<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Dear Jeffrey and all,</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">I can see several reasons for you (and us all who are concerned) to get involved in this matter. First of all, the hubs are a bottom up proposal, that genuinely comes from civil society. Any action that helps to improve it and move it forward helps the empowerment of civil society as a whole and to move us towards a more balanced IG debate.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Secondly, the hubs aim to include people that would otherwise be excluded from the IGF Hyderabad debate: people that are not able to cover travel expenses, academic communities, individuals, etc. The idea is that these hubs go even further, and serve as a starting point to a (necessary) discussion of the IGF debates from a local perspective. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Thirdly, I believe that a project with this scope and that has been proposed by civil society should not be ignored by the community on this list and "conveniently" be left to the sole responsibility of the Secretariat. Each of us should be interested to improve this project not only as possible future users of remote channels of participation, but also as a concerned and united community that helps one another initiatives.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Your concern about privacy is legitimate and it would be very valuable to count on your support and expertise to suggest improvements. Btw, anyone interested on the project can join a discussion list in <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><a href="http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/rpg_hyd_intgovforum.org">http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/rpg_hyd_intgovforum.org</a></span></font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Best regards</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Marília Maciel</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Civil Society- Remote Participation Working Group</font></font></span></p>