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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Adam, thanks for raising the issue. I have just shared these few proposals for the OC and MAG agenda with MAG list: Remote participation and accessibility for PWD as first.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We will keep you all updated.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>As for reporting to the CS, let's start with what we have already: I will be tweeting via @vradunovic whenever applicable. Others from MAG may also share their twitter accounts or blogs if they blog regularly, and this can be a good start (without formal reports).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> Vlada<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Judy Okite<br><b>Sent:</b> 30 April 2012 15:23<br><b>To:</b> Adam Peake<br><b>Cc:</b> governance@lists.igcaucus.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [governance] May consultation: IGC input<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you, Adam....will do.<br><br>Kind Regards, <br><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><h1 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>“Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible” Edwin Land</span></i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 8:49 AM, Adam Peake <<a href="mailto:ajp@glocom.ac.jp" target="_blank">ajp@glocom.ac.jp</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Judy, hi.<br><br>Perhaps you could suggest on the MAG mailing list that there's a slot<br>on the agenda of both the open consultation and the MAG meeting for<br>discussion of accessibility. Could be part of the host country<br>discussion of the venue.<br><br>And could you or one of the other MAG members also suggest remote<br>access also be discussed during both meetings.<br><br>We don't need to develop proposals at the moment, just ask that the<br>topics are on the agenda.<br><br>Best,<br><br>Adam<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><br>On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 5:04 AM, Judy Okite <<a href="mailto:judyokite@gmail.com">judyokite@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Hello Adam, Deidre, All,<br>><br>> thank you, very much, just to let you know, we are taking notes and indeed,<br>> the issues that you are raising are quite important.<br>><br>> 1. on the PWD's and accessibility, DCAD forwarded recommendations to the<br>> Secretariat, bearing in mind, the possibility of holding the forum in<br>> three different venues.<br>><br>> I strongly encourage these discussions.<br>><br>><br>> Kind Regards,<br>><br>><br>><br>> “Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly<br>> impossible” Edwin Land<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Deirdre Williams<br>> <<a href="mailto:williams.deirdre@gmail.com">williams.deirdre@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> On 29 April 2012 05:47, Adam Peake <<a href="mailto:ajp@glocom.ac.jp">ajp@glocom.ac.jp</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>> Dear Adam and everyone,<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> But for now I suggest we ask that remote access and accessibility of<br>>>> the Baku venue be put on the agendas of both the open consultation and<br>>>> the MAG meeting.<br>>><br>>><br>>> Accessibility in Baku for everyone is extremely important, not just as a<br>>> practical consideration but symbolically for the IGF itself.<br>>><br>>> Last year in Nairobi the electricity supply (or lack of it) seemed to be<br>>> one of the main technical factors affecting remote access - something<br>>> important to remember for this year.<br>>><br>>> On the human side the remote moderators are an essential link in the<br>>> chain. The moderators in the workshops I 'attended' (from Saint Lucia) were<br>>> a great help.<br>>> However - moderators do need some training in their function and therefore<br>>> the earlier they can be recruited the better AND moderation needs to be<br>>> extended as much and as quickly as possible into languages other than<br>>> English.<br>>><br>>> Deirdre<br>>><br>>>><br>>> --<br>>> “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William<br>>> Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979<br>>><br>>> ____________________________________________________________<br>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br>>> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a><br>>> To be removed from the list, visit:<br>>> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing" target="_blank">http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing</a><br>>><br>>> For all other list information and functions, see:<br>>> <a href="http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance" target="_blank">http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance</a><br>>> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:<br>>> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/" target="_blank">http://www.igcaucus.org/</a><br>>><br>>> Translate this email: <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t" target="_blank">http://translate.google.com/translate_t</a><br>>><br>><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>