGC list the need
>>>>>>>>>>> for a Civil Society coordination meeting in light of the few opportunities
>>>>>>>>>>> we had to meet while in Paris.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I believe the idea for this meeting would be for us to discuss
>>>>>>>>>>> Civil Society participation and steps forward, as well as identifying a CS
>>>>>>>>>>> Calendar for 2019 and possible areas of collective advocacy. (and a
>>>>>>>>>>> possible meeting previous to RightsCon, next june)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> For that I have set up this doodle
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://doodle.com/poll/23z58b8qz4mnn3gm> - with suggested
>>>>>>>>>>> time slots on the 6 and 7 or the 13th and 14th of december.  Please feel
>>>>>>>>>>> free to suggest agenda items and also to answer the thread with the date
>>>>>>>>>>> and time of your preference - *and also to share it widely*.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>>>>>>>>>> @boomartins
>>>>>>>>>>> ____________________________________________________________
>>>>>>>>>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>>>>>>>>>>>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
>>>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
>>>>>>>>>>>      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> *Carolina Rossini *
>>>>>>>>>> + 1 (617) 697 9389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini
>>>>>>>>>> PGP ID:  0xEC81015C
>>>>>>>>>> ____________________________________________________________
>>>>>>>>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>>>>>>>>>>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
>>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
>>>>>>>>>>      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Sheetal Kumar*
>>>>>>>>> Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
>>>>>>>>> Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
>>>>>>>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=68-80+Hanbury+Street,+London,+E1+5JL&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>>>>>>>> T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258| M: +44 (0)7739569514  |
>>>>>>>>> PGP ID: E592EFBBEAB1CF31  | PGP Fingerprint: F5D5 114D 173B E9E2
>>>>>>>>> 0603 DD7F E592 EFBB EAB1 CF31|
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>>>>>>> @boomartins
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe: <mailto:igc-unsubscribe at lists.riseup.net
>>>>>>>> <igc-unsubscribe at lists.riseup.net>>
>>>>>>>> List help: <https://riseup.net/lists>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe: <mailto:igc-unsubscribe at lists.riseup.net>
>>>>>>>> List help: <https://riseup.net/lists>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Sheetal Kumar*
>>>>>> Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
>>>>>> Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
>>>>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=68-80+Hanbury+Street,+London,+E1+5JL&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>>>>> T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258| M: +44 (0)7739569514  |
>>>>>> PGP ID: E592EFBBEAB1CF31  | PGP Fingerprint: F5D5 114D 173B E9E2
>>>>>> 0603 DD7F E592 EFBB EAB1 CF31|
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ____________________________________________________________
>>>>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>>>>>>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
>>>>>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
>>>>>>      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
>>>>>
>>>>> ____________________________________________________________
>>>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>>>>>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
>>>>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
>>>>>      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
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>>>> ---
>>>> To unsubscribe: <mailto:igc-unsubscribe at lists.riseup.net>
>>>> List help: <https://riseup.net/lists>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>
>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>> @boomartins
>>
> --
> Farzaneh
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From: judith at jhellerstein.com (Judith Hellerstein)
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2018 20:49:05 -0500
Subject: [bestbits] Fwd: Plenipot 2018 Debrief: The role and impact of civil
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From amritachoudhury8 at gmail.com  Mon Dec 10 02:32:15 2018
From: amritachoudhury8 at gmail.com (Amrita)
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 13:02:15 +0530
Subject: [bestbits] Read about  the IG Events & Policy developments in
 November, 2018 from the Indian Perspective
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Dear All,

 

Apologies for cross posting. 

 

For those who may be interested, read curated news about Internet Governance
(IG) events and policies from Indian perspective in the CCAOI Nov 2018
newsletter using this link
<http://www.ccaoi.in/UI/links/fwnewsletter/CCAOI%20Newsletter%20November%202
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From sheetal at gp-digital.org  Mon Dec 10 12:50:46 2018
From: sheetal at gp-digital.org (Sheetal Kumar)
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 17:50:46 +0000
Subject: [bestbits] [Joint civil society & academia submission to HLPDC] :
 Open for signatures
Message-ID: <CAK78muTKPc3UyL08cLnPSbEjsw8=51o-BuDLx-QqsCRx44Ssrw@mail.gmail.com>

 Dear all,

As already discussed elsewhere on Bestbits, a group of civil society
organisations and academic institutions that met prior to the global IGF in
Paris together have worked together on a joint submission to the UN
Secretary General's High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation. This is
response to the Panel's open call for contributions
<https://digitalcooperation.org/call-for-contributions/>, which will inform
the writing of its report to the Secretary General. I am pleased to present
the submission, in case you would like to sign on to it, and which you can
access via the link below.

UNHLDPC Civil society & Academia joint submission
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/16bAUExfzYbL1VS5PMtwjnPUrRnZIYizk6CVPoA930xo/edit#heading=h.6z1nfn3j97wj>

As indicated at the top of the submission, the text is closed for edits so
we kindly ask you don't make any edits.

We very much welcome your organisational or individual sign-on to the
submission, which we hope will strengthen the delivery of the key messages
included to this high-level process. Please add your support on page 5 by *COB
13 December. *

Should you have any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch!

Best

Sheetal.

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From ycompanys at gmail.com  Mon Dec 10 13:54:03 2018
From: ycompanys at gmail.com (Yosem Companys)
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 10:54:03 -0800
Subject: [bestbits] Our People-Centered Digital Future | Right now via
 webcast!
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Today is the "Our People-Centered Digital Future" sponsored by Constellation
Research <https://www.constellationr.com/about>.

By March 2019, 50% of the world will be connected to the Internet, an
inflection point that marks an important moment for examining the
“unfinished work” of the Internet and discussing the community norms, human
rights and social contracts required in this exponential digital era.

The event recognizes both the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights
<http://www.unesco.org/new/en/brasilia/about-this-office/prizes-and-celebrations/70-years-of-the-universal-declaration-of-human-rights/>
(UDHR),
the event also recognizes the 50th anniversary of the "Mother of All Demos
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos>."

The event is well underway. Internet co-inventor Vint Cerf and Web inventor
Sir Tim Berners-Lee have already delivered their introductory remarks. If
you missed their talks, don't worry. You can click on the Livestream
timeline below to view them.

There are many more events to come today into the late evening. This is a
simulcast of the YouTube feed at https://youtu.be/S87r9Bn058s> (which does
buffer occasionally), but with added AI captions and speaker names.

Below are the Livestream links:

   - https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ourdigitalfuture/
   - https://livestream.com/internetsociety/DigitalCooperation
   - https://livestream.com/internetsociety/coppaat20
   - https://livestream.com/internetsociety/CITIDFS-ICO
   - https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ConnectedNE
   - https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/js-nyc-nov18
   - https://livestream.com/internetsociety/swissigf18
   - https://livestream.com/internetsociety/iotsecurity2018-4
   - https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ukigf18
   - https://livestream.com/internetsociety/routingsecurity/
   - http://www.mnn.org/live/2-lifestyle-channel
   - https://livestream.com/internetsociety/diversity/
   - https://livestream.com/internetsociety/VisionsIG

For more, please see:

   - Event: https://www.constellationr.com/events/PCDF
   - Agenda: https://www.constellationr.com/events/PCDF/agenda/2018-12-10
   - Livestream: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/
   - SLI.DO: http://sli.do/ourdigitalfuture
   - #OurDigitalFuture: http://bit.ly/ourdigitalfuture
   - #StandUp4HumanRights: http://bit.ly/2PgVDOQ
   - Permalink: https://isoc.live/10734/

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From mike.oghia at gmail.com  Tue Dec 11 02:43:01 2018
From: mike.oghia at gmail.com (Michael J. Oghia)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 08:43:01 +0100
Subject: [bestbits] [Joint civil society & academia submission to HLPDC]
 : Open for signatures
In-Reply-To: <CAK78muTKPc3UyL08cLnPSbEjsw8=51o-BuDLx-QqsCRx44Ssrw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAK78muTKPc3UyL08cLnPSbEjsw8=51o-BuDLx-QqsCRx44Ssrw@mail.gmail.com>
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Thank you very much for coordinating this effort Sheetal, and I sincerely
hope others sign on.

Best,
-Michael



On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 6:51 PM Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> As already discussed elsewhere on Bestbits, a group of civil society
> organisations and academic institutions that met prior to the global IGF in
> Paris together have worked together on a joint submission to the UN
> Secretary General's High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation. This is
> response to the Panel's open call for contributions
> <https://digitalcooperation.org/call-for-contributions/>, which will
> inform the writing of its report to the Secretary General. I am pleased to
> present the submission, in case you would like to sign on to it, and which
> you can access via the link below.
>
> UNHLDPC Civil society & Academia joint submission
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/16bAUExfzYbL1VS5PMtwjnPUrRnZIYizk6CVPoA930xo/edit#heading=h.6z1nfn3j97wj>
>
> As indicated at the top of the submission, the text is closed for edits so
> we kindly ask you don't make any edits.
>
> We very much welcome your organisational or individual sign-on to the
> submission, which we hope will strengthen the delivery of the key messages
> included to this high-level process. Please add your support on page 5 by *COB
> 13 December. *
>
> Should you have any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch!
>
> Best
>
> Sheetal.
>
> --
> *Sheetal Kumar*
> Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
> Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
> T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258| M: +44 (0)7739569514  |
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From sheetal at gp-digital.org  Wed Dec  5 09:58:14 2018
From: sheetal at gp-digital.org (Sheetal Kumar)
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2018 14:58:14 +0000
Subject: [bestbits] Civil Society Coordination Meeting - thinking 2019
 ahead.
In-Reply-To: <CAK-FJAeJBRoAU++POcwgm4TwGtFvYDVh2cXb3VgwNDp6hq2E2w@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADAEEV0bD_uBkDRCCy9n3BoHOnWnHwohiuCdfjNE5ubaVSagrw@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAK-FJAeJBRoAU++POcwgm4TwGtFvYDVh2cXb3VgwNDp6hq2E2w@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAK78muQx1s=YkH28DXyBG7DtkLe58ob3gvWRnib0Ocv=eDqQYQ@mail.gmail.com>

I've also filled out the doodle, thanks Bruna!

On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 15:17, Carolina Rossini <carolina.rossini at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thank you, Bruna! Filled. :-)
>
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 9:24 AM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Some of us discussed in both the Best Bits and IGC list the need for a
>> Civil Society coordination meeting in light of the few opportunities we had
>> to meet while in Paris.
>>
>> I believe the idea for this meeting would be for us to discuss Civil
>> Society participation and steps forward, as well as identifying a CS
>> Calendar for 2019 and possible areas of collective advocacy. (and a
>> possible meeting previous to RightsCon, next june)
>>
>> For that I have set up this doodle
>> <https://doodle.com/poll/23z58b8qz4mnn3gm> - with suggested time slots
>> on the 6 and 7 or the 13th and 14th of december.  Please feel free to
>> suggest agenda items and also to answer the thread with the date and time
>> of your preference - *and also to share it widely*.
>>
>> Best,
>> --
>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>
>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>> @boomartins
>> ____________________________________________________________
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>
>
>
> --
>
> *Carolina Rossini *
> + 1 (617) 697 9389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini
> PGP ID:  0xEC81015C
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From nadira.araj at gmail.com  Wed Dec 12 05:08:18 2018
From: nadira.araj at gmail.com (Nadira Alaraj)
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 12:08:18 +0200
Subject: [bestbits] [governance] Civil Society Coordination Meeting -
 thinking 2019 ahead.
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Dear Bruna,
Thank you for coordinating this meeting,
Have you circulated the link for tomorrow's meeting?
Please, can you share it again?
Thank you in advance,
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On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 8:02 PM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Thank you very much for all the agenda suggestions, from what you sent I
> gathered this tentative agenda. Please let me know if I forgot to add
> anything.
>
> Civil Society Coordination Meeting - Dec 13th, 16h00 UTC
>
> Agenda
>
> 1. 2018 in a nutshell: RightsCon, PP-18, IGF and FOC briefings.
>
> 2. Coordination for 2019:
>
>    -
>
>    Issues and forums that we should address as a stakeholder throughout
>    2019.
>    -
>
>    Best way to address them?[joint statements, public comments, holding
>    sessions, working with other stakeholders, etc)
>
>
> 3. Representations and Groups:
>
>    -
>
>    Mapping of different existing initiatives and civil society appointed
>    representatives: How can we better support them?
>    -
>
>    MAG: How to best advise Civil Soc MAG representatives on their
>    functions and hold them accountable?
>    -
>
>    BestBits Steering Committee - elections..To have or not to have
>
>
>    -
>
>    Merging BestBits and IGC?
>
>
> 4. Funding to support the coordination effort of the civil society
> network.
>
> From all of the discussion points you added, I divided the meeting into 2
> parts - the first one would be dedicated to issues and forums and the
> second part would be directed to the representation issues -. But as
> mentioned, this is a tentative agenda, and we can take out some of the
> items given that with this many items we are probably aiming for a 1,5/2h
> meeting.
>
> Last but not least, it is important to think of an ideal platform for the
> meeting. I dont think google hangouts would work for this specific call
> and, from the organizations that offered a virtual room, would anyone have
> it at the time and date proposed and for 1,5/2h ?
>
> Looking forward to hearing back from you!
>
> best,
> bruna
>
>
>
> Em sex, 7 de dez de 2018 às 08:53, Baudouin SCHOMBE <b.schombe at gmail.com>
> escreveu:
>
>> Farzaneh's proposition finds a wide echo:
>> 1.The civil society will have to make an assessment of the major problems
>> discussed in previous years to avoid redundancy in 2019;
>> 2.Thus, public comment broadcasts, the holding of sessions in
>> collaboration with other stakeholders and the publication of joint
>> statements should be considered;
>> 3.As far as civil society representatives to MAG are concerned about
>> their functions and responsibilities, we need a special session where we
>> can discuss the strengths and weaknesses of these representatives. It's
>> just for reframing to get better.
>>
>>
>> *SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN*
>>
>> *SECRETAIRE EXECUTIF FGI-IGF RDC*
>>
>> *COORDONNATEUR NATIONALE CAFECICANN/AFRALO Member*
>> *http://atlarge.icann.org <http://atlarge.icann.org>*
>> *ISOC Member*
>> Téléphone mobile:+243998983491/+243813684512
>> email                  : b.schombe at gmail.com
>> skype                 : b.schombe
>> blog                    : http://akimambo.unblog.fr
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Le ven. 7 déc. 2018 à 08:26, Wisdom Donkor <governance at lists.riseup.net>
>> a écrit :
>>
>>> I agree with Farnaneh's suggestion. We can include highlights of 2018 as
>>> Bruna mention in her mail.
>>>
>>> *WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)*
>>> President & CEO
>>> Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation (Co-Founder)
>>> P.O. Box CT 2439, Cantonments, Accra
>>> Tel: +233 20 812 8851
>>> Skype: wisdom_dk | Facebook: kwasi wisdom |  Twitter: @wisdom_dk |
>>> Linkdin: Kwasi wisdom
>>> __________________________________________________
>>> Specialization:
>>> E-government Network Infrastructure and E-application, Internet
>>> Governance,  Open Data policies platforms & Community Development, Cyber
>>> Security, Software Engineering, Event Planning & Management,
>>>
>>> Member: UN IGF MultistatekeHolder Advisory Group
>>> Member: UN BPF on Policy Option for Connecting and Enabling the Next
>>> Billion
>>> Member: UN BPF on Gender and Access
>>> Member: UN IGF National Regional Initiatives
>>> Member: UN BPF on IOT, Big Data and AI
>>> Member: National SDG's data Roadmaps Advisory Committee, Ghana
>>> Member / Fellow: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
>>> (ICANN)
>>> Member: Internet Society
>>> Member: Freedom Online Coalition (FOC)
>>> Member / Alumni: Diplo Foundation
>>> Member: OGP Open Data WG Member,
>>> Partner: Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition
>>> Member: World Bank Open Data Working Team
>>> Member: Africa Open Data Collaborative
>>> Member: Ghana Energy Commission Data Task-force
>>> Member: Linux Accra Users Group
>>> Information Technology Association of Ghana, National Secretariat Manager
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 8:24 PM farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Would Google Hang out work for everyone? If not I can provide the
>>>> virtual room but it might not be available for some participants around the
>>>> world.
>>>>
>>>> I suggest the following agenda:
>>>>
>>>> 1. What are the most important Internet governance issues that civil
>>>> society should address throughout 2019.
>>>> 2. What is the best way to address them? [issuing joint statements,
>>>> issuing public comments, holding sessions etc, working with other
>>>> stakeholders)
>>>> 3. How to best advise Civil Soc MAG representatives on their functions
>>>> and hold them accountable?
>>>> 4. Merging BestBits and IGC?
>>>> 5. Funding to support the coordination effort of the civil society
>>>> network.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Farzaneh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 3:00 PM Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to add 'Bestbits Steering Committee - elections..To have or
>>>>> not to have' on the agenda.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best
>>>>> Sheetal.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 07:35, Michael J. Oghia <mike.oghia at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can see if we can use our Zoom account. @Bruna – will you create an
>>>>>> agenda, or should we do it collaboratively?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> -Michael
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 6:56 AM Arsène Tungali <
>>>>>> governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Bruna, all
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for starting this thread and thanks everyone for their
>>>>>>> contributions so far. My apologies as I can only join the discussion now.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It is great that we have a scheduled meeting and i really look
>>>>>>> forward to it. I would encourage us all to contribute to the agenda setting
>>>>>>> and plan on joining the call. Unfortunately, I could not join you all in
>>>>>>> Paris and missed all different CS gatherings.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would like to suggest an agenda item for the upcoming meeting :
>>>>>>> “Mapping of different existing initiatives and list civil society appointed
>>>>>>> representatives there. How can we better support them?”
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The idea here is for us to start a google doc (before the meeting)
>>>>>>> where we list various initiatives/mechanisms such as the HLPDC, IGF MAG,
>>>>>>> etc and identify appointed CS representatives and then discuss how we can
>>>>>>> best support them, amplifying their voice and ensuring they receive and
>>>>>>> channel our contributions/inputs.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> During the meeting on Dec 13, we can make sure we invite them to
>>>>>>> join the call and encourage at least one of them to share on the latest
>>>>>>> developments in their group and suggest ways the broader CS groups can
>>>>>>> support them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am happy to facilitate this item on the agenda if given the
>>>>>>> opportunity to do so and should we decide to have it on the meeting agenda.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> Arsene
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 05 Dec 2018, at 17:27, Bruna Martins dos Santos (via governance
>>>>>>> Mailing List) <governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks to all who answered to the poll and thread. I have just
>>>>>>> closed the poll and t*he selected date for the meeting is Dec 13th,
>>>>>>> at 16h00 UTC*.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please feel free to suggest agenda items and If anyone would like to
>>>>>>> help facilitating the meeting, just let me know!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> best,
>>>>>>> Bruna
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Em qua, 5 de dez de 2018 às 12:58, Sheetal Kumar <
>>>>>>> sheetal at gp-digital.org> escreveu:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've also filled out the doodle, thanks Bruna!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 15:17, Carolina Rossini <
>>>>>>>> carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thank you, Bruna! Filled. :-)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 9:24 AM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
>>>>>>>>> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Some of us discussed in both the Best Bits and IGC list the need
>>>>>>>>>> for a Civil Society coordination meeting in light of the few opportunities
>>>>>>>>>> we had to meet while in Paris.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I believe the idea for this meeting would be for us to discuss
>>>>>>>>>> Civil Society participation and steps forward, as well as identifying a CS
>>>>>>>>>> Calendar for 2019 and possible areas of collective advocacy. (and a
>>>>>>>>>> possible meeting previous to RightsCon, next june)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> For that I have set up this doodle
>>>>>>>>>> <https://doodle.com/poll/23z58b8qz4mnn3gm> - with suggested time
>>>>>>>>>> slots on the 6 and 7 or the 13th and 14th of december.  Please feel free to
>>>>>>>>>> suggest agenda items and also to answer the thread with the date and time
>>>>>>>>>> of your preference - *and also to share it widely*.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>>>>>>>>> @boomartins
>>>>>>>>>> ____________________________________________________________
>>>>>>>>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>>>>>>>>>>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
>>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
>>>>>>>>>>      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Carolina Rossini *
>>>>>>>>> + 1 (617) 697 9389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini
>>>>>>>>> PGP ID:  0xEC81015C
>>>>>>>>> ____________________________________________________________
>>>>>>>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>>>>>>>>>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
>>>>>>>>>      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *Sheetal Kumar*
>>>>>>>> Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
>>>>>>>> Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
>>>>>>>> T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258| M: +44 (0)7739569514  |
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>>>>>> @boomartins
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Sheetal Kumar*
>>>>> Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
>>>>> Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
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From farzaneh.badii at gmail.com  Wed Dec 12 07:02:27 2018
From: farzaneh.badii at gmail.com (farzaneh badii)
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 07:02:27 -0500
Subject: [bestbits] [governance] Civil Society Coordination Meeting -
 thinking 2019 ahead.
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Hi Nadira

We have not yet circulated the link since I have not created a it yet. I
will send Bruna the info as soon as possible.

On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 5:08 AM Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Bruna,
> Thank you for coordinating this meeting,
> Have you circulated the link for tomorrow's meeting?
> Please, can you share it again?
> Thank you in advance,
> Nadira AL-Araj
>
>
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> On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 8:02 PM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Thank you very much for all the agenda suggestions, from what you sent I
>> gathered this tentative agenda. Please let me know if I forgot to add
>> anything.
>>
>> Civil Society Coordination Meeting - Dec 13th, 16h00 UTC
>>
>> Agenda
>>
>> 1. 2018 in a nutshell: RightsCon, PP-18, IGF and FOC briefings.
>>
>> 2. Coordination for 2019:
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    Issues and forums that we should address as a stakeholder throughout
>>    2019.
>>    -
>>
>>    Best way to address them?[joint statements, public comments, holding
>>    sessions, working with other stakeholders, etc)
>>
>>
>> 3. Representations and Groups:
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    Mapping of different existing initiatives and civil society appointed
>>    representatives: How can we better support them?
>>    -
>>
>>    MAG: How to best advise Civil Soc MAG representatives on their
>>    functions and hold them accountable?
>>    -
>>
>>    BestBits Steering Committee - elections..To have or not to have
>>
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    Merging BestBits and IGC?
>>
>>
>> 4. Funding to support the coordination effort of the civil society
>> network.
>>
>> From all of the discussion points you added, I divided the meeting into 2
>> parts - the first one would be dedicated to issues and forums and the
>> second part would be directed to the representation issues -. But as
>> mentioned, this is a tentative agenda, and we can take out some of the
>> items given that with this many items we are probably aiming for a 1,5/2h
>> meeting.
>>
>> Last but not least, it is important to think of an ideal platform for the
>> meeting. I dont think google hangouts would work for this specific call
>> and, from the organizations that offered a virtual room, would anyone have
>> it at the time and date proposed and for 1,5/2h ?
>>
>> Looking forward to hearing back from you!
>>
>> best,
>> bruna
>>
>>
>>
>> Em sex, 7 de dez de 2018 às 08:53, Baudouin SCHOMBE <b.schombe at gmail.com>
>> escreveu:
>>
>>> Farzaneh's proposition finds a wide echo:
>>> 1.The civil society will have to make an assessment of the major
>>> problems discussed in previous years to avoid redundancy in 2019;
>>> 2.Thus, public comment broadcasts, the holding of sessions in
>>> collaboration with other stakeholders and the publication of joint
>>> statements should be considered;
>>> 3.As far as civil society representatives to MAG are concerned about
>>> their functions and responsibilities, we need a special session where we
>>> can discuss the strengths and weaknesses of these representatives. It's
>>> just for reframing to get better.
>>>
>>>
>>> *SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN*
>>>
>>> *SECRETAIRE EXECUTIF FGI-IGF RDC*
>>>
>>> *COORDONNATEUR NATIONALE CAFECICANN/AFRALO Member*
>>> *http://atlarge.icann.org <http://atlarge.icann.org>*
>>> *ISOC Member*
>>> Téléphone mobile:+243998983491/+243813684512
>>> email                  : b.schombe at gmail.com
>>> skype                 : b.schombe
>>> blog                    : http://akimambo.unblog.fr
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Le ven. 7 déc. 2018 à 08:26, Wisdom Donkor <governance at lists.riseup.net>
>>> a écrit :
>>>
>>>> I agree with Farnaneh's suggestion. We can include highlights of 2018
>>>> as Bruna mention in her mail.
>>>>
>>>> *WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)*
>>>> President & CEO
>>>> Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation (Co-Founder)
>>>> P.O. Box CT 2439, Cantonments, Accra
>>>> Tel: +233 20 812 8851
>>>> Skype: wisdom_dk | Facebook: kwasi wisdom |  Twitter: @wisdom_dk |
>>>> Linkdin: Kwasi wisdom
>>>> __________________________________________________
>>>> Specialization:
>>>> E-government Network Infrastructure and E-application, Internet
>>>> Governance,  Open Data policies platforms & Community Development, Cyber
>>>> Security, Software Engineering, Event Planning & Management,
>>>>
>>>> Member: UN IGF MultistatekeHolder Advisory Group
>>>> Member: UN BPF on Policy Option for Connecting and Enabling the Next
>>>> Billion
>>>> Member: UN BPF on Gender and Access
>>>> Member: UN IGF National Regional Initiatives
>>>> Member: UN BPF on IOT, Big Data and AI
>>>> Member: National SDG's data Roadmaps Advisory Committee, Ghana
>>>> Member / Fellow: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
>>>> (ICANN)
>>>> Member: Internet Society
>>>> Member: Freedom Online Coalition (FOC)
>>>> Member / Alumni: Diplo Foundation
>>>> Member: OGP Open Data WG Member,
>>>> Partner: Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition
>>>> Member: World Bank Open Data Working Team
>>>> Member: Africa Open Data Collaborative
>>>> Member: Ghana Energy Commission Data Task-force
>>>> Member: Linux Accra Users Group
>>>> Information Technology Association of Ghana, National
>>>> Secretariat Manager
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 8:24 PM farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Would Google Hang out work for everyone? If not I can provide the
>>>>> virtual room but it might not be available for some participants around the
>>>>> world.
>>>>>
>>>>> I suggest the following agenda:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. What are the most important Internet governance issues that civil
>>>>> society should address throughout 2019.
>>>>> 2. What is the best way to address them? [issuing joint statements,
>>>>> issuing public comments, holding sessions etc, working with other
>>>>> stakeholders)
>>>>> 3. How to best advise Civil Soc MAG representatives on their functions
>>>>> and hold them accountable?
>>>>> 4. Merging BestBits and IGC?
>>>>> 5. Funding to support the coordination effort of the civil society
>>>>> network.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Farzaneh
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 3:00 PM Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'd like to add 'Bestbits Steering Committee - elections..To have or
>>>>>> not to have' on the agenda.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best
>>>>>> Sheetal.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 07:35, Michael J. Oghia <mike.oghia at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I can see if we can use our Zoom account. @Bruna – will you create
>>>>>>> an agenda, or should we do it collaboratively?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>> -Michael
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 6:56 AM Arsène Tungali <
>>>>>>> governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Bruna, all
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks for starting this thread and thanks everyone for their
>>>>>>>> contributions so far. My apologies as I can only join the discussion now.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It is great that we have a scheduled meeting and i really look
>>>>>>>> forward to it. I would encourage us all to contribute to the agenda setting
>>>>>>>> and plan on joining the call. Unfortunately, I could not join you all in
>>>>>>>> Paris and missed all different CS gatherings.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I would like to suggest an agenda item for the upcoming meeting :
>>>>>>>> “Mapping of different existing initiatives and list civil society appointed
>>>>>>>> representatives there. How can we better support them?”
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The idea here is for us to start a google doc (before the meeting)
>>>>>>>> where we list various initiatives/mechanisms such as the HLPDC, IGF MAG,
>>>>>>>> etc and identify appointed CS representatives and then discuss how we can
>>>>>>>> best support them, amplifying their voice and ensuring they receive and
>>>>>>>> channel our contributions/inputs.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> During the meeting on Dec 13, we can make sure we invite them to
>>>>>>>> join the call and encourage at least one of them to share on the latest
>>>>>>>> developments in their group and suggest ways the broader CS groups can
>>>>>>>> support them.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am happy to facilitate this item on the agenda if given the
>>>>>>>> opportunity to do so and should we decide to have it on the meeting agenda.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>> Arsene
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 05 Dec 2018, at 17:27, Bruna Martins dos Santos (via governance
>>>>>>>> Mailing List) <governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks to all who answered to the poll and thread. I have just
>>>>>>>> closed the poll and t*he selected date for the meeting is Dec
>>>>>>>> 13th, at 16h00 UTC*.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please feel free to suggest agenda items and If anyone would like
>>>>>>>> to help facilitating the meeting, just let me know!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> best,
>>>>>>>> Bruna
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Em qua, 5 de dez de 2018 às 12:58, Sheetal Kumar <
>>>>>>>> sheetal at gp-digital.org> escreveu:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I've also filled out the doodle, thanks Bruna!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 15:17, Carolina Rossini <
>>>>>>>>> carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thank you, Bruna! Filled. :-)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 9:24 AM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
>>>>>>>>>> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Some of us discussed in both the Best Bits and IGC list the need
>>>>>>>>>>> for a Civil Society coordination meeting in light of the few opportunities
>>>>>>>>>>> we had to meet while in Paris.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I believe the idea for this meeting would be for us to discuss
>>>>>>>>>>> Civil Society participation and steps forward, as well as identifying a CS
>>>>>>>>>>> Calendar for 2019 and possible areas of collective advocacy. (and a
>>>>>>>>>>> possible meeting previous to RightsCon, next june)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> For that I have set up this doodle
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://doodle.com/poll/23z58b8qz4mnn3gm> - with suggested
>>>>>>>>>>> time slots on the 6 and 7 or the 13th and 14th of december.  Please feel
>>>>>>>>>>> free to suggest agenda items and also to answer the thread with the date
>>>>>>>>>>> and time of your preference - *and also to share it widely*.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>>>>>>>>>> @boomartins
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>>>>> + 1 (617) 697 9389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini
>>>>>>>>>> PGP ID:  0xEC81015C
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Sheetal Kumar*
>>>>>>>>> Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
>>>>>>>>> Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
>>>>>>>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=68-80+Hanbury+Street,+London,+E1+5JL&entry=gmail&source=g>
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>>>>>>> @boomartins
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Sheetal Kumar*
>>>>>> Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
>>>>>> Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
>>>>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=68-80+Hanbury+Street,+London,+E1+5JL&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>>>>> T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258| M: +44 (0)7739569514  |
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From bruna.mrtns at gmail.com  Wed Dec 12 10:56:19 2018
From: bruna.mrtns at gmail.com (Bruna Martins dos Santos)
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 13:56:19 -0200
Subject: [bestbits] [governance] Civil Society Coordination Meeting -
 thinking 2019 ahead.
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Dear all,

Below follows the information for joining our coordination meeting tomorrow
(13th Dec) @ 16h00 UTC. Thank you very much @farzaneh badii
<farzaneh.badii at gmail.com> for facilitating the conference room and I will
also share the google calendar invite soon.
______________________________
Date: 13 December
Time: 16.00 UTC

To join the Meeting:
https://bluejeans.com/929520616

To join via Room System:
Video Conferencing System: bjn.vc -or-199.48.152.152
Meeting ID : 929520616

To join via phone :
1)  Dial:
+1.408.740.7256 (US (San Jose))
+1.888.240.2560 (US Toll Free)
+1.408.317.9253 (US (Primary, San Jose))
(see all numbers - http://bluejeans.com/numbers)
2)  Enter Conference ID : 929520616

Best,
bruna

Em qua, 12 de dez de 2018 às 10:02, farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
escreveu:

> Hi Nadira
>
> We have not yet circulated the link since I have not created a it yet. I
> will send Bruna the info as soon as possible.
>
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 5:08 AM Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Bruna,
>> Thank you for coordinating this meeting,
>> Have you circulated the link for tomorrow's meeting?
>> Please, can you share it again?
>> Thank you in advance,
>> Nadira AL-Araj
>>
>>
>>
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>> On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 8:02 PM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
>> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> Thank you very much for all the agenda suggestions, from what you sent I
>>> gathered this tentative agenda. Please let me know if I forgot to add
>>> anything.
>>>
>>> Civil Society Coordination Meeting - Dec 13th, 16h00 UTC
>>>
>>> Agenda
>>>
>>> 1. 2018 in a nutshell: RightsCon, PP-18, IGF and FOC briefings.
>>>
>>> 2. Coordination for 2019:
>>>
>>>    -
>>>
>>>    Issues and forums that we should address as a stakeholder throughout
>>>    2019.
>>>    -
>>>
>>>    Best way to address them?[joint statements, public comments, holding
>>>    sessions, working with other stakeholders, etc)
>>>
>>>
>>> 3. Representations and Groups:
>>>
>>>    -
>>>
>>>    Mapping of different existing initiatives and civil society
>>>    appointed representatives: How can we better support them?
>>>    -
>>>
>>>    MAG: How to best advise Civil Soc MAG representatives on their
>>>    functions and hold them accountable?
>>>    -
>>>
>>>    BestBits Steering Committee - elections..To have or not to have
>>>
>>>
>>>    -
>>>
>>>    Merging BestBits and IGC?
>>>
>>>
>>> 4. Funding to support the coordination effort of the civil society
>>> network.
>>>
>>> From all of the discussion points you added, I divided the meeting into
>>> 2 parts - the first one would be dedicated to issues and forums and the
>>> second part would be directed to the representation issues -. But as
>>> mentioned, this is a tentative agenda, and we can take out some of the
>>> items given that with this many items we are probably aiming for a 1,5/2h
>>> meeting.
>>>
>>> Last but not least, it is important to think of an ideal platform for
>>> the meeting. I dont think google hangouts would work for this specific call
>>> and, from the organizations that offered a virtual room, would anyone have
>>> it at the time and date proposed and for 1,5/2h ?
>>>
>>> Looking forward to hearing back from you!
>>>
>>> best,
>>> bruna
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Em sex, 7 de dez de 2018 às 08:53, Baudouin SCHOMBE <b.schombe at gmail.com>
>>> escreveu:
>>>
>>>> Farzaneh's proposition finds a wide echo:
>>>> 1.The civil society will have to make an assessment of the major
>>>> problems discussed in previous years to avoid redundancy in 2019;
>>>> 2.Thus, public comment broadcasts, the holding of sessions in
>>>> collaboration with other stakeholders and the publication of joint
>>>> statements should be considered;
>>>> 3.As far as civil society representatives to MAG are concerned about
>>>> their functions and responsibilities, we need a special session where we
>>>> can discuss the strengths and weaknesses of these representatives. It's
>>>> just for reframing to get better.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN*
>>>>
>>>> *SECRETAIRE EXECUTIF FGI-IGF RDC*
>>>>
>>>> *COORDONNATEUR NATIONALE CAFECICANN/AFRALO Member*
>>>> *http://atlarge.icann.org <http://atlarge.icann.org>*
>>>> *ISOC Member*
>>>> Téléphone mobile:+243998983491/+243813684512
>>>> email                  : b.schombe at gmail.com
>>>> skype                 : b.schombe
>>>> blog                    : http://akimambo.unblog.fr
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Le ven. 7 déc. 2018 à 08:26, Wisdom Donkor <governance at lists.riseup.net>
>>>> a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>> I agree with Farnaneh's suggestion. We can include highlights of 2018
>>>>> as Bruna mention in her mail.
>>>>>
>>>>> *WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)*
>>>>> President & CEO
>>>>> Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation (Co-Founder)
>>>>> P.O. Box CT 2439, Cantonments, Accra
>>>>> Tel: +233 20 812 8851
>>>>> Skype: wisdom_dk | Facebook: kwasi wisdom |  Twitter: @wisdom_dk |
>>>>> Linkdin: Kwasi wisdom
>>>>> __________________________________________________
>>>>> Specialization:
>>>>> E-government Network Infrastructure and E-application, Internet
>>>>> Governance,  Open Data policies platforms & Community Development, Cyber
>>>>> Security, Software Engineering, Event Planning & Management,
>>>>>
>>>>> Member: UN IGF MultistatekeHolder Advisory Group
>>>>> Member: UN BPF on Policy Option for Connecting and Enabling the Next
>>>>> Billion
>>>>> Member: UN BPF on Gender and Access
>>>>> Member: UN IGF National Regional Initiatives
>>>>> Member: UN BPF on IOT, Big Data and AI
>>>>> Member: National SDG's data Roadmaps Advisory Committee, Ghana
>>>>> Member / Fellow: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
>>>>> (ICANN)
>>>>> Member: Internet Society
>>>>> Member: Freedom Online Coalition (FOC)
>>>>> Member / Alumni: Diplo Foundation
>>>>> Member: OGP Open Data WG Member,
>>>>> Partner: Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition
>>>>> Member: World Bank Open Data Working Team
>>>>> Member: Africa Open Data Collaborative
>>>>> Member: Ghana Energy Commission Data Task-force
>>>>> Member: Linux Accra Users Group
>>>>> Information Technology Association of Ghana, National
>>>>> Secretariat Manager
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 8:24 PM farzaneh badii <
>>>>> farzaneh.badii at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Would Google Hang out work for everyone? If not I can provide the
>>>>>> virtual room but it might not be available for some participants around the
>>>>>> world.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I suggest the following agenda:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. What are the most important Internet governance issues that civil
>>>>>> society should address throughout 2019.
>>>>>> 2. What is the best way to address them? [issuing joint statements,
>>>>>> issuing public comments, holding sessions etc, working with other
>>>>>> stakeholders)
>>>>>> 3. How to best advise Civil Soc MAG representatives on their
>>>>>> functions and hold them accountable?
>>>>>> 4. Merging BestBits and IGC?
>>>>>> 5. Funding to support the coordination effort of the civil society
>>>>>> network.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Farzaneh
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 3:00 PM Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'd like to add 'Bestbits Steering Committee - elections..To have or
>>>>>>> not to have' on the agenda.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best
>>>>>>> Sheetal.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 07:35, Michael J. Oghia <mike.oghia at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I can see if we can use our Zoom account. @Bruna – will you create
>>>>>>>> an agenda, or should we do it collaboratively?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>> -Michael
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 6:56 AM Arsène Tungali <
>>>>>>>> governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Bruna, all
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks for starting this thread and thanks everyone for their
>>>>>>>>> contributions so far. My apologies as I can only join the discussion now.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It is great that we have a scheduled meeting and i really look
>>>>>>>>> forward to it. I would encourage us all to contribute to the agenda setting
>>>>>>>>> and plan on joining the call. Unfortunately, I could not join you all in
>>>>>>>>> Paris and missed all different CS gatherings.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I would like to suggest an agenda item for the upcoming meeting :
>>>>>>>>> “Mapping of different existing initiatives and list civil society appointed
>>>>>>>>> representatives there. How can we better support them?”
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The idea here is for us to start a google doc (before the meeting)
>>>>>>>>> where we list various initiatives/mechanisms such as the HLPDC, IGF MAG,
>>>>>>>>> etc and identify appointed CS representatives and then discuss how we can
>>>>>>>>> best support them, amplifying their voice and ensuring they receive and
>>>>>>>>> channel our contributions/inputs.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> During the meeting on Dec 13, we can make sure we invite them to
>>>>>>>>> join the call and encourage at least one of them to share on the latest
>>>>>>>>> developments in their group and suggest ways the broader CS groups can
>>>>>>>>> support them.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I am happy to facilitate this item on the agenda if given the
>>>>>>>>> opportunity to do so and should we decide to have it on the meeting agenda.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>> Arsene
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 05 Dec 2018, at 17:27, Bruna Martins dos Santos (via governance
>>>>>>>>> Mailing List) <governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks to all who answered to the poll and thread. I have just
>>>>>>>>> closed the poll and t*he selected date for the meeting is Dec
>>>>>>>>> 13th, at 16h00 UTC*.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Please feel free to suggest agenda items and If anyone would like
>>>>>>>>> to help facilitating the meeting, just let me know!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> best,
>>>>>>>>> Bruna
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Em qua, 5 de dez de 2018 às 12:58, Sheetal Kumar <
>>>>>>>>> sheetal at gp-digital.org> escreveu:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I've also filled out the doodle, thanks Bruna!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 15:17, Carolina Rossini <
>>>>>>>>>> carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you, Bruna! Filled. :-)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 9:24 AM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
>>>>>>>>>>> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Some of us discussed in both the Best Bits and IGC list the
>>>>>>>>>>>> need for a Civil Society coordination meeting in light of the few
>>>>>>>>>>>> opportunities we had to meet while in Paris.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I believe the idea for this meeting would be for us to discuss
>>>>>>>>>>>> Civil Society participation and steps forward, as well as identifying a CS
>>>>>>>>>>>> Calendar for 2019 and possible areas of collective advocacy. (and a
>>>>>>>>>>>> possible meeting previous to RightsCon, next june)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> For that I have set up this doodle
>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://doodle.com/poll/23z58b8qz4mnn3gm> - with suggested
>>>>>>>>>>>> time slots on the 6 and 7 or the 13th and 14th of december.  Please feel
>>>>>>>>>>>> free to suggest agenda items and also to answer the thread with the date
>>>>>>>>>>>> and time of your preference - *and also to share it widely*.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>>>>>>>>>>> @boomartins
>>>>>>>>>>>> ____________________________________________________________
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>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *Carolina Rossini *
>>>>>>>>>>> + 1 (617) 697 9389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini
>>>>>>>>>>> PGP ID:  0xEC81015C
>>>>>>>>>>> ____________________________________________________________
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> *Sheetal Kumar*
>>>>>>>>>> Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
>>>>>>>>>> Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
>>>>>>>>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=68-80+Hanbury+Street,+London,+E1+5JL&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>>>>>>>>> T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258| M: +44 (0)7739569514  |
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>>>>>>>> @boomartins
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe: <mailto:igc-unsubscribe at lists.riseup.net
>>>>>>>>> <igc-unsubscribe at lists.riseup.net>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *Sheetal Kumar*
>>>>>>> Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
>>>>>>> Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
>>>>>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=68-80+Hanbury+Street,+London,+E1+5JL&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>>>>>> T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258| M: +44 (0)7739569514  |
>>>>>>> PGP ID: E592EFBBEAB1CF31  | PGP Fingerprint: F5D5 114D 173B E9E2
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>>>>>>> ____________________________________________________________
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>>>>>> ____________________________________________________________
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>>>>>
>>>>> ---
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>>>>> List help: <https://riseup.net/lists>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>>
>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>> @boomartins
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>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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From bruna.mrtns at gmail.com  Wed Dec 12 11:02:56 2018
From: bruna.mrtns at gmail.com (Bruna Martins dos Santos)
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 16:02:56 +0000
Subject: [bestbits] Civil Society Coordination Meeting
Message-ID: <000000000000d4d33f057cd55400@google.com>

Dear all,

Please find the google calendar invitation for our Civil Society  
Coordination meeting tomorrow at 16h00 utc.


The agenda for this meeting is the following:

Civil Society Coordination Meeting - Dec 13th, 16h00 UTC

Agenda
1. 2018 in a nutshell: RightsCon, PP-18, IGF and FOC briefings.
2. Coordination for 2019:
- Issues and forums that we should address as a stakeholder throughout 2019.
- Best way to address them?[joint statements, public comments, holding  
sessions, working with other stakeholders, etc)

3. Representations and Groups:
- Mapping of different existing initiatives and civil society appointed  
representatives: How can we better support them?
- MAG: How to best advise Civil Soc MAG representatives on their functions  
and hold them accountable?
- BestBits Steering Committee - elections..To have or not to have
- Merging BestBits and IGC?

4. Funding to support the coordination effort of the civil society network.
__________________
Link to the google calendar:  
https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=XzhoMTZzazFrYnNzbXFzM2Y4bDk0dWNqYTZwMDVhZGFjZW9wbXNrYjhlMWNqY2hyMmExamcgYnJ1bmEubXJ0bnNAbQ&tmsrc=bruna.mrtns%40gmail.com

Título: Civil Society Coordination Meeting

To join the meeting on a computer or mobile phone:  
https://bluejeans.com/929520616?src=calendarLink



Phone Dial-in
+1.408.740.7256 (US (San Jose))
+1.888.240.2560 (US Toll Free)
+1.408.317.9253 (US (Primary, San Jose))
Global Numbers: http://bluejeans.com/numbers

Meeting ID: 929 520 616

Room System
199.48.152.152 or bjn.vc

Meeting ID: 929 520 616

Description:
Internet Governance civil society coordination.

Want to test your video connection?
https://bluejeans.com/111


Quando: qui 13 dez 2018 14:00 – 15:00 Horário de Brasília
Onde: https://bluejeans.com/929520616?src=calendarLink
Quem:
     * farzi at gatech.edu- organizador
     * Bruna Martins dos Santos- criador
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From sheetal at gp-digital.org  Wed Dec 12 11:50:24 2018
From: sheetal at gp-digital.org (Sheetal Kumar)
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 16:50:24 +0000
Subject: [bestbits] [Joint civil society & academia submission to HLPDC]
 : Open for signatures
In-Reply-To: <CAK78muTKPc3UyL08cLnPSbEjsw8=51o-BuDLx-QqsCRx44Ssrw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAK78muTKPc3UyL08cLnPSbEjsw8=51o-BuDLx-QqsCRx44Ssrw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAK78muS0Ux=xEQCUBr7T_G=PnuMQm6HSzXEsK1xeUDaDeY_fnQ@mail.gmail.com>

Dear all,

It's great to see the broad support for the submission to the High-Level
Panel's deliberations.

This is just a gentle reminder to sign on by *COB, tomorrow December 13.*
Please feel free to share with your networks/anyone else you think might be
interested as well!

Best
Sheetal.

On Mon, 10 Dec 2018 at 17:50, Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> As already discussed elsewhere on Bestbits, a group of civil society
> organisations and academic institutions that met prior to the global IGF in
> Paris together have worked together on a joint submission to the UN
> Secretary General's High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation. This is
> response to the Panel's open call for contributions
> <https://digitalcooperation.org/call-for-contributions/>, which will
> inform the writing of its report to the Secretary General. I am pleased to
> present the submission, in case you would like to sign on to it, and which
> you can access via the link below.
>
> UNHLDPC Civil society & Academia joint submission
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/16bAUExfzYbL1VS5PMtwjnPUrRnZIYizk6CVPoA930xo/edit#heading=h.6z1nfn3j97wj>
>
> As indicated at the top of the submission, the text is closed for edits so
> we kindly ask you don't make any edits.
>
> We very much welcome your organisational or individual sign-on to the
> submission, which we hope will strengthen the delivery of the key messages
> included to this high-level process. Please add your support on page 5 by *COB
> 13 December. *
>
> Should you have any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch!
>
> Best
>
> Sheetal.
>
> --
> *Sheetal Kumar*
> Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
> Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
> T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258| M: +44 (0)7739569514  |
> PGP ID: E592EFBBEAB1CF31  | PGP Fingerprint: F5D5 114D 173B E9E2 0603
> DD7F E592 EFBB EAB1 CF31|
>
>

-- 


*Sheetal Kumar*
Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258| M: +44 (0)7739569514  |
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From valeriab at apc.org  Thu Dec 13 09:30:52 2018
From: valeriab at apc.org (Valeria Betancourt)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 09:30:52 -0500
Subject: [bestbits] Employment and funding opportunities for strengthening
 community networks and local access
Message-ID: <c45ebb01-8ba1-146a-5f3e-ce886681f19d@apc.org>

Dear all,

For your information. We would appreciate your help with spreading the
word.

https://www.apc.org/en/news/apc-communiqu%C3%A9-employment-and-funding-opportunities-strengthening-community-networks-and-local

Many thanks,

Valeria


-- 
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Directora / Manager
Programa de Políticas de Information y Comunicación / Communication and
Information Policy Programme
Asociación para el Progreso de las Comunicaciones / Association for
Progressive Communications, APC
http://www.apc.org


From bruna.mrtns at gmail.com  Thu Dec 13 10:48:54 2018
From: bruna.mrtns at gmail.com (Bruna Martins dos Santos)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 13:48:54 -0200
Subject: [bestbits] Civil Society Coordination Meeting
In-Reply-To: <000000000000d4d33f057cd55400@google.com>
References: <000000000000d4d33f057cd55400@google.com>
Message-ID: <CADAEEV3zRA7VgPb2uKCpDf9A1UMTXz0Y0C_vpVUN2LJQYjjfxA@mail.gmail.com>

Call starting in 10 min!

Em qua, 12 de dez de 2018 às 14:02, Bruna Martins dos Santos <
bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> escreveu:

> Dear all,
>
> Please find the google calendar invitation for our Civil Society
> Coordination meeting tomorrow at 16h00 utc.
>
>
> The agenda for this meeting is the following:
>
> Civil Society Coordination Meeting - Dec 13th, 16h00 UTC
>
> Agenda
> 1. 2018 in a nutshell: RightsCon, PP-18, IGF and FOC briefings.
> 2. Coordination for 2019:
> - Issues and forums that we should address as a stakeholder throughout
> 2019.
> - Best way to address them?[joint statements, public comments, holding
> sessions, working with other stakeholders, etc)
>
> 3. Representations and Groups:
> - Mapping of different existing initiatives and civil society appointed
> representatives: How can we better support them?
> - MAG: How to best advise Civil Soc MAG representatives on their functions
> and hold them accountable?
> - BestBits Steering Committee - elections..To have or not to have
> - Merging BestBits and IGC?
>
> 4. Funding to support the coordination effort of the civil society network.
> __________________
> Link to the google calendar:
> https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=XzhoMTZzazFrYnNzbXFzM2Y4bDk0dWNqYTZwMDVhZGFjZW9wbXNrYjhlMWNqY2hyMmExamcgYnJ1bmEubXJ0bnNAbQ&tmsrc=bruna.mrtns%40gmail.com
>
> Civil Society Coordination Meeting
>
> To join the meeting on a computer or mobile phone:
> https://bluejeans.com/929520616?src=calendarLink
> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbluejeans.com%2F929520616%3Fsrc%3DcalendarLink&sa=D&usd=2&usg=AFQjCNEQkxGNe9Quhh7JzZoOIibwpA94kw>
>
> Phone Dial-in
> +1.408.740.7256 (US (San Jose))
> +1.888.240.2560 (US Toll Free)
> +1.408.317.9253 (US (Primary, San Jose))
> Global Numbers: http://bluejeans.com/numbers
> <https://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fbluejeans.com%2Fnumbers&sa=D&usd=2&usg=AFQjCNG_lVdF7Zv0HurdYb_9OKFTfQLoqw>
>
> Meeting ID: 929 520 616
>
> Room System
> 199.48.152.152 or bjn.vc
> <https://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fbjn.vc&sa=D&usd=2&usg=AFQjCNHe3wj5EBNsU4tRGLiWHgqNQecvuQ>
>
> Meeting ID: 929 520 616
>
> Description:
> Internet Governance civil society coordination.
>
> Want to test your video connection?
> https://bluejeans.com/111
> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbluejeans.com%2F111&sa=D&usd=2&usg=AFQjCNEZbmrsBp6xwlwU3udpkOapECxaew>
>
> *Quando*
> qui 13 dez 2018 14:00 – 15:00 Horário de Brasília
>
> *Onde*
> https://bluejeans.com/929520616?src=calendarLink (mapa
> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbluejeans.com%2F929520616%3Fsrc%3DcalendarLink&sa=D&ust=1545062576651000&usg=AFQjCNEzXZafIwr2TM16aZEzICh02pO_AQ>
> )
>
> *Quem*
> •
> farzi at gatech.edu- organizador
> •
> Bruna Martins dos Santos- criador
>


-- 
*Bruna Martins dos Santos *

Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
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From judith at jhellerstein.com  Thu Dec 13 13:50:40 2018
From: judith at jhellerstein.com (Judith Hellerstein)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 13:50:40 -0500
Subject: [bestbits] Event Tomorrow--The role and impact of Civil Society at
 the ITU Plenipotentiary-
Message-ID: <d7e1a807-35f1-aa57-6249-a8f790498623@jhellerstein.com>

HI All

I was not able to make today's call but I just wanted to remind others that if 
you are in DC, please come to this Plenipot debrief which will focus on the role 
and impact of Civil Society at the ITU Plenipotentiary.  Featured speakers are 
Mehwish Ansari, Article 19; Deborah Brown, APC; Gus Rossi, Public Knowledge, 
Jane Coffin, the Internet Society, and myself Judith Hellerstein. As you can see 
we have a great line up of speakers.

The event is at New America, 740 15th St NW #900, and is tomorrow,  Friday from 
9-11am eastern. If coming in person, the RSVP link is here,

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/plenipot-2018-debrief-the-role-and-impact-of-civil-society-tickets-53453987315

if you are coming in person. If you are watching remotely, here is the link, 
https://livestream.com/internetsociety/pp18debrief.

Hope to see some of you there in person

Cheers,

Judith Hellerstein

-- 
_________________________________________________________________________
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Hellerstein & Associates
3001 Veazey Terrace NW, Washington DC 20008
Phone: (202) 362-5139  Skype ID: judithhellerstein
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From farzaneh.badii at gmail.com  Sun Dec 16 16:09:56 2018
From: farzaneh.badii at gmail.com (farzaneh badii)
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2018 16:09:56 -0500
Subject: [bestbits] End of the year civil society meeting/ briefing
Message-ID: <CAN1qJvAZ5V+RWUs5gKzwGiht-3_hbQqLMkexfpG57DfR7q-+SQ@mail.gmail.com>

Dear all,

We had a good online meeting with up to 25 civil society members in
attendance on 13 December. I have the recording I can share with you. (I
have asked if sharing the recording was ok with the participants there was
no objection, but I give it a couple of more days before I share the
recording)

There was a brief overview of what was done during last year in venues such
as RightsCon etc.
The issues that were discussed (as much as I remember):

We also discussed the merge of IGC and BestBits. It was decided that the
co-coordinator of BB and IGC discuss and give a couple of weeks deadline to
come to a conclusion on whether a merge would be good.

the suggestion to merge comes from the fact that civil society IG
activities (especially at IGF) became fragmented. We need to pool our
resources and I think Jeremy mentioned that the reasons behind the creation
of BB are not around anymore. I believe we should make a decision on that
soon hopefully and start pooling our resources into one effort.

The idea of mapping initiatives and focal points:
To keep things going and be more active in 2019, it would be good to map
initiatives (Collin Kurre from Article 19 has good ideas about that)

I also suggested that we have focal points for each event or forum if we
want to for example organize a session or be more coordinated in our
efforts.

I volunteered to help IGC with coordination for  IGF 2019, and civil
society pre-event. I will also help IGC with drafting something a public
comment for IGF taking stock call.




Best




Farzaneh
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From nadira.araj at gmail.com  Sun Dec 16 17:09:21 2018
From: nadira.araj at gmail.com (Nadira Alaraj)
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 00:09:21 +0200
Subject: [bestbits] End of the year civil society meeting/ briefing
In-Reply-To: <CAN1qJvAZ5V+RWUs5gKzwGiht-3_hbQqLMkexfpG57DfR7q-+SQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAN1qJvAZ5V+RWUs5gKzwGiht-3_hbQqLMkexfpG57DfR7q-+SQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAJdpWNBs83hH0MWvFUG2REyrzd-yjP8nMtb9fLLtpWaYcwcoVg@mail.gmail.com>

Thank you Farzaneh for your briefing.

I would like to comment on the merging consequences that it will affect the
structure of the
http://internetgov-cs.org or the CSCG. The objective of  "The CSCG has
co-operated with such bodies as international Telecomunication Union,
WSIS+10, UNDESA, Internet Governance Forum, CSTD Working Group on Enhanced
Cooperation, Netmundial Conference and Intiative and 1Net Initiative to
nominate a diverse range of civil society members as speakers and members
of committees and working groups"

I'm not sure if CSCG structure have been discussed or not. It would be good
to look into as well.
Best,
Nadira

On Sun, Dec 16, 2018, 23:10 farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> We had a good online meeting with up to 25 civil society members in
> attendance on 13 December. I have the recording I can share with you. (I
> have asked if sharing the recording was ok with the participants there was
> no objection, but I give it a couple of more days before I share the
> recording)
>
> There was a brief overview of what was done during last year in venues
> such as RightsCon etc.
> The issues that were discussed (as much as I remember):
>
> We also discussed the merge of IGC and BestBits. It was decided that the
> co-coordinator of BB and IGC discuss and give a couple of weeks deadline to
> come to a conclusion on whether a merge would be good.
>
> the suggestion to merge comes from the fact that civil society IG
> activities (especially at IGF) became fragmented. We need to pool our
> resources and I think Jeremy mentioned that the reasons behind the creation
> of BB are not around anymore. I believe we should make a decision on that
> soon hopefully and start pooling our resources into one effort.
>
> The idea of mapping initiatives and focal points:
> To keep things going and be more active in 2019, it would be good to map
> initiatives (Collin Kurre from Article 19 has good ideas about that)
>
> I also suggested that we have focal points for each event or forum if we
> want to for example organize a session or be more coordinated in our
> efforts.
>
> I volunteered to help IGC with coordination for  IGF 2019, and civil
> society pre-event. I will also help IGC with drafting something a public
> comment for IGF taking stock call.
>
>
>
>
> Best
>
>
>
>
> Farzaneh
> ____________________________________________________________
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From bruna.mrtns at gmail.com  Wed Dec  5 10:27:23 2018
From: bruna.mrtns at gmail.com (Bruna Martins dos Santos)
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2018 13:27:23 -0200
Subject: [bestbits] Civil Society Coordination Meeting - thinking 2019
 ahead.
In-Reply-To: <CAK78muQx1s=YkH28DXyBG7DtkLe58ob3gvWRnib0Ocv=eDqQYQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADAEEV0bD_uBkDRCCy9n3BoHOnWnHwohiuCdfjNE5ubaVSagrw@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAK-FJAeJBRoAU++POcwgm4TwGtFvYDVh2cXb3VgwNDp6hq2E2w@mail.gmail.com> <CAK78muQx1s=YkH28DXyBG7DtkLe58ob3gvWRnib0Ocv=eDqQYQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CADAEEV0Kj2P-d55Rz9dwaHGgCTPuH7bzy=Vtb7i1pstR9Qih0A@mail.gmail.com>

Dear all,

Thanks to all who answered to the poll and thread. I have just closed the
poll and t*he selected date for the meeting is Dec 13th, at 16h00 UTC*.

Please feel free to suggest agenda items and If anyone would like to help
facilitating the meeting, just let me know!

best,
Bruna

Em qua, 5 de dez de 2018 às 12:58, Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org>
escreveu:

> I've also filled out the doodle, thanks Bruna!
>
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 15:17, Carolina Rossini <carolina.rossini at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thank you, Bruna! Filled. :-)
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 9:24 AM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
>> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> Some of us discussed in both the Best Bits and IGC list the need for a
>>> Civil Society coordination meeting in light of the few opportunities we had
>>> to meet while in Paris.
>>>
>>> I believe the idea for this meeting would be for us to discuss Civil
>>> Society participation and steps forward, as well as identifying a CS
>>> Calendar for 2019 and possible areas of collective advocacy. (and a
>>> possible meeting previous to RightsCon, next june)
>>>
>>> For that I have set up this doodle
>>> <https://doodle.com/poll/23z58b8qz4mnn3gm> - with suggested time slots
>>> on the 6 and 7 or the 13th and 14th of december.  Please feel free to
>>> suggest agenda items and also to answer the thread with the date and time
>>> of your preference - *and also to share it widely*.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> --
>>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>>
>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>> @boomartins
>>> ____________________________________________________________
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> *Carolina Rossini *
>> + 1 (617) 697 9389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini
>> PGP ID:  0xEC81015C
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>
>
> --
>
>
> *Sheetal Kumar*
> Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
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>
>

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From mike.oghia at gmail.com  Mon Dec 17 03:33:48 2018
From: mike.oghia at gmail.com (Michael J. Oghia)
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 09:33:48 +0100
Subject: [bestbits] End of the year civil society meeting/ briefing
In-Reply-To: <CAJdpWNBs83hH0MWvFUG2REyrzd-yjP8nMtb9fLLtpWaYcwcoVg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAN1qJvAZ5V+RWUs5gKzwGiht-3_hbQqLMkexfpG57DfR7q-+SQ@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAJdpWNBs83hH0MWvFUG2REyrzd-yjP8nMtb9fLLtpWaYcwcoVg@mail.gmail.com>
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He everyone,

Thank you for this summary Farzi. I think Nadira makes a good point about
looking into that. I'm it sure how each of these three organisations are
structured, but perhaps we should consider consolidation of all three (if
possible).

Best,
-Michael


On Sun, Dec 16, 2018, 11:09 PM Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj at gmail.com wrote:

> Thank you Farzaneh for your briefing.
>
> I would like to comment on the merging consequences that it will affect
> the structure of the
> http://internetgov-cs.org or the CSCG. The objective of  "The CSCG has
> co-operated with such bodies as international Telecomunication Union,
> WSIS+10, UNDESA, Internet Governance Forum, CSTD Working Group on Enhanced
> Cooperation, Netmundial Conference and Intiative and 1Net Initiative to
> nominate a diverse range of civil society members as speakers and members
> of committees and working groups"
>
> I'm not sure if CSCG structure have been discussed or not. It would be
> good to look into as well.
> Best,
> Nadira
>
> On Sun, Dec 16, 2018, 23:10 farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com
> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> We had a good online meeting with up to 25 civil society members in
>> attendance on 13 December. I have the recording I can share with you. (I
>> have asked if sharing the recording was ok with the participants there was
>> no objection, but I give it a couple of more days before I share the
>> recording)
>>
>> There was a brief overview of what was done during last year in venues
>> such as RightsCon etc.
>> The issues that were discussed (as much as I remember):
>>
>> We also discussed the merge of IGC and BestBits. It was decided that the
>> co-coordinator of BB and IGC discuss and give a couple of weeks deadline to
>> come to a conclusion on whether a merge would be good.
>>
>> the suggestion to merge comes from the fact that civil society IG
>> activities (especially at IGF) became fragmented. We need to pool our
>> resources and I think Jeremy mentioned that the reasons behind the creation
>> of BB are not around anymore. I believe we should make a decision on that
>> soon hopefully and start pooling our resources into one effort.
>>
>> The idea of mapping initiatives and focal points:
>> To keep things going and be more active in 2019, it would be good to map
>> initiatives (Collin Kurre from Article 19 has good ideas about that)
>>
>> I also suggested that we have focal points for each event or forum if we
>> want to for example organize a session or be more coordinated in our
>> efforts.
>>
>> I volunteered to help IGC with coordination for  IGF 2019, and civil
>> society pre-event. I will also help IGC with drafting something a public
>> comment for IGF taking stock call.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Best
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Farzaneh
>> ____________________________________________________________
>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
>>      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
>
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From JFQueralt at theiofoundation.org  Mon Dec 17 05:55:19 2018
From: JFQueralt at theiofoundation.org (=?UTF-8?Q?Jean_F=2E_Qu=C3=A9ralt?=)
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 18:55:19 +0800
Subject: [bestbits] End of the year civil society meeting/ briefing
In-Reply-To: <CAN1qJvAZ5V+RWUs5gKzwGiht-3_hbQqLMkexfpG57DfR7q-+SQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAN1qJvAZ5V+RWUs5gKzwGiht-3_hbQqLMkexfpG57DfR7q-+SQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CACuyrh8sWNSB=p1=ny10c36hWe9ro43f6VLZiBh8QN1YbgnMGw@mail.gmail.com>

Hello everyone.

Thx Farzaneh for the briefing.

Are we still looking into bringing Youth IGF to our activities as proposed
at IGF 2018?

Best,
Jean



On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 5:10 AM farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> We had a good online meeting with up to 25 civil society members in
> attendance on 13 December. I have the recording I can share with you. (I
> have asked if sharing the recording was ok with the participants there was
> no objection, but I give it a couple of more days before I share the
> recording)
>
> There was a brief overview of what was done during last year in venues
> such as RightsCon etc.
> The issues that were discussed (as much as I remember):
>
> We also discussed the merge of IGC and BestBits. It was decided that the
> co-coordinator of BB and IGC discuss and give a couple of weeks deadline to
> come to a conclusion on whether a merge would be good.
>
> the suggestion to merge comes from the fact that civil society IG
> activities (especially at IGF) became fragmented. We need to pool our
> resources and I think Jeremy mentioned that the reasons behind the creation
> of BB are not around anymore. I believe we should make a decision on that
> soon hopefully and start pooling our resources into one effort.
>
> The idea of mapping initiatives and focal points:
> To keep things going and be more active in 2019, it would be good to map
> initiatives (Collin Kurre from Article 19 has good ideas about that)
>
> I also suggested that we have focal points for each event or forum if we
> want to for example organize a session or be more coordinated in our
> efforts.
>
> I volunteered to help IGC with coordination for  IGF 2019, and civil
> society pre-event. I will also help IGC with drafting something a public
> comment for IGF taking stock call.
>
>
>
>
> Best
>
>
>
>
> Farzaneh
> ____________________________________________________________
> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
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From pileleji at ymca.gm  Mon Dec 17 06:12:41 2018
From: pileleji at ymca.gm (Poncelet Ileleji)
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 11:12:41 +0000
Subject: [bestbits] End of the year civil society meeting/ briefing
In-Reply-To: <CACuyrh8sWNSB=p1=ny10c36hWe9ro43f6VLZiBh8QN1YbgnMGw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAN1qJvAZ5V+RWUs5gKzwGiht-3_hbQqLMkexfpG57DfR7q-+SQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <CAEux40sV0tv49+JLZeTJ+oMXVfOAEzDHwO9+jS93uJcsUVjKaw@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks Farzaneh,

Much appreciated for sharing the outcome unfortunately I could not attend
due to maintenance on our Internet from our ISP at that time.  I look
forward to moving on with outline and contributing towards its success.

Kind Regards

Poncelet

On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 at 10:56, Jean F. Quéralt <JFQueralt at theiofoundation.org>
wrote:

> Hello everyone.
>
> Thx Farzaneh for the briefing.
>
> Are we still looking into bringing Youth IGF to our activities as proposed
> at IGF 2018?
>
> Best,
> Jean
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 5:10 AM farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> We had a good online meeting with up to 25 civil society members in
>> attendance on 13 December. I have the recording I can share with you. (I
>> have asked if sharing the recording was ok with the participants there was
>> no objection, but I give it a couple of more days before I share the
>> recording)
>>
>> There was a brief overview of what was done during last year in venues
>> such as RightsCon etc.
>> The issues that were discussed (as much as I remember):
>>
>> We also discussed the merge of IGC and BestBits. It was decided that the
>> co-coordinator of BB and IGC discuss and give a couple of weeks deadline to
>> come to a conclusion on whether a merge would be good.
>>
>> the suggestion to merge comes from the fact that civil society IG
>> activities (especially at IGF) became fragmented. We need to pool our
>> resources and I think Jeremy mentioned that the reasons behind the creation
>> of BB are not around anymore. I believe we should make a decision on that
>> soon hopefully and start pooling our resources into one effort.
>>
>> The idea of mapping initiatives and focal points:
>> To keep things going and be more active in 2019, it would be good to map
>> initiatives (Collin Kurre from Article 19 has good ideas about that)
>>
>> I also suggested that we have focal points for each event or forum if we
>> want to for example organize a session or be more coordinated in our
>> efforts.
>>
>> I volunteered to help IGC with coordination for  IGF 2019, and civil
>> society pre-event. I will also help IGC with drafting something a public
>> comment for IGF taking stock call.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Best
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Farzaneh
>> ____________________________________________________________
>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
>>      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
>
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From anriette at apc.org  Mon Dec 17 07:30:06 2018
From: anriette at apc.org (Anriette Esterhuysen)
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 14:30:06 +0200
Subject: [bestbits] End of the year civil society meeting/ briefing
In-Reply-To: <CAMCMt7rdeMENp=P8tWfTFTntjWpY+zo1mYCpR4KT_7L2jJCyUQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAN1qJvAZ5V+RWUs5gKzwGiht-3_hbQqLMkexfpG57DfR7q-+SQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <4664e902-4086-8f3f-0d30-42ae9165a661@apc.org>

Thanks from me too for the summary Farzaneh. I am pleased that this is
happening.. thanks a lot to those who are making/made the effort. I look
forward to trying to be more active in this online space (hopefully best
bits and governance will merge).

Anriette

-----------------------------
Anriette Esterhuysen
Senior advisor on internet governance, policy advocacy and strategic planning
Association for Progressive Communications
apc.org
afrisig.org
anriette at apc.org

On 2018/12/17 10:33, Michael J. Oghia wrote:
> He everyone,
>
> Thank you for this summary Farzi. I think Nadira makes a good point
> about looking into that. I'm it sure how each of these three
> organisations are structured, but perhaps we should consider
> consolidation of all three (if possible). 
>
> Best,
> -Michael
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 16, 2018, 11:09 PM Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj at gmail.com
> <mailto:nadira.araj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     Thank you Farzaneh for your briefing.
>
>     I would like to comment on the merging consequences that it will
>     affect the structure of the 
>     http://internetgov-cs.org or the CSCG. The objective of  "The CSCG
>     has co-operated with such bodies as international Telecomunication
>     Union, WSIS+10, UNDESA, Internet Governance Forum, CSTD Working
>     Group on Enhanced Cooperation, Netmundial Conference and Intiative
>     and 1Net Initiative to nominate a diverse range of civil society
>     members as speakers and members of committees and working groups"
>
>     I'm not sure if CSCG structure have been discussed or not. It
>     would be good to look into as well.
>     Best,
>     Nadira 
>
>     On Sun, Dec 16, 2018, 23:10 farzaneh badii
>     <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com <mailto:farzaneh.badii at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>         Dear all,
>
>         We had a good online meeting with up to 25 civil society
>         members in attendance on 13 December. I have the recording I
>         can share with you. (I have asked if sharing the recording was
>         ok with the participants there was no objection, but I give it
>         a couple of more days before I share the recording)
>
>         There was a brief overview of what was done during last year
>         in venues such as RightsCon etc. 
>         The issues that were discussed (as much as I remember): 
>
>         We also discussed the merge of IGC and BestBits. It was
>         decided that the co-coordinator of BB and IGC discuss and give
>         a couple of weeks deadline to come to a conclusion on whether
>         a merge would be good. 
>
>         the suggestion to merge comes from the fact that civil society
>         IG activities (especially at IGF) became fragmented. We need
>         to pool our resources and I think Jeremy mentioned that the
>         reasons behind the creation of BB are not around anymore. I
>         believe we should make a decision on that soon hopefully and
>         start pooling our resources into one effort. 
>
>         The idea of mapping initiatives and focal points:
>         To keep things going and be more active in 2019, it would be
>         good to map initiatives (Collin Kurre from Article 19 has good
>         ideas about that)
>
>         I also suggested that we have focal points for each event or
>         forum if we want to for example organize a session or be more
>         coordinated in our efforts. 
>
>         I volunteered to help IGC with coordination for  IGF 2019, and
>         civil society pre-event. I will also help IGC with drafting
>         something a public comment for IGF taking stock call. 
>
>
>
>
>         Best 
>
>
>
>
>         Farzaneh
>         ____________________________________________________________
>         You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
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From mike.oghia at gmail.com  Mon Dec 17 07:51:51 2018
From: mike.oghia at gmail.com (Michael J. Oghia)
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 13:51:51 +0100
Subject: [bestbits] [governance] End of the year civil society meeting/
 briefing
In-Reply-To: <CABDXvWqSn7vXrFH6ypuYfoEVCd_qCcY_mkdJf32tEqZefZM=qw@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Arsene,

That is exactly what I was hoping to learn. Thanks for sharing!

Best,
-Michael



On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 1:50 PM Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Thanks Farzaneh for starting this thread and thanks everyone who took
> the time to attend the call.
>
> Thanks also for offering to give a hand of support with some task
> within the IGC, we will take this discussion (as well as the one on
> merging) to the IGC list soon for a more elaborate discussion.
>
> And please do share the recording to give everyone an idea of what was
> discussed.
>
> I wanted to offer a quick reaction to Nadira and Michael's comments.
>
> During the call, we did not discuss much about the CSCG which is a
> coordination group where IGC is a member, alongside other members such
> as APC, Just Net Coalition, Best Bits and the ICANN's NCSG.
>
> About the merging question, this one will affect (if it happens), the
> number of CSCG members but the CSCG itself cannot be merged with
> anything (keeping this within the context). If BB and IGC merge, then
> the CSCG will now have 4 members than 5.
>
> R. Hill who is co chair of the CSCG said that once the merging
> question is cleared, then only a discussion within CSCG's structure
> and future will happen.
>
> Bruna and I, as IGC co-cos agreed to start a discussion within the IGC
> to explore the possibilities of merging IGC with BB.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards,
> Arsene
>
> 2018-12-17 10:33 UTC+02:00, "Michael J. Oghia" <
> governance at lists.riseup.net>:
> > He everyone,
> >
> > Thank you for this summary Farzi. I think Nadira makes a good point about
> > looking into that. I'm it sure how each of these three organisations are
> > structured, but perhaps we should consider consolidation of all three (if
> > possible).
> >
> > Best,
> > -Michael
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 16, 2018, 11:09 PM Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj at gmail.com
> wrote:
> >
> >> Thank you Farzaneh for your briefing.
> >>
> >> I would like to comment on the merging consequences that it will affect
> >> the structure of the
> >> http://internetgov-cs.org or the CSCG. The objective of  "The CSCG has
> >> co-operated with such bodies as international Telecomunication Union,
> >> WSIS+10, UNDESA, Internet Governance Forum, CSTD Working Group on
> >> Enhanced
> >> Cooperation, Netmundial Conference and Intiative and 1Net Initiative to
> >> nominate a diverse range of civil society members as speakers and
> members
> >> of committees and working groups"
> >>
> >> I'm not sure if CSCG structure have been discussed or not. It would be
> >> good to look into as well.
> >> Best,
> >> Nadira
> >>
> >> On Sun, Dec 16, 2018, 23:10 farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Dear all,
> >>>
> >>> We had a good online meeting with up to 25 civil society members in
> >>> attendance on 13 December. I have the recording I can share with you.
> (I
> >>> have asked if sharing the recording was ok with the participants there
> >>> was
> >>> no objection, but I give it a couple of more days before I share the
> >>> recording)
> >>>
> >>> There was a brief overview of what was done during last year in venues
> >>> such as RightsCon etc.
> >>> The issues that were discussed (as much as I remember):
> >>>
> >>> We also discussed the merge of IGC and BestBits. It was decided that
> the
> >>> co-coordinator of BB and IGC discuss and give a couple of weeks
> deadline
> >>> to
> >>> come to a conclusion on whether a merge would be good.
> >>>
> >>> the suggestion to merge comes from the fact that civil society IG
> >>> activities (especially at IGF) became fragmented. We need to pool our
> >>> resources and I think Jeremy mentioned that the reasons behind the
> >>> creation
> >>> of BB are not around anymore. I believe we should make a decision on
> >>> that
> >>> soon hopefully and start pooling our resources into one effort.
> >>>
> >>> The idea of mapping initiatives and focal points:
> >>> To keep things going and be more active in 2019, it would be good to
> map
> >>> initiatives (Collin Kurre from Article 19 has good ideas about that)
> >>>
> >>> I also suggested that we have focal points for each event or forum if
> we
> >>> want to for example organize a session or be more coordinated in our
> >>> efforts.
> >>>
> >>> I volunteered to help IGC with coordination for  IGF 2019, and civil
> >>> society pre-event. I will also help IGC with drafting something a
> public
> >>> comment for IGF taking stock call.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Best
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Farzaneh
> >>> ____________________________________________________________
> >>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
> >>>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
> >>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
> >>>      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
> >>
> >> ____________________________________________________________
> >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
> >>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
> >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
> >>      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
> >
>
>
> --
> ------------------------
> **Arsène Tungali* <http://about.me/ArseneTungali>*
> Co-Founder & Executive Director, *Rudi international
> <http://www.rudiinternational.org>*,
> CEO,* Smart Services Sarl <https://www.smart-kitoko.com/>*,
> Tel: +243 993810967
> GPG: 523644A0
> *Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo*
>
> 2015 Mandela Washington Felllow
> <
> http://tungali.blogspot.com/2015/06/selected-for-2015-mandela-washington.html
> >
> (YALI) - ISOC Ambassador (IGF Brazil
> <
> http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf-ambassadors-programme/Past-Ambassadors
> >
> & Mexico
> <
> http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/Current-Ambassadors
> >)
> - AFRISIG 2016 <http://afrisig.org/afrisig-2016/class-of-2016/> - Blogger
> <http://tungali.blogspot.com> - ICANN's GNSO Council
> <https://gnso.icann.org/en/about/gnso-council.htm> Member. AFRINIC Fellow
> (
> Mauritius
> <http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1907-afrinic-25-fellowship-winners
> >)*
>
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From nadira.araj at gmail.com  Mon Dec 17 08:47:04 2018
From: nadira.araj at gmail.com (Nadira Alaraj)
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 15:47:04 +0200
Subject: [bestbits] [governance] End of the year civil society meeting/
 briefing
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Thank you Arsene for your follow up on the CSCG,
Yes, the number of CS groups will be reduced to 4 if the merge will happens.
However, I  would like to bring to your attention that during my role at
the CSCG, Ian Peter was chairing a committee that we worked to introduce a
procedures for New CSCG member.
http://internetgov-cs.org/procedures#C

There would be possibility to add a new global CS as the 5th members and
that could be IG for Youth.
I'm not sure how organized the youth group would be and if it satisfies the
thoroughly discussed procedure for new member.
Best,
Nadira



On Mon, Dec 17, 2018, 14:50 Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Thanks Farzaneh for starting this thread and thanks everyone who took
> the time to attend the call.
>
> Thanks also for offering to give a hand of support with some task
> within the IGC, we will take this discussion (as well as the one on
> merging) to the IGC list soon for a more elaborate discussion.
>
> And please do share the recording to give everyone an idea of what was
> discussed.
>
> I wanted to offer a quick reaction to Nadira and Michael's comments.
>
> During the call, we did not discuss much about the CSCG which is a
> coordination group where IGC is a member, alongside other members such
> as APC, Just Net Coalition, Best Bits and the ICANN's NCSG.
>
> About the merging question, this one will affect (if it happens), the
> number of CSCG members but the CSCG itself cannot be merged with
> anything (keeping this within the context). If BB and IGC merge, then
> the CSCG will now have 4 members than 5.
>
> R. Hill who is co chair of the CSCG said that once the merging
> question is cleared, then only a discussion within CSCG's structure
> and future will happen.
>
> Bruna and I, as IGC co-cos agreed to start a discussion within the IGC
> to explore the possibilities of merging IGC with BB.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards,
> Arsene
>
> 2018-12-17 10:33 UTC+02:00, "Michael J. Oghia" <
> governance at lists.riseup.net>:
> > He everyone,
> >
> > Thank you for this summary Farzi. I think Nadira makes a good point about
> > looking into that. I'm it sure how each of these three organisations are
> > structured, but perhaps we should consider consolidation of all three (if
> > possible).
> >
> > Best,
> > -Michael
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 16, 2018, 11:09 PM Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj at gmail.com
> wrote:
> >
> >> Thank you Farzaneh for your briefing.
> >>
> >> I would like to comment on the merging consequences that it will affect
> >> the structure of the
> >> http://internetgov-cs.org or the CSCG. The objective of  "The CSCG has
> >> co-operated with such bodies as international Telecomunication Union,
> >> WSIS+10, UNDESA, Internet Governance Forum, CSTD Working Group on
> >> Enhanced
> >> Cooperation, Netmundial Conference and Intiative and 1Net Initiative to
> >> nominate a diverse range of civil society members as speakers and
> members
> >> of committees and working groups"
> >>
> >> I'm not sure if CSCG structure have been discussed or not. It would be
> >> good to look into as well.
> >> Best,
> >> Nadira
> >>
> >> On Sun, Dec 16, 2018, 23:10 farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Dear all,
> >>>
> >>> We had a good online meeting with up to 25 civil society members in
> >>> attendance on 13 December. I have the recording I can share with you.
> (I
> >>> have asked if sharing the recording was ok with the participants there
> >>> was
> >>> no objection, but I give it a couple of more days before I share the
> >>> recording)
> >>>
> >>> There was a brief overview of what was done during last year in venues
> >>> such as RightsCon etc.
> >>> The issues that were discussed (as much as I remember):
> >>>
> >>> We also discussed the merge of IGC and BestBits. It was decided that
> the
> >>> co-coordinator of BB and IGC discuss and give a couple of weeks
> deadline
> >>> to
> >>> come to a conclusion on whether a merge would be good.
> >>>
> >>> the suggestion to merge comes from the fact that civil society IG
> >>> activities (especially at IGF) became fragmented. We need to pool our
> >>> resources and I think Jeremy mentioned that the reasons behind the
> >>> creation
> >>> of BB are not around anymore. I believe we should make a decision on
> >>> that
> >>> soon hopefully and start pooling our resources into one effort.
> >>>
> >>> The idea of mapping initiatives and focal points:
> >>> To keep things going and be more active in 2019, it would be good to
> map
> >>> initiatives (Collin Kurre from Article 19 has good ideas about that)
> >>>
> >>> I also suggested that we have focal points for each event or forum if
> we
> >>> want to for example organize a session or be more coordinated in our
> >>> efforts.
> >>>
> >>> I volunteered to help IGC with coordination for  IGF 2019, and civil
> >>> society pre-event. I will also help IGC with drafting something a
> public
> >>> comment for IGF taking stock call.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Best
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Farzaneh
> >>> ____________________________________________________________
> >>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
> >>>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
> >>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
> >>>      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
> >>
> >> ____________________________________________________________
> >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
> >>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
> >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
> >>      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
> >
>
>
> --
> ------------------------
> **Arsène Tungali* <http://about.me/ArseneTungali>*
> Co-Founder & Executive Director, *Rudi international
> <http://www.rudiinternational.org>*,
> CEO,* Smart Services Sarl <https://www.smart-kitoko.com/>*,
> Tel: +243 993810967
> GPG: 523644A0
> *Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo*
>
> 2015 Mandela Washington Felllow
> <
> http://tungali.blogspot.com/2015/06/selected-for-2015-mandela-washington.html
> >
> (YALI) - ISOC Ambassador (IGF Brazil
> <
> http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf-ambassadors-programme/Past-Ambassadors
> >
> & Mexico
> <
> http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/Current-Ambassadors
> >)
> - AFRISIG 2016 <http://afrisig.org/afrisig-2016/class-of-2016/> - Blogger
> <http://tungali.blogspot.com> - ICANN's GNSO Council
> <https://gnso.icann.org/en/about/gnso-council.htm> Member. AFRINIC Fellow
> (
> Mauritius
> <http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1907-afrinic-25-fellowship-winners
> >)*
>
>
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From bruna.mrtns at gmail.com  Mon Dec 17 09:09:50 2018
From: bruna.mrtns at gmail.com (Bruna Martins dos Santos)
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 12:09:50 -0200
Subject: [bestbits] [governance] End of the year civil society meeting/
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Dear all,

Thanks @farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com> for kickstarting the
discussion and @Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com> for clarifying the
doubts about the CSCG.

Before we decide on which group is joining CSCG, I believe its important
for us to stick to what was agreed on the call  which was: CSCG
representation discussion would only be done once we decided on the IGC/BB
merger.

I personally believe that the decision of welcoming an specific group to
CSCG is a rather complicated one and would need to be thoroughly discussed
within all the groups represented at CSCG, not only best bits and IGC.

best,
bruna

Em seg, 17 de dez de 2018 às 12:02, Arsène Tungali <
governance at lists.riseup.net> escreveu:

> This will be a discussion to happen at the CSCG level on the necessity
> or the opportunity to bring in new CS groups, which i personally
> welcome as a great idea.
>
> The CSCG ought to be inclusive of all the major civil society groups.
>
> 2018-12-17 15:47 UTC+02:00, Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj at gmail.com>:
> > Thank you Arsene for your follow up on the CSCG,
> > Yes, the number of CS groups will be reduced to 4 if the merge will
> > happens.
> > However, I  would like to bring to your attention that during my role at
> > the CSCG, Ian Peter was chairing a committee that we worked to introduce
> a
> > procedures for New CSCG member.
> > http://internetgov-cs.org/procedures#C
> >
> > There would be possibility to add a new global CS as the 5th members and
> > that could be IG for Youth.
> > I'm not sure how organized the youth group would be and if it satisfies
> the
> > thoroughly discussed procedure for new member.
> > Best,
> > Nadira
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 17, 2018, 14:50 Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Thanks Farzaneh for starting this thread and thanks everyone who took
> >> the time to attend the call.
> >>
> >> Thanks also for offering to give a hand of support with some task
> >> within the IGC, we will take this discussion (as well as the one on
> >> merging) to the IGC list soon for a more elaborate discussion.
> >>
> >> And please do share the recording to give everyone an idea of what was
> >> discussed.
> >>
> >> I wanted to offer a quick reaction to Nadira and Michael's comments.
> >>
> >> During the call, we did not discuss much about the CSCG which is a
> >> coordination group where IGC is a member, alongside other members such
> >> as APC, Just Net Coalition, Best Bits and the ICANN's NCSG.
> >>
> >> About the merging question, this one will affect (if it happens), the
> >> number of CSCG members but the CSCG itself cannot be merged with
> >> anything (keeping this within the context). If BB and IGC merge, then
> >> the CSCG will now have 4 members than 5.
> >>
> >> R. Hill who is co chair of the CSCG said that once the merging
> >> question is cleared, then only a discussion within CSCG's structure
> >> and future will happen.
> >>
> >> Bruna and I, as IGC co-cos agreed to start a discussion within the IGC
> >> to explore the possibilities of merging IGC with BB.
> >>
> >> Hope this helps.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Arsene
> >>
> >> 2018-12-17 10:33 UTC+02:00, "Michael J. Oghia" <
> >> governance at lists.riseup.net>:
> >> > He everyone,
> >> >
> >> > Thank you for this summary Farzi. I think Nadira makes a good point
> >> > about
> >> > looking into that. I'm it sure how each of these three organisations
> >> > are
> >> > structured, but perhaps we should consider consolidation of all three
> >> > (if
> >> > possible).
> >> >
> >> > Best,
> >> > -Michael
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Sun, Dec 16, 2018, 11:09 PM Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj at gmail.com
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Thank you Farzaneh for your briefing.
> >> >>
> >> >> I would like to comment on the merging consequences that it will
> >> >> affect
> >> >> the structure of the
> >> >> http://internetgov-cs.org or the CSCG. The objective of  "The CSCG
> has
> >> >> co-operated with such bodies as international Telecomunication Union,
> >> >> WSIS+10, UNDESA, Internet Governance Forum, CSTD Working Group on
> >> >> Enhanced
> >> >> Cooperation, Netmundial Conference and Intiative and 1Net Initiative
> >> >> to
> >> >> nominate a diverse range of civil society members as speakers and
> >> members
> >> >> of committees and working groups"
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm not sure if CSCG structure have been discussed or not. It would
> be
> >> >> good to look into as well.
> >> >> Best,
> >> >> Nadira
> >> >>
> >> >> On Sun, Dec 16, 2018, 23:10 farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> Dear all,
> >> >>>
> >> >>> We had a good online meeting with up to 25 civil society members in
> >> >>> attendance on 13 December. I have the recording I can share with
> you.
> >> (I
> >> >>> have asked if sharing the recording was ok with the participants
> >> >>> there
> >> >>> was
> >> >>> no objection, but I give it a couple of more days before I share the
> >> >>> recording)
> >> >>>
> >> >>> There was a brief overview of what was done during last year in
> >> >>> venues
> >> >>> such as RightsCon etc.
> >> >>> The issues that were discussed (as much as I remember):
> >> >>>
> >> >>> We also discussed the merge of IGC and BestBits. It was decided that
> >> the
> >> >>> co-coordinator of BB and IGC discuss and give a couple of weeks
> >> deadline
> >> >>> to
> >> >>> come to a conclusion on whether a merge would be good.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> the suggestion to merge comes from the fact that civil society IG
> >> >>> activities (especially at IGF) became fragmented. We need to pool
> our
> >> >>> resources and I think Jeremy mentioned that the reasons behind the
> >> >>> creation
> >> >>> of BB are not around anymore. I believe we should make a decision on
> >> >>> that
> >> >>> soon hopefully and start pooling our resources into one effort.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> The idea of mapping initiatives and focal points:
> >> >>> To keep things going and be more active in 2019, it would be good to
> >> map
> >> >>> initiatives (Collin Kurre from Article 19 has good ideas about that)
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I also suggested that we have focal points for each event or forum
> if
> >> we
> >> >>> want to for example organize a session or be more coordinated in our
> >> >>> efforts.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I volunteered to help IGC with coordination for  IGF 2019, and civil
> >> >>> society pre-event. I will also help IGC with drafting something a
> >> public
> >> >>> comment for IGF taking stock call.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Best
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Farzaneh
> >> >>> ____________________________________________________________
> >> >>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
> >> >>>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
> >> >>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
> >> >>>      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
> >> >>
> >> >> ____________________________________________________________
> >> >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
> >> >>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
> >> >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
> >> >>      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> ------------------------
> >> **Arsène Tungali* <http://about.me/ArseneTungali>*
> >> Co-Founder & Executive Director, *Rudi international
> >> <http://www.rudiinternational.org>*,
> >> CEO,* Smart Services Sarl <https://www.smart-kitoko.com/>*,
> >> Tel: +243 993810967
> >> GPG: 523644A0
> >> *Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo*
> >>
> >> 2015 Mandela Washington Felllow
> >> <
> >>
> http://tungali.blogspot.com/2015/06/selected-for-2015-mandela-washington.html
> >> >
> >> (YALI) - ISOC Ambassador (IGF Brazil
> >> <
> >>
> http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf-ambassadors-programme/Past-Ambassadors
> >> >
> >> & Mexico
> >> <
> >>
> http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/Current-Ambassadors
> >> >)
> >> - AFRISIG 2016 <http://afrisig.org/afrisig-2016/class-of-2016/> -
> Blogger
> >> <http://tungali.blogspot.com> - ICANN's GNSO Council
> >> <https://gnso.icann.org/en/about/gnso-council.htm> Member. AFRINIC
> Fellow
> >> (
> >> Mauritius
> >> <
> http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1907-afrinic-25-fellowship-winners
> >> >)*
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
> --
> ------------------------
> **Arsène Tungali* <http://about.me/ArseneTungali>*
> Co-Founder & Executive Director, *Rudi international
> <http://www.rudiinternational.org>*,
> CEO,* Smart Services Sarl <https://www.smart-kitoko.com/>*,
> Tel: +243 993810967
> GPG: 523644A0
> *Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo*
>
> 2015 Mandela Washington Felllow
> <
> http://tungali.blogspot.com/2015/06/selected-for-2015-mandela-washington.html
> >
> (YALI) - ISOC Ambassador (IGF Brazil
> <
> http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf-ambassadors-programme/Past-Ambassadors
> >
> & Mexico
> <
> http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/Current-Ambassadors
> >)
> - AFRISIG 2016 <http://afrisig.org/afrisig-2016/class-of-2016/> - Blogger
> <http://tungali.blogspot.com> - ICANN's GNSO Council
> <https://gnso.icann.org/en/about/gnso-council.htm> Member. AFRINIC Fellow
> (
> Mauritius
> <http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1907-afrinic-25-fellowship-winners
> >)*
> ---
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From nadira.araj at gmail.com  Mon Dec 17 09:26:43 2018
From: nadira.araj at gmail.com (Nadira Alaraj)
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 16:26:43 +0200
Subject: [bestbits] [governance] End of the year civil society meeting/
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Exactly Bruna, as Arsene has written if a merger BB/IGC happened then at
the CSCG level the new members will discuss to be more inclusive and
receptive to new members.

The reason I'm mentioning it because I don't want the CS misses the
discussion on this issue. I'm in support the inclusion of new CS coalition
that could also be regional coalition and I suggested  the  IGF youth as an
example.
Nothing difficult when there is a well.


On Mon, Dec 17, 2018, 16:10 Bruna Martins dos Santos <bruna.mrtns at gmail.com
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Thanks @farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com> for kickstarting the
> discussion and @Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com> for clarifying
> the doubts about the CSCG.
>
> Before we decide on which group is joining CSCG, I believe its important
> for us to stick to what was agreed on the call  which was: CSCG
> representation discussion would only be done once we decided on the IGC/BB
> merger.
>
> I personally believe that the decision of welcoming an specific group to
> CSCG is a rather complicated one and would need to be thoroughly discussed
> within all the groups represented at CSCG, not only best bits and IGC.
>
> best,
> bruna
>
> Em seg, 17 de dez de 2018 às 12:02, Arsène Tungali <
> governance at lists.riseup.net> escreveu:
>
>> This will be a discussion to happen at the CSCG level on the necessity
>> or the opportunity to bring in new CS groups, which i personally
>> welcome as a great idea.
>>
>> The CSCG ought to be inclusive of all the major civil society groups.
>>
>> 2018-12-17 15:47 UTC+02:00, Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj at gmail.com>:
>> > Thank you Arsene for your follow up on the CSCG,
>> > Yes, the number of CS groups will be reduced to 4 if the merge will
>> > happens.
>> > However, I  would like to bring to your attention that during my role at
>> > the CSCG, Ian Peter was chairing a committee that we worked to
>> introduce a
>> > procedures for New CSCG member.
>> > http://internetgov-cs.org/procedures#C
>> >
>> > There would be possibility to add a new global CS as the 5th members and
>> > that could be IG for Youth.
>> > I'm not sure how organized the youth group would be and if it satisfies
>> the
>> > thoroughly discussed procedure for new member.
>> > Best,
>> > Nadira
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Dec 17, 2018, 14:50 Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi all,
>> >>
>> >> Thanks Farzaneh for starting this thread and thanks everyone who took
>> >> the time to attend the call.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks also for offering to give a hand of support with some task
>> >> within the IGC, we will take this discussion (as well as the one on
>> >> merging) to the IGC list soon for a more elaborate discussion.
>> >>
>> >> And please do share the recording to give everyone an idea of what was
>> >> discussed.
>> >>
>> >> I wanted to offer a quick reaction to Nadira and Michael's comments.
>> >>
>> >> During the call, we did not discuss much about the CSCG which is a
>> >> coordination group where IGC is a member, alongside other members such
>> >> as APC, Just Net Coalition, Best Bits and the ICANN's NCSG.
>> >>
>> >> About the merging question, this one will affect (if it happens), the
>> >> number of CSCG members but the CSCG itself cannot be merged with
>> >> anything (keeping this within the context). If BB and IGC merge, then
>> >> the CSCG will now have 4 members than 5.
>> >>
>> >> R. Hill who is co chair of the CSCG said that once the merging
>> >> question is cleared, then only a discussion within CSCG's structure
>> >> and future will happen.
>> >>
>> >> Bruna and I, as IGC co-cos agreed to start a discussion within the IGC
>> >> to explore the possibilities of merging IGC with BB.
>> >>
>> >> Hope this helps.
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Arsene
>> >>
>> >> 2018-12-17 10:33 UTC+02:00, "Michael J. Oghia" <
>> >> governance at lists.riseup.net>:
>> >> > He everyone,
>> >> >
>> >> > Thank you for this summary Farzi. I think Nadira makes a good point
>> >> > about
>> >> > looking into that. I'm it sure how each of these three organisations
>> >> > are
>> >> > structured, but perhaps we should consider consolidation of all three
>> >> > (if
>> >> > possible).
>> >> >
>> >> > Best,
>> >> > -Michael
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Sun, Dec 16, 2018, 11:09 PM Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj at gmail.com
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Thank you Farzaneh for your briefing.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I would like to comment on the merging consequences that it will
>> >> >> affect
>> >> >> the structure of the
>> >> >> http://internetgov-cs.org or the CSCG. The objective of  "The CSCG
>> has
>> >> >> co-operated with such bodies as international Telecomunication
>> Union,
>> >> >> WSIS+10, UNDESA, Internet Governance Forum, CSTD Working Group on
>> >> >> Enhanced
>> >> >> Cooperation, Netmundial Conference and Intiative and 1Net Initiative
>> >> >> to
>> >> >> nominate a diverse range of civil society members as speakers and
>> >> members
>> >> >> of committees and working groups"
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I'm not sure if CSCG structure have been discussed or not. It would
>> be
>> >> >> good to look into as well.
>> >> >> Best,
>> >> >> Nadira
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Sun, Dec 16, 2018, 23:10 farzaneh badii <
>> farzaneh.badii at gmail.com
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>> Dear all,
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> We had a good online meeting with up to 25 civil society members in
>> >> >>> attendance on 13 December. I have the recording I can share with
>> you.
>> >> (I
>> >> >>> have asked if sharing the recording was ok with the participants
>> >> >>> there
>> >> >>> was
>> >> >>> no objection, but I give it a couple of more days before I share
>> the
>> >> >>> recording)
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> There was a brief overview of what was done during last year in
>> >> >>> venues
>> >> >>> such as RightsCon etc.
>> >> >>> The issues that were discussed (as much as I remember):
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> We also discussed the merge of IGC and BestBits. It was decided
>> that
>> >> the
>> >> >>> co-coordinator of BB and IGC discuss and give a couple of weeks
>> >> deadline
>> >> >>> to
>> >> >>> come to a conclusion on whether a merge would be good.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> the suggestion to merge comes from the fact that civil society IG
>> >> >>> activities (especially at IGF) became fragmented. We need to pool
>> our
>> >> >>> resources and I think Jeremy mentioned that the reasons behind the
>> >> >>> creation
>> >> >>> of BB are not around anymore. I believe we should make a decision
>> on
>> >> >>> that
>> >> >>> soon hopefully and start pooling our resources into one effort.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> The idea of mapping initiatives and focal points:
>> >> >>> To keep things going and be more active in 2019, it would be good
>> to
>> >> map
>> >> >>> initiatives (Collin Kurre from Article 19 has good ideas about
>> that)
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I also suggested that we have focal points for each event or forum
>> if
>> >> we
>> >> >>> want to for example organize a session or be more coordinated in
>> our
>> >> >>> efforts.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I volunteered to help IGC with coordination for  IGF 2019, and
>> civil
>> >> >>> society pre-event. I will also help IGC with drafting something a
>> >> public
>> >> >>> comment for IGF taking stock call.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Best
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Farzaneh
>> >> >>> ____________________________________________________________
>> >> >>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
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>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> ------------------------
>> >> **Arsène Tungali* <http://about.me/ArseneTungali>*
>> >> Co-Founder & Executive Director, *Rudi international
>> >> <http://www.rudiinternational.org>*,
>> >> CEO,* Smart Services Sarl <https://www.smart-kitoko.com/>*,
>> >> Tel: +243 993810967
>> >> GPG: 523644A0
>> >> *Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo*
>> >>
>> >> 2015 Mandela Washington Felllow
>> >> <
>> >>
>> http://tungali.blogspot.com/2015/06/selected-for-2015-mandela-washington.html
>> >> >
>> >> (YALI) - ISOC Ambassador (IGF Brazil
>> >> <
>> >>
>> http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf-ambassadors-programme/Past-Ambassadors
>> >> >
>> >> & Mexico
>> >> <
>> >>
>> http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/Current-Ambassadors
>> >> >)
>> >> - AFRISIG 2016 <http://afrisig.org/afrisig-2016/class-of-2016/> -
>> Blogger
>> >> <http://tungali.blogspot.com> - ICANN's GNSO Council
>> >> <https://gnso.icann.org/en/about/gnso-council.htm> Member. AFRINIC
>> Fellow
>> >> (
>> >> Mauritius
>> >> <
>> http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1907-afrinic-25-fellowship-winners
>> >> >)*
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> ------------------------
>> **Arsène Tungali* <http://about.me/ArseneTungali>*
>> Co-Founder & Executive Director, *Rudi international
>> <http://www.rudiinternational.org>*,
>> CEO,* Smart Services Sarl <https://www.smart-kitoko.com/>*,
>> Tel: +243 993810967
>> GPG: 523644A0
>> *Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo*
>>
>> 2015 Mandela Washington Felllow
>> <
>> http://tungali.blogspot.com/2015/06/selected-for-2015-mandela-washington.html
>> >
>> (YALI) - ISOC Ambassador (IGF Brazil
>> <
>> http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf-ambassadors-programme/Past-Ambassadors
>> >
>> & Mexico
>> <
>> http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/Current-Ambassadors
>> >)
>> - AFRISIG 2016 <http://afrisig.org/afrisig-2016/class-of-2016/> - Blogger
>> <http://tungali.blogspot.com> - ICANN's GNSO Council
>> <https://gnso.icann.org/en/about/gnso-council.htm> Member. AFRINIC
>> Fellow (
>> Mauritius
>> <
>> http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1907-afrinic-25-fellowship-winners
>> >)*
>> ---
>> To unsubscribe: <mailto:igc-unsubscribe at lists.riseup.net>
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>
>
> --
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>
> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
> @boomartins
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From williams.deirdre at gmail.com  Mon Dec 17 11:50:40 2018
From: williams.deirdre at gmail.com (Deirdre Williams)
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 12:50:40 -0400
Subject: [bestbits] [governance] End of the year civil society meeting/
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Dear All,
I was at Friday's meeting and have been following the discussions.
A few points:
1. Are discussion spaces like Internet Governance Caucus/Bestbits still
relevant? I ask because they have fallen very silent over the last year.
This question needs an answer.
2. Civil Society Coordination Group addresses the issue of civil society
representation in internet governance spaces. Internet governance has
become a very broad issue. There are powerful links with other areas of
concern for civil society - climate change, migration, child protection
etc. - and information and communication technologies are often the tools
used by civil society to carry out its business in these areas. How then is
civil society to be brought together to oversee its own interests? Or is
"civil society" only in this case those concerned narrowly with "internet
governance"?
3. "Civil society" is a very diverse creature. Because of this diversity it
is crucial to identify the common values on the foundation of which we can
come together to harness our communal strength to achieve objectives. This
is why it is desirable for us to revisit the 2003 Civil Society
Declaration
https://www.itu.int/net/wsis/docs/geneva/civil-society-declaration.pdf  As
far as I know this is the last time that civil society came together, in
the area that is relevant to this discussion, to make a joint statement of
values and intentions. Using the declaration for comparison - are the
values and intentions still the same?
4. Back at the end of November Sivasubramanian started this discussion.
When I replied then that "... we have been divided (or have divided
ourselves) into subsets of the general issue so there is no longer any
"community of energy"", Siva's response was "If there was an disagreement
between CS participants once or twice, on one or more issues, should we
characterize it as a division?" I think we should all ask ourselves about
this.
5. (Finally) In little Saint Lucia (pop 174,000) where I live we now have
at least 5 organisations concerned with history/culture/heritage which have
evolved from a single originator. It is beginning to be recognised that
this fragmentation impedes collaboration. I'm asking myself if this isn't a
local instance of a global situation - think for example of recent mass
action in France.
Over to you.
Whatever you celebrate or don't celebrate at this time of the year, I hope
it will be a period of peace, harmony and happiness for all of us.
Deirdre
On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 at 10:27, Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Exactly Bruna, as Arsene has written if a merger BB/IGC happened then at
> the CSCG level the new members will discuss to be more inclusive and
> receptive to new members.
>
> The reason I'm mentioning it because I don't want the CS misses the
> discussion on this issue. I'm in support the inclusion of new CS coalition
> that could also be regional coalition and I suggested  the  IGF youth as an
> example.
> Nothing difficult when there is a well.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2018, 16:10 Bruna Martins dos Santos <
> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Thanks @farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com> for kickstarting the
>> discussion and @Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com> for clarifying
>> the doubts about the CSCG.
>>
>> Before we decide on which group is joining CSCG, I believe its important
>> for us to stick to what was agreed on the call  which was: CSCG
>> representation discussion would only be done once we decided on the IGC/BB
>> merger.
>>
>> I personally believe that the decision of welcoming an specific group to
>> CSCG is a rather complicated one and would need to be thoroughly discussed
>> within all the groups represented at CSCG, not only best bits and IGC.
>>
>> best,
>> bruna
>>
>> Em seg, 17 de dez de 2018 às 12:02, Arsène Tungali <
>> governance at lists.riseup.net> escreveu:
>>
>>> This will be a discussion to happen at the CSCG level on the necessity
>>> or the opportunity to bring in new CS groups, which i personally
>>> welcome as a great idea.
>>>
>>> The CSCG ought to be inclusive of all the major civil society groups.
>>>
>>> 2018-12-17 15:47 UTC+02:00, Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj at gmail.com>:
>>> > Thank you Arsene for your follow up on the CSCG,
>>> > Yes, the number of CS groups will be reduced to 4 if the merge will
>>> > happens.
>>> > However, I  would like to bring to your attention that during my role
>>> at
>>> > the CSCG, Ian Peter was chairing a committee that we worked to
>>> introduce a
>>> > procedures for New CSCG member.
>>> > http://internetgov-cs.org/procedures#C
>>> >
>>> > There would be possibility to add a new global CS as the 5th members
>>> and
>>> > that could be IG for Youth.
>>> > I'm not sure how organized the youth group would be and if it
>>> satisfies the
>>> > thoroughly discussed procedure for new member.
>>> > Best,
>>> > Nadira
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Dec 17, 2018, 14:50 Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Hi all,
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks Farzaneh for starting this thread and thanks everyone who took
>>> >> the time to attend the call.
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks also for offering to give a hand of support with some task
>>> >> within the IGC, we will take this discussion (as well as the one on
>>> >> merging) to the IGC list soon for a more elaborate discussion.
>>> >>
>>> >> And please do share the recording to give everyone an idea of what was
>>> >> discussed.
>>> >>
>>> >> I wanted to offer a quick reaction to Nadira and Michael's comments.
>>> >>
>>> >> During the call, we did not discuss much about the CSCG which is a
>>> >> coordination group where IGC is a member, alongside other members such
>>> >> as APC, Just Net Coalition, Best Bits and the ICANN's NCSG.
>>> >>
>>> >> About the merging question, this one will affect (if it happens), the
>>> >> number of CSCG members but the CSCG itself cannot be merged with
>>> >> anything (keeping this within the context). If BB and IGC merge, then
>>> >> the CSCG will now have 4 members than 5.
>>> >>
>>> >> R. Hill who is co chair of the CSCG said that once the merging
>>> >> question is cleared, then only a discussion within CSCG's structure
>>> >> and future will happen.
>>> >>
>>> >> Bruna and I, as IGC co-cos agreed to start a discussion within the IGC
>>> >> to explore the possibilities of merging IGC with BB.
>>> >>
>>> >> Hope this helps.
>>> >>
>>> >> Regards,
>>> >> Arsene
>>> >>
>>> >> 2018-12-17 10:33 UTC+02:00, "Michael J. Oghia" <
>>> >> governance at lists.riseup.net>:
>>> >> > He everyone,
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Thank you for this summary Farzi. I think Nadira makes a good point
>>> >> > about
>>> >> > looking into that. I'm it sure how each of these three organisations
>>> >> > are
>>> >> > structured, but perhaps we should consider consolidation of all
>>> three
>>> >> > (if
>>> >> > possible).
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Best,
>>> >> > -Michael
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > On Sun, Dec 16, 2018, 11:09 PM Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj at gmail.com
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >> >
>>> >> >> Thank you Farzaneh for your briefing.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> I would like to comment on the merging consequences that it will
>>> >> >> affect
>>> >> >> the structure of the
>>> >> >> http://internetgov-cs.org or the CSCG. The objective of  "The
>>> CSCG has
>>> >> >> co-operated with such bodies as international Telecomunication
>>> Union,
>>> >> >> WSIS+10, UNDESA, Internet Governance Forum, CSTD Working Group on
>>> >> >> Enhanced
>>> >> >> Cooperation, Netmundial Conference and Intiative and 1Net
>>> Initiative
>>> >> >> to
>>> >> >> nominate a diverse range of civil society members as speakers and
>>> >> members
>>> >> >> of committees and working groups"
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> I'm not sure if CSCG structure have been discussed or not. It
>>> would be
>>> >> >> good to look into as well.
>>> >> >> Best,
>>> >> >> Nadira
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> On Sun, Dec 16, 2018, 23:10 farzaneh badii <
>>> farzaneh.badii at gmail.com
>>> >> >> wrote:
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>> Dear all,
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> We had a good online meeting with up to 25 civil society members
>>> in
>>> >> >>> attendance on 13 December. I have the recording I can share with
>>> you.
>>> >> (I
>>> >> >>> have asked if sharing the recording was ok with the participants
>>> >> >>> there
>>> >> >>> was
>>> >> >>> no objection, but I give it a couple of more days before I share
>>> the
>>> >> >>> recording)
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> There was a brief overview of what was done during last year in
>>> >> >>> venues
>>> >> >>> such as RightsCon etc.
>>> >> >>> The issues that were discussed (as much as I remember):
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> We also discussed the merge of IGC and BestBits. It was decided
>>> that
>>> >> the
>>> >> >>> co-coordinator of BB and IGC discuss and give a couple of weeks
>>> >> deadline
>>> >> >>> to
>>> >> >>> come to a conclusion on whether a merge would be good.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> the suggestion to merge comes from the fact that civil society IG
>>> >> >>> activities (especially at IGF) became fragmented. We need to pool
>>> our
>>> >> >>> resources and I think Jeremy mentioned that the reasons behind the
>>> >> >>> creation
>>> >> >>> of BB are not around anymore. I believe we should make a decision
>>> on
>>> >> >>> that
>>> >> >>> soon hopefully and start pooling our resources into one effort.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> The idea of mapping initiatives and focal points:
>>> >> >>> To keep things going and be more active in 2019, it would be good
>>> to
>>> >> map
>>> >> >>> initiatives (Collin Kurre from Article 19 has good ideas about
>>> that)
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> I also suggested that we have focal points for each event or
>>> forum if
>>> >> we
>>> >> >>> want to for example organize a session or be more coordinated in
>>> our
>>> >> >>> efforts.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> I volunteered to help IGC with coordination for  IGF 2019, and
>>> civil
>>> >> >>> society pre-event. I will also help IGC with drafting something a
>>> >> public
>>> >> >>> comment for IGF taking stock call.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> Best
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> Farzaneh
>>> >> >>> ____________________________________________________________
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>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >> ------------------------
>>> >> **Arsène Tungali* <http://about.me/ArseneTungali>*
>>> >> Co-Founder & Executive Director, *Rudi international
>>> >> <http://www.rudiinternational.org>*,
>>> >> CEO,* Smart Services Sarl <https://www.smart-kitoko.com/>*,
>>> >> Tel: +243 993810967
>>> >> GPG: 523644A0
>>> >> *Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo*
>>> >>
>>> >> 2015 Mandela Washington Felllow
>>> >> <
>>> >>
>>> http://tungali.blogspot.com/2015/06/selected-for-2015-mandela-washington.html
>>> >> >
>>> >> (YALI) - ISOC Ambassador (IGF Brazil
>>> >> <
>>> >>
>>> http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf-ambassadors-programme/Past-Ambassadors
>>> >> >
>>> >> & Mexico
>>> >> <
>>> >>
>>> http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/Current-Ambassadors
>>> >> >)
>>> >> - AFRISIG 2016 <http://afrisig.org/afrisig-2016/class-of-2016/> -
>>> Blogger
>>> >> <http://tungali.blogspot.com> - ICANN's GNSO Council
>>> >> <https://gnso.icann.org/en/about/gnso-council.htm> Member. AFRINIC
>>> Fellow
>>> >> (
>>> >> Mauritius
>>> >> <
>>> http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1907-afrinic-25-fellowship-winners
>>> >> >)*
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> ------------------------
>>> **Arsène Tungali* <http://about.me/ArseneTungali>*
>>> Co-Founder & Executive Director, *Rudi international
>>> <http://www.rudiinternational.org>*,
>>> CEO,* Smart Services Sarl <https://www.smart-kitoko.com/>*,
>>> Tel: +243 993810967
>>> GPG: 523644A0
>>> *Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo*
>>>
>>> 2015 Mandela Washington Felllow
>>> <
>>> http://tungali.blogspot.com/2015/06/selected-for-2015-mandela-washington.html
>>> >
>>> (YALI) - ISOC Ambassador (IGF Brazil
>>> <
>>> http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf-ambassadors-programme/Past-Ambassadors
>>> >
>>> & Mexico
>>> <
>>> http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/Current-Ambassadors
>>> >)
>>> - AFRISIG 2016 <http://afrisig.org/afrisig-2016/class-of-2016/> -
>>> Blogger
>>> <http://tungali.blogspot.com> - ICANN's GNSO Council
>>> <https://gnso.icann.org/en/about/gnso-council.htm> Member. AFRINIC
>>> Fellow (
>>> Mauritius
>>> <
>>> http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1907-afrinic-25-fellowship-winners
>>> >)*
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>>
>>
>> --
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>>
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From farzaneh.badii at gmail.com  Mon Dec 17 16:08:26 2018
From: farzaneh.badii at gmail.com (farzaneh badii)
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 16:08:26 -0500
Subject: [bestbits] [governance] IMPORTANT : Merging IGC with Best Bits
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Hi Sala

Answers in line
Farzaneh


On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 2:35 PM "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro" <
governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> I did not like seeing the proposal for there merger between the IGC and
> Best Bits brought up FIRST outside the IGC List as opposed to this being an
> in-house discussion first. On the notion that there are some in IGC who are
> also in Best Bits  and the same can be said for several other
> organisations, however this does not necessarily call for mergers with
> those organisations. What the Coordinators should be doing and soliciting
> input from its members are in identifying key strategic forums that the IGC
> can prepare to engage in.
>

No sorry, this is wrong. it was not outside of IGC/BestBits list. We had it
on the agenda of the meeting (IGC and BestBits cc'd) and had the meeting as
BestBits and IGC. Arsene can also share the call for merge with Bestbits
list. Nothing was decided during the meeting and Arsene is just raising it
on this list. ( I cc'd them already)
We have problems with not being focussed and coordinated as  much as we can
especially at IGF. Balls get dropped and no one pick them up. Jeremy has
been asking for someone to take over the BestBits website and other
management issues and no one volunteers. Obviously we don't have much
resources to maintain both. Civil Society fragmentation is also very
confusing to outsiders. We have to coordinate better and we can't do that
by being fragmented.

>
> The IGC should be preparing input into the key global initiatives,
>
> (1) The Digital Cooperation. The four additional channels for input from
> organizations and the public, which are summarized here:
> https://digitalcooperation.org/get-involved/. The Secretariat team will
> synthesize any written contributions that come in by Jan. 31th 2019.
>
> (2)Freedom of Expression Online. Given that we have IGC members who sit on
> key panels such as the Information Democracy Commission launched within the
> last quarter of this year, the IGC should have no problem submitting a
> global study and report to some of these key bodies. Just a matter of
> organising cross collaboration of individuals and agencies.
>
> (3) Input into the Open Consultations facilitated by the IGF Secretariat
> that will take place in Geneva at the end of January, 2019.
>
> (4) Preparing for the WSIS in April, 2019 and to see if the IGC can host
> some workshops or have a booth in Geneva.
>
> (5) Engagement in the review of the SDGs pertaining to the Internet in New
> York and co-hosting workshops at the UN HQ in New York.
>
> (6) Co-hosting side events or sessions at the Technical Community
> meetings. This can take place by involving and working with technical
> community members who are part of the IGC and work towards engaging
> valuable discussions.
>

In my opinion IGC should really go back to the mandate De was referring. We
can see how we have evolved but it is all easy to say we need to contribute
to all these initiatives and then no one does anything.


> I would also like to see better participation from the IGC within the IGF
> Intersessionals such as the Best Practice Forums and the Dynamic Coalitions
> and effective engagement with the National and Regional IGFs. This
> obviously calls for a robust review of the current IGC and its systems and
> if we see that there is a need for the merger and subject to the broad
> consensus of the IGC, I do not see why not.
>

IGC is a caucus of various busy civil society organizations and
individuals. Being involved with so many IG  initiatives is not possible,
especially on behalf of IGC. Our individual members are involved already
with many of  the groups you suggested.

Agree on number six, but not as side-event. We can have online meetings if
we want to discuss issues with other stakeholder groups. We can also
collaborate on submitting workshops and discussing the agenda of IG events.
But if anyone wants to volunteer and get us somewhere in those forum, I
think they can do so.

I have volunteered to help IGC draft input to IGF for taking stock. I think
we need to also ask the MAG members from Civil Society to update us and
have a stronger interaction.

Anyhow this thread is about the merge of BestBits with IGC and I will
respond to Arsene's email with BestBits cc'd separately.




> With every best wish,
> Sala
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From JFQueralt at theiofoundation.org  Wed Dec  5 15:35:27 2018
From: JFQueralt at theiofoundation.org (=?UTF-8?Q?Jean_F=2E_Qu=C3=A9ralt?=)
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2018 21:35:27 +0100
Subject: [bestbits] Civil Society Coordination Meeting - thinking 2019
 ahead.
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Hi, Bruna.

Didn't have the chance to answer the Doodle but will be attending.

As agenda items, I'd like to suggest to discuss over what was proposed
during the CS meeting on IGF Day 1:
- To approach relevant events (we noted not only RightsCon but also IFF)
for support on Day 0 for CS.
- To invite Youth IGF to get involved with us (personally already
approached
- To facilitate the onboarding of new members (that include people like
myself and Youth IGF for instance) by creating a set of documents to
provide an overlook on the CS involvement on bodies as well as the
documents that define their regulations, etc.

Question: Which platform will be used?

Best.



On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 4:27 PM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Thanks to all who answered to the poll and thread. I have just closed the
> poll and t*he selected date for the meeting is Dec 13th, at 16h00 UTC*.
>
> Please feel free to suggest agenda items and If anyone would like to help
> facilitating the meeting, just let me know!
>
> best,
> Bruna
>
> Em qua, 5 de dez de 2018 às 12:58, Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org>
> escreveu:
>
>> I've also filled out the doodle, thanks Bruna!
>>
>> On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 15:17, Carolina Rossini <
>> carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you, Bruna! Filled. :-)
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 9:24 AM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
>>> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> Some of us discussed in both the Best Bits and IGC list the need for a
>>>> Civil Society coordination meeting in light of the few opportunities we had
>>>> to meet while in Paris.
>>>>
>>>> I believe the idea for this meeting would be for us to discuss Civil
>>>> Society participation and steps forward, as well as identifying a CS
>>>> Calendar for 2019 and possible areas of collective advocacy. (and a
>>>> possible meeting previous to RightsCon, next june)
>>>>
>>>> For that I have set up this doodle
>>>> <https://doodle.com/poll/23z58b8qz4mnn3gm> - with suggested time slots
>>>> on the 6 and 7 or the 13th and 14th of december.  Please feel free to
>>>> suggest agenda items and also to answer the thread with the date and time
>>>> of your preference - *and also to share it widely*.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> --
>>>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>>>
>>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>>> @boomartins
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>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>>
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>>
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From farzaneh.badii at gmail.com  Mon Dec 17 16:33:49 2018
From: farzaneh.badii at gmail.com (farzaneh badii)
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 16:33:49 -0500
Subject: [bestbits] [governance] IMPORTANT : Merging IGC with Best Bits
In-Reply-To: <CABDXvWpbTA5uGVjW18sTntZt7yyEgF=Dvu-L-RBiVmxATrctfQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Thanks Arsene.

We need to decide on merging IGC and BestBits. The suggestion comes from
the fact that we have not been active much during the past year. Also
fragmented efforts are a strain on resources. Having multiple elections and
multiple groups to coordinate (with really minimal differences) and then
not be active at all for a year is not really recommendable.

De told us that apparently there is some kind of consensus method if I am
not mistaken. De, is there a documented approach?

I think the most important is to discuss why BestBits was created and
whether the reasons still stand and how BestBits members feel about the
merge. Maybe the ones with strong objections can be convinced, maybe not.
Lets have the conversation. If we do not see a strong objection (multiple
organizations, individuals object and give reasons as to why BestBits
should remain even if dormant), then we can decide on the merge. If there
are strong objections, then we will not go with the merge.

From nadira.araj at gmail.com  Mon Dec 17 17:03:22 2018
From: nadira.araj at gmail.com (Nadira Alaraj)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 00:03:22 +0200
Subject: [bestbits] [governance] IMPORTANT : Merging IGC with Best Bits
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Hi Farzaneh,
I'm putting some information that could be an answer to one of your
inquiries. Taken from http://internetgov-cs.org

On Mon, Dec 17, 2018, 23:34 farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com wrote:

>
> I think the most important is to discuss why BestBits was created and
> whether the reasons still stand and how BestBits members feel about the
> merge.
>
*Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) <http://igcaucus.org/>*
>
> Our vision is that Internet governance should be inclusive, people
> centered and development oriented. Our contributions to the various forums
> relevant to Internet governance, will strive to ensure an information
> society which better enables equal opportunity and freedom for all.
> *Best Bits <http://bestbits.net/>*
>
> Best Bits is a civil society network on Internet governance and Internet
> rights. It offers an open space where each group can present and advocate
> for the initiatives that they believe offer the best positive agenda for
> advancing broadly shared civil society interests in Internet governance.
>

>
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 9:00 AM Arsène Tungali <
> governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> You have probably seen this already on a different thread but thought
>> it well to have this discussion solely on the IGC list (as I expect
>> Best Bits to do the same), that's why i started this thread hoping to
>> hear from you on this important question.
>>
>> This need for merging was raised by some IGC members during a civil
>> society call that had mostly IGC and Best Bits participants; many of
>> whom are both IGC and Best Bits (BB) members. The call happened last
>> week and Farzaneh offered to share the link to the recording.
>>
>> I will not go into much details about the rationale but would welcome
>> anyone to weigh in and share their reasoning on whether or not we
>> should merge both lists. We will need to also answer the question on
>> how (who is doing what?) will this happen? Is the IGC going to become
>> BB or the latter becoming IGC? Or are we working towards a different
>> group where members of both groups will all be added?
>>
>> This brings back to my memory the whole hassle we had to migrate
>> (SAVE?) this list and allow us to have this discussion list (which
>> hasn't been quite active for a few months but where many feel safe to
>> share IG related updates). So i hope we discuss and take into account
>> the technical cost of the merging process (should it happen).
>>
>> I am also not sure how we will gauge consensus about this question on
>> this list? Should we vote? How long do we take to decide? Should we
>> consult IGC 'founders' or former Co-coordinators separately and ask
>> them what they think?
>>
>> During the call, Bruna and I offered to have a decision by mid-January
>> and we hope this is realistic given the holiday season. We will then
>> report to the group.
>>
>> I just wanted to throw this all here and would REALLY appreciate a
>> discussion that will help us move forward and come to a conclusion.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Arsene
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From sheetal at gp-digital.org  Tue Dec 18 05:37:01 2018
From: sheetal at gp-digital.org (Sheetal Kumar)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 10:37:01 +0000
Subject: [bestbits] [governance] IMPORTANT : Merging IGC with Best Bits
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 Dear Farzaneh, all

In response to whether the Steering Committee of Bestbits still stands, my
understand ing is that all the mandates have expired. My CSCG mandate has
also expired.

But there is a question that we did agree to answer on the call last week,
namely whether to merge the Bestbits and IGC lists. I think that needs to
be answered, as Bruna has said, before any new Steering Committee elections
are launched. So, thanks Nadira for sharing that information about Bestbits
and IGC's mandates. That's useful information for our discussion!

Deirdre asked a fundamental question about the relevance of both groups on
another thread ("are discussion spaces like Internet Governance
Caucus/Bestbits still relevant? I ask because they have fallen very silent
over the last year. This question needs an answer"). My response would be
that it seems, including from the strong attendance on the call last week,
that there is interest not only in discussing internet/digital issues among
civil society - and as she also points out in the same email, their
intersection with other issues - and sharing information but also in
greater coordination. The question seems to be more how to do it and what
challenges there are. In terms of challenges, one issue that was raised was
the existence of lists that duplicate each others mandates, namely Bestbits
and IGC. There was support for merging them on the call, and then holding
elections for a Steering Committee afterwards but a decision could not be
made on the call of course. So separate consultations must be had with each
group. That seems to be to be the focus for our discussion now.

Therefore, I'd suggest that we continue to have this conversation about
whether to merge the lists or not and aim to come up with a response by
mid-January. We could either hold a vote with our separate constituencies
or simply say that unless anyone strongly objects, the lists will be merged
at a certain point.

In terms of what a new steering committee could do to promote stronger
coordination, there were a number of ideas floated including organising a
pre-Rightscon meeting, and promoting greater awareness and communication
with civil society representatives at relevant IG mechanisms.

Does anyone on Bestbits have concerns or disagrees with the merging of the
lists? Are there other options for promoting greater coordination, than
using + merging already existing platforms?

Best
Sheetal.

On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 at 22:03, Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Farzaneh,
> I'm putting some information that could be an answer to one of your
> inquiries. Taken from http://internetgov-cs.org
>
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2018, 23:34 farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com
> wrote:
>
>>
>> I think the most important is to discuss why BestBits was created and
>> whether the reasons still stand and how BestBits members feel about the
>> merge.
>>
> *Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) <http://igcaucus.org/>*
>>
>> Our vision is that Internet governance should be inclusive, people
>> centered and development oriented. Our contributions to the various forums
>> relevant to Internet governance, will strive to ensure an information
>> society which better enables equal opportunity and freedom for all.
>> *Best Bits <http://bestbits.net/>*
>>
>> Best Bits is a civil society network on Internet governance and Internet
>> rights. It offers an open space where each group can present and advocate
>> for the initiatives that they believe offer the best positive agenda for
>> advancing broadly shared civil society interests in Internet governance.
>>
>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 9:00 AM Arsène Tungali <
>> governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> You have probably seen this already on a different thread but thought
>>> it well to have this discussion solely on the IGC list (as I expect
>>> Best Bits to do the same), that's why i started this thread hoping to
>>> hear from you on this important question.
>>>
>>> This need for merging was raised by some IGC members during a civil
>>> society call that had mostly IGC and Best Bits participants; many of
>>> whom are both IGC and Best Bits (BB) members. The call happened last
>>> week and Farzaneh offered to share the link to the recording.
>>>
>>> I will not go into much details about the rationale but would welcome
>>> anyone to weigh in and share their reasoning on whether or not we
>>> should merge both lists. We will need to also answer the question on
>>> how (who is doing what?) will this happen? Is the IGC going to become
>>> BB or the latter becoming IGC? Or are we working towards a different
>>> group where members of both groups will all be added?
>>>
>>> This brings back to my memory the whole hassle we had to migrate
>>> (SAVE?) this list and allow us to have this discussion list (which
>>> hasn't been quite active for a few months but where many feel safe to
>>> share IG related updates). So i hope we discuss and take into account
>>> the technical cost of the merging process (should it happen).
>>>
>>> I am also not sure how we will gauge consensus about this question on
>>> this list? Should we vote? How long do we take to decide? Should we
>>> consult IGC 'founders' or former Co-coordinators separately and ask
>>> them what they think?
>>>
>>> During the call, Bruna and I offered to have a decision by mid-January
>>> and we hope this is realistic given the holiday season. We will then
>>> report to the group.
>>>
>>> I just wanted to throw this all here and would REALLY appreciate a
>>> discussion that will help us move forward and come to a conclusion.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Arsene
>>> ---
>>> To unsubscribe: <mailto:igc-unsubscribe at lists.riseup.net>
>>> List help: <https://riseup.net/lists>
>>>
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From mike.oghia at gmail.com  Tue Dec 18 06:50:24 2018
From: mike.oghia at gmail.com (Michael J. Oghia)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 12:50:24 +0100
Subject: [bestbits] [governance] IMPORTANT : Merging IGC with Best Bits
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Hi Sheetal, all:

I really appreciate the way you framed it Sheetal, and also appreciated
Nadira's context + De's questions. Forgive my potentially myopic view of
these groups considering their background and original mandate, but even
the recent example of our joint HLPDC submission provides a good instance
of why these groups exist. From my understanding, one of the reasons you
initiated it was due to the lack of civil society coordination, and was in
many ways the spark that ignited this discussion. That's not to say it's
the first time, but I guess it brought the issue back to light.

I agree with your process, and echo your call for feedback about merging
the lists since, so far, no one has seemed to dissent. Yet, if someone has
a good reason why they shouldn't be, we should hear from them.

Best,
-Michael


On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 11:37 AM Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org>
wrote:

> Dear Farzaneh, all
>
> In response to whether the Steering Committee of Bestbits still stands, my
> understand ing is that all the mandates have expired. My CSCG mandate has
> also expired.
>
> But there is a question that we did agree to answer on the call last week,
> namely whether to merge the Bestbits and IGC lists. I think that needs to
> be answered, as Bruna has said, before any new Steering Committee elections
> are launched. So, thanks Nadira for sharing that information about Bestbits
> and IGC's mandates. That's useful information for our discussion!
>
> Deirdre asked a fundamental question about the relevance of both groups on
> another thread ("are discussion spaces like Internet Governance
> Caucus/Bestbits still relevant? I ask because they have fallen very silent
> over the last year. This question needs an answer"). My response would be
> that it seems, including from the strong attendance on the call last week,
> that there is interest not only in discussing internet/digital issues among
> civil society - and as she also points out in the same email, their
> intersection with other issues - and sharing information but also in
> greater coordination. The question seems to be more how to do it and what
> challenges there are. In terms of challenges, one issue that was raised was
> the existence of lists that duplicate each others mandates, namely Bestbits
> and IGC. There was support for merging them on the call, and then holding
> elections for a Steering Committee afterwards but a decision could not be
> made on the call of course. So separate consultations must be had with each
> group. That seems to be to be the focus for our discussion now.
>
> Therefore, I'd suggest that we continue to have this conversation about
> whether to merge the lists or not and aim to come up with a response by
> mid-January. We could either hold a vote with our separate constituencies
> or simply say that unless anyone strongly objects, the lists will be merged
> at a certain point.
>
> In terms of what a new steering committee could do to promote stronger
> coordination, there were a number of ideas floated including organising a
> pre-Rightscon meeting, and promoting greater awareness and communication
> with civil society representatives at relevant IG mechanisms.
>
> Does anyone on Bestbits have concerns or disagrees with the merging of the
> lists? Are there other options for promoting greater coordination, than
> using + merging already existing platforms?
>
> Best
> Sheetal.
>
> On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 at 22:03, Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Farzaneh,
>> I'm putting some information that could be an answer to one of your
>> inquiries. Taken from http://internetgov-cs.org
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 17, 2018, 23:34 farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I think the most important is to discuss why BestBits was created and
>>> whether the reasons still stand and how BestBits members feel about the
>>> merge.
>>>
>> *Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) <http://igcaucus.org/>*
>>>
>>> Our vision is that Internet governance should be inclusive, people
>>> centered and development oriented. Our contributions to the various forums
>>> relevant to Internet governance, will strive to ensure an information
>>> society which better enables equal opportunity and freedom for all.
>>> *Best Bits <http://bestbits.net/>*
>>>
>>> Best Bits is a civil society network on Internet governance and Internet
>>> rights. It offers an open space where each group can present and advocate
>>> for the initiatives that they believe offer the best positive agenda for
>>> advancing broadly shared civil society interests in Internet governance.
>>>
>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 9:00 AM Arsène Tungali <
>>> governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> You have probably seen this already on a different thread but thought
>>>> it well to have this discussion solely on the IGC list (as I expect
>>>> Best Bits to do the same), that's why i started this thread hoping to
>>>> hear from you on this important question.
>>>>
>>>> This need for merging was raised by some IGC members during a civil
>>>> society call that had mostly IGC and Best Bits participants; many of
>>>> whom are both IGC and Best Bits (BB) members. The call happened last
>>>> week and Farzaneh offered to share the link to the recording.
>>>>
>>>> I will not go into much details about the rationale but would welcome
>>>> anyone to weigh in and share their reasoning on whether or not we
>>>> should merge both lists. We will need to also answer the question on
>>>> how (who is doing what?) will this happen? Is the IGC going to become
>>>> BB or the latter becoming IGC? Or are we working towards a different
>>>> group where members of both groups will all be added?
>>>>
>>>> This brings back to my memory the whole hassle we had to migrate
>>>> (SAVE?) this list and allow us to have this discussion list (which
>>>> hasn't been quite active for a few months but where many feel safe to
>>>> share IG related updates). So i hope we discuss and take into account
>>>> the technical cost of the merging process (should it happen).
>>>>
>>>> I am also not sure how we will gauge consensus about this question on
>>>> this list? Should we vote? How long do we take to decide? Should we
>>>> consult IGC 'founders' or former Co-coordinators separately and ask
>>>> them what they think?
>>>>
>>>> During the call, Bruna and I offered to have a decision by mid-January
>>>> and we hope this is realistic given the holiday season. We will then
>>>> report to the group.
>>>>
>>>> I just wanted to throw this all here and would REALLY appreciate a
>>>> discussion that will help us move forward and come to a conclusion.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Arsene
>>>> ---
>>>> To unsubscribe: <mailto:igc-unsubscribe at lists.riseup.net>
>>>> List help: <https://riseup.net/lists>
>>>>
>>> ____________________________________________________________
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>
>
> --
>
>
> *Sheetal Kumar*
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From ian.peter at ianpeter.com  Thu Dec 20 21:44:35 2018
From: ian.peter at ianpeter.com (ian.peter at ianpeter.com)
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 02:44:35 +0000
Subject: [bestbits] [governance] IMPORTANT : Merging IGC with Best
 Bits
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Hi Arsene,

Mergers are difficult and imagine that both sides are going to have to 
change structurally so that they can work together. Both organisations 
have working rules and practices, changing both sets will be complex and 
I think unnecessary.

My opinion is that, in this case, BB should just decide to fold - and in 
doing so, encourage its members to join IGC if they are not already 
involved.

That's a lot simpler and leaves IGC intact and continuing as an umbrella 
groups for civil society involvement in internet governance.

(Best Bits copied in). Just suggesting this because I think it is a lot 
easier.

Ian Peter

------ Original Message ------
From: "Arsène Tungali" <governance at lists.riseup.net>
To: "Mueller, Milton L" <milton at gatech.edu>
Cc: "Farzaneh Badiei" <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>; 
"governance at lists.riseup.net" <governance at lists.riseup.net>
Sent: 21/12/2018 9:12:28 AM
Subject: Re: [governance] IMPORTANT : Merging IGC with Best Bits

>Milton, i think i tried to explain why i was suggesting that. Sorry if that was not clear. The reason is simple: we agreed to take time to discuss the merger issue within the two groups separately. So, if we Cc both lists that means to me we are not doing separately anymore. That’s my understanding and i may be wrong.
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>>  On 20 Dec 2018, at 23:32, Mueller, Milton L <milton at gatech.edu> wrote:
>>
>>  Why segregate the discussions, Arsene?
>>  I don't understand that. It merely perpetuates the problem of a fragmented and uncoordinated civil society!
>>
>>  --MM
>>
>>>  -----Original Message-----
>>>  From: governance-request at lists.riseup.net [mailto:governance-
>>>request at lists.riseup.net] On Behalf Of Arsène Tungali
>>>  Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2018 12:32 AM
>>>  To: Farzaneh Badiei <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
>>>  Cc: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net&gt &lt <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>;
>>>  governance <governance at lists.riseup.net>
>>>  Subject: Re: [governance] IMPORTANT : Merging IGC with Best Bits
>>>
>>>  Farzaneh, all,
>>>
>>>  While we are still discussing and I do appreciate the discussion, may I please
>>>  suggest we keep discussions separate in each specific group?
>>>  As I said in my original email, the issue of a merger should be discussed
>>>  SEPARATELY at the IGC and Best Bits lists.
>>>
>>>  Each group needs to have an internal discussion.
>>>
>>>  So, please do not Cc both groups when communicating. Some members are
>>>  on both lists and have posting rights on both but others don't, this may lead
>>>  to having fragmented pieces of emails when everyone is responding.
>>>
>>>  Hope this makes sense.
>>>
>>>  Thanks,
>>>  Arsene
>>>
>>>  2018-12-17 23:33 UTC+02:00, farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>:
>>>>  Thanks Arsene.
>>>>
>>>>  We need to decide on merging IGC and BestBits. The suggestion comes
>>>>  from the fact that we have not been active much during the past year.
>>>>  Also fragmented efforts are a strain on resources. Having multiple
>>>>  elections and multiple groups to coordinate (with really minimal
>>>>  differences) and then not be active at all for a year is not really
>>>  recommendable.
>>>>
>>>>  De told us that apparently there is some kind of consensus method if I
>>>>  am not mistaken. De, is there a documented approach?
>>>>
>>>>  I think the most important is to discuss why BestBits was created and
>>>>  whether the reasons still stand and how BestBits members feel about
>>>>  the merge. Maybe the ones with strong objections can be convinced,
>>>  maybe not.
>>>>  Lets have the conversation. If we do not see a strong objection
>>>>  (multiple organizations, individuals object and give reasons as to why
>>>>  BestBits should remain even if dormant), then we can decide on the
>>>>  merge. If there are strong objections, then we will not go with the merge.
>>>>
>>>>  From what I see from BestBits website, the following individuals are
>>>>  at the steering committee of BestBits:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    - Nighat Dad
>>>>    - Poncelet Ileleji
>>>>    - Renata Ribeiro
>>>>    - Dave Burstein
>>>>    - Imran Ahmed Shah [second term of election]
>>>>    - Antonella Perini [co-opted by committee]
>>>>
>>>>  Besbits CSCG Representatives
>>>>
>>>>    - Claudio Lucena Neto (2018-2019)
>>>>    - Sheetal Kumar (2017-2018)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Does this list still stand? Do  the steering committee members of
>>>>  BestBits and the reps on CSCG would like to weigh in?
>>>>
>>>>  I know Sheetal was on the call. Would be good to hear from others.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Farzaneh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 9:00 AM Arsène Tungali
>>>>  <governance at lists.riseup.net>
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  Hi everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>>  You have probably seen this already on a different thread but thought
>>>>>  it well to have this discussion solely on the IGC list (as I expect
>>>>>  Best Bits to do the same), that's why i started this thread hoping to
>>>>>  hear from you on this important question.
>>>>>
>>>>>  This need for merging was raised by some IGC members during a civil
>>>>>  society call that had mostly IGC and Best Bits participants; many of
>>>>>  whom are both IGC and Best Bits (BB) members. The call happened last
>>>>>  week and Farzaneh offered to share the link to the recording.
>>>>>
>>>>>  I will not go into much details about the rationale but would welcome
>>>>>  anyone to weigh in and share their reasoning on whether or not we
>>>>>  should merge both lists. We will need to also answer the question on
>>>>>  how (who is doing what?) will this happen? Is the IGC going to become
>>>>>  BB or the latter becoming IGC? Or are we working towards a different
>>>>>  group where members of both groups will all be added?
>>>>>
>>>>>  This brings back to my memory the whole hassle we had to migrate
>>>>>  (SAVE?) this list and allow us to have this discussion list (which
>>>>>  hasn't been quite active for a few months but where many feel safe to
>>>>>  share IG related updates). So i hope we discuss and take into account
>>>>>  the technical cost of the merging process (should it happen).
>>>>>
>>>>>  I am also not sure how we will gauge consensus about this question on
>>>>>  this list? Should we vote? How long do we take to decide? Should we
>>>>>  consult IGC 'founders' or former Co-coordinators separately and ask
>>>>>  them what they think?
>>>>>
>>>>>  During the call, Bruna and I offered to have a decision by
>>>>>  mid-January and we hope this is realistic given the holiday season.
>>>>>  We will then report to the group.
>>>>>
>>>>>  I just wanted to throw this all here and would REALLY appreciate a
>>>>>  discussion that will help us move forward and come to a conclusion.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Best regards,
>>>>>  Arsene
>>>>>  ---
>>>>>  To unsubscribe: <mailto:igc-unsubscribe at lists.riseup.net>
>>>>>  List help: <https://riseup.net/lists>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  --
>>>  ------------------------
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>>>  Executive Director, *Rudi international <http://www.rudiinternational.org>*,
>>>  CEO,* Smart Services Sarl <https://www.smart-kitoko.com/>*,
>>>  Tel: +243 993810967
>>>  GPG: 523644A0
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>>>
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>>>  washington.html>
>>>  (YALI) - ISOC Ambassador (IGF Brazil
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>>>  programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf-ambassadors-programme/Past-
>>>  Ambassadors>
>>>  & Mexico
>>>  <http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-
>>>  programmes/next-generation-leaders/Current-Ambassadors>)
>>>  - AFRISIG 2016 <http://afrisig.org/afrisig-2016/class-of-2016/> - Blogger
>>>  <http://tungali.blogspot.com> - ICANN's GNSO Council
>>>  <https://gnso.icann.org/en/about/gnso-council.htm> Member. AFRINIC
>>>  Fellow ( Mauritius
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From bestbits at lists.bestbits.net  Fri Dec 21 03:06:02 2018
From: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net (Imran Ahmed Shah (via bestbits Mailing List))
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 08:06:02 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [bestbits] Bestbits renewal
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 Dear Renata, 
If we can make the BestBits a proactive CS Network on Internet Governance and Internet Rights, I would like to contribute for the organization, either in SC Election or what other role is assigned. 

Thanks and Regards
Imran Ahmed Shah

    On Sunday, 2 December 2018, 03:30:35 GMT+5, Renata Aquino Ribeiro <raquino at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Dear all,

I have contacted Jeremy about Bestbits renewal.

Meanwhile, we have one member of the Steering Committe who will stand
for re-election, Poncelet Ileleji.

Should others wish to share these positions they are welcome to chime in.

Best,

Renata
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From yannis at registry.asia  Fri Dec 21 04:59:10 2018
From: yannis at registry.asia (Yannis Li)
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 17:59:10 +0800
Subject: [bestbits] APrIGF Fellowship Program 2019 - Apply Now!
References: <D413987B-CE54-4143-8DFF-CD5C47436B8E@aprigf.asia>
Message-ID: <F2CB046C-76D7-4361-87D4-44503A6C6BE4@registry.asia>

Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum
APrIGF Vladivostok 2019
16 Jul - 19 Jul 2019
Far Eastern University, Vladivostok, Russia
http://2019.aprigf.asia <http://2019.aprigf.asia/>

APrIGF Fellowship Program 2019 is opening for applications between 22 Dec 2018 00:00 UTC to 30 Jan 2019 24:00 UTC.

Hosted by the Coordination Center of TLD RU, APrIGF 2019 will take place at Far Eastern Federal University on Russky Island in Vladivostok in late July 2019. Since 2010, APrIGF serves as a platform for discussion exchange and collaboration at a regional level
and also where possible to aggregate national IGF discussions ultimately advance the Internet governance development in the Asia Pacific region.

The aim of an APrIGF Fellowship is to encourage active participation in the APrIGF Program among Asia-Pacific communities.  While the fellowship aims to offer financial assistance to both new and experienced participants as well as those who have or have not submitted workshop proposals, the number of selected fellows from among the large number of applications we expect to receive, will be limited to the funding that is available for our Fellowship program. The final selection decision by the Fellowship Committee will therefore be based according to a points system each member allocates to the set of evaluation criteria.

For more information about the eligibility and engagement requirement, please visit:
https://www.aprigf.asia/news/2019/aprigf-vladivostok-2019-fellowship-application.html <https://www.aprigf.asia/news/2019/aprigf-vladivostok-2019-fellowship-application.html>

Stay tuned for the open call for workshop early next year!

Best Regards,
Secretariat of APrIGF
http://www.aprigf.asia <http://aprigf.asia/>








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From jeremy at malcolm.id.au  Fri Dec 21 22:24:47 2018
From: jeremy at malcolm.id.au (Jeremy Malcolm)
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 11:24:47 +0800
Subject: [bestbits] IGF 2019 Call for issues
Message-ID: <7254dd34-f59d-fb32-10bc-65fa443f651a@malcolm.id.au>

Dear All,

 

The IGF Secretariat has now published the IGF2019 call for issues at :
https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2019-call-for-issues,
the deadline is *24 January 2019.*

* *

This call asks IGF stakeholders across the world to indicate what
Internet Governance issues are of high interest or importance to them.
These will act as an input to the MAG's first face to face meeting in
January and help inform the topics of the IGF 2019 programme.

 

-- 
Jeremy Malcolm PhD LLB (Hons) B Com
Internet lawyer, ICT policy advocate, geek
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From mike.oghia at gmail.com  Thu Dec  6 02:34:46 2018
From: mike.oghia at gmail.com (Michael J. Oghia)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2018 08:34:46 +0100
Subject: [bestbits] [governance] Civil Society Coordination Meeting -
 thinking 2019 ahead.
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 <CAK78muQx1s=YkH28DXyBG7DtkLe58ob3gvWRnib0Ocv=eDqQYQ@mail.gmail.com>
 <CADAEEV0Kj2P-d55Rz9dwaHGgCTPuH7bzy=Vtb7i1pstR9Qih0A@mail.gmail.com> <D3280B96-96BE-47B6-83DD-DF2BD5306220@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAMCMt7ohx93vY0pe7qq=or36NAU_LmZtDAAovaduvFb7CWZ_bw@mail.gmail.com>

Hi everyone,

I can see if we can use our Zoom account. @Bruna – will you create an
agenda, or should we do it collaboratively?

Best,
-Michael



On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 6:56 AM Arsène Tungali <governance at lists.riseup.net>
wrote:

> Hi Bruna, all
>
> Thanks for starting this thread and thanks everyone for their
> contributions so far. My apologies as I can only join the discussion now.
>
> It is great that we have a scheduled meeting and i really look forward to
> it. I would encourage us all to contribute to the agenda setting and plan
> on joining the call. Unfortunately, I could not join you all in Paris and
> missed all different CS gatherings.
>
> I would like to suggest an agenda item for the upcoming meeting : “Mapping
> of different existing initiatives and list civil society appointed
> representatives there. How can we better support them?”
>
> The idea here is for us to start a google doc (before the meeting) where
> we list various initiatives/mechanisms such as the HLPDC, IGF MAG, etc and
> identify appointed CS representatives and then discuss how we can best
> support them, amplifying their voice and ensuring they receive and channel
> our contributions/inputs.
>
> During the meeting on Dec 13, we can make sure we invite them to join the
> call and encourage at least one of them to share on the latest developments
> in their group and suggest ways the broader CS groups can support them.
>
> I am happy to facilitate this item on the agenda if given the opportunity
> to do so and should we decide to have it on the meeting agenda.
>
> Regards,
> Arsene
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 05 Dec 2018, at 17:27, Bruna Martins dos Santos (via governance Mailing
> List) <governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> Thanks to all who answered to the poll and thread. I have just closed the
> poll and t*he selected date for the meeting is Dec 13th, at 16h00 UTC*.
>
> Please feel free to suggest agenda items and If anyone would like to help
> facilitating the meeting, just let me know!
>
> best,
> Bruna
>
> Em qua, 5 de dez de 2018 às 12:58, Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org>
> escreveu:
>
>> I've also filled out the doodle, thanks Bruna!
>>
>> On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 15:17, Carolina Rossini <
>> carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you, Bruna! Filled. :-)
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 9:24 AM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
>>> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> Some of us discussed in both the Best Bits and IGC list the need for a
>>>> Civil Society coordination meeting in light of the few opportunities we had
>>>> to meet while in Paris.
>>>>
>>>> I believe the idea for this meeting would be for us to discuss Civil
>>>> Society participation and steps forward, as well as identifying a CS
>>>> Calendar for 2019 and possible areas of collective advocacy. (and a
>>>> possible meeting previous to RightsCon, next june)
>>>>
>>>> For that I have set up this doodle
>>>> <https://doodle.com/poll/23z58b8qz4mnn3gm> - with suggested time slots
>>>> on the 6 and 7 or the 13th and 14th of december.  Please feel free to
>>>> suggest agenda items and also to answer the thread with the date and time
>>>> of your preference - *and also to share it widely*.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> --
>>>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>>>
>>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>>> @boomartins
>>>> ____________________________________________________________
>>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>>>>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
>>>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
>>>>      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> *Carolina Rossini *
>>> + 1 (617) 697 9389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini
>>> PGP ID:  0xEC81015C
>>> ____________________________________________________________
>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>>>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
>>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
>>>      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> *Sheetal Kumar*
>> Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
>> Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
>> T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258| M: +44 (0)7739569514  |
>> PGP ID: E592EFBBEAB1CF31  | PGP Fingerprint: F5D5 114D 173B E9E2 0603
>> DD7F E592 EFBB EAB1 CF31|
>>
>>
>
> --
> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>
> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
> @boomartins
>
> ---
> To unsubscribe: <mailto:igc-unsubscribe at lists.riseup.net
> <igc-unsubscribe at lists.riseup.net>>
> List help: <https://riseup.net/lists>
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From sheetal at gp-digital.org  Thu Dec  6 15:00:09 2018
From: sheetal at gp-digital.org (Sheetal Kumar)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2018 20:00:09 +0000
Subject: [bestbits] [governance] Civil Society Coordination Meeting -
 thinking 2019 ahead.
In-Reply-To: <CAMCMt7ohx93vY0pe7qq=or36NAU_LmZtDAAovaduvFb7CWZ_bw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADAEEV0bD_uBkDRCCy9n3BoHOnWnHwohiuCdfjNE5ubaVSagrw@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAK-FJAeJBRoAU++POcwgm4TwGtFvYDVh2cXb3VgwNDp6hq2E2w@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAK78muQx1s=YkH28DXyBG7DtkLe58ob3gvWRnib0Ocv=eDqQYQ@mail.gmail.com>
 <CADAEEV0Kj2P-d55Rz9dwaHGgCTPuH7bzy=Vtb7i1pstR9Qih0A@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <CAK78muT5fHJyBWQnRxUDVAXDi-6m-6X97PFGCA4b6JuFv2iWmw@mail.gmail.com>

Hi everyone,

I'd like to add 'Bestbits Steering Committee - elections..To have or not to
have' on the agenda.

Best
Sheetal.

On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 07:35, Michael J. Oghia <mike.oghia at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I can see if we can use our Zoom account. @Bruna – will you create an
> agenda, or should we do it collaboratively?
>
> Best,
> -Michael
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 6:56 AM Arsène Tungali <governance at lists.riseup.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Bruna, all
>>
>> Thanks for starting this thread and thanks everyone for their
>> contributions so far. My apologies as I can only join the discussion now.
>>
>> It is great that we have a scheduled meeting and i really look forward to
>> it. I would encourage us all to contribute to the agenda setting and plan
>> on joining the call. Unfortunately, I could not join you all in Paris and
>> missed all different CS gatherings.
>>
>> I would like to suggest an agenda item for the upcoming meeting :
>> “Mapping of different existing initiatives and list civil society appointed
>> representatives there. How can we better support them?”
>>
>> The idea here is for us to start a google doc (before the meeting) where
>> we list various initiatives/mechanisms such as the HLPDC, IGF MAG, etc and
>> identify appointed CS representatives and then discuss how we can best
>> support them, amplifying their voice and ensuring they receive and channel
>> our contributions/inputs.
>>
>> During the meeting on Dec 13, we can make sure we invite them to join the
>> call and encourage at least one of them to share on the latest developments
>> in their group and suggest ways the broader CS groups can support them.
>>
>> I am happy to facilitate this item on the agenda if given the opportunity
>> to do so and should we decide to have it on the meeting agenda.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Arsene
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 05 Dec 2018, at 17:27, Bruna Martins dos Santos (via governance
>> Mailing List) <governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Thanks to all who answered to the poll and thread. I have just closed the
>> poll and t*he selected date for the meeting is Dec 13th, at 16h00 UTC*.
>>
>> Please feel free to suggest agenda items and If anyone would like to help
>> facilitating the meeting, just let me know!
>>
>> best,
>> Bruna
>>
>> Em qua, 5 de dez de 2018 às 12:58, Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org>
>> escreveu:
>>
>>> I've also filled out the doodle, thanks Bruna!
>>>
>>> On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 15:17, Carolina Rossini <
>>> carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thank you, Bruna! Filled. :-)
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 9:24 AM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
>>>> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Some of us discussed in both the Best Bits and IGC list the need for a
>>>>> Civil Society coordination meeting in light of the few opportunities we had
>>>>> to meet while in Paris.
>>>>>
>>>>> I believe the idea for this meeting would be for us to discuss Civil
>>>>> Society participation and steps forward, as well as identifying a CS
>>>>> Calendar for 2019 and possible areas of collective advocacy. (and a
>>>>> possible meeting previous to RightsCon, next june)
>>>>>
>>>>> For that I have set up this doodle
>>>>> <https://doodle.com/poll/23z58b8qz4mnn3gm> - with suggested time
>>>>> slots on the 6 and 7 or the 13th and 14th of december.  Please feel free to
>>>>> suggest agenda items and also to answer the thread with the date and time
>>>>> of your preference - *and also to share it widely*.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> --
>>>>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>>>>
>>>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>>>> @boomartins
>>>>> ____________________________________________________________
>>>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>>>>>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
>>>>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
>>>>>      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> *Carolina Rossini *
>>>> + 1 (617) 697 9389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini
>>>> PGP ID:  0xEC81015C
>>>> ____________________________________________________________
>>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>>>>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
>>>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
>>>>      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>> *Sheetal Kumar*
>>> Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
>>> Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
>>> T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258| M: +44 (0)7739569514  |
>>> PGP ID: E592EFBBEAB1CF31  | PGP Fingerprint: F5D5 114D 173B E9E2 0603
>>> DD7F E592 EFBB EAB1 CF31|
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>
>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>> @boomartins
>>
>> ---
>> To unsubscribe: <mailto:igc-unsubscribe at lists.riseup.net
>> <igc-unsubscribe at lists.riseup.net>>
>> List help: <https://riseup.net/lists>
>>
>> ---
>> To unsubscribe: <mailto:igc-unsubscribe at lists.riseup.net>
>> List help: <https://riseup.net/lists>
>>
>

-- 


*Sheetal Kumar*
Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258| M: +44 (0)7739569514  |
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From farzaneh.badii at gmail.com  Thu Dec  6 15:23:46 2018
From: farzaneh.badii at gmail.com (farzaneh badii)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2018 15:23:46 -0500
Subject: [bestbits] [governance] Civil Society Coordination Meeting -
 thinking 2019 ahead.
In-Reply-To: <CAK78muT5fHJyBWQnRxUDVAXDi-6m-6X97PFGCA4b6JuFv2iWmw@mail.gmail.com>
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 <CAK78muQx1s=YkH28DXyBG7DtkLe58ob3gvWRnib0Ocv=eDqQYQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <CAN1qJvDiS2z9LjeFGh9S=WGLouGNcdvi=9C0k_GAV1Xbwzp0tg@mail.gmail.com>

Would Google Hang out work for everyone? If not I can provide the virtual
room but it might not be available for some participants around the world.

I suggest the following agenda:

1. What are the most important Internet governance issues that civil
society should address throughout 2019.
2. What is the best way to address them? [issuing joint statements, issuing
public comments, holding sessions etc, working with other stakeholders)
3. How to best advise Civil Soc MAG representatives on their functions and
hold them accountable?
4. Merging BestBits and IGC?
5. Funding to support the coordination effort of the civil society network.



Farzaneh


On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 3:00 PM Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I'd like to add 'Bestbits Steering Committee - elections..To have or not
> to have' on the agenda.
>
> Best
> Sheetal.
>
> On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 07:35, Michael J. Oghia <mike.oghia at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I can see if we can use our Zoom account. @Bruna – will you create an
>> agenda, or should we do it collaboratively?
>>
>> Best,
>> -Michael
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 6:56 AM Arsène Tungali <
>> governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Bruna, all
>>>
>>> Thanks for starting this thread and thanks everyone for their
>>> contributions so far. My apologies as I can only join the discussion now.
>>>
>>> It is great that we have a scheduled meeting and i really look forward
>>> to it. I would encourage us all to contribute to the agenda setting and
>>> plan on joining the call. Unfortunately, I could not join you all in Paris
>>> and missed all different CS gatherings.
>>>
>>> I would like to suggest an agenda item for the upcoming meeting :
>>> “Mapping of different existing initiatives and list civil society appointed
>>> representatives there. How can we better support them?”
>>>
>>> The idea here is for us to start a google doc (before the meeting) where
>>> we list various initiatives/mechanisms such as the HLPDC, IGF MAG, etc and
>>> identify appointed CS representatives and then discuss how we can best
>>> support them, amplifying their voice and ensuring they receive and channel
>>> our contributions/inputs.
>>>
>>> During the meeting on Dec 13, we can make sure we invite them to join
>>> the call and encourage at least one of them to share on the latest
>>> developments in their group and suggest ways the broader CS groups can
>>> support them.
>>>
>>> I am happy to facilitate this item on the agenda if given the
>>> opportunity to do so and should we decide to have it on the meeting agenda.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Arsene
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On 05 Dec 2018, at 17:27, Bruna Martins dos Santos (via governance
>>> Mailing List) <governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> Thanks to all who answered to the poll and thread. I have just closed
>>> the poll and t*he selected date for the meeting is Dec 13th, at 16h00
>>> UTC*.
>>>
>>> Please feel free to suggest agenda items and If anyone would like to
>>> help facilitating the meeting, just let me know!
>>>
>>> best,
>>> Bruna
>>>
>>> Em qua, 5 de dez de 2018 às 12:58, Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org>
>>> escreveu:
>>>
>>>> I've also filled out the doodle, thanks Bruna!
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 15:17, Carolina Rossini <
>>>> carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thank you, Bruna! Filled. :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 9:24 AM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
>>>>> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Some of us discussed in both the Best Bits and IGC list the need for
>>>>>> a Civil Society coordination meeting in light of the few opportunities we
>>>>>> had to meet while in Paris.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I believe the idea for this meeting would be for us to discuss Civil
>>>>>> Society participation and steps forward, as well as identifying a CS
>>>>>> Calendar for 2019 and possible areas of collective advocacy. (and a
>>>>>> possible meeting previous to RightsCon, next june)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For that I have set up this doodle
>>>>>> <https://doodle.com/poll/23z58b8qz4mnn3gm> - with suggested time
>>>>>> slots on the 6 and 7 or the 13th and 14th of december.  Please feel free to
>>>>>> suggest agenda items and also to answer the thread with the date and time
>>>>>> of your preference - *and also to share it widely*.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>>>>> @boomartins
>>>>>> ____________________________________________________________
>>>>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>>>>>>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
>>>>>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
>>>>>>      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> *Carolina Rossini *
>>>>> + 1 (617) 697 9389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini
>>>>> PGP ID:  0xEC81015C
>>>>> ____________________________________________________________
>>>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>>>>>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
>>>>> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
>>>>>      http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Sheetal Kumar*
>>>> Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
>>>> Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
>>>> T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258| M: +44 (0)7739569514  |
>>>> PGP ID: E592EFBBEAB1CF31  | PGP Fingerprint: F5D5 114D 173B E9E2 0603
>>>> DD7F E592 EFBB EAB1 CF31|
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>>
>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>> @boomartins
>>>
>>> ---
>>> To unsubscribe: <mailto:igc-unsubscribe at lists.riseup.net
>>> <igc-unsubscribe at lists.riseup.net>>
>>> List help: <https://riseup.net/lists>
>>>
>>> ---
>>> To unsubscribe: <mailto:igc-unsubscribe at lists.riseup.net>
>>> List help: <https://riseup.net/lists>
>>>
>>
>
> --
>
>
> *Sheetal Kumar*
> Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
> Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
> T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258| M: +44 (0)7739569514  |
> PGP ID: E592EFBBEAB1CF31  | PGP Fingerprint: F5D5 114D 173B E9E2 0603
> DD7F E592 EFBB EAB1 CF31|
>
> ____________________________________________________________
> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>      bestbits at lists.bestbits.net.
> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:
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From ba2482 at columbia.edu  Thu Dec  6 16:02:42 2018
From: ba2482 at columbia.edu (Bakhtiyor Avezdjanov)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2018 21:02:42 +0000
Subject: [bestbits] [governance] Civil Society Coordination Meeting -
 thinking 2019 ahead.
In-Reply-To: <CAN1qJvDiS2z9LjeFGh9S=WGLouGNcdvi=9C0k_GAV1Xbwzp0tg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADAEEV0bD_uBkDRCCy9n3BoHOnWnHwohiuCdfjNE5ubaVSagrw@mail.gmail.com>
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 <CAK78muQx1s=YkH28DXyBG7DtkLe58ob3gvWRnib0Ocv=eDqQYQ@mail.gmail.com>
 <CADAEEV0Kj2P-d55Rz9dwaHGgCTPuH7bzy=Vtb7i1pstR9Qih0A@mail.gmail.com>
 <D3280B96-96BE-47B6-83DD-DF2BD5306220@gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <fb1e4b8b3c5249be90a842bc90267632@adcu.columbia.edu>

Dear All,

We at Columbia Global Freedom of Expression have access to the University’s conferencing system with a private Zoom account. I am happy to facilitate this meeting, as long as we can hold it at or after 10:15 AM EST.

Our Zoom account is accessible via internet, or phone (US and Intl).

Let me know and I can share the details.


Bach Avezdjanov
Program Officer, Columbia Global Freedom of Expression
Email: ba2482 at columbia.edu<mailto:ba2482 at columbia.edu>
Phone: 212 854 1591
Twitter: @ColumbiaGFOE<https://twitter.com/ColumbiaGFOE>
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From: bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net [mailto:bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net] On Behalf Of farzaneh badii
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2018 3:24 PM
To: Sheetal Kumar
Cc: Michael Oghia; Arsène Tungali; Bruna Santos; Carolina Rossini; bestbits at lists.bestbits.net&gt &lt; governance
Subject: Re: [bestbits] [governance] Civil Society Coordination Meeting - thinking 2019 ahead.

Would Google Hang out work for everyone? If not I can provide the virtual room but it might not be available for some participants around the world.

I suggest the following agenda:

1. What are the most important Internet governance issues that civil society should address throughout 2019.
2. What is the best way to address them? [issuing joint statements, issuing public comments, holding sessions etc, working with other stakeholders)
3. How to best advise Civil Soc MAG representatives on their functions and hold them accountable?
4. Merging BestBits and IGC?
5. Funding to support the coordination effort of the civil society network.



Farzaneh


On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 3:00 PM Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org<mailto:sheetal at gp-digital.org>> wrote:
Hi everyone,

I'd like to add 'Bestbits Steering Committee - elections..To have or not to have' on the agenda.

Best
Sheetal.

On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 07:35, Michael J. Oghia <mike.oghia at gmail.com<mailto:mike.oghia at gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi everyone,

I can see if we can use our Zoom account. @Bruna – will you create an agenda, or should we do it collaboratively?

Best,
-Michael



On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 6:56 AM Arsène Tungali <governance at lists.riseup.net<mailto:governance at lists.riseup.net>> wrote:
Hi Bruna, all

Thanks for starting this thread and thanks everyone for their contributions so far. My apologies as I can only join the discussion now.

It is great that we have a scheduled meeting and i really look forward to it. I would encourage us all to contribute to the agenda setting and plan on joining the call. Unfortunately, I could not join you all in Paris and missed all different CS gatherings.

I would like to suggest an agenda item for the upcoming meeting : “Mapping of different existing initiatives and list civil society appointed representatives there. How can we better support them?”

The idea here is for us to start a google doc (before the meeting) where we list various initiatives/mechanisms such as the HLPDC, IGF MAG, etc and identify appointed CS representatives and then discuss how we can best support them, amplifying their voice and ensuring they receive and channel our contributions/inputs.

During the meeting on Dec 13, we can make sure we invite them to join the call and encourage at least one of them to share on the latest developments in their group and suggest ways the broader CS groups can support them.

I am happy to facilitate this item on the agenda if given the opportunity to do so and should we decide to have it on the meeting agenda.

Regards,
Arsene
Sent from my iPhone

On 05 Dec 2018, at 17:27, Bruna Martins dos Santos (via governance Mailing List) <governance at lists.riseup.net<mailto:governance at lists.riseup.net>> wrote:
Dear all,

Thanks to all who answered to the poll and thread. I have just closed the poll and the selected date for the meeting is Dec 13th, at 16h00 UTC.

Please feel free to suggest agenda items and If anyone would like to help facilitating the meeting, just let me know!

best,
Bruna

Em qua, 5 de dez de 2018 às 12:58, Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org<mailto:sheetal at gp-digital.org>> escreveu:
I've also filled out the doodle, thanks Bruna!

On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 15:17, Carolina Rossini <carolina.rossini at gmail.com<mailto:carolina.rossini at gmail.com>> wrote:
Thank you, Bruna! Filled. :-)

On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 9:24 AM Bruna Martins dos Santos <bruna.mrtns at gmail.com<mailto:bruna.mrtns at gmail.com>> wrote:
Dear all,

Some of us discussed in both the Best Bits and IGC list the need for a Civil Society coordination meeting in light of the few opportunities we had to meet while in Paris.

I believe the idea for this meeting would be for us to discuss Civil Society participation and steps forward, as well as identifying a CS Calendar for 2019 and possible areas of collective advocacy. (and a possible meeting previous to RightsCon, next june)

For that I have set up this doodle<https://doodle.com/poll/23z58b8qz4mnn3gm> - with suggested time slots on the 6 and 7 or the 13th and 14th of december.  Please feel free to suggest agenda items and also to answer the thread with the date and time of your preference - and also to share it widely.

Best,
--
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From bruna.mrtns at gmail.com  Thu Dec  6 16:05:22 2018
From: bruna.mrtns at gmail.com (Bruna Martins dos Santos)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2018 19:05:22 -0200
Subject: [bestbits] [governance] Civil Society Coordination Meeting -
 thinking 2019 ahead.
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In terms of agenda, I guess we could add a little briefing on the past
events such as the FOC, IGF and PP-18. What do you think ?

Best,
Bruna

Em qui, 6 de dez de 2018 19:02, Bakhtiyor Avezdjanov <ba2482 at columbia.edu
escreveu:

> Dear All,
>
>
>
> We at Columbia Global Freedom of Expression have access to the
> University’s conferencing system with a private Zoom account. I am happy to
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> *From:* bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net [mailto:
> bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net] *On Behalf Of *farzaneh badii
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 06, 2018 3:24 PM
> *To:* Sheetal Kumar
> *Cc:* Michael Oghia; Arsène Tungali; Bruna Santos; Carolina Rossini;
> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net&gt &lt; governance
> *Subject:* Re: [bestbits] [governance] Civil Society Coordination Meeting
> - thinking 2019 ahead.
>
>
>
> Would Google Hang out work for everyone? If not I can provide the virtual
> room but it might not be available for some participants around the world.
>
>
>
> I suggest the following agenda:
>
>
>
> 1. What are the most important Internet governance issues that civil
> society should address throughout 2019.
>
> 2. What is the best way to address them? [issuing joint statements,
> issuing public comments, holding sessions etc, working with other
> stakeholders)
>
> 3. How to best advise Civil Soc MAG representatives on their functions and
> hold them accountable?
>
> 4. Merging BestBits and IGC?
>
> 5. Funding to support the coordination effort of the civil society
> network.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Farzaneh
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 3:00 PM Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org>
> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> I'd like to add 'Bestbits Steering Committee - elections..To have or not
> to have' on the agenda.
>
>
>
> Best
>
> Sheetal.
>
>
>
> On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 07:35, Michael J. Oghia <mike.oghia at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> I can see if we can use our Zoom account. @Bruna – will you create an
> agenda, or should we do it collaboratively?
>
>
> Best,
> -Michael
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 6:56 AM Arsène Tungali <governance at lists.riseup.net>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Bruna, all
>
>
>
> Thanks for starting this thread and thanks everyone for their
> contributions so far. My apologies as I can only join the discussion now.
>
>
>
> It is great that we have a scheduled meeting and i really look forward to
> it. I would encourage us all to contribute to the agenda setting and plan
> on joining the call. Unfortunately, I could not join you all in Paris and
> missed all different CS gatherings.
>
>
>
> I would like to suggest an agenda item for the upcoming meeting : “Mapping
> of different existing initiatives and list civil society appointed
> representatives there. How can we better support them?”
>
>
>
> The idea here is for us to start a google doc (before the meeting) where
> we list various initiatives/mechanisms such as the HLPDC, IGF MAG, etc and
> identify appointed CS representatives and then discuss how we can best
> support them, amplifying their voice and ensuring they receive and channel
> our contributions/inputs.
>
>
>
> During the meeting on Dec 13, we can make sure we invite them to join the
> call and encourage at least one of them to share on the latest developments
> in their group and suggest ways the broader CS groups can support them.
>
>
>
> I am happy to facilitate this item on the agenda if given the opportunity
> to do so and should we decide to have it on the meeting agenda.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Arsene
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On 05 Dec 2018, at 17:27, Bruna Martins dos Santos (via governance Mailing
> List) <governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
>
>
> Thanks to all who answered to the poll and thread. I have just closed the
> poll and t*he selected date for the meeting is Dec 13th, at 16h00 UTC*.
>
> Please feel free to suggest agenda items and If anyone would like to help
> facilitating the meeting, just let me know!
>
>
>
> best,
> Bruna
>
>
>
> Em qua, 5 de dez de 2018 às 12:58, Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org>
> escreveu:
>
> I've also filled out the doodle, thanks Bruna!
>
>
>
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 15:17, Carolina Rossini <carolina.rossini at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Thank you, Bruna! Filled. :-)
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 9:24 AM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
>
>
> Some of us discussed in both the Best Bits and IGC list the need for a
> Civil Society coordination meeting in light of the few opportunities we had
> to meet while in Paris.
>
>
>
> I believe the idea for this meeting would be for us to discuss Civil
> Society participation and steps forward, as well as identifying a CS
> Calendar for 2019 and possible areas of collective advocacy. (and a
> possible meeting previous to RightsCon, next june)
>
>
>
> For that I have set up this doodle
> <https://doodle.com/poll/23z58b8qz4mnn3gm> - with suggested time slots on
> the 6 and 7 or the 13th and 14th of december.  Please feel free to suggest
> agenda items and also to answer the thread with the date and time of your
> preference - *and also to share it widely*.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> --
>
> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>
>
>
> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>
> @boomartins
>
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