<p dir="ltr">Congrats Nenna and I'm really delighted to know that we have you as a champion for civil society and the global south as well.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I support Anriette's points and wish to add that it would be an opportune moment for you to raise the issue of bridging the digital divide as a priority and doing it a comprehensive way does require involving all stakeholders. Remind governments that, on issues related to the internet, all stakeholders should have a say and it is NOT business as usual.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I hope your message will resonate, in particular, with Arab governments, which are -in my view- still living in the past and may want to hijack the process to put government in charge and shape the future of IG.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Let's not allow that to happen.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Good luck!</p>
<p dir="ltr">Sincerely,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Walid</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 15, 2014 8:36 AM, "Nnenna Nwakanma" <<a href="mailto:nnenna75@gmail.com">nnenna75@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div>Dear all,<br><br></div>I got a message this morning from NetMundial Chair, Virgilo, inviting me to speak at the Opening Ceremony of Netmundial (meaning I have to pack one of those African dresses) for some 8 minutes.<br>
<br></div>I have replied to say "I will be speaking from the Civil Society perspective, which is my Stakeholder Group".<br><br></div>There is a Web Foundation media team that will help me put my ideas into place, but I cannot not request input from here, so that no major issues will be overlooked.<br>
<br><br></div>I travel Thursday evening thru Friday, so the earliest I can share a draft/keypoints will be Monday.<br><br></div>Hope we can pull this off well.<br><br></div>All for now<br><br>Nnenna<br></div>
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