<div dir="ltr">FYI<br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Hartmut Richard Glaser</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:glaser@cgi.br">glaser@cgi.br</a>></span><br>
Date: Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 8:59 PM<br>Subject: [steering] Brazil Meeting - Joint Civil Society Letter to Organizers<br>To: <a href="mailto:steering@lists.bestbits.net">steering@lists.bestbits.net</a>, <a href="mailto:info@irpcharter.org">info@irpcharter.org</a>, <a href="mailto:coordinators@igcaucus.org">coordinators@igcaucus.org</a>, APC <<a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org">anriette@apc.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:discuss@1net.org">discuss@1net.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:discuss@1net.org">discuss@1net.org</a>><br>
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<big>To:<br>
Best Bits Interim Steering Committee <br>
IRP Coalition <br>
Coordinators of the Internet Governance Caucus<br>
Association for Progressive Communications – APC </big><br>
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<big>Dear Friends,</big><br>
<br>
<b><big>CLARIFICATION:</big></b><br>
<br>
<big>Now that we published the PRESS RELEASE with all details
related to the appointment of the different representatives to <br>
the <b><i>Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of
Internet Governance, </i></b>we like to mention that the LOG
(with G) <br>
</big><big><big><b><small>- Logistics and Organizational Group</small>,
</b></big>composed ONLY of CGI.br Members <small>(and NOT
identical with LOC (with C) - </small></big><big><small> <b>Logistics
and <br>
Organizational Committee</b>)</small>, <u>was the ONLY
group working </u>beforehand to discuss internally the mission
that we have received <br>
from our President Dilma Rousseff and try to propose a working
process for a successful event in April2014.</big><big> <br>
<br>
To avoid unbalanced participation, NO representatives or liaisons
of any community were part at the LOG (with G) meetings, <br>
reason that we don't send invitation for civil society groups. <br>
<br>
As announced, until January the 27th, all names of the Committee
Members must be public and then really the hard work <br>
for all of us together will start.<br>
<br>
We expect to have the full support of all communities in all steps
related to the preparation of this very important meeting <br>
to foster the involvement of the global internet community.</big><br>
<big>
</big>
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<div><span><br>
<big>best regards</big><br>
<br>
<big>Hartmut Glaser</big></span><br>
Secretariat of the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee – CGI.br<br>
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<h1>Joint civil society letter on appointment of
representatives to Global <br>
</h1>
<h1>Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of
Internet Governance</h1>
<div>November 25, 2013</div>
<p>To<br>
Mr. Paulo Bernardo Silva, Minister of Communications – Minicom;<br>
Mr. Virgilio Almeida, Secretary for Information Technology
Policy at the Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation –
MCTI;<br>
Mr. Valdir Simão, Special Assessor for the Presidency;<br>
Emb. Benedicto Fonseca, Director of the Department of Scientific
and Technological Affairs of the Minister of External Relations
– MRE;<br>
Mr. Harmut Glaser, Secretariat of the Brazilian Internet
Steering Committee – CGI.br</p>
<p>We, as representatives of four networks that include civil
society organizations and individuals involved in Internet
governance, are writing <br>
with reference to preparations for the Global Multistakeholder
Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance that is planned to
be held in <br>
São Paulo, Brazil by April 2014.</p>
<p>During the eighth Internet Governance Forum in Bali this year,
many of us met in person, and some others participated remotely
and agreed <br>
that the following persons would be delegated to serve as
interim Liaisons from across these networks for purposes of
planning the Global <br>
Meeting:</p>
<p>* Ms Joana Varon Ferraz, Center for Technology and Society
(CTS/FGV)<br>
* Ms Carolina Rossini, New American Foundation<br>
* Mr Carlos A. Afonso, Nupef Institute<br>
* Ms Laura Tresca, Article XIX Brasil</p>
<p>This letter is to express our continuing support for this
arrangement as planning for the meeting takes shape. The above
interim Liaisons shall <br>
remain at disposal of the Brazilian authorities in all matters
pertaining to the organization of the Global Meeting, and we
urge that our Liaisons <br>
should in the context of these preparations be invited to all
meetings with all other constituencies as full participants in
this process. We support <br>
their work and look forward to hearing of progress in their
reports back to our networks that are made up of a broad
constituency of civil society <br>
groups and individuals. They have our trust and support.</p>
<p>If you have any inquiries about the above matter, please do not
hesitate to contact us at any time, either directly or through
the above Liaisons.</p>
<p>Yours sincerely,<br>
Best Bits Interim Steering Committee (<a href="mailto:steering@lists.bestbits.net" target="_blank">steering@lists.bestbits.net</a>)<br>
IRP Coalition (<a href="mailto:info@irpcharter.org" target="_blank">info@irpcharter.org</a>)<br>
Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro and Norbert Bollow, coordinators of
the Internet Governance Caucus (<a href="mailto:coordinators@igcaucus.org" target="_blank">coordinators@igcaucus.org</a>)<br>
Association for Progressive Communications – APC (<a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org" target="_blank">anriette@apc.org</a>)</p>
<p>November, 25th, 2013</p>
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