<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><DIV><FONT color=#bf5f00>Dear IGC Mebers, just to conclude this discussion, I propose the title address and body sequence as follows:</FONT></DIV>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal align=center><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Open Letter to H.E. BAN KI-MOON, SECRETARY GENERAL THE UNITED NATIONS,</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#0000ff><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi">His Excellency Ban Ki-moon</SPAN></STRONG><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT color=#0000ff>Your Excellency,<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P><FONT color=#7f007f>Para 1 .... IGF <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT color=#bf00bf>mandate</FONT></SPAN> 2005 </FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#7f007f>Para 2..... IGF Achievements of last 5-years</FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#7f007f>...</FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#7f007f>... </FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#7f007f>Closing Para ... Recommendations to UNSG</FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#7f007f>Finally IGC seek your support for ..............</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT color=#7f007f>Thanking you and Best Regards</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT color=#0000ff>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT color=#bf5f00>Coordinator<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT color=#bf5f00>THE CIVIL SOCIETY INTERNET GOVERNANCE CAUCUS (IGC)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<DIV>I request to Coordinators, if the letter draft is revised according to this and previous email and submitted it again, the reviews will be very useful for IGC. </DIV>
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<DIV>Regards</DIV>
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<DIV>Imran Ahmed Shah</DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Fearghas McKay <fm-lists@st-kilda.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> governance@lists.cpsr.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Mon, 22 February, 2010 2:40:12<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [governance] REVISION 4 Draft statement to UNSG on bypassing CSTD<BR></FONT><BR><BR>On 21 Feb 2010, at 20:29, Eric Dierker wrote:<BR><BR>> If we are attempting to garner broad support for our position your technique and considerations would be at forefront. In that our stated purpose is more focused on the Sec Gen then perhaps my thoughts should overshadow inclusiveness. If it be your scenario then we are "grandstanding" and "playing for the crowds". I think better we do not say one thing and act another.<BR><BR>Regardless of who we address the letter to, it is important that it can be understood by our global
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