[urgent/important] cross-stakeholders IGF renewal letter

[Wisdom Donkor]

I support the letter

On Tuesday, September 9, 2014, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:
> I do not support the letter but will refrain from raising any objection.
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> Milton L Mueller
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> Laura J and L. Douglas Meredith Professor
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> Syracuse University School of Information Studies
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> http://faculty.ischool.syr.edu/mueller/
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> From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of
Maria Farrell
> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 6:50 AM
> To: NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] [urgent/important] cross-stakeholders IGF
renewal letter
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> We seem to have a very good level of support for this.
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> As PC co-chair, here's my official request: are there any OBJECTIONS to
us signing this as the NCSG?
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> Please let me know by replying to this email within the next 24 hours.
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> All the best, Maria
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> On 6 September 2014 01:31, Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza <
caffsouza at gmail.com> wrote:
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> +1 for NCSG
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>> Em 06/09/2014, às 03:13, Clarinettet <clarinettet at GMAIL.COM> escreveu:
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>> +1
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>> Sent from my iPad
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>>> On 6 Sep 2014, at 00:17, Fouad Bajwa <fouadbajwa at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>>> I believe this is right on the spot! +1 from my side!
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>>> Best
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>>> Fouad
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>>>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 5:42 PM, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com>
wrote:
>>>> Hi everyone,
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>>>> 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.
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>>>> Best,
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>>>> Rafik
>>>> ..................
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>>>> 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.
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>>>> 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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>>> --
>>> Regards.
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>>> Fouad Bajwa
>>> ICT4D and Internet Governance Advisor
>>> My Blog: Internet's Governance: http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/
>>> Follow my Tweets: http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa
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