<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Hi Tracy,<br><br></div>There was no change in the name of NMI coordinating council. Both news refer to the same meeting. Maybe there was noise in translation, as Norbert suggested.<br></div><br></div>Best wishes!<br></div>Marília <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Tracy F. Hackshaw @ Google <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tracyhackshaw@gmail.com" target="_blank">tracyhackshaw@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Is GIGA the new name of the NETmundial Initiative Coordinating Council or is it something different? Same meeting date. Same location.<div><br></div><div>See <a href="https://www.netmundial.org/blog/secretariat/s%C3%A3o-paulo-communiqu%C3%A9-inaugural-council-meeting" target="_blank">https://www.netmundial.org/blog/secretariat/s%C3%A3o-paulo-communiqu%C3%A9-inaugural-council-meeting</a></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On 1 July 2015 at 18:34, Lorena Jaume-Palasi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lorena@collaboratory.de" target="_blank">lorena@collaboratory.de</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div><br clear="all"></div>FYI<br><a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-07/01/c_134373596.htm" target="_blank">http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-07/01/c_134373596.htm</a><br><span><p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">SAO
 PAULO, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Jack Ma, founder of China's ecommerce giant 
Alibaba, was elected co-chairman of the Global Internet Governance 
Alliance (GIGA)  at the first general meeting of </span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">GIGA council held here Tuesday.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">"This election signifies trust in China's Internet, and how China governs its Internet," said Ma.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The
 meeting was set to discuss key issues related to international 
cooperation on Internet governance while highlighting China's role.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Brazilian
 President Dilma Rousseff had called for a just and equal global 
Internet environment and regarded China as the "key factor to the 
success of global Internet governance," said Fadi Chehade, president of 
the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Rousseff had suggested he find Chinese partners for cooperation, Chehade said.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">To
 establish a multiple-stakeholder platform, Chehade said that dialogues 
among different partners should be improved, the platform should be 
transparent and just, and all stakeholders should be able to equally 
participate in global Internet governance.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">GIGA
 is co-sponsored by ICANN, the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee and
 the World Economic Forum to provide a platform for the discussion of 
Internet governance solutions. </span></span></p><span><font color="#888888">
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