On 12 Apr 2014, at 12:05 am, Avri Doria <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Bestbits is a aggregate of Civil society groups that has been 'working > together' for a few years. Its policy is to develop statements and then > see who signs on. Bestbits itself rarely signs anything itself unless > it is created at a face to face session, which is usuallly held before a > meeting. In fact I think they are one of the groups sponsiring the CS > mtg the day before NetMundial. > > The steering group repsonsible is Jeremy Malcolm, Andrew Puddephatt, > Deborah Brown, Anja Kovacs, Joana Varon Ferraz, Marianne Franklin, > Nnenna Nwakanma and Valeria Betancourt. And we've just announced a proposed process for election of the new steering committee members later this year. So it's not a closed group, and we try to not be anonymous. :-) Please join the mailing list if you are interested - http://lists.bestbits.net/info/bestbits. We do also have a link with the NCSG through the civil society coordination group where a Best Bits representative (moi) sits along with Robin Gross for NCSG. -- Jeremy Malcolm PhD LLB (Hons) B Com Internet lawyer, ICT policy advocate, geek host -t NAPTR 5.9.8.5.2.8.2.2.1.0.6.e164.org|awk -F! '{print $3}' WARNING: This email has not been encrypted. You are strongly recommended to enable encryption at your end. For instructions, see http://jere.my/l/pgp.