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    <font face="Verdana">And if there indeed is real ignorance and
      people want to know what a neo-liberal model of global Internet
      governance looks like just read the below interview of the CEO of
      ICANN. He lays it all out rather well<br>
      <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/10/07/internet-operations-chief-snowden-disclosures-make-my-job-easier/">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/10/07/internet-operations-chief-snowden-disclosures-make-my-job-easier/</a><br>
      <br>
      It is this model that the Best Bits statement helps push forward.
      There can simply be no doubt in it. <br>
      <br>
      And people will need to choose which side they would want to be at
      this crucial juncture - on the side of slow ( perhaps even
      painfully slow) evolving democratic governance of our collective
      global affairs including the Internet, or shifting over to
      neoliberal governance by the elite.. And if they side with this
      structural shift to neolib governance today, it will be for keeps.
      We are in a real danger of loosing our democratic traditions. At
      the very least, this requires deep thinking on the part of all of
      us. <br>
      <br>
      parminder <br>
      <br>
      parminder <br>
      <br>
      <br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Wednesday 22 October 2014 07:17 PM,
      michael gurstein wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Further
            to Parminder’s comments below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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">I
            recently published a <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2014/10/19/democracy-or-multi-stakeholderism-competing-models-of-governance/">blogpost</a>
            (also please not the comments) where I argued that the
            democratic model of “governance by and for the people” is in
            direct conflict/competition with the multi-stakeholder model
            of “governance by and for stakeholders”.<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">I
            am fully aware that presenting these contrasting positions
            in such a way is highly simplistic but I also think that
            there is a value in simplicity particularly where it removes
            the obfuscation that often masks fundamental positions and
            values.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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">I
            think that the division within Civil Society and I would
            argue more broadly in the larger world between those who
            believe in a democratic approach to governance including in
            areas as central to our experience, well-being and future as
            the Internet and those who would give this governance over
            to decision making by those with specific “interests/stakes”
            in the outcome (and where the broad public interest if
            represented at all would be only one among many such
            competing “stakes”) is a fundamental one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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">It
            is extremely disappointing to see such broad swathes of
            “civil society” and others opting for a position that does
            not support democracy and democratic governance however and
            in what manner that might be achieved.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">
                IRP
                [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:irp-bounces@lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org">mailto:irp-bounces@lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org</a>]
                <b>On Behalf Of </b>parminder<br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 21, 2014 9:06 PM<br>
                <b>To:</b> Anne Jellema; <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rhill@hill-a.ch">rhill@hill-a.ch</a><br>
                <b>Cc:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>; IRP;
                <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>;
                <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:forum@justnetcoalition.org">forum@justnetcoalition.org</a><br>
                <b>Subject:</b> Re: [IRPCoalition] [JNC - Forum]
                [bestbits] Time-sensitive: 24 hour sign on period for
                ITU Plenipot joint recommendations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal">On Tuesday 21 October 2014 09:28 PM, Anne
            Jellema wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">Thank you, Parminder for the thoughtful
              criticisms. We're aware that different parts of civil
              society have well-founded reasons for holding different
              opinions on the role of the ITU, and we fully respect
              these. I was very pleased to see that JustNet has
              expressed its point of view in its own proposals for the
              Plenipot, which I found interesting and valuable.  <o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">In that spirit, I would like to
                    respond to a couple of your criticisms of our
                    statement that I think don't reflect an entirely
                    accurate reading of its content: <o:p></o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">- I think your claim that we are
                    advocating unregulated free markets is unfair, since
                    we state twice: "Each country should retain
                    individual authority to regulate IP interconnection
                    rates where necessary and advisable in order to
                    ensure universal service and promote robust
                    competition." The drafters include organisations
                    that have been on the forefront of the fight for
                    stronger net neutrality regulation at national and
                    regional (EU) level.<o:p></o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal">- I don't agree that our
                      statement fails to identify who should take
                      responsibility for resolving key IG challenges;
                      proposes the "withdrawal of all internet policy
                      related agenda from the global governance stage";
                      or fails to acknowledge any important role for the
                      ITU. We repeatedly stress the need for
                      coordination and collaboration among UN agencies
                      (including the ITU) and multistakeholder bodies;
                      and refer several times to what we think are the
                      ITU's critical roles in addressing the huge
                      challenges ahead. <o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">That said, we agree that the
                    reference to "ITU mission creep" was poorly judged,
                    and the entire para should be deleted as proposed by
                    Jeanette. <o:p></o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">I sincerely hope that a respectful
                and informed exchange of views can continue among CSOs,
                along with the equally important effort to find the
                common ground between differing positions.  <o:p></o:p></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>
          Dear Anne<br>
          <br>
          Thanks for your response and engagement. I mean to further
          engage  on this discussion. But my present email will only
          make one point, about the mutual respectfulness  of any
          discussion, which your email mentions. I am not saying that
          you meant it in that manner, but I do often find a hyper
          sensitivity to political criticism in these circles and
          personalisation of it, here I mean personalisation in
          receiving political criticism. We must recognise that civil
          society work is a work of strong conviction and submersion in
          that conviction... People have a vision of the world they'd
          like to see, and there are forces that block the realisation
          of that vision. Obviously therefore, for anyone who really
          cares, the feelings involved are strong... And I mean, on all
          sides of what could become a political divide. And such a
          political divide is as possible, even likely, in the civil
          society space, as in the conventional political space.
          However, for instance in India, which has a rather high level
          of professional in traditional political space, at least at
          the national level, political personalities are able to be
          scathing and unsparing in terms of their political positions
          and counter positions without it being taken as being
          inappropriately uncivil or any such thing.  <br>
          <br>
          I probably should  not be so defensive, but I say all this
          because many people here are simply too touchy. (I know that
          you come from a core political civil society background, and
          so I an really not talking about you.) I also say it because I
          and people that I work with feel that the present position
          that is being proposed on the BestBits platform a major
          political statement that we find extremely problematic and
          something that sets a solid tone for a neoliberal paradigm for
          the emerging Internet-mediated society. In that respect its
          impact on the world, especially in terms of democracy, equity
          and social justice is going to be far reaching, and these are
          the corner stone canons of our work.  And therefore we will
          strongly contest it, with all means at our disposal. <br>
          <br>
          I will separately respond to some substantive points in your
          above email. <br>
          <br>
          best regards<br>
          parminder <br>
          <br>
          <o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">Best<o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">Anne<o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 12:49 PM,
              Richard Hill <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:rhill@hill-a.ch" target="_blank">rhill@hill-a.ch</a>>
              wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">I
                    fully agree with Parminder's analysis and strongly
                    support his comments.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Richard</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span
style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">-----Original
                        Message-----<br>
                        <b>From:</b> Forum [mailto:<a
                          moz-do-not-send="true"
                          href="mailto:forum-bounces@justnetcoalition.org"
                          target="_blank">forum-bounces@justnetcoalition.org</a>]<b>On
                          Behalf Of </b>parminder<br>
                        <b>Sent:</b> mardi, 21. octobre 2014 12:47<br>
                        <b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                          href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net"
                          target="_blank">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>;
                        <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                          href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org"
                          target="_blank">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>;
                        <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                          href="mailto:forum@justnetcoalition.org"
                          target="_blank">forum@justnetcoalition.org</a>;
                        IRP<br>
                        <b>Subject:</b> Re: [JNC - Forum] [bestbits]
                        Time-sensitive: 24 hour sign on period for ITU
                        Plenipot joint recommendations</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>
                      <span
                        style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">I
                        have not had the chance to go into the long
                        statement in detail. However, what I see as its
                        main refrain is bothersome. It says yes there
                        are many very important global Internet policy
                        issues, and then says that the ITU should not
                        take them up, but tells us nothing about who
                        should take them up. This becomes a recipe for,
                        or at least, towards a political governance free
                        world, the kind one nowadays read about
                        frequently in the documents of the World
                        Economic Forum (read for instance its Global
                        Redesign Initiative). <br>
                        <br>
                        I am agnostic about whether ITU takes up at
                        least some important Internet policy issues at
                        the global level or some other democratic global
                        body takes them up. However, it is not tenable
                        that they be just left hanging out there, which
                        only allows those who have the greatest default
                        power on the Internet, mostly the US based
                        economic and political establishment, to carry
                        on consolidating their power. This statement for
                        me is simply an expression of support for the
                        Internet power status quo, and therefore I
                        strongly oppose it.<br>
                        <br>
                        To take a few examples (a more detailed critique
                        will follow);<br>
                        <br>
                        Perhaps the most disturbing part of the
                        statement, from developing countries viewpoint,
                        is tha which sanctifies unregulated global
                        market models for global Internet
                        inter-connectivity.... This is a major reversal
                        from the stand of all developing countries and
                        all progressive civil society at the WSIS, where
                        unfair global interconnection regimes was one of
                        the main 'development issues'. This statement
                        seems to close that issue by declaring that such
                        things be best left to free markets, with no
                        regulatory framework, or even a normative/
                        principles framework. In any case, it is not
                        clear how even working on the interconnection
                        issue, an express mandate for ITU from the WSIS
                        is a 'mission creep' for the ITU. It appears
                        that there is not one thing that ITU can do in
                        2014 which will not be called a mission creep.
                        In the circumstances one thinks that the
                        proponents of the statement should be bold and
                        just ask for the closing down of the ITU. <br>
                        <br>
                        Further, the statement says that the ITU should
                        not work towards a treaty on cyber- security, an
                        issue that has shaken the world post Snowden. 
                        Just today I read an interview with Snowden's
                        colleague Laura Poitras about how  little has
                        really changed on the ground as far as mass
                        surveillance by the five eyes is concerned. What
                        other than a treaty that reigns in the conduct
                        of the states in this regard can be a solution?
                        Or have we simply given up and are ready to
                        allow the powerful to do what they may?
                        Alternatively, is there any other solution being
                        thought of? Civil society must answer these
                        questions. <br>
                        <br>
                        The statement seems to suggest that the first
                        committee of the UN Gen Assembly should keep
                        doing the work on cyber security. That is quite
                        surprising becuase by all means, the first
                        committee’s work is much less participative (of
                        other stakeholders) than even of the ITU. So,
                        what is the rationale here, other than just to
                        say ITU should not do it (we will see when we
                        have to stop even the first committee from doing
                        it, but right now the imperative is.... ). I am
                        fine with the first committee doing it, but
                        remember that any effort towards a cyber
                        security treaty will require the expertise of
                        ITU which is the agency that has hitherto dealt
                        with this issue. Such an simply obstructionist
                        attitude to global governance bespeaks of a
                        movement towards a very unequal, unfair and
                        unjust world. Progressive civil society must
                        take note rather than blindly signing on this
                        rather dangerous statement.  <br>
                        <br>
                        The statement says, we should not begin working
                        on a cyber security treaty because there is no
                        consensus on basic concepts and principles in
                        the area.... Is there a greater consensus on the
                        area of climate change, and so many other areas.
                        Do we just give up in these areas? if not, why
                        in the area of Internet governance? Consensus on
                        concepts and principles emerge as a part of a
                        process towards development of global principles
                        and agreements and not a as a pre condition of
                        them. This is universally known. One can
                        understand why US wants to protect the status
                        quo, but why civil society? <br>
                        <br>
                        Again, this is simply a statement for
                        maintaining the Internet power status quo...
                        Dont do it at the ITU, but we wont tell you
                        where to do either.... Supporting this statement
                        in my view will simply be to support the global
                        Internet status quo....<br>
                        <br>
                        Yes, we need to reform the ITU, but seeking
                        simple withdrawal of all Internet policy related
                        agenda from global governance stage is very
                        problematic. As this agenda is withdrawn from
                        the global stage, the dominant political and
                        economic forces get a free reign, and the little
                        policy that needs to be made is made at
                        plurilateral forums like the OECD, or the
                        Trans-Pacific Partnership or TPP (see for
                        instance, just the day before's news,  <a
                          moz-do-not-send="true"
                          href="http://infojustice.org/archives/33428"
                          target="_blank">http://infojustice.org/archives/33428</a>,
                        on how TPP seeks to regulate global IP TV
                        transmissions). <br>
                        <br>
                        Such statements as this one simply clear the way
                        for such rule of the economically and
                        politically powerful...<br>
                        <br>
                        parminder<br>
                         </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal">On Tuesday 21 October 2014
                        02:08 AM, Anne Jellema wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues <o:p></o:p></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                        <div>
                          <div>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">As
                                you know, a fluid working group was
                                formed after the IGF to try to come up
                                with joint recommendations for the ITU
                                Plenipot. We produced the open letter on
                                transparency and participation in the
                                Plenipot process itself, which many of
                                you signed (thank you!). Our second and
                                harder task was to develop positions on
                                some of the most important substantive
                                issues before the conference. The output
                                of this second phase of our work is a 7
                                page lobby document that is now
                                available for endorsement for the next
                                24 hours at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                          </div>
                          <div>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red"><a
                                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                                    href="http://bestbits.net/itu-plenipot-notes"
                                    target="_blank">http://bestbits.net/itu-plenipot-notes</a></span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                          </div>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
                          </div>
                          <div>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The
                                fluid working group struggled to obtain
                                the conference proposals on which to
                                base our analysis and recommendations,
                                both because of the ITU's restrictions
                                on document access and because many
                                Member States submitted their proposals
                                quite late in the day. As a result, our
                                drafting process has taken us hard up
                                against the start of the Plenipot
                                itself. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
                          </div>
                          <div>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
                          </div>
                          <div>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">It
                                is now very urgent to get this text in
                                front of delegations, so we are opening
                                it for endorsements rather than comment.
                                If however someone has a red flag,
                                "absolutely can't live with it" issue
                                that prevents them from signing on, they
                                should email me personally in the next
                                24 hours to propose an edit(s) to
                                resolve this issue, and I will consult
                                the other members of the ITU fluid
                                working group on whether to accept this
                                edit. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
                          </div>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Due
                                to the lack of time for comment and
                                consensus, we are not presenting these
                                recommendations in the name of Best Bits
                                or on behalf of civil society in general
                                but only on behalf of the specific
                                organisations endorsing. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If
                                you would like your organisation to be
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                                Carolina Rossini (<a
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                                  target="_blank">crossini@publicknowledge.org</a>)
                                by 22:30 CET (16:30 EST) tomorrow, 21
                                Oct.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Best
                                wishes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Anne<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal">-- <o:p></o:p></p>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                  style="font-size:8.5pt">Anne Jellema </span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                  style="font-size:8.5pt">CEO  </span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                  style="font-size:8.5pt">+27 061 36
                                  9352 (ZA) </span><span
                                  style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                              <div>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                    style="font-size:8.5pt">+1 202 684
                                    6885 (US)</span><span
                                    style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                    style="font-size:8.5pt">@afjellema </span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">Anne
                  Jellema </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">+27
                  061 36 9352 (ZA) </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
              <div>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">+1
                    202 684 6885 (US)</span><span
                    style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">@afjellema </span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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