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<font face="Verdana">Hi Thomas, <br>
I hope you have seen the email on remote participation details as your
participation is important. If not, you or anyone else that is
interested in RP should email me privately, please. Marilia Maciel will
be present in Geneva, and handling remote moderation. I suggest you
prepare a short 'intervention' and send it to her to be read, or
arrange to read it yourself. <br>
<br>
It sounds like you have an excellent panel prepared. Have you written
to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:igf@unog.ch">igf@unog.ch</a> (copied on this email) to ask for an update? Anything
you can confirm before the meeting will facilitate the process.<br>
<br>
Good luck! Best, Ginger<br>
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On 6/27/2010 3:16 PM, Thomas Lowenhaupt wrote:
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">With the IGF Vilnius Open
Consultation beginning tomorrow, here's an update on my efforts on
behalf of a proposed City TLD Governance and Best Practices
Workshop. I'd appreciate advice as to any steps I might take
to facilitate its acceptance.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Over the past couple
of months I've contacted directly, and, via this and a few other lists,
several hundred people inviting participation on the City TLD Workshop.
From an expertise perspective, I've received confirmations from an
exceptional group. Listed in order of their acceptance, the prospective
participants are Wolfgang Kleinwächter, Dirk Krischenowski, Bertrand de
La Chapelle, Werner Staub, Thomas Schneider, Hong Xue, Sébastien
Bachollet, Hawa Diakite, Ana Cristina Amoroso das Neves, Jonathan Shea
(via remote participation), Izumi Aizu. </font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">With my first
in-person participation on a TLD workshop having taken place at the
2006 Prague Studienkreis, I knew there was enough expertise to make the
panel productive with the arrival of Wolfgang's acceptance. And as each
new one arrived, I saw layer upon later of expertise being added to the
workshop. </font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">I've also received a
"Yes, if it fits with my other panels" acceptance from a highly desired
panelist. As well, I've three </font></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-family: Verdana; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3">outstanding invites: to someone from
the U.S. government to comment on the impact city TLDs might have on
urban affairs, particularly regionalization. If nothing comes through,
perhaps an existing panelist might comment on that. </font></span></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-family: Verdana; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3">The New York City government's
response, "if there was a definite application filing time we would
surely be able to arrange something" might change if the ICANN timeline
is clearer by September. The third outstanding invite, to someone from
the common pool resource community, is one I'm very hopeful about
getting a positive response. Question: What is the status of the
participant list going forward: can it be changed, do I continue the
pursuit? </font></span></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-family: Verdana; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"></span> </font></div>
<div><span
style="font-family: Verdana; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">As we
approach Vilnius my plan is to reach out to global cities considering
TLDs, request questions and share these with panelists in preparation. </font></font></span></div>
<div><span
style="font-family: Verdana; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"></span><font
face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><span
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face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
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face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
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face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
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face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
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face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
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face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-family: Verdana; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"></span>For
tomorrow's meeting, I'll be participating through the remote channels.
I'd appreciate a</font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></font></span><span
style="font-family: Verdana; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-family: Verdana; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3">ny of you who will be in
Geneva speaking up for the City TLD workshop when appropriate. Beyond
the fruitful topic and great participants, you might point out we
should have good technical scores: reasonable geographic and gender
balance and both moderators at the ready.</font></span></font></font></span></div>
<div><span
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face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-family: Verdana; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font></font></span><font
face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><span
style="font-family: Verdana; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">If you
have a question or feel I've missed something, please let me know.</font></font></span></div>
<div><span
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<div><span
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face="Times New Roman"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Best,</font></font></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"><font
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