[governance] Best Bits - 3-4 November, Days Hotel, Baku, Azerbaijan

[Carlos A. Afonso]

Thx, Malcolm. I will try to arrive on time. Any suggestion of hotels 
less expensive than the outrageous IGF venue?

frt rgds

--c.a.

On 09/09/2012 08:38 AM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
> Following on from my earlier "save the date" message, I would like to
> confirm that "Best Bits", a strategic gathering of NGOs around Internet
> governance and Internet principles, will be taking place at the Days
> Hotel, Azerbaijan on 3-4 November 2012, and that Internet Governance
> Caucus members are warmly invited to participate.  There is a website
> (currently a pad, though that may change) for the event at
> http://igf-online.net/bestbits and a mailing list at
> http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/bestbits.
>
> The main motivation for this meeting was the recognition by a number of
> individuals and groups of the potential benefits of a "big tent"
> gathering that would bring together NGOs and experts from global North
> and South who are working on Internet policy advocacy from different
> perspectives, and who could benefit from broadening both their input and
> their outreach through an event like this.  Rather than detracting from
> the diversity of these approaches, the event will seek to share and
> build upon the "best bits" of each of them.
>
> But rather than "just" networking, tangible outputs are also expected
> from the event: firstly finalisation of the civil society statement of
> Internet governance principles that we announced our intention to draft
> at last year's IGF (coordinated by Wolfgang Kleinwächter), and a
> statement to the ITU WCIT on the revision of the ITRs (coordinated by
> Bill Drake).  We are also soliciting background briefing papers on the
> topics of discussion that Andrew Puddephatt will be compiling as a
> resource for those attending.
>
> Please visit http://igf-online.net/bestbits to read more about the
> agenda for the meeting, and the motivations behind it.  In lieu of a
> formal registration form, you can add your name to the pad if you will
> be coming.  At this stage no further requests for travel assistance are
> likely to be able to be considered, as a number of existing requests are
> still pending, so you are asked to cover your own travel expenses.
>   However you can benefit from our group rate at the hotel (contact me
> about this), and the IGF's visa on arrival procedure.
>
> Please feel free to share this announcement through your other networks.
>   Thanks, and we look forward to seeing many of you at Best Bits and the
> IGF.
>
> --
>
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