[bestbits] CS meeting at IGF Paris?

farzaneh badii farzaneh.badii at gmail.com
Fri Nov 9 15:16:09 EST 2018


Thanks Renata. Good idea
. Perhaps during lunch time? IGP has a booth too but booths look rather
small this time at igf

On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 2:10 PM Renata Aquino Ribeiro <raquino at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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