[bestbits] CS meeting at IGF Paris?

Sun Nov 11 21:57:53 EST 2018

Good points there.

I'd support a pre-event for RightsCon.

How i was myself unable to make it (I'm still on my way to Paris) i 
appreciate the effort on organizing the meeting.

Cheers
Jean

On November 9, 2018 16:01:01 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Farzaneh
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> 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,
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>> Great! I'll add you to the thread and then you can loop in colleagues who 
>> are available on the Sunday to attend.
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>> Looking forward to seeing you soon!
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>> Best
>> Sheetal.
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>> 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
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>> ARTICLE 19
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>>> On Oct 30, 2018, at 10:51 AM, Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org> wrote:
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>>> Hi Ginger
>>>
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>>>
>>> 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 (HLPDC) process.
>>>
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>>>
>>> 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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