Good idea :-)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 21 October 2011 03:24, Izumi AIZU <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:iza@anr.org">iza@anr.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Dear list,<br>
<br>
IGC members to CSTD WG on IGF improvement have discussed and agreed<br>
to send the following request to the Chair asking for opening up of the WG<br>
meeting to observers to increase transparency and openness.<br>
<br>
It is not our "official statement", so I plan to send this shortly as<br>
co-moderator, but just to let you all know in advance.<br>
<br>
izumi<br>
<br>
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<br>
Dear Peter,<br>
<br>
The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (CS IGC) would like to ask<br>
you as the new Chair of the CSTD Working Group on improving IGF to<br>
open up the meeting to non-contributing observers as it will enhance<br>
transparency and openness of our work.<br>
<br>
There are a number of potential observers from the civil society as well<br>
as from other stakeholder groups, including governments,<br>
business, and science and technical community, who may have good<br>
access to meetings in Geneva and would be interested in sitting inside<br>
the meeting room.<br>
<br>
We trust your wisdom and thank you very much for your kind consideration<br>
in advance,<br>
<br>
Jeremy Malcolm and Izumi Aizu,<br>
Co-coordinators of the Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus<br>
(Jeremy will be replaced by our new Co-coordinator, Salanieta<br>
Tamanikaiwaimaro shortly)<br>
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