[governance] [bestbits] Civil Society Coordination Meeting - thinking 2019 ahead.

Fri Dec 7 03:23:18 EST 2018

I agree with Farnaneh's suggestion. We can include highlights of 2018 as
Bruna mention in her mail.

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On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 8:24 PM farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Would Google Hang out work for everyone? If not I can provide the virtual
> room but it might not be available for some participants around the world.
>
> I suggest the following agenda:
>
> 1. What are the most important Internet governance issues that civil
> society should address throughout 2019.
> 2. What is the best way to address them? [issuing joint statements,
> issuing public comments, holding sessions etc, working with other
> stakeholders)
> 3. How to best advise Civil Soc MAG representatives on their functions and
> hold them accountable?
> 4. Merging BestBits and IGC?
> 5. Funding to support the coordination effort of the civil society
> network.
>
>
>
> Farzaneh
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 3:00 PM Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I'd like to add 'Bestbits Steering Committee - elections..To have or not
>> to have' on the agenda.
>>
>> Best
>> Sheetal.
>>
>> On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 07:35, Michael J. Oghia <mike.oghia at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I can see if we can use our Zoom account. @Bruna – will you create an
>>> agenda, or should we do it collaboratively?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> -Michael
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 6:56 AM Arsène Tungali <
>>> governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Bruna, all
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for starting this thread and thanks everyone for their
>>>> contributions so far. My apologies as I can only join the discussion now.
>>>>
>>>> It is great that we have a scheduled meeting and i really look forward
>>>> to it. I would encourage us all to contribute to the agenda setting and
>>>> plan on joining the call. Unfortunately, I could not join you all in Paris
>>>> and missed all different CS gatherings.
>>>>
>>>> I would like to suggest an agenda item for the upcoming meeting :
>>>> “Mapping of different existing initiatives and list civil society appointed
>>>> representatives there. How can we better support them?”
>>>>
>>>> The idea here is for us to start a google doc (before the meeting)
>>>> where we list various initiatives/mechanisms such as the HLPDC, IGF MAG,
>>>> etc and identify appointed CS representatives and then discuss how we can
>>>> best support them, amplifying their voice and ensuring they receive and
>>>> channel our contributions/inputs.
>>>>
>>>> During the meeting on Dec 13, we can make sure we invite them to join
>>>> the call and encourage at least one of them to share on the latest
>>>> developments in their group and suggest ways the broader CS groups can
>>>> support them.
>>>>
>>>> I am happy to facilitate this item on the agenda if given the
>>>> opportunity to do so and should we decide to have it on the meeting agenda.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Arsene
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On 05 Dec 2018, at 17:27, Bruna Martins dos Santos (via governance
>>>> Mailing List) <governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks to all who answered to the poll and thread. I have just closed
>>>> the poll and t*he selected date for the meeting is Dec 13th, at 16h00
>>>> UTC*.
>>>>
>>>> Please feel free to suggest agenda items and If anyone would like to
>>>> help facilitating the meeting, just let me know!
>>>>
>>>> best,
>>>> Bruna
>>>>
>>>> Em qua, 5 de dez de 2018 às 12:58, Sheetal Kumar <
>>>> sheetal at gp-digital.org> escreveu:
>>>>
>>>>> I've also filled out the doodle, thanks Bruna!
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 15:17, Carolina Rossini <
>>>>> carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you, Bruna! Filled. :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 9:24 AM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
>>>>>> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Some of us discussed in both the Best Bits and IGC list the need for
>>>>>>> a Civil Society coordination meeting in light of the few opportunities we
>>>>>>> had to meet while in Paris.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I believe the idea for this meeting would be for us to discuss Civil
>>>>>>> Society participation and steps forward, as well as identifying a CS
>>>>>>> Calendar for 2019 and possible areas of collective advocacy. (and a
>>>>>>> possible meeting previous to RightsCon, next june)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For that I have set up this doodle
>>>>>>> <https://doodle.com/poll/23z58b8qz4mnn3gm> - with suggested time
>>>>>>> slots on the 6 and 7 or the 13th and 14th of december.  Please feel free to
>>>>>>> suggest agenda items and also to answer the thread with the date and time
>>>>>>> of your preference - *and also to share it widely*.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>>>>>> @boomartins
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