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    Congratulations Virginia. And thanks for stepping up.<br>
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    Tom Lowenhaupt<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/13/2015 6:56 AM, Deirdre Williams
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                  below is the announcement of the new arrangements for
                  the CSCG Chair.</font></p>
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                  CHAIR ARRANGEMENTS</font></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm
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                  Internet Governance Civil Society Coordination Group
                  (CSCG) is pleased to announce that, following
                  consideration of a range of names put forward for the
                  role of Independent Chair, it has agreed to appoint
                  Virginia Paque. As well, and at Virginia’s request,
                  Ian Peter will continue on in a parallel role as
                  Co-Chair with her for 12 months, to allow for both a
                  smooth transition and load sharing over the coming
                  year.</font></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm
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                  Paque has previous experience with CSCG, having been
                  the representative of Diplo Foundation on CSCG until
                  recently, when Diplo asked to withdraw because,
                  despite its active involvement with and support of
                  civil society, it could not be described as a
                  coalition of civil society members.  We look forward
                  to Virginia’s renewed involvement and ongoing
                  involvement in our activities.</font></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm
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                  wish to thank everyone who put names forward for their
                  interest, and look forward to continuing to provide a
                  conduit for civil society appointments to outside
                  bodies in 2016 with the guidance of our two Co-Chairs.</font></p>
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        <div class="gmail_signature">“The fundamental cure for poverty
          is not money but knowledge" Sir William Arthur Lewis, Nobel
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