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

Wed Jul 17 08:50:07 EDT 2019

I agree with Parminder.

On Wed, 17 Jul 2019, 12:19 pm parminder, <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:

> On 17/07/19 3:25 PM, Arsène Tungali wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> Arsene
>
> I am not sure what you mean about a unified list...
>
> There is a clear, and rather easy, way to join the IGC, and it is up to to
> those in Bestbits and not already in IGC to take that route if they want
> to. Meanwhile we do welcome all civil society members adhering to iGC's
> charter (rather than insisting for, unclear and unstated reasons, to modify
> it).
>
> And there is really no merger involved here, even if people loosely use
> that language .
>
> I remain astonished about the repeated talk about a new IGC charter,
> especially as an already decided thing! What exactly are you talking about.
>
> And I am further pained for you, being still perhaps an IGC
> co-coordinator, not at all responding to my clear email about how this
> elist is the primary work place for the IGC, and also an ex-coordinator's
> assent tp the sentiment.
>
>
>
> I would suggest we all plan to attend the call and agree on next steps.
>
> You can make whatever calls and agree on whatever steps you have you may
> wish to -- that is no part of IGC's procedure, and would have no meaning or
> consequence for it.
>
> regards
>
> parminder
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Arsene
>
> 2019-07-17 11:44 UTC+02:00, Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org> <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> <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> <governance at lists.riseup.net>
> To: "Parminder" <parminder at itforchange.net> <parminder at itforchange.net>
> Cc: "governance" <governance at lists.riseup.net> <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> <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> <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> <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> <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> <https://doodle.com/poll/fy4mgf68qehhhh26>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> --
> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>
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