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At 16:11 22-01-06 -0500, Gurstein, Michael wrote:<br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2 color="#0000FF">Interesting and
useful suggestion. <br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2 color="#0000FF">I'm wondering what
is the anticipated scope of such an org and whether it would useful to
include ICT4D and other issues of grassroots/community/practitioner
interest within its "mandate"... <br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2 color="#0000FF">As some of you know,
there are already moves afoot to create a Global Telecenter Alliance
(GTA) including the major regional/national telecenter (and very likely
the range of other community based ICT) iniitiatives/networks.
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2 color="#0000FF">My colleagues in the
GTA aren't completely convinced that there is a sufficient basis of
common interest for such a linkage but I can see possible synergies and
mutual advantages from such a development if such were to emerge. <br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2 color="#0000FF">Particularly, if the
overall post-WSIS "action" is focussed on the IGF (and
the Global Alliance is, as seems likely, to be a rather bloodless
extension of the UN ICT Task Force) then such a move would most certainly
be of interest.<br>
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I definitelyt think that ICT4D should be involved. Also the UNDP, esp. in
the countries where it has a strong ICT program, and where it helped
start the local ccTLD.<br><br>
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Sincerely,<br><br>
Veni Markovski<br>
<a href="http://www.isoc.bg/ig" eudora="autourl">http://www.isoc.bg/ig<br>
</a><a href="http://www.isoc.bg/ig">the Internet Governance Resource
Portal</a><br><br>
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