Thank you Niels for raising this point, we will make sure we take it into account during the planning. ----------------- Arsène Tungali, Co-Founder, @RudiInternational CEO, @SmartServicesSarl & @MabingwaF www.twitter.com/arsenebaguma +243 993810967 GPG: 523644A0 Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos) > 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 > > -- > Niels ten Oever > Head of Digital > > Article 19 > www.article19.org > > PGP fingerprint 8D9F C567 BEE4 A431 56C4 > 678B 08B5 A0F2 636D 68E9