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<DIV>Remmy,</DIV>
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<DIV>the world is full of surprises, but I would imagine this workshop will go
ahead, with 6 or so selected civil society participants, irrespective of CSCG’s
decision; so I would encourage interested civil society people to be prepared to
apply in any case.</DIV>
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<DIV>CSCG may not make its decision on whether to participate in the rushed and
partial selection processes until late Monday Geneva time. If it is involved, it
would seem that a parallel process will be necessary, and unless something
changes CSCG would have to complete its assessments while the nomination period
is still open; so earlier nominations might be necessary. We will advise late
Monday unless we get news before that.</DIV>
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<DIV>But irrespective of the CSCG decision – which is about ensuring that
processes it is involved with are transparent and can ensure the best possible
representation for civil society – it would be appropriate for this workshop to
have good attendance from civil society.</DIV>
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<DIV>Ian Peter</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=remmyn@gmail.com
href="mailto:remmyn@gmail.com">Remmy Nweke</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 21, 2016 9:30 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=governance@lists.igcaucus.org
href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</A> ;
<A title=ian.peter@ianpeter.com href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com">Ian
Peter</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [governance] IGF Planning Retreat</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P dir=ltr>Thanks Ian<BR>It will be nice to know cscg involvement before people
could be encouraged to apply.<BR>Remmy Nweke</P>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On May 21, 2016 00:12, "Ian Peter" <<A
href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com">ian.peter@ianpeter.com</A>> wrote:<BR
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The IGF has opened a call for nominations to attend a
Planning Retreat from July 14-16 at Glen Cove, New York. Details can be found
at</FONT></P>
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title=http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/igf-retreat><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"
color=#0000ff>http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/igf-retreat</FONT></A></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><SPAN><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The IGF nomination procedures can be found from the
link above and interested civil society people should apply.
</FONT><SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Travel assistance *may* be
available for participants from developing countries and transitional
economies but cannot be guaranteed at this stage.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">CSCG is still discussing whether it wishes to become
involved in a parallel process of recommending civil society candidates. Our
involvement is welcomed by the IGF Secretariat, but we are concerned about the
lack of transparency and rushed nature of any involvement (which would also
need to be completed by May 31 on current indications, in parallel with
nominations still being received). We will advise further (within 48 hours) on
procedures that should be followed for those seeking CSCG endorsement if a
decision is made to be involved.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><SPAN><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Apologies for incredibly short notice: this was only
announced on Thursday May 19 and we have been seeking clarification on how
this will be conducted.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><SPAN>Ian
Peter (Independent Chair,
CSCG)</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR>____________________________________________________________<BR>You
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