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color:#1F497D'>Yes, Fuad is a great acquisition! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Best<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'> vanda<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Ginger Paque [mailto:gpaque@gmail.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, November 07, 2009 9:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'governance@lists.cpsr.org'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [governance] Second Candidate for co-coordinator Fouad Bajwa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We have a
second candidate for co-coordinator of the IGC caucus, Fouad Bajwa:<br>
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<pre>Fouad Bajwa is an active member of the Civil Society from Pakistan,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>South Asia. Fouad is an active member of the IGC and was nominated by<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>the IGC and elected by the UN as a member advisor of the IGF<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) in May 2008. He has been part of<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>various ICT, FOSS and Philanthropic (Technology for Human Development)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>initiatives regionally and around the world. As a social innovator, he<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>has been involved with various social enterprises and communities that<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>help promote Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Government, Private Sector and Civil Society with great relevance to<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>the developing world. He is also widely recognized for his<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>contributions as a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Evangelist and<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>renowned in Pakistan and globally for his contributions towards<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>promoting the Freedoms of use of Technology for Human Development.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Fouad has advised and participated various regional and global<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Technology Access and Digital Inclusion campaigns for example one such<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>involving the manufacturing of over one billion low-cost ultra mobile<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>laptop computers running Free Software and their provision to one<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>billion underprivileged people on planet that have yet to use or<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>access computers and the Internet. This program was being carried out<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>by the Gerry Morgan Foundation Canada where Fouad (Co-Founder) has<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>been responsible for identifying and developing strategic global ICT4D<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>partnerships to meet this goal and works mainly with the ICT community<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>to identify programs.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>He was the Co-founder of the Free and Open Source Software Foundation<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>and Community in Pakistan and initiated various programs for promoting<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>FOSS in the country. In 2005, his programs trained over 7000 people<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>and most notably women in use of Linux and respecting human intellect.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>4800 Linux users were certified during this activity. Over half a<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>million of Free Software CDs have been distributed all over Pakistan<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>since then. In Pakistan, he currently leads the Linux Professional<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Institute LPI-Pakistan office and is a Team Lead for the Ubuntu Linux<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>LoCo Team Pakistan and is a member of the Champions Network of the<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>prestigious ICT Challenge & Award, the Stockholm Challenge.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Fouad is a graduate in Computer Science and Information Technology and<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>also carries a scholarship in Internet Governance from DiploFoundation<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>and numerous fellowships in ICT4D & FOSS related policy, strategy,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>research and development activities. He also trains and consults<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>organizations in other parts of world to design and implement ICT4D<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>inclusion and access programs. His online profile can be accessed at:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a
href="http://www.satc.pk/?q=node/14">http://www.satc.pk/?q=node/14</a>. Fouad is passionate about the<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>participation of the developing world in Internet Governance issues<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>and the multistakeholder dialogue between the IGF and ICANN.<o:p></o:p></pre>
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