This is what IGC and member organizations should do ASAP:<div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style><p>¹ <span><em>It should be noted that all civil society organizations, of an international nature and who are working on issues related to information and communication technologies, are already entitled to no-cost membership and indeed several such entities were welcomed into ITU this year and their membership was supported and endorsed by the ITU Council.</em></span><br>
 <br></p><p><b>For more information, please contact:</b></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size:0.9em;text-align:start;word-wrap:break-word"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Paul Conneally</strong><br>
Head, Communication and Partnership Promotion</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> <br>----Fouad <span></span></td><td> <br><br></td></tr></tbody></table></span><br>On Saturday, July 14, 2012, Izumi AIZU  wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Wow. Any comments for IGC to react to this decision? Welcome statement?<div>Further plan of action?</div><div><br></div><div>Izumi</div><div><br><br>2012年7月14日土曜日 Michael Gurstein <a href="javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'gurstein@gmail.com');" target="_blank">gurstein@gmail.com</a>:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Landmark decision by ITU Council on proposal for public consultation and<br>
open access to key conference document: Online public platforms will be<br>
created to enable multi-stakeholder consultation....<br>
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<a href="http://www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/press_releases/2012/46.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/press_releases/2012/46.aspx</a><br>
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</blockquote></div><span></span><br><br>-- <br>                     >> Izumi Aizu <<<br>Institute for InfoSocionomics, Tama University, Tokyo<br>Institute for HyperNetwork Society, Oita,          <br>Japan<br>

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