[bestbits] CS meeting at IGF Paris?

Fri Nov 9 13:24:18 EST 2018

Hey folks,

Happy to discuss having this on Day 0-1 or even 0 before *RightsCon, as
suggested by some of you below. *Many of you are already engaged in various
things that usually happen on Day 0 of RC, so I would be cautious here.

Should we set a meeting during IGF or a call after IGF to sync on that?
Would would like to join the initial brainstorming? This community would
also need to figure out funding.

And as many of you know, we have opened the call for proposals, with some
new formats there, too. I am amazed to see we received almost 50 in just a
couple of days! Wow! So much energy.

If you have seen it yet, check the call here.
https://www.rightscon.org/rightscon-tunis-call-for-proposals/

Hugs,

Carolina

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On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 5:05 PM Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org> wrote:

> Thanks for bringing this up Farzaneh, and for the insight. Exploring more
> opportunities for civil society coordination, including ahead of Rightscon,
> would be good!
>
> I just wanted to clarify that the meeting on Sunday which has been
> discussed on this thread is a half day evening event focused on identifying
> points of commonality for input into the UN Secretary General's High Level
> Panel on Digital Cooperation. As such, it won't be following the format
> traditionally followed for the 'Bestbits' or 'civil society coordination'
> meeting ahead of IGF.
>
> It's great that there's been so much interest in it! For those who can
> make it and have confirmed their attendance, we look forward to seeing you
> on Sunday.
>
> On Fri, 9 Nov 2018 at 15:57, Michael J. Oghia <mike.oghia at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> As do I
>>
>> Best,
>> -Michael
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 4:54 PM Collin Kurre <collin at article19.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for that insight, Farzaneh. I support exploring the idea of
>>> organizing a civil society pre-event ahead of RightsCon.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Collin
>>>
>>> --
>>> Collin Kurre
>>> ARTICLE 19
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 9, 2018, at 3:00 PM, farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Just wanted to tell you why we are not having an organized CS gathering
>>> this year so that you can prevent it from happening next year.
>>>
>>> We used to have a civil society day arranged before the IGF. It did not
>>> happen this time because Jeremy (the initiator and cornerstone of these
>>> events)decided not to participate in this year and I was not sure
>>> whether I would make it either. Also IGF being cut short didn't help.
>>> We need a better approach for civil society pre-events. Perhaps we can
>>> shift the civil society meeting to pre-events for RightsCon or similar events.
>>> They can be shorter and not a full day.
>>>
>>> Anyhow, I think we should not drop the ball like this year because some
>>> of us could not make it or thought they could not.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Farzaneh
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 9:54 AM Leena Romppainen <
>>> leena.romppainen at effi.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Sheetal
>>>>
>>>> A group from Electronic Frontier Finland will be around, but we are
>>>> flying in on Sunday so depending on time and place we might or might not
>>>> make it. Please send me the info and we'll see.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Leena
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 09/11/2018 14.20, Sheetal Kumar wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Collin,
>>>>
>>>> Great! I'll add you to the thread and then you can loop in colleagues
>>>> who are available on the Sunday to attend.
>>>>
>>>> Looking forward to seeing you soon!
>>>>
>>>> Best
>>>> Sheetal.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 9 Nov 2018 at 12:16, Collin Kurre <collin at article19.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Seetal,
>>>>>
>>>>> Chiming in to say that there will be quite a few folks from ARTICLE 19
>>>>> present in Paris, and we would definitely be interested in contributing to
>>>>> a civil society coordination meeting on Sunday.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for organizing,
>>>>> Collin
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Collin Kurre
>>>>> ARTICLE 19
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 30, 2018, at 10:51 AM, Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Ginger
>>>>>
>>>>> As far as I know, there isn't a joint civil society/'Bestbits' meeting
>>>>> this year. However, a few of us are gathering on the Sunday afternoon (time
>>>>> & location TBC) to discuss inputs into the High Level Panel on
>>>>> Digital Cooperation <http://www.un.org/en/digital-cooperation-panel/>(HLPDC)
>>>>> process.
>>>>>
>>>>> I had floated focusing the meeting on the HLPDC with the groups that
>>>>> organise the civil society coordination meeting a while back and those
>>>>> interested and following the panel are getting together informally to
>>>>> discuss our inputs into the consultation.
>>>>>
>>>>> If that's of interest to anyone please let me know as soon as you can
>>>>> as I'll confirm the room sometime this week.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best
>>>>> Sheetal.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 at 19:06, Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello all...
>>>>>> Are there plans for a BB or CS meeting at the IGF in Paris? I know
>>>>>> it's difficult with no day zero and a compressed schedule, but I'm hoping
>>>>>> we get together. I haven't seen anything, so please repeat the info if I
>>>>>> missed it. Hoping to see many of you there!
>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>> Ginger
>>>>>>
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