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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Hi everyone, I am just posting this to IGC as a central
list – please post to other lists if you feel it is necessary. This is just a
quick update on the NMI Coordination Council activities. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">There is very little to report. The group mailing list
got underway mid January, immediately forming a sub group to look at an approach
to develop Terms of Reference. That sub group has had two phone calls – The
first was poorly attended because it was called at short notice; I woke up one
morning to find it underway for instance. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">After the first meeting NTIA (Larry Strickling and Fiona
Alexander representing Penny Pritzker) decided to join the sub group. This
caused a flurry of activity where many others joined as well, so the second sub
group call had over 16 participants from a council of 21. It was something of a
disaster because of technical problems with the link up.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Anyway – the only real activity is that on or around
February 2 (if there are no more delays) a public call for input into terms of
reference will be made. The CC sub group will then compile these inputs to put a
draft terms of reference out for further public inputs. It may be that the
technical platform used for NetMundial will be used for this activity.
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The objective is to have this finalised for a first face
to face meeting of the Coordination Council on March 31 (venue to be
determined)</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">You can find out more about the Council and NMI at <A
style='href: "http://www.netmundial.org"'><FONT
color=#0000ff>www.netmundial.org</FONT></A>. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I will report back here periodically or when/if major
developments occur. Right now there are a lot of questions up in the air for
most of us involved and a lack of clarity on several operational aspects. It
will take time to get these clarified.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Civil society and academic people involved who are
regular participants here include Anriette Esterhuysen, Joao Carlos Caribe, Bill
Drake, Marilia Maciel, and Wolfgang Kleinwachter and myself, as well as Jean
Jacques Subrenat and Eileen Donohoe with other civil society affiliations.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The full CC membership can be found on
the website referred to above.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Ian Peter</FONT></P></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>