[urgent/important] cross-stakeholders IGF renewal letter

[Poomjit Sirawongprasert]

Agree

@Moui - Sent via Mobile
On Sep 4, 2014 10:28 PM, "Seun Ojedeji" <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1 for NCSG to sign on behalf. I hope that signature also covers the npoc
> and ncuc
>
> Cheers!
>
> sent from Google nexus 4
> kindly excuse brevity and typos.
> On 4 Sep 2014 15:43, "Rafik Dammak" <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> 2 members of NCSG worked on letter to be signed by the different
>> stakeholders about the renewal of IGF. I think that is an effort we can
>> support and a letter we can sign. the time-window to act is quite short and
>> I would like to know if there is support for this letter and if we can sign
>> it as NCSG.
>> I think several members from NCSG already expressed support in other
>> spaces regarding this letter.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Rafik
>> ..................
>>
>> Dear colleagues and fellow stakeholders of the Internet Governance Forum:
>>
>> At the 9th meeting of the Internet Governance Forum, various
>> stakeholders discussed their common desire to request an immediate
>> extension of the IGF mandate, in order to create stabiity for the
>> organization and predictability for those engaged in seeking funding for
>> projects.  We have drafted a statement to send to the UN, to request not
>> just an immediate renewal of the IGF mandate, but rather an open-ended
>> re-authorization of the IGF as a voluntary, multistakeholder forum.  We
>> request that other participants in the IGF also support this message on
>> or before November 1.
>>
>> We will be creating a neutral website for this project at www.IGFcontinuity.org very shortly, to accept sign-ons of organizations,
>> countries, and individuals.  In the meantime, the undersigned will
>> collect your signatures and description of your organization if you are
>> able to endorse this letter by the time of the closing ceremony at IGF
>> 2014.  The deadline to be included in the letter presented via the Chair
>> will be 11am UTC, Friday September 5.
>> Examples of how you will be listed appear below:
>> 1.  Jane Smith                       Individual
>> 2.  Acme Industry Association        Association representing 150 manuacturers of widgets
>> 3.  State of [x]                     Country
>>
>>  Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions.
>>
>> Jeanette Hofmann, Berlin Social Science Center, jeanette at wzb.eu
>> Stephanie Perrin, Non-commercial Stakeholders Group, ICANN, stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca
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