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

Wed Jul 17 08:39:52 EDT 2019

Dear Sala,

While you are free to comment on the process and show your disagreement,
the discussions about the IGC and BestBits merger have been going on since
- at least - january. And, to be very honest, if it wasnt for this
discussion IGC would have continue to be in the limbo it was before - zero
discussions, emails or members showing interest. So im taking this revived
interest from our members at our list is an important moment.

So, while I respect your opinions (as always), I dont think I am one to be
called incompetent - especially because we have been tirelessly trying to
put the discussion forward on this list. And regardless of what we do, the
discussion is always shut down in some way.

On my email I mentioned that the agenda items for the upcoming call would
be - charter revision, elections and one day zero event - this does not
mean that Arsene and I decided unilaterally on a revision, but that we
wanted to hear what membership thought of it and the ways in which it
should be done. The same goes for elections, with the low participation in
the list after all the problems we went through, I am afraid that if we
open elections now there would be only arsene, Parminder, Sheetal, Ian and
Yourself voting - considering the charter requirements to be a voting
member - is that legitimate ?

Once again, I am interested in hearing back from all of you on possible
ways forward and I dont really believe in losing time in infighting. The
so-called merger has already been decided on with bestbits agreeing on its
closure and having their members joining IGC. Now its the time for us to
restructure and restrengthen IGC, but how are we doing it ?

Best Regards,
Bruna Santos

Le mer. 17 juil. 2019 à 09:28, "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro" <
governance at lists.riseup.net> a écrit :

> I will not apologise for the incompetence shown by the coordinators.
> The Charter clearly states that revisions made can only be voted on by
> those that participate in last held elections.
> Arsene no longer is coordinator and this term ended last January by virtue
> of Charter.
>
> Get on with the elections!
>
> On Wed, 17 Jul 2019, 11:57 am Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro, <
> salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> What a load of rubbish!
>> The elections need to take place asap.
>> The preparations for the IGF can continue simultaneously.
>>
>>
>> Get it together!
>>
>> On Wed, 17 Jul 2019, 11:37 am Sheetal Kumar, <sheetal at gp-digital.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> I'm happy to be part of a leadership or steering group, if everyone is
>>> ok with that. Apart from Bruna, I would also suggest that Farzaneh is
>>> involved in such a group if she can be.
>>>
>>> And thank you Arsene for your help and efforts so far, much appreciated.
>>>
>>> Best
>>> Sheetal.
>>>
>>> On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 at 11:29, Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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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>>>> >
>>>> >>
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>>>
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>>>
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