Thank you Niels for raising this point, we will make sure we take it into account during the planning.

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> On Jun 16, 2016, at 6:25 PM, Niels ten Oever <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I think this is great, I would like to mention though that I found last
> years pre-meeting quite uninspiring. There are _a lot_ of very
> knowledgeable people in the room at the pre-meeting. they have three
> more days ahead of listeneing to presentations at sessions, imho it's
> better to get at it and do work together, instead of updating each other
> on what is happening in different fields (or at least do both).
> 
> This would be a great moment for civil society coordination, I hope we
> can use this pre-meeting exactly for that. Maybe a bit more with the
> gusto of the pre-NETmundial CS meeting.
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Niels
> 
>> On 06/15/2016 10:28 PM, Robin Gross wrote:
>> NCSGers:
>> 
>> An initiative from Jeremy Malcolm of EFF was presented to the Civil
>> Society Coordination Group (CSCG) to organize a joint civil society
>> Pre-IGF 2016 meeting.  
>> 
>> The initiative was endorsed by the CSCG and it was recommended to form
>> an interim steering committee consisting of representatives from each
>> coalition to organize the joint meeting.
>> 
>> The members of this interim steering committee are: 
>> 
>> Arsène Tungali & Analia Aspis  - IGC
>> 
>> Deborah Brown – APC
>> 
>> Farzaneh Badii  -  NCSG    
>> 
>> Jeremy Malcolm – Best Bits
>> 
>> Norbert Bollow – JNC
>> 
>> The hope is that this event will promote civil society solidarity in the
>> Internet governance space.  
>> 
>> BIG thanks to Farzi for being willing to assist in the organization of
>> this discussion!
>> 
>> Best,
>> Robin
> 
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