<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">NCSGers:</p><p class="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">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. </p><p class="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">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.</p><p class="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The members of this interim steering committee are: </p><p class="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">Arsène Tungali & Analia Aspis - IGC</p><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;" class=""></div><p class="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">Deborah Brown – APC</p><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;" class=""></div><p class="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">Farzaneh Badii - NCSG </p><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;" class=""></div><p class="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">Jeremy Malcolm – Best Bits</p><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;" class=""></div><p class="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">Norbert Bollow – JNC</p><p class="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The hope is that this event will promote civil society solidarity in the Internet governance space. </p><p class="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">BIG thanks to Farzi for being willing to assist in the organization of this discussion!</p><div class="">Best,</div><div class="">Robin</div><p class="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br class=""></p><p class="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br class=""></p><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>