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<DIV>just to be clear on this – the statement below would only be when/if we
formally announce our nominees – not every time they speak!</DIV>
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<DIV>Ian</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jmalcolm@eff.org
href="mailto:jmalcolm@eff.org">Jeremy Malcolm</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 04, 2014 4:38 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=ca@cafonso.ca href="mailto:ca@cafonso.ca">Carlos A.
Afonso</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=ian.peter@ianpeter.com
href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com">Ian Peter</A> ; <A
title=bestbits@lists.bestbits.net
href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net">mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</A>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [bestbits] IMPORTANT: World Economic Forum and
The-Initiative-Formerly-Known-As-NETmundial</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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Sep 2, 2014, at 3:53 PM, Carlos A. Afonso <<A
href="mailto:ca@cafonso.ca">ca@cafonso.ca</A>> wrote:<BR>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">The WEF representatives seem to be
listening and adapting at IGF – so I think this is still quite fluid." You
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<DIV>I don't feel that we have yet received a good sense from this group yet
about whether we should patronise the WEF initiative or not. You have, by
now, seen that the Just Net Coalition people are refusing to support the
initiative. If the Coordination Group goes forward with nominating
candidates at all, it would therefore have to be on the basis that any public
statement of our nominees would include that "although JNC is a member of CSCG,
JNC has opted out from participation in this particular selection
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<DIV>Are we happy with that? Or do we agree with JNC and want to wash our
hands of this process? I have heard view both ways, and I don't have a
good sense of where the balance of opinion lies. Would be grateful for
some more people to express their views here.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jeremy Malcolm</DIV>
<DIV>Senior Global Policy Analyst</DIV>
<DIV>Electronic Frontier Foundation</DIV><A
href="https://eff.org">https://eff.org</A><BR>jmalcolm@eff.org
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<DIV>Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161</DIV>
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