<div dir="ltr">I couldn't agree more, a happy one in advance Ms Nwakanma!<div><br></div><div>Regards<br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Gabriel Ramokotjo<div>President</div><div>Internet Society Gauteng Chapter</div><div>083 742 2005</div><div><a href="http://www.isoc-gauteng.org.za" target="_blank">www.isoc-gauteng.org.za</a></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 7:14 PM, Nigel Hickson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nigel.hickson@icann.org" target="_blank">nigel.hickson@icann.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><div>Good afternoon </div><div><br></div><div>Agree was brilliant; was the clear highlight. Last but not at all least! </div><div><br></div><div>Nigel </div><div><br></div><span><div style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;text-align:left;color:black;BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:#b5c4df 1pt solid;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Nick Ashton-Hart <<a href="mailto:nashton@consensus.pro" target="_blank">nashton@consensus.pro</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span> Nick Ashton-Hart <<a href="mailto:nashton@consensus.pro" target="_blank">nashton@consensus.pro</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Wednesday 4 March 2015 18:07<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Nnenna Nwakanma <<a href="mailto:nnenna75@gmail.com" target="_blank">nnenna75@gmail.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span> "<<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" target="_blank">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>>" <<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" target="_blank">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>>, Governance <<a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>>, Edetaen Ojo <<a href="mailto:edetaen@gmail.com" target="_blank">edetaen@gmail.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [bestbits] Text of speech - losing remarks at UNESCO Connecting the Dots Conference<br></div><div><div class="h5"><div><br></div><div><div style="word-wrap:break-word">
Dear Nnenna, as others have said, this is terrific; I doubt anyone of us could have said it better, though I'm sure many of us are secretly jealous as a result! :)<br><br><div><div>On 4 Mar 2015, at 17:56, Nnenna Nwakanma <<a href="mailto:nnenna75@gmail.com" target="_blank">nnenna75@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style="line-height:107%">Connecting the Dots: Options for Future Action</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style="line-height:107%">UNESCO headquarters, Paris, France.<br>
Closing Remarks by Nnenna Nwakanma</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style="line-height:107%">Africa Regional Coordinator</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style="line-height:107%">The World Wide Web Foundation.</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style="line-height:107%">March 4, 2015</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style="line-height:107%"> </span></font></span><br></div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style="line-height:107%">Deputy Director General<br>
Friends and colleagues<br>
Onsite and online</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style="line-height:107%"> </span></font></span><br></div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style="line-height:107%"> </span></font></span><br></div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style="line-height:107%">My name is Nnenna.<span>
</span>I<span> </span>come from the Internet. And I have been asked to say a few words to us, as a member of the civil society, before we leave. I coordinate the activities of the World Wide Web Foundation in my continent, Africa. The Web Foundation is<span>
</span>that organization that believes that the Internet is for everyone.<span> </span>
Therefore we work on affordable access to all, we work on opening up data for participation and
<span> </span>we support<span> </span>the global Web We Want Coalition.</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style="line-height:107%"> </span></font></span><br></div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%">I have three things to say.<span>
</span>The first is on the UNESCO study itself.<span> </span>The second is on one of the issues raised.<span>
</span>The third is<span> </span>on where we go from here.<br><br>