[bestbits] CS meeting at IGF Paris?

Renata Aquino Ribeiro raquino at gmail.com
Fri Nov 9 14:04:41 EST 2018


Hi

We can try to get a bilateral meeting room but may be small

There is also the Digital Grassroots booth, a good meetup point

Em sex, 9 de nov de 2018 19:24, Carolina Rossini <carolina.rossini at gmail.com
escreveu:

> 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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