[governance] Reviving IGC: Merging Bestbits in, IGF Day zero event and other subjects

Wed Jul 17 06:29:48 EDT 2019

Thanks for sharing that, Ian.

I really don't see a point of having elections now in the middle of an
important process that we all look forward to. I think we should aim
at concluding this by the end of the year, at the latest so that
January 2020, we have everything in place? IGF is in November, we
should be sufficiently advanced by then because that's the only big
physical gathering for most of us here for the year and then comes
holidays in December. All major discussions (and decisions?) should be
taken by Berlin?

If the list is happy, I am stepping down (i know I should have done
this long time ago but if you have been following, I have only been
doing my best to help out here) and will no longer take an official
position here. I remain a member and will leave it to Bruna who is
still a legitimate Co-coordinator, I believe, and Sheetal who has been
leading this process (merger, etc). Can we trust at least the two
individuals to lead us to a new IGC in the next few months?

This said, from now on, I will be acting as a member so please
consider my emails not as a Co-coordinator but a member.

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Arsene

2019-07-17 12:18 UTC+02:00, ian.peter at ianpeter.com <ian.peter at ianpeter.com>:
> Thanks for that update Arsene.
>
> If you are adopting a new charter as well as everything else you
> mention, it looks to me like a long drawn out process which will go well
> into 2020. That may well be the best path forward, but I think in the
> circumstances it would be appropriate for this list to endorse a
> leadership group who will guide this process forward. I would like to
> feel that a step has been taken to ensure the list is happy with the
> directions being discussed and agreeable to a leadership group taking it
> forward.
>
> That would add a lot of credibiity IMHO.
>
> I won't be joining the call, but I think it is very important that it
> reports back to here, as Parminder and others have mentioned, and that
> steps forward are discussed here on list and endorsed.
>
> Ian Peter
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Arsène Tungali" <governance at lists.riseup.net>
> To: "Sheetal Kumar" <sheetal at gp-digital.org>
> Cc: "ian.peter at ianpeter.com" <ian.peter at ianpeter.com>; "Salanieta T.
> Tamanikaiwaimaro" <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com>; "Parminder"
> <parminder at itforchange.net>; "governance" <governance at lists.riseup.net>
> Sent: 17/07/2019 7:55:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [governance] Reviving IGC: Merging Bestbits in, IGF Day
> zero event and other subjects
>
>>Good point, Sheetal and I agree with you.
>>
>>I had briefly discussed the election issue with Bruna during the last
>>ICANN meeting and we agreed that the best time to conduct co-co
>>elections is right after the merger step is completed, the new charter
>>has been adopted and we have a unified list. I am sure Bruna was
>>planning to report this to the list at some point, but here you are.
>>
>>I would suggest we all plan to attend the call and agree on next steps.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Arsene
>>
>>2019-07-17 11:44 UTC+02:00, Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org>:
>>>  Dear all,
>>>
>>>  While the closure of Bestbits is an internal matter for Bestbits, we
>>> have
>>>  agreed for it to be closed and so I'd say any IGC conversations need to
>>>  take that into account. We're at that point where the closure has been
>>>  agreed but there are still people on Bestbits who are not on IGC but
>>> likely
>>>  will sign up to be part of the discussions soon.
>>>
>>>  As such, shouldn't we wait for those from Bestbits who want to join to
>>> join
>>>  and we can then get the IGC coordinator elections going? The call to
>>> agree
>>>  next steps and make sure everyone is on the same page is going to be
>>> w/c
>>>  August 5.
>>>
>>>  Best
>>>  Sheetal
>>>
>>>  On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 at 06:29, ian.peter at ianpeter.com
>>>  <ian.peter at ianpeter.com>
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Bruna,
>>>>
>>>>  On a more substantive matter -
>>>>
>>>>  Can you also advise us on how progress is going as regards getting the
>>>>  IGC
>>>>  Coordinator elections (which were due last January) underway? On June
>>>> 26
>>>>  you advised the list that you. would be talking to Arsene and would
>>>> get
>>>>  back to the list ASAP.  Do you have an update?
>>>>
>>>>  Ian Peter
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  ------ Original Message ------
>>>>  From: "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro" <governance at lists.riseup.net>
>>>>  To: "Parminder" <parminder at itforchange.net>
>>>>  Cc: "governance" <governance at lists.riseup.net>
>>>>  Sent: 17/07/2019 2:14:13 PM
>>>>  Subject: Re: [governance] Reviving IGC: Merging Bestbits in, IGF Day
>>>> zero
>>>>  event and other subjects
>>>>
>>>>  Agree with Parminder.
>>>>
>>>>  On Wed, 17 Jul 2019, 5:11 am parminder, <parminder at itforchange.net>
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  HI Bruna/ All
>>>>>
>>>>>  Good morning to all!
>>>>>
>>>>>  Bestbits' merging into the IGC is their internal matter.
>>>>>
>>>>>  As for a day zero event at the IGF for the IGC, when do you plan
>>>>> it...
>>>>>  Just Net Coalition has an event post lunch on day zero, and please
>>>>>  ensure
>>>>>  that these do not clash. Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>>  While as a secondary or adjunct method call based discussions can be
>>>>>  done
>>>>>  among however wishes to do so, the charter clearly says that the main
>>>>>  and
>>>>>  authoritative space of IGC's work will be this e-list, which I
>>>>> request
>>>>>  everyone's attention to.
>>>>>
>>>>>  thanks and best regards
>>>>>
>>>>>  parminder
>>>>>  On 17/07/19 7:32 AM, Bruna Martins dos Santos (via governance Mailing
>>>>>  List) wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Dear IGC members,
>>>>>
>>>>>  As some of you might be aware, there has been some discussions around
>>>>>  the
>>>>>  merger of BestBits and IGC going on for the past months.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Back in Tunis, @RightsCon <rightscon at accessnow.org>, some of us
>>>>> convened
>>>>>  to discuss further steps for Civil Society Coordination and that also
>>>>>  entailed the merger debate. The summary of the discussion, as well as
>>>>>  the
>>>>>  decision on closing BestBits can all be found at the BestBits list
>>>>>  <http://lists.bestbits.net/arc/bestbits/2019-07/msg00001.html>.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Past this moment, theres a need to arrange a call to discuss our next
>>>>>  steps, including a Day Zero Event at the IGF, later in November.
>>>>> Another
>>>>>  agenda items are also reviving the IGC website, IGC co-coordinators
>>>>>  elections and our charter. Additionally to IGC related subjects,
>>>>> there
>>>>>  is
>>>>>  also the need to discuss a proper closure for BestBits, as well as
>>>>>  proper
>>>>>  outreach in a transparent way and the possibility for members to join
>>>>>  IGC.
>>>>>
>>>>>  For this reason, @Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org> created this
>>>>>  doodle for all interested members to indicate their availability for
>>>>> the
>>>>>  call: https://doodle.com/poll/fy4mgf68qehhhh26
>>>>>  <https://doodle.com/poll/fy4mgf68qehhhh26>
>>>>>
>>>>>  Best Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>>  --
>>>>>  *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>>>>
>>>>>  Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>>>>  @boomartins
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