<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 6pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Dear members of the list,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 6pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I write to you on behalf of the Remote Participation Working Group. This group aims to enhance remote attendance in the IGF.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 6pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">We are pleased to let you know that the report about remote participation in the IGF Hyderabad is now available online: </span><a href="http://www.igfremote.org/ReportRPIGF-final.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #3b5998; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">http://www.igfremote.org/R</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">eportRPIGF-final.pdf</span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">.<br>
<br></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The report has been written by the Working Group, in collaboration with Dimdim. It details the experience of local IGF hubs, which was implemented during the IGF 2008. The hubs are local meetings that exhibit the webcast of the IGF. On the other hand, people present in the hubs can send text and video questions that will be answered by the IGF panelists. Last year there were 9 registered hubs. They took place in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Serbia, Pakistan, India, and three in Spain.</span></p>
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</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Any organization that wants to host a hub to the IGF 2009 will find a good starting point on this report. Please, get in touch with us if you have any questions. We would also appreciate to have your feedback.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Marília Maciel</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Remote Participation Working Group (</span><a href="http://www.igfremote.org/"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">www.igfremote.org</span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">) </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p>