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    I am also not supporting the letter, but I am fine with NCSG
    expressing its support for it since so many of its members wants to
    support it.<br>
    <br>
    Nicolas<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/09/2014 3:01 PM, Milton L Mueller
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
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            do not support the letter but will refrain from raising any
            objection.
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Milton
            L Mueller<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Laura
            J and L. Douglas Meredith Professor
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Syracuse
            University School of Information Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
                  NCSG-Discuss [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU">mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a>]
                  <b>On Behalf Of </b>Maria Farrell<br>
                  <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 09, 2014 6:50 AM<br>
                  <b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br>
                  <b>Subject:</b> Re: [NCSG-Discuss] [urgent/important]
                  cross-stakeholders IGF renewal letter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">We
                  seem to have a very good level of support for this.
                  <o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">As PC
                co-chair, here's my official request: are there any
                OBJECTIONS to us signing this as the NCSG?<o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">Please let me know by replying to this
              email within the next 24 hours.<br>
              <br>
              All the best, Maria<o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">On 6 September 2014 01:31, Carlos
                Affonso Pereira de Souza <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:caffsouza@gmail.com" target="_blank">caffsouza@gmail.com</a>>
                wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal">+1 for NCSG<br>
                <br>
                > Em 06/09/2014, às 03:13, Clarinettet <<a
                  moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:clarinettet@GMAIL.COM">clarinettet@GMAIL.COM</a>>
                escreveu:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">><br>
                    > +1<br>
                    ><br>
                    > Sent from my iPad<br>
                    ><br>
                    >> On 6 Sep 2014, at 00:17, Fouad Bajwa <<a
                      moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:fouadbajwa@GMAIL.COM">fouadbajwa@GMAIL.COM</a>>
                    wrote:<br>
                    >><br>
                    >> I believe this is right on the spot! +1
                    from my side!<br>
                    >><br>
                    >> Best<br>
                    >><br>
                    >> Fouad<br>
                    >><br>
                    >>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 5:42 PM, Rafik
                    Dammak <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>>
                    wrote:<br>
                    >>> Hi everyone,<br>
                    >>><br>
                    >>> 2 members of NCSG worked on letter to
                    be signed by the different<br>
                    >>> stakeholders about the renewal of IGF.
                    I think that is an effort we can<br>
                    >>> support and a letter we can sign. the
                    time-window to act is quite short and<br>
                    >>> I would like to know if there is
                    support for this letter and if we can sign<br>
                    >>> it as NCSG.<br>
                    >>> I think several members from NCSG
                    already expressed support in other spaces<br>
                    >>> regarding this letter.<br>
                    >>><br>
                    >>> Best,<br>
                    >>><br>
                    >>> Rafik<br>
                    >>> ..................<br>
                    >>><br>
                    >>> Dear colleagues and fellow stakeholders
                    of the Internet Governance Forum:<br>
                    >>><br>
                    >>> At the 9th meeting of the Internet
                    Governance Forum, various<br>
                    >>> stakeholders discussed their common
                    desire to request an immediate<br>
                    >>> extension of the IGF mandate, in order
                    to create stabiity for the<br>
                    >>> organization and predictability for
                    those engaged in seeking funding for<br>
                    >>> projects.  We have drafted a statement
                    to send to the UN, to request not<br>
                    >>> just an immediate renewal of the IGF
                    mandate, but rather an open-ended<br>
                    >>> re-authorization of the IGF as a
                    voluntary, multistakeholder forum.  We<br>
                    >>> request that other participants in the
                    IGF also support this message on<br>
                    >>> or before November 1.<br>
                    >>><br>
                    >>> We will be creating a neutral website
                    for this project at<br>
                    >>> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="http://www.IGFcontinuity.org"
                      target="_blank">www.IGFcontinuity.org</a> very
                    shortly, to accept sign-ons of organizations,<br>
                    >>> countries, and individuals.  In the
                    meantime, the undersigned will<br>
                    >>> collect your signatures and description
                    of your organization if you are<br>
                    >>> able to endorse this letter by the time
                    of the closing ceremony at IGF<br>
                    >>> 2014.  The deadline to be included in
                    the letter presented via the Chair<br>
                    >>> will be 11am UTC, Friday September 5.<br>
                    >>> Examples of how you will be listed
                    appear below:<br>
                    >>> 1.  Jane Smith                     
                     Individual<br>
                    >>> 2.  Acme Industry Association       
                    Association representing 150<br>
                    >>> manuacturers of widgets<br>
                    >>> 3.  State of [x]                   
                     Country<br>
                    >>><br>
                    >>> Please do not hesitate to contact us if
                    you have questions.<br>
                    >>><br>
                    >>> Jeanette Hofmann, Berlin Social Science
                    Center, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:jeanette@wzb.eu">
                      jeanette@wzb.eu</a><br>
                    >>> Stephanie Perrin, Non-commercial
                    Stakeholders Group, ICANN,<br>
                    >>> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca">stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca</a><br>
                    >><br>
                    >><br>
                    >><br>
                    >> --<br>
                    >> Regards.<br>
                    >> --------------------------<br>
                    >> Fouad Bajwa<br>
                    >> ICT4D and Internet Governance Advisor<br>
                    >> My Blog: Internet's Governance: <a
                      moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/"
                      target="_blank">
                      http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/</a><br>
                    >> Follow my Tweets: <a
                      moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa"
                      target="_blank">http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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